The German table tennis players will meet Sweden or Slovakia in the round of 16 of the World Team Championships in Busan, South Korea.
This was the result of the draw on Tuesday, the two possible opponents must first compete against each other in the intermediate round on Wednesday morning. The DTTB women qualified directly for the round of 16 as undefeated group winners. Slovakia was already in the group of German opponents.
The possible opponents of Dimitrij Ovtcharov’s men’s team will also be drawn on Tuesday afternoon. With a win in the round of 16, the team would qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris. The men also remained undefeated in their group.
In contrast to the men, who are playing in South Korea without record European champion Timo Boll, the women’s team around Nina Mittelham has already secured their Olympic ticket as European Championship winners.