EVC is over – Legends Leave Their Mark

After six days of competition, 2025 European Veterans Championships concluded in Novi Sad with thrilling performances across all age groups  from the 40+ to the 90+ category is over. Over 2,500 participants from across Europe showed not only skill and experience, but also passion and camaraderie that define veteran sport at its best.

The tournament showcased remarkable athleticism and competitive spirit, with players demonstrating that age is merely a number when it comes to pursuing excellence in table tennis. From nail-biting finals that went to deciding sets to heartwarming moments of sportsmanship between longtime rivals, the championships proved once again why veteran sport holds such a special place in the hearts of competitors and spectators alike. Novi Sad provided the perfect backdrop for this celebration of endurance, skill, and the enduring love of the game that brings together generations of table tennis enthusiasts from every corner of Europe.

FULL RESULTS

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MEDALS – MEN’S EVENT

Men’s Singles 40

• Gold Grigory VLASOV (AIN)
• Silver Thomas GUIGNAT (France)
• Bronze
• Josip HUZJAK (Croatia)
• Mathias HABESOHN (Austria)

Men’s Singles 45

• Gold Cédric MERCHEZ (Belgium)
• Silver Lucian FILIMON (France)
• Bronze
• Wojciech KOŁODZIEJCZYK (Poland)
• Aleksei MLINARZH (AIN)

Men’s Singles 50

• Gold Ioannis VLOTINOS (Greece)
• Silver David ŠTĚPÁNEK (Czechia)
• Bronze
• Fredrik ÅBORG (Sweden)
• Krisztian SZABÓ (Hungary)

Men’s Singles 55

• Gold Lorestas TRUMPAUSKAS (England)
• Silver Lars MATTSSON (Sweden)
• Bronze
• Henric FORSBERG (Sweden)
• Iván VITSEK (Hungary)

Men’s Singles 60

• Gold Zsolt-Georg BÖHM (Hungary)
• Silver Carsten EGEHOLT (Denmark)
• Bronze
• Zvonimir BRITKA (Serbia)
• Miklós NAGY (Hungary)

Men’s Singles 65

• Gold Yi DING (Austria)
• Silver Igor ROLDUGIN (AIN)
• Bronze
• Miroslav CECAVA (Czechia)
• Šandor JANKOVIĆ (Serbia)

Men’s Singles 70

• Gold Manfred NIESWAND (Germany)
• Silver Alexandr SAPRYKIN (Ukraine)
• Bronze
• Paal Edmund GUTTORMSEN (Norway)
• Hristo DASKALOV (Bulgaria)

Men’s Singles 75

• Gold Gerd WERNER (Germany)
• Silver Reinhard SORGER (Austria)
• Bronze
• Jozef BARDON (Slovakia)
• Nosratallah SAFAI (Sweden)

Men’s Singles 80

• Gold Wilfried LIECK (Germany)
• Silver Rene THEILLOUT (Germany)
• Bronze
• Wolfgang SCHMIDT (Germany)
• Heinrich BABINSKY (Germany)

Men’s Singles 85

• Gold Josep MADURELL RODRIGUEZ (Spain)
• Silver Dennis Bernard BROMAGE (Wales)
• Bronze
• Gunars JEKABSONS (Latvia)
• Raymond DIXON (England)

Men’s Singles 90

• Gold Hans NOLTE (Germany)
• Silver Georgijs LOBONOSOVS (Latvia)
• Bronze
• Heini FUCHS (Switzerlend)
• Henri YAHIEL (France)

Men’s Doubles 40

• Gold Lucian FILIMON (France), Julien PIETROPAOLI (France)
• Silver Thomas GUIGNAT (France), Victor Guang SHI (England)
• Bronze
• Davorin PONGRAC, Zoran TURK (Croatia)
• Peter BERANEK (Germany), Josip HUZJAK (Croatia)

Men’s Doubles 45

• Gold Aleksandar KARAKASEVIĆ (Serbia), Dragutin ŠURBEK (Croatia)
• Silver Wojciech KOŁODZIEJCZYK (Poland), Tarek AL SAMHOURY (Austria)
• Bronze
• Cédric MERCHEZ (Belgium), Viktor VASYLEVSKYI (Ukraine)
• Iván VITSEK, Péter MUSKÓ (Hungary)

