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The president of ITHF, Bjarne Axelsen, has published that he will resign as the president of ITHF after September 12, 2012 so the member federations of ITHF are going to find a new president in 2012. Read more in this letter.

A majority of the members of ITHF Executive Committee has decided to allow the organizers of Berlin Open 2012 to remove the tournament so it will now be organized Saturday the 26th of May 2012.

The president of ITHF Bjarne Axelsen is asking the national federations and organizers of tournaments belonging to ITHF World Tablehockey Tour to be aware of this: "Every time a tournament is removed in the middle of a season it is harming the federations and players who in decent time have planned their tablehockey season and their trips to and accomodation at the certain venues. I will kindly ask every organizer who this spring will apply for a tournament belonging to ITHF World Tablehockey Tour 2012/2013 to plan every detail before asking ITHF to sanction this tournament. With this I mean finding a playing venue, being totally sure about the date of the tournament, informing ITHF about the exact city of the tournament and - as much as possible - informing about the planned playing system and time schedule. If a national federation has already planned a national tournament the 26th of May 2012 they are not expected to remove this because of this change."

12th Moscow Cup opens registration and welcomes all table hockey players to compete for the biggest ever prize fund in table hockey history - 12 000 USD!
This year tournament has got mighty partner - popular Ice Hockey club of KHL (Continental Hockey League) "Atlant" from Moscow region. For more information, please visit Moscow Region Cup Atlant 2012 website.

The current World Champion - Oleg Dmitrichenko from Russia - did it for the 3rd time in this season of the ITHF World Tablehockey Tour. Earlier in season 2011/2012 he won Helsinki Open in Finland and St. Petersburg Open in Russia. This time he succeeded winning Riga Open in Latvia by defeating Yanis Galuzo (Russia) with 4-3 in a very exciting final. Petr Tmej (Czech Republic) won the bronze match with 2-1 against Alexey Titov (Russia) The victory to Oleg Dmitrichenko was his 3rd medal in the World Tour ever - and the 3rd one of gold.

World Tour standings.

Petr Tmej (Czech Republic) won his 7th gold medal ever in the ITHF World Tablehockey Tour when he in Hungarian Open in Budapest defeated his brother Ladislav Tmej in the final. Also the 3rd medal went to the Czech Republic since Vaclav Pikl won the bronze medal by defeating the local Gergely Regula (Hungary) in the bronze match. 20 players from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Switzerland participated in the tournament.

The current star of international tablehockey - Oleg Dmitrichenko from Russia - did it again. In St. Petersburg Open 2011 he won the tournament by beating Matiss Saulitis from Latvia in the final. The bronze was won by Maxim Borisov (Russia). In the quarterfinal the audience saw a repeat of the final in the World Championships 2011 where Oleg Dmitrichenko defeated Roni Nuttunen (Finland) with 4-0. The tournament was extremely strong. As examples Yanis Galuzo finished as no. 4, Ahti Lampi 5th, Roni Nuttunen 6th and Edgars Caics 12th.

Bjarne Axelsen from Denmark won Slovenia Open for the 2nd year in a row. In the final he defeated Michal Zunka from the Czech Republic. Kristijan Curkuvic (Croatia) won the bronze match against Uros Matanovic (Slovenia) Though Uros Matanovic was very close to the final since the semifinal against Bjarne Axelsen was lost after sudden victory in the 7th and deciding match. The tournament was arranged in Kranj, Slovenia

In Finland the 2nd ITHF World Tour Big6 this season was played at the Olympic Stadium. Oleg Dmitrichenko (Russia) - the World Champion in the open cathegory from Turku, Finland 2011 - and Juha Eralaukko (Finland) both won their first medal ever in the ITHF World Tablehockey Tour. In the final Oleg Dmitrichenko (Russia) defeated Ahti Lampi (Finland) with 4-2 in matches. The result of the final was 3-2, 2-4, 2-4, 5-4ot, 3-0 and 4-0. Andrey Voskoboynikov (Russia) who lost the bronze match to Juha Eralaukko is now leading the total standings of the ITHF World Tablehockey Tour after 6 out of 18 tournaments with Alexey Titov (Russia) as the current no. 2 in the overall standings. Reggie Stefaniszyn (Canada) is no. 3 in the current standings.

