ETTU Cup

Logo of the ETTU Cup.

The ETTU Cup is the second most important continental tournament for clubs in European table tennis, after the European Champions League. The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) has organized this cup since the 1964-65 season for men teams, and also for women teams a year later.

Name

The competition was held in the 1964/65 season for the first time for men and a year later for ladies. At that time this tournament was called the European Fair Cities Cup. In 1984 it was renamed ETTU Nancy Evans Cup after the wife of then ITTF President Roy Evans. In 2005, the cup was renamed to the current name, the "ETTU Cup", while "Nancy Evans Cup" became the name of the trophy and is awarded to the winner.^[1]

The winner's trophy donated by Hans Frieder Baisch and Klaus stallion.

Qualification

The winners of the ETTU Cup of the previous season qualifies automatically. Furthermore, every member association of ETTU can nominate up to 6 clubs to participate in the competition. Those six clubs should be taking part during the same season in the top national league, and should not be taking part in the European Champions League in the same season.

Format

The competition is organised in three stages:

• first stage: round robin group matches,
• second stage: round robin group matches, and
• third stage: straight knock-out system.

The champions and the runners-up of the previous season, with the six strongest remaining teams ranked by the Ranking Committee, qualify automatically to the last 16. If the champions or the runners-up do not enter the competition, the strongest remaining team would take its place. Eight further top teams according to the ranking list would enter the second round directly.

In the first round, the competition is played in groups of three, four or five teams, with the clubs finishing in positions one and two in every group would qualify for the second round. In the second round the competition is played in groups of four teams. The teams finishing in position one in every group shall qualify for the round of the last sixteen. From this round onwards, a single knock-out system is used with eight teams drawn directly into this round.

The semi-finals and finals will be played in two legs, home and away. If each team has won one leg, the winner would be the team with the better aggregate score first in individual matches, then in games and finally in points. If they are still equal, the winner shall be decided by lot.

Composition of teams

Each team should name at least six players for the competition. Within the list, only two foreign players are allowed, and, for any particular match, only one foreign player is permitted to participate.

Results

Men's competition

Season	Winners	Runners-up
1965	DJK Sportbund Stuttgart	PSV Stuttgart
1966	Slavia Prag	DJK Sportbund Stuttgart
1967	Sparta Prag	VM Közert Budapest
1968	Stadion Prag	VM Közert Budapest
1969	Spartacus Budapest	GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb
1970	GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb	Meidericher TTC
1971	Vitkovice Ostrava	BVSC Vasutas Budapest
1972	GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb	BVSC Vasutas Budapest
1973	BVSC Vasutas Budapest	AC Kremlin-Bicètre
1974	Spartacus Budapest	Hertha BSC Berlin
1975	BVSC Vasutas Budapest	Boo KFUM Stockholm
1976	Spartacus Budapest	Heinzelmann Reutlingen
1977	Spartak Subotica	Ganz Mavag Budapest
1978	BVSC Vasutas Budapest	Spartak Subotica
1979	BVSC Vasutas Budapest	GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb
1980	Heinzelmann Reutlingen	GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb
1981	Spartak Subotica	Saarbrücken
1982	Saarbrücken	AS Messine
1983	BVSC Vasutas Budapest	Zugbrücke Grenzau
1984	TT San Elpidio a Mare	Saarbrücken
1985	Spartacus Budapest	La Trinite Sports Nizza
1986	La Trinite Sports Nizza	Borussia Düsseldorf
1987	Borussia Düsseldorf	Levallois
1988	Levallois	Heinzelmann Reutlingen
1989	Saarbrücken	Steinhagen
1990	indeland Jülich	Steinhagen
1991	Falkenbergs	indeland Jülich
1992	Lübeck	Falkenbergs
1993	indeland Jülich	Postas SE Budapest
1994	Lübeck	indeland Jülich
1995	Borussia Düsseldorf	Super Donic Berlin
1996	Ochsenhausen	Maxell Heilbronn-Sontheim
1997	Ochsenhausen	Zugbrücke Grenzau
1998	Zugbrücke Grenzau	Bad Honnef
1999	indeland Jülich	Bad Honnef
2000	TTG RS Hoengen	Élan Nevers
2001	Montpellier	Élan Nevers
2002	Plüderhausen	Élan Nevers
2003	Montpellier	Metabo Frickenhausen
2004	Levallois	Borussia Düsseldorf
2005	Plüderhausen	Müller Würzburger Hofbräu
2006	Frickenhausen	Plüderhausen
2007	Borussia Düsseldorf	Müller Würzburger Hofbräu
2008	Vaillante Angers	Fenerbahçe
2009	Plüderhausen	Victoria Moscow
2010	Gazprom Orenburg	Fulda-Maberzell
2011	Chartres	Levallois
2012	Borussia Düsseldorf	Vaillante Angers
2013	UMMC Ekaterinburg	Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk
2014	FC Saarbrucken	Ochsenhausen
2015	Eslövs AI	Olimpia-Unia Grudziądz
2016	Weinviertel Niederösterreich	Werder Bremen

