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08 February 2016, 16:15

Vladimir Samsonov 5th at ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup

MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) – Belarus' Vladimir Samsonov, ranked 8th in the world, placed 5th at the ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup in Gondomar, Portugal, BelTA informs.

The leader of the Belarusian national team beat world number 23 Stefan Fegerl of Austria 4-1 to finish 5th.

In the quarterfinal the Belarusian lost to Joao Monteiro of Portugal (45) 0-4. Vladimir Samsonov continued to compete in the repechage for the 5th-8th places. In the first match he defeated Bastian Steger of Germany (39) 4-0 and beat Stefan Fegerl in the final match.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany (5) won the event seeing off Joao Monteiro of Portugal 4-2 in the final. Alexander Shibayev of Russia (32) clinched bronze after defeating Kristian Karlsson of Sweden (44) 4-1.

In the women's event Belarus' Viktoria Pavlovich failed to reach the playoff losing all three matches in the group. The women's event was won by Yanfei Shen of Spain.

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