Men’s Doubles 50

• Gold Lorestas TRUMPAUSKAS (England), Sandijs VASILJEVS (Latvia)
• Silver Attila SZABÓ, Krisztian SZABÓ (Hungary)
• Bronze
• Ryszard GRZELAK, Piotr SZURGOT (Poland)
• Marcel HARLER, Michael HOEHL (Germany)

Men’s Doubles 55

• Gold Oljeg BASARIĆ, Petar ĐORĐEVIĆ (Serbia)
• Silver Detlef GAESSLER, Guido HEHMANN (Germany)
• Bronze
• Mika SORVISTO (Finland), Cornel STOICA (France)
• Piotr FRACKOWIAK (Germany), Jorma LAHTINEN (Finland)

Men’s Doubles 60

• Gold Miklós NAGY (Hungary), Evgenii KATSELENBOGEN (AIN)
• Silver Paul GILES, Paul WHITING (England)
• Bronze
• Jens NORDEN (Switzerland), Olaf KÖHLER (Germany)
• Phil SNELSON, Ivan LEWIS (England)

Men’s Doubles 65

• Gold Lars HAUTH (Denmark), Lars ERICSSON (Sweden)
• Silver Ove JOHANSSON, Dan LAGERLÖF (Sweden)
• Bronze
• Miroslav CECAVA, Jiri VOJTEK (Czechia)
• Clive CARTHY (England), Savas ERTUFAN (Turkey)

Men’s Doubles 70

• Gold Manfred NIESWAND, Jürgen HECHT (Germany)
• Silver Reinhard SORGER (Austria), Roger SUNDQVIST (Sweden)
• Bronze
• Nigel ECKERSLEY (England), Petr POLÁK (Czechia)
• Alexandr SAPRYKIN (Ukraine), Rein LINDMÄE (Estonia)

Men’s Doubles 75

• Gold Rudolf STEINER, Dietmar DIESING (Germany)
• Silver Niels RAMBERG, Erling Børge NIELSEN (Denmark)
• Bronze
• Frantisek JUST, Milan RAKOVICKY (Czechia)
• Göran SKOGSBERG (Sweden), Gerd WERNER (Germany)

Men’s Doubles 80

• Gold Wilfried LIECK, Izet BEGANOVIC (Germany)
• Silver Wolfgang SCHMIDT, Bernd Dr. WITTHAUS (Germany)
• Bronze
• Horst REINHART, Josef MERK (Germany)
• Günter FRAUNHEIM (Germany), Zdeněk BŘESKÝ (Czechia)

Men’s Doubles 85

• Gold Raymond DIXON (England), Dennis Bernard BROMAGE (Wales)
• Silver Gunars JEKABSONS (Latvia), Adam HNYDA (Poland)
• Bronze
• Stavros PLAKANTONAKIS (Greece), Palle LARSEN (Denmark)
• Julius HLUBINA, Jozef JAŠKO (Slovakia)

MEDALS – WOMEN’S EVENT

Women’s Singles 40

• Gold Marina DONNER (Finland)
• Silver Tímea AMBRUS (Hungary)
• Bronze
• Kätlin PÕLDVEER (Estonia)
• Emilia KIJOK (Poland)

Women’s Singles 45

• Gold Olga CHRAMKO (Portugal)
• Silver Svetlana POPOVTSEVA (AIN)
• Bronze
• Laura KRUMINA (Norway)
• Diana PATAKI (Hungary)

Women’s Singles 50

• Gold Stanisava DIMANIĆ (Serbia)
• Silver Elena CHUNIKHINA (AIN)
• Bronze
• Krisztina SPENGLER (Hungary)
• Larisa LAVRUKHINA (AIN)

Women’s Singles 55

• Gold Elżbieta KAZBERUK (Poland)
• Silver Ulrika HANSSON (Sweden)
• Bronze
• Lena JOHNSSON (Sweden)
• Jutta ERNST (Germany)

Women’s Singles 60

• Gold Inna TIKHOMIROVA (AIN)
• Silver Galyna YENENKO (Ukraine)
• Bronze
• Maria VINTILA TIFACHI (Spain)
• Marta DAUBNEROVA (Slovakia)

Women’s Singles 65

• Gold Branka BATINIĆ (Croatia)
• Silver Birgit FINGER (Germany)
• Bronze
• Kai THORNBECH (Estonia)
• Giulia SOBRERO (Italy)