Women's competition

Season	Winners	Runners-up
1966	Freiburg	Slavia VS Praha
1967	Lokomotiva Bratislava	31. Epitök Budapest
1968	31. Epitök Budapest	Slavia VS Praha
1969	31. Epitök Budapest	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest
1970	31. Epitök Budapest	BVSC Budapest
1971	Kaiserberg	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest
1972	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest	Kieler Grün-Weiß
1973	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest	Kieler Grün-Weiß
1974	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest	Ramsharde-Flensburg
1975	Epitök Budapest	Start Praha
1976	Weiß-Rot-Weiß Kleve	Delta Lloyd Amsterdam
1977	Sparta Praha	Pochtenetz Sofia
1978	Mladost Zagreb	Delta Lloyd Amsterdam
1979	Weiß-Rot-Weiß Kleve	Mladost Zagreb
1980	Vitkovice Ostrava	Mladost Zagreb
1981	Kaiserberg	Industrogradnja
1982	BSE Budapest	Industrogradnja
1983	BSE Budapest	Spartacus Budapest
1984	BSE Budapest	Spartacus Budapest
1985	BSE Budapest	Saarbrücken
1986	Avanti Hazerswoude	Vitkovice Ostrava
1987	Avanti Hazerswoude	Spartak Vlasim
1988	BSE Budapest	Perucica Foca
1989	BSE Budapest	Steinhagen
1990	BSE Budapest	Fövarosi Vizmüvek Budapest
1991	Dülmen	Ştiinţa Constanţa
1992	Tempo Team Amsterdam	Dülmen
1993	Glane	Montpellier Le Crés
1994	Klettham-Erding	Glane
1995	Langweid	Bayer 05 Uerdingen
1996	Langweid	Bayer 05 Uerdingen
1997	Klettham-Erding	Team Galaxis Lübeck
1998	Klettham-Erding	Bayer 05 Uerdingen
1999	Langweid	Bayer 05 Uerdingen
2000	Postás Matáv Budapest	Röthenbach/St. Wolfgang
2001	Betzingen	Budapest SE
2002	3B Berlin	femont Röthenbach
2003	Postás Matáv Budapest	Müllermilch Langweid
2004	3B Berlin	Busenbach
2005	Postás Matáv Budapest	Relesa Galvame Cartagena
2006	Homberger	3B Berlin
2007	3B Berlin	Fotoprix VIC
2008	Dalenergosetproekt Vladivostok	SPAR-Zamek Tarnorbrzeg
2009	UCAM Cartagena	SPAR-Zamek Tarnorbrzeg
2010	UCAM Cartagena	SPAR-Zamek Tarnorbrzeg
2011	Li-Ning/Infinity Heerlen	Berlin Eastside
2012	Fenerbahçe	Dalenergosetproekt Vladivostok
2013	Fenerbahçe	SPAR-Zamek Tarnorbrzeg
2014	Ströck	Lille Métropole
2015	SPAR-Zamek Tarnorbrzeg	Metz
2016	Lille Métropole	Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi

See also

• European Table Tennis Union
• List of table tennis players

References

External links

• Official ETTU Website
• Official regulation of ETTU Cup