A few days before a well-deserved truce for the French men's teams, some of them had the privilege of playing in the round of 16 of the Champions League. For the girls, the group stage is over… and the results remain mixed. A look back at a hectic month of December for the French clubs engaged on the biggest continental stage.
The final table of the men's Champions League has finally launched at the end of 2024 and has rather smiled on the clubs of France. Opposed to the Austrians of Wels, theNîmes-Montpellier Alliance qualified relatively easily, leaving only a small point to their opponents in the seven matches played during this two-way opposition. Félix Lebrun, his big brother Alexis, Esteban Dorr and their teammates will find a monument of European table tennis in the next round: Borussia Dusseldorf, titled thirteen times in the competition and led by a certain Timo Boll.
At the same time, the clubHennebont got rid of the Poles from Bialystok by the same score, an expected scenario against weaker opposition. The Bretons will challenge the other big German team on the field: the TT Saarbrücken of Patrick Franziska, for a qualification in the last four. The meeting promises to be thrilling; See you in mid-January!
© Bruno Perrel
Two is the number of clubs that will represent France in the quarter-final since unfortunately, and to everyone's surprise, Cergy-Pontoise lost against Suchedniow. Defeated (3-1) in Poland in the first leg, without Marcos Freitas and Liam Pitchford, the Ile-de-France residents reacted during the return opposition by winning 3-2, however insufficient to ensure qualification.
At the same time, the women's competition saw the group stage end and the projections for the month of November were confirmed. With Etiundefeated, finished in first place in his group, the French champion, Saint-Quentinet Metz ensured their qualification on the last day and finished second, respectively behind Tarnobrzeg, three-time defending champion and Berlin, the latter's main competitor for the European crown.
© Saint Quentin / Fabrice Weber – Metz TT
Saint-Denis comes out with honors after a victory against the Italians of Mori, the only success for the Dionysiennes this season, a sign of a generally failed European campaign.
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