Euro-Asia Cup


The Euro-Asia Cup, more recently known as the Asia-Euro Cup or Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge, is a table tennis team competition currently held annually in China between teams of professional players representing Asia and Europe.

History

First held in 2009, the competition originally featured two events each year: one held in China and the other held in a European city. Since 2013, there has just been one event held annually in China, currently organised by the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
Asia has won the competition nine times, compared to Europe's three wins. The European team's first two wins came in Turkey and France, and in 2015 they earned their first competition win on Asian soil, with victory in Zhangjiagang.

Winners

YearLocationWinning TeamLosing TeamScoreRef.
2009 BeijingAsia
Cheung Yuk
Chuang Chih-yuan
Joo Sae-hyuk
Ma Lin
Ma Long
Europe
Kalinikos Kreanga
Michael Maze
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Jörgen Persson
Vladimir Samsonov
6–4
2009 IstanbulEurope
Timo Boll
Kalinikos Kreanga
Michael Maze
Vladimir Samsonov
Werner Schlager
Asia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Gao Ning
Joo Sae-hyuk
Li Ching
Wang Hao
6–5
2010 BeijingAsia
Cheung Yuk
Joo Sae-hyuk
Jun Mizutani
Wang Liqin
Yang Zi
Europe
Michael Maze
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Jörgen Persson
Vladimir Samsonov
Werner Schlager
6–5
2010 MonsAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Joo Sae-hyuk
Ma Long
Jun Mizutani
Tang Peng
Europe
Timo Boll
Chen Weixing
Kalinikos Kreanga
Jean-Michel Saive
Vladimir Samsonov
6–4
2011 BeijingAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Joo Sae-hyuk
Jun Mizutani
Tang Peng
Zhang Jike
Europe
Tiago Apolónia
Timo Boll
Adrian Crişan
Vladimir Samsonov
Werner Schlager
6–4
2011 MinskAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Gao Ning
Joo Sae-hyuk
Tang Peng
Xu Xin
Europe
Adrien Mattenet
Michael Maze
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Vladimir Samsonov
Alexey Smirnov
7–3
2012 TianjinAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Gao Ning
Hao Shuai
Leung Chu Yan
Jun Mizutani
Europe
Adrian Crişan
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Vladimir Samsonov
Alexey Smirnov
Bojan Tokič
7–3
2012 La Roche-sur-YonEurope
Adrian Crişan
Adrien Mattenet
Michael Maze
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Vladimir Samsonov
Asia
Jiang Tianyi
Sharath Kamal
Chan Kazuhiro
Li Ping
Ryu Seung-min
6–4
2013 QingdaoAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Jiang Tianyi
Joo Sae-hyuk
Jun Mizutani
Zhang Jike
Europe
Chen Weixing
Adrian Crişan
Marcos Freitas
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Vladimir Samsonov
7–3
2014 ZhangjiagangAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Gao Ning
Jun Mizutani
Tang Peng
Xu Xin
Europe
Adrian Crişan
Robert Gardos
Panagiotis Gionis
Bastian Steger
Tan Ruiwu
6–4
2015 ZhangjiagangEurope
Marcos Freitas
Andrej Gaćina
Robert Gardos
Vladimir Samsonov
Bastian Steger
Asia
Noshad Alamian
Chuang Chih-yuan
Gao Ning
Ma Long
Tang Peng
6–4
2016 DongguanAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Fan Zhendong
Gao Ning
Joo Sae-hyuk
Wong Chun Ting
Europe
Tiago Apolónia
Chen Weixing
Andrej Gaćina
Vladimir Samsonov
Alexander Shibaev
6–4
2018 NantongAsia
Chuang Chih-yuan
Lee Sang-su
Koki Niwa
Wong Chun Ting
Zhang Jike
Europe
Marcos Freitas
Jonathan Groth
Kristian Karlsson
Vladimir Samsonov
Bastian Steger
7–3

Results

2009 – Asia

Asia defeated Europe 6–4 on aggregate

2009 – Europe

Europe defeated Asia 6–5 on aggregate

2010 – Asia

Asia defeated Europe 6–5 on aggregate

2010 – Europe

Asia defeated Europe 6–4 on aggregate

2011 – Asia

2011 – Europe

2012 – Asia

2012 – Europe

2013

2014

2015

2016