The women's table tennis team of Romania, in front of the most important competition of the year

Romania is one of the European table tennis forces, the women's team being present on the podium in the last five editions of the European Championship, twice conquering gold and three times silver.

The results of the Romanian female team at the last five editions of the EC

• 2015 – silver

• 2017 – gold

• 2019 – gold

• 2021 – silver

• 2023 – silver

Bernadette Szocs, Elizabeta Samara, Andreea Dragoman, Adina Diaconu and Elena Zaharia are the girls who want to continue this tradition in Zadar, in Croatia, where, on Sunday, the continental team on teams, with 24 representatives at the start.

Romania's team to female

• Bernadette Szocs (30 years old) – 2nd place in the European standings, 16th place in the world ranking

• Elizabeth Samara (36 years old) – 5th place in the European standings, 32nd place in the world ranking

• Andreea Dragoman (25 years old) – 23rd place in the European standings, 87th place in the world ranking

• Adina Diaconu (25 years old) – 27th place in the European ranking, 77th place in the world ranking

• Elena Zaharia (20 years old) – 47th place in the European ranking, 198th place in the world ranking

In the first phase it is played in groups, and Romania, the main favorite, is part of Group A, along with Wales and Luxembourg. The first meeting for the Romanian is Sunday, from 8:00 pm, against Wales, following on Monday, from the same time, to face Luxembourg.

It is played by the format “the best in five simple matches”, and the first two ranked in the eight groups qualify in the finals.

Since 2013, Romania has been the only team to cross Germany, the champion of the last three editions. Germany can equal, at this edition, the absolute record of four consecutive victories obtained by a female team. This record is currently owned by the Netherlands, winning band in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Both teams were based, in the years they dominated, on naturalized athletes in Asia.

Germany has, at this edition, Sabine Winter, Nina Mittelham, Yuan Wan, Anett Kaufmann and Mia Griesel.

In addition to Germany, in Zadar, only Austria, England, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Portugal have a naturalized players in Asia.

Groups for female

• Group A: RomaniaLuxembourg, Wales Country

• Group B: Germany, Serbia, Slovenia

• Group C: France, Spain, Netherlands

• Group D: Portugal, Czech Republic, Belgium

• Group E: Sweden, Austria, Greece

• Group F: Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria

• Group G: Croatia, Italy, England

• Group H.: Ukraine, Slovakia, Turkey

The boys debut against the lower countries

In the men's contest, Romania is a favorite 6 and has Eduard Ionescu, Iulian Chiriță, Ovidiu Ionescu, Darius Movileanu and Andrei Istrate. The “tricolors” were distributed in Group F, along with the Netherlands and Slovakia.

Romania's team to male

• Eduard Ionescu (20 years old) – 15th place in the European ranking, 50th place in the world ranking

• Iulian Chiriță (21 years old) – 22nd place in the European ranking, 73rd place in the world ranking

• Ovidiu Ionescu (36 years old) – 32nd place in the European standings, 117th place in the world ranking

• Darius Movileanu (20 years) – 53rd place in the European standings, 207th place in the world ranking

• Andrei Istrate (20 years old) – 55th place in the European standings, 226th place in the world ranking

Their first match is Sunday, from 11:00, against the Netherlands, and on Monday, from 5:00 pm, they will meet Slovakia.

Groups in male

• Group A: Sweden, Turkey, Czech Republic

• Group B: France, Hungary, Spain

• Group C.: Germany, Serbia, Ukraine

• Group D: Portugal, England, Greece

• Group E: Denmark, Slovenia, Italy

• Group F: RomaniaSlovakia, Netherlands

• Group G.: Croatia, Austria, Republic of Moldova

• Group H: Belgium, Poland, Finland