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French table tennis team wins first European title in 27 years

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After eliminating Germany, one of the tournament favorites, in the semifinals, the French team defeated Romania (3-0) to claim the continental crown. Their main objective for the season.

Alexis Lebrun during the quarterfinal match of the European Table Tennis Team Championships between France and Belgium in Zadar, Croatia, on October 17, 2025.

It is time for us to leave you, after this great victory for the French team in the final of the European Table Tennis Team Championships in Zadar, Croatia.

It feels great, it’s an incredible emotion, we’ve enjoyed ourselves all week. We all get along super well and it’s a dream to finish with a title. These are emotions that will stay in our memories forever. In team competitions, the emotion is multiplied, we are proud to share a trophy. We are making French table tennis history. We will enjoy this and celebrate with our loved ones.

  • Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the European Table Tennis Team Championships final between France and Romania.
  • What is at stake? The main goal of the season for the French team: the continental title, which has eluded France since 1998. After defeating the formidable Germany in the semifinals on Saturday, the Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy are already guaranteed to improve on their result from the previous tournament edition in 2023 in Malmö (Sweden), where they won bronze.
  • What time? The final begins at 5:00 PM.

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