The Executive Committee of ITHF has assigned Riga, Latvia the European Championships 2012. The tournaments will be arranged by LGHF which is the national tablehockey federation of Latvia. "We are very satisfied that LGHF who is well-known for their good organisation of the biggest international championships has decided to apply for and in this way help ITHF with the organisation of the European Championships 2012 after the abdication from Croatia", says Bjarne Axelsen, the president of ITHF. "Many of the players and international tablehockey leaders being present to Euro 2008 and many editions of Riga Cup will feel safe after this decision - now knowing that these championships are in good hands", says Bjarne Axelsen. The European Championships 2012 will be arranged from the 8th to the 10th of June 2012.

David Smid (Czech Republic) won Swiss Open 2011 by beating his club mate Michal Zunka (Czech Republic) in the final.
Bjarne Axelsen (Denmark) won the bronze by beating David Brdicek (Czech Republic). Players from Czech Republic, Denmark, Canada and Switzerland participated. Best player from the homeland Switzerland was Etienne Flore on place number 6.

European Championships 2012 in Croatia is cancelled.
The decision is made after communication between the organizer and the Executive Committee of ITHF. The Executive Committee of ITHF is planning an Extraordinary Delegates Conference in November where the member federations are going to vote about some present topics.
If a federation is interested in organizing European Championships 2012 then please contact ITHF before Sunday the 16th of October 2011.
The president of The Executive Committee of ITHF Bjarne Axelsen can be contacted directly through the mail bjarne@9700.dk for further information and questions.

Alexey Titov from Russia has again been active with the camera to the biggest and most prestigious tournaments in 2011. If using the links below you are able to watch the final from Swedish Masters 2011 between Roni Nuttunen (Finland) and Yanis Galuzo (Russia) and moreover you can watch the most important matches in the play off stage from World Championships 2011 in Turku, Finland.
Hans Osterman from Sweden is the commentator.

Press the links and enjoy tablehockey with some of the biggest stars in the world.
Swedish Masters videos.
World Championships videos.

The World Tour in Edmonton, Canada was won by the local favourite Reggie Stefaniszyn but not before he managed to win the exciting final with 4-3 against Kent Richter, also from Canada. The 3rd place also went to Canada since Philippe Majerech defeated Kevin Rafferty (USA) The tournament was placed in West Edmonton Mall in the state of Alberta, Canada.

In Oslo, Norway the first World Tablehockey Tour BIG6 of the season 2011/2012 took place and here Petr Tmej from the Czech Republic got his revanche after loosing to Alexey Titov (Russia) in 2010. Even though Andrey Voskoboynikov (Russia) won the first two matches in the final Petr Tmej was able to come back and ended up winning the final with 4-2.
According to the norwegian tradition the bronze medal was shared between the loosers of the semifinals which this time was Pavel Plesak (Czech Republic) and Ladislav Tmej (Czech Republic).
After winning Oslo Open Petr Tmej is leading the World Tablehockey Tour 2011/2012 after 2 tournaments.
The next tournament is the 17th of September in Edmonton, Canada.

With U. S. Open 2011 in Lemont, Illinois nearby Chicago the new season of ITHF World Tablehockey Tour has begun. The first final was between USA and Denmark and hear Bjarne Axelsen (Denmark) won with 4-0 in the final against Ron Marsik (USA) who - by the way - won the 1st edition of U. S. Open back in 2002.
In this 10th edition Reggie Stefaniszyn (Canada) managed to win the bronze medal.
35 players from USA, Canada and Denmark participated in the tournament.

For the first time ever a player from Russia is the World Champion in the open competition. Oleg Dmitrichenko from Russia won the final with 4-2 in matches against the World Champion from 2007 and 2009 - Roni Nuttunen from Finland. Yanis Galuzo took the bronze medal.
Open Team was won by Russia with silver to Finland and bronze to Latvia.
Maria Yalbacheva (Russia) won ladies championship by beating Maria Saveljeva (Estonia) in the final. Bronze to Minerva Martiskainen (Finland).
Finland won the ladies team competition with silver to Russia and bronze to Latvia.
In the junior competition Max Borisov (Russia) won the final against Oleg Dmitrichenko with bronze to a third player from Russia - Pavel Gorotnitskij.
Russia won junior team in front of Finland and Estonia.
Dmitriy Petrov (Russia) is the new World Champion for veterans while Janne Kokko took the silver medal with bronze to Alexander Kosyrev (Russia).
Veteran team was won by Russia in front of Sweden and Finland.

Congratulations to all the winners and participants in Turku, Finland.

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