Date: 01. June 2018

In the team competition the strong Russian women reached the semi-finals with a gigantic lead. The Ukrainian team’s qualification was no surprise either. Third place of the preliminary round was won by Italy and Greece reached fourth place. [pic]pic_index.jpg|Women-Team Italy[/pic] The Greek women won their first game against Russia but lost the second one. The decisive third game however was won by the Russian women, although by a narrow margin. The second semi-final was equally close. Italy won their first game, lost the second but managed to turn the match again when the Ukrainian women showed weakness in the third game. [pic]pic_02.jpg|Women-Team Greece[/pic] Against Russia however the Italian women couldn’t show a convincing performance. After two games the winner was the Russian team: Fifth gold medal for Russia, first overall medal for Italy. [pic]pic_01.jpg|France[/pic] There were no big surprises in the men’s competition. Germany, Russia and Ukraine were the leading teams. France followed as fourth. With a clear 2:0 the German men won over France in the semi-final. Equally clear was the Ukrainian’s victory. [pic]pic_03.jpg|German-Team[/pic] In the final the Ukrainian team showed better endurance, while the Germans couldn’t reach their usual good performance. 2:0 and gold for Ukraine, silver for Germany, bronze for Russia and France.

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Medal list

Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	6	1	7	14
2	Ukraine (UKR)	3	6	6	15
3	Germany (GER)	3	1	5	9
4	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	1	2
5	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
6	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
8	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
9	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1

Informations for tickets and travel

Information for travel (final return at 5. May 2018) [ download here ]

Ticket for closing banquet am 2. June 2018 (registration for banquet until 15. May 2018) [ download here ]
Plakat for closing ceremony [ show it ]