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프랑키스카, 파트릭
칼버그, 앤턴
그로스, 요나단
추, 당
레벤코, 안드레아스
디야스, 야쿱
코직, 프란
시루케크, 파벨
누이팅크, 세드릭
시도렌코, 블라디미르
아사르, 오마르
멘겔, 스테펜
브라블릭, 지리
바도우스키, 마레크
마틴코, 지리
코네크니, 토마스
브로드, 빅터
클레플릭, 야쿱
에크세키, 난도르
가시나, 안드레이
린드, 앤더스
트레글러, 토마스
폴란스키, 토마스
하리모토, 토모카즈
삼소노프, 블라디미르
칼데라노, 휴고
체르노프, 콘스탄틴
팡, 버
이스마일로프, 사디
로비노트, 쿠엔틴
무라츠, 유토
잔카릭, 루보미르
보보시카 미하이
보츠, 야니크
박, 강현
반코즈, 미첼
임, 정훈
박, 정우
저우, 위
조, 승민
올리바레스, 펠리페
레이트스피에스, 다비드
소더룬드, 햄푸스
세르다로글루, 다비드
코솔로스키, 올라프
케닌, 알략산드르
순, 지아-훙
프로코프코브, 디미트리
주디, 아담
플로라스, 로버트
Wikipedia - European Champions League (table tennis)
European Champions League (ECL) is the seasonal table tennis competition for the highest ranked European club teams and is regarded as the most important international club competition in Europe. It is organised by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) and replaced the European Club Cup of Champions (ECCC), the previous prominent club competition, since the 1998/99 season. Originally there was only a men's competition; a women's competition was introduced in the 2005/06 season. The competition starts in September and the champions are usually determined in May in recent years.
German club Borussia Düsseldorf is the most successful club in the history of the men's competition, having won the competition seven times and being the runners-up three times, while Belgian club La Villette Charleroi and Russian club Fakel Gazprom both have won five titles.
In the women's competition, TTC Berlin Eastside from Germany has won the league five times, making it the most successful club.
History
The Men's Champions League was first organised in the 1998/99 season, with the aim to replace the European Club Cup of Champions, the previous highest level European club competition held since 1960/61 season. In the second season (99/00), the playing system was changed. The maximum number of games had been reduced from seven to five, and the double had been cancelled, with the aim of having a better presentation on TV and more excitement for the spectators. The competition came into a new era in 2005/06, when the Women's Champions League started with eight clubs and the men's league was expanded from 8 to 16 clubs, enabling a greater number of nations to participate. These changes were undertaken in the hopes of making table tennis more popular in a European level as well as motivating the coming generation. However, the number of teams in the women's competition decreased from eight to six in season 09/10.
In season 10/11, because of the global financial crisis, there were just four teams entering the women's competition, a number lower than the previous year (there were six teams in season 09/10). As a result, the women's competition was suspended for one year. The men's competition was also affected, causing the number of teams to decrease from 16 to 14.
The women's competition resumed in season 11/12, with six teams entering the competition. The number of teams in the men's competition was also restored to 16.