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
European Fair Cities Cup
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
1977	Spartak Subotica	Ganz Mavag Budapest
1978	BVSC Vasutas Budapest	Spartak Subotica
1979	BVSC Vasutas Budapest	GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb
1980		GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb
1981	Spartak Subotica
1982		AS Messine
1983	BVSC Vasutas Budapest
ETTU Nancy Evans Cup
1984	TT San Elpidio a Mare
1985	Spartacus Budapest	La Trinite Sports Nizza
1986	La Trinite Sports Nizza
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991	Falkenbergs
1992		Falkenbergs
1993		Postas SE Budapest
1994
1995		Super Donic Berlin
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
ETTU Cup^[2]
2005
2006
2007
2008		Fenerbahçe
2009
2010
2011	Chartres
2012
2013
2014
2015	Eslövs AI
2016
2017
2018		Chartres
2019
Europe Cup
2021	Pontoise-Cergy

Women's competition[]

Season	Winners	Runners-up
1966		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		FTC Ferencvaros Budapest
1972	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest
1973	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest
1974	FTC Ferencvaros Budapest
1975	Epitök Budapest	Start Praha
1976
1977	Sparta Praha
1978	Mladost Zagreb
1979		Mladost Zagreb
1980	Vitkovice Ostrava	Mladost Zagreb
1981		Industrogradnja
1982	BSE Budapest	Industrogradnja
1983	BSE Budapest	Spartacus Budapest
1984	BSE Budapest	Spartacus Budapest
1985	BSE Budapest
1986		Vitkovice Ostrava
1987		Spartak Vlasim
1988	BSE Budapest	Perucica Foca
1989	BSE Budapest
1990	BSE Budapest	Fövarosi Vizmüvek Budapest
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995		Bayer 05 Uerdingen
1996		Bayer 05 Uerdingen
1997
1998		Bayer 05 Uerdingen
1999		Bayer 05 Uerdingen
2000	Postás Matáv Budapest
2001		Budapest SE
2002	3B Berlin
2003	Postás Matáv Budapest
2004	3B Berlin
2005	Postás Matáv Budapest
2006		3B Berlin
2007	3B Berlin
2008	Dalenergosetproekt Vladivostok
2009
2010
2011		Berlin Eastside
2012	Fenerbahçe	Dalenergosetproekt Vladivostok
2013	Fenerbahçe
2014
2015
2016		Bursa BB
2017	Bursa BB
2018
2019
Europe Cup
2021		SH-ITB Budaörsi SC