Women’s Singles 70

• Gold Elmira ANTONYAN BRUNNER (Switzerland)
• Silver Ekaterina KRASNOVA (AIN)
• Bronze
• Dina MINAKOVA (AIN)
• Larisa ANDREEVA (AIN)

Women’s Singles 75

• Gold Rita POGOSOVA (Italy)
• Silver Larisa ILINSKAIA (AIN)
• Bronze
• Linda SIMPSON (England)
• Alicja SKRZYPICKA (Poland)

Women’s Singles 80

• Gold Gizella ZACHER (Hungary)
• Silver Renata BURG (Austria)
• Bronze
• Mirosława BUTRYM (Poland)
• Colette LE CORVEC (France)

Women’s Singles 85

• Gold Gertrud MIKYSKA (Austria)
• Silver Heidi WUNNER (Germany)
• Bronze
• Eva ŠVECOVÁ (Czechia)
• Chantal MASSET (France)

Women’s Doubles 40

• Gold Marina DONNER (Finland), Sofia WESTHOLM (Sweden)
• Silver Tímea AMBRUS, Szilvia FARKAS (Hungary)
• Bronze
• Joanna ZILOTIN YORDANOVA, Svetlana SKOBKINA (Spain)
• Emilia KIJOK, Marzena JASINSKA (Poland)

Women’s Doubles 45

• Gold Diana PATAKI, Alexandra HAARANEN (Hungary)
• Silver Martina KAPFINGER (Austria), Ursula LUH-FLEISCHER (Germany)
• Bronze
• Svetlana BESOVA, Svetlana POPOVTSEVA (AIN)
• Olga CHRAMKO, Paula PENEDO (Portugal)

Women’s Doubles 50

• Gold Larisa LAVRUKHINA, Elena CHUNIKHINA (AIN)
• Silver Krisztina SPENGLER, Dr. Viktória MAROSI (Hungary)
• Bronze
• Jutta ERNST, Andrea WINTER (Germany)
• Anželika PETRAUSKIENĖ (Lithuania), Marina VASILEVA (AIN)

Women’s Doubles 55

• Gold Marta DAUBNEROVA (Slovakia), Elżbieta KAZBERUK (Poland)
• Silver Petronela BADUROVA, Daniela PETREKOVA (Slovakia)
• Bronze
• Lena JOHNSSON, Katarina ÅMARK (Sweden)
• Margit GEIGER (Switzerland), Zita FERENCZY (Romania)

Women’s Doubles 60

• Gold Cornelia BIENSTADT, Karen HELLWIG (Germany)
• Silver Ibolya SCHNEIDERNÉ MÁHLI, Márta TÓTH (Hungary)
• Bronze
• Erika URBÁN, Márta MATOLCSI (Hungary)
• Nicolette VASVÁRI, Rita PÁLMAINÉ BAÁN (Hungary)

Women’s Doubles 65

• Gold Branka BATINIĆ (Croatia), Kai THORNBECH (Estonia)
• Silver Birgit FINGER (Germany), Svea ONNO (Estonia)
• Bronze
• Helena KOZIOL (Poland), Brigitte GROPPER (Austria)
• Karin KAHL, Heidi PHILIPP (Germany)

Women’s Doubles 70

• Gold Sonia MILIC (Italy), Ekaterina KRASNOVA (AIN)
• Silver Éliane CHARBONNEAU, Françoise GUILLOTEAU (France)
• Bronze
• Dina MINAKOVA, Larisa ANDREEVA (AIN)
• Elmira ANTONYAN BRUNNER (Switzerland), Petra RUBIN (Germany)

Women’s Doubles 75

• Gold Gizella ZACHER (Hungary), Larisa ILINSKAIA (AIN)
• Silver Hannelore DILLENBERGER, Karin FLEMKE (Germany)
• Bronze
• Vera MEYER, Margitta ILSKENS (Germany)
• Colette LE CORVEC, Martine PONTILLE (France)

Women’s Doubles 80

• Gold June NELSON, Susan FELSTEAD (England)
• Silver Kari Solveig GJENGEDAL (Norway), Heidi WUNNER (Germany)
• Bronze
• Rosi BERG, Karin RAUSCHER (Germany)
• Margaret DIGNUM (England), Monika MAUL (Sweden)