this friday: niederoesterreich v. sterilgarda (8:15 pm CET), roskilde v. duesseldorf (7:30 pm CET), ochsenhausen v. hennebont.

this saturday: UMMC v. charleroi (3:30 pm local time).

o-hausen v. hennebont will be streamed live on ttstar.eu and dttl.tv starting at 7:30 CET, or 1:30 ET here in north america.

though i'll probably watch that one, i really want to see roskilde v. d-dorf.  that's maze and oh versus boll, suess, & kishikawa.  is that match streaming anywhere over the internet?  maybe some of our danish friends can help us out, as it will take place in roskilde.

the n-oesterreich v. sterilgarda match will be in austria (wolkersdorf) and the UMMC in russia (verkhnaya pyshma).

it would be nice if someone could record and post vids of the other 3 matches , if they are not streaming over the 'net.

yeah, let's hope it goes the distance!

thanx, ttcrawsaive!!

thanks for that, tusnelda!!

here's an interview of maze that i found on the tv2sport website:

Maze h�ber at v�re klar fredag

 Michael Maze er begyndt at tro p�, at han kan blive klar til Champions League-opg�ret p� fredag for Roskilde BTK 61 p� TV 2 SPORT.

- Jeg kan stadig ikke spille, men for f�rste gang i lang tid kunne jeg i dag g� almindeligt og tr�de igennem p� foden, uden at det gjorde alt for ondt, siger Michael Maze.

Maze fik et bord ned over foden efter et raseriudbrud ved tr�ningen tidligere p� m�neden, men det har ikke just fjernet hans spillelyst - tv�rtimod.

- Jeg har en masse energi, jeg tr�nger til at br�nde af, s� det er fedt at komme i gang igen og kunne svede igennem. Jeg gl�der mig som et lille barn til at f� battet i h�nden og komme til at spille igen, siger Maze og forts�tter:

- P� fredag spiller vi en af �rets vigtigste kampe i Champions League kvartfinalen mod min tidligere klub - Borussia D�sseldorf. Jeg h�ber meget at blive klar. Det er s�danne kampe man ser meget frem til og jeg har tr�net op til at toppe til denne kamp og de store turneringer i februar. Jeg vil dog ikke forcere tingene � jeg bliver n�dt til at tage det hele en dag af gangen.

and here's a rough (but good enough to understand) translation via GOOGLE TRANSLATE:

Maze hopes to be ready by Friday

 Michael Maze is beginning to believe that he may be ready for Champions League showdown on Friday for Roskilde BTK 61 on TV 2 Sport.

- I still can not play, but for the first time in a long time I could today go plain and come through on foot, without it was too painful, "says Michael Maze.

Maze got a table down on the foot after an outbreak of rage during training earlier this month, but it has not just removed his desire to play - quite the contrary.

- I have a lot of energy, I need to burn off, so it's great to get going again and be able to sweat through. I look like a little child to get the bat in his hand and play again, "says Maze continues:

- On Friday we play one of the most important matches in the Champions League quarterfinal against my old club - Borussia D�sseldorf. I very much hope to be ready. These are the games you look very forward to and I have trained up to peak for this fight and the big tournaments in February. I would not climb things - I'll have to take everything one day at a time.

holy sh*t!!  xu xin plays for n-oesterreich??  i didn't know that!!  well, that's it--game over!!  just hand the trophy over to schlager & co.!!

takaaki wrote: holy sh*t!!  xu xin plays for n-oesterreich??  i didn't know that!!  well, that's it--game over!!  just hand the trophy over to schlager & co.!!

No, they dropped Xu Xin again when it became clear that he'd be too caught up with the national team (the training camp for the Worlds just started, for example). Now it's "only" Qiu Yike all the way.

Same for Levallois with Hou Yingchao and Zhang Jike; only Hou is playing in Europe this year.

By the way, the rules say that a player who didn't compete in the group stage is not eligible for the quarters etc., so don't expect any new stars to pop up now.

amateur wrote: No, they dropped Xu Xin again when it became clear that he'd be too caught up with the national team (the training camp for the Worlds just started, for example). Now it's "only" Qiu Yike all the way. Same for Levallois with Hou Yingchao and Zhang Jike; only Hou is playing in Europe this year.

I know for a fact the Chinese National team is having a training camp for the Team Worlds this year, as they always do for major events. There will be qualifying matches played before the Spring Festival in Feb. to decide who will go. So I don't think XX and ZJK want to be anywhere but the camp...

ZingyDNA wrote: I know for a fact the Chinese National team is having a training camp for the Team Worlds this year, as they always do for major events.

Yes of course - the training camp is already well underway in fact.

ttCrawsaive wrote: rui pedro81 wrote: ttCrawsaive wrote: takaaki wrote: holy sh*t!!  xu xin plays for n-oesterreich??  i didn't know that!!  well, that's it--game over!!  just hand the trophy over to schlager & co.!!   Yeah, but I didn't yet see him playing in ECL, let's hope he plays in the quarters.   ( http://www.ecl-ettu.com/index.php?team=team&&view=view&&id=1&&l1=l1)     PS: If Villette wins vs. UMMC, than they will probably play Hennebont, if that happens, than I can record Ryu and Kreanga vs Dima,Saive,Wang, in HD, that would be sooo awesome     first Hennebont has to beat Ochsenhausen which i doubt very much that will happen, if nothing cuz they lost to Ochsenhausen last year but i think it will depend on how chuang plays, if he plays like hes able to, hennebont has no chance... same with Charleroi, Ochsenhausen can beat them too and have more chances than charleroi imo   So you think that if the semis is: Ochsenhausen-Villette that vill. will lose!?                                                          Score Dima vs Chuan                        Wang vs Aplolonia Saive/korbel vs. Gerell Dima vs. Apolonia Wang vs Chuan   Fill in the raster!

first off gerell wont play... it will be crisan for sure. and i also dont think that will be the order of play cuz chuan will play as nr 1 player meaning playing against their nr 2 (wang?) anyways he can beat all their players aswell as apolonia i think. that doesnt mean they will for sure ofc, but i still think they have better chances if they play their level

i've noticed in the past year that crisan has become a lot more emotional in his matches than before.

Does anybody know the score in Niederoesterreich?

great!!  i'm sure everybody here who plans on watching those vids will thank you for that.

Kalinikos Kreanga-Adrian Crisan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-xYGXWjzE

SoWhySoSerious wrote: Kalinikos Kreanga-Adrian Crisan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-xYGXWjzE

kreanga is such a nice guy off court

takaaki wrote: holy sh*t!!  xu xin plays for n-oesterreich??  i didn't know that!!  well, that's it--game over!!  just hand the trophy over to schlager & co.!!

Xu Xin didn't play ,so I'm not sure about that.

lild100 wrote: Champions League: Ryu Seung Ming vs Apolonia   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dIpQLNu-1U