Table tennis - Revenge for Champions League: Düsseldorf champions again
Borussia Düsseldorf, Europe's most successful table tennis club, won the German championship for the 34th time. In the Bundesliga playoff final in Frankfurt am Main, the team led by Timo Boll defeated the Champions League winner 1. FC Saarbrucken with a score of 3:1 on Sunday.
The Düsseldorf team defeated their long-time rivals for the fourth time in a row in the championship final. Borussia also won the German Cup final in January. However, Saarbrucken won the Champions League final against Düsseldorf in 2023 and 2024. In the Bundesliga regular season of this season, they defeated Boll and Co. twice.
Saarbrucken's misfortune in this final was that German national player Patrick Franziska got injured in the first loss against Dang Qiu and sustained a thigh injury. After that, the 43-year-old Boll lost to Slovenian Darko Jorgic in five sets. Swedish Anton Källberg (against Cedric Meissner) and Individual European Champion Dang Qiu (against Jorgic) then made the 78th title win in the Düsseldorf club history perfect.
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Borussia Düsseldorf, hailing from North Rhine-Westphalia, has a strong presence in table tennis, with their Bundesliga team consistently performing well. Despite Saarland's victories in the Champions League final against Düsseldorf in 2023 and 2024, Borussia triumphed in the Bundesliga playoff final against 1. FC Saarbrucken from Saarland, securing the 34th German championship title. In the same season, Borussia also won the German Cup final.
In the Bundesliga regular season of this year, both teams faced off, with Saarbrucken managing to defeat Borussia Düsseldorf's team led by Timo Boll twice. Unfortunately for Saarbrucken, German national player Patrick Franziska sustained a thigh injury during the first loss against Dang Qiu, which impacted their performance in the final. Despite Boll's loss to Slovenian Darko Jorgic in five sets, Swedish Anton Källberg and Individual European Champion Dang Qiu secured the title for Borussia Düsseldorf in the playoff final, held in Hesse.
