The German women stormed into the final of the European Table Tennis Team Championships in Malmö without losing a set. Nina Mittelham (TTC Berlin Eastside), Ying Han (KTS Tarnobrzeg) and Xiaona Shan (TTC Berlin Eastside) won 3-0 against Portugal in the semi-finals and will now face their long-term rivals in a European Championship final on Sunday for the sixth time since 2002 Romania.
The German women stormed into the final of the European Table Tennis Team Championships in Malmö without losing a set. Nina Mittelham (TTC Berlin Eastside), Ying Han (KTS Tarnobrzeg) and Xiaona Shan (TTC Berlin Eastside) won 3-0 against Portugal in the semi-finals and will now face their long-term rivals in a European Championship final on Sunday for the sixth time since 2002 Romania.
The German team won the title in 2013, 2015 and 2021. The Romanians won in 2002 and 2017. At the European Games in Krakow, the Germans also lost the final against Romania 2-3.
National coach Tamara Boros had previously assessed the semi-final against Portugal as a “50:50 game”. But Mittelham and Han gave the top Portuguese players Jieni Shao and Fu Yu no chance. Shan got the third point even more effortlessly against Ines Matos. In total, the German women have won the European team championship eight times.
Source: Stern
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