Berlin Open

The Berlin Open is an annual tournament in Berlin, Germany. Taking place since 2005, it has established as the main event in German tablehockey and part of the World Table Hockey Tour.

Basic information
The Berlin Open allways have been a German national ranking tournament and since it's 2nd edition in 2006 part of WTHT. The tournaments were organised for the ITHF by the German national association respectively Berlin's table hockey community (Igor Lechner, Tim Tigges, Thomas Haußknecht, Andreas Reich and Ebi Fischel).

Due to the attractive host city and the location in the middle of Europe, the Berlin Open allways were well-visited. With participants between 35 and 60 (average 47) it ranks well among the non-Big-6-tournaments. Several star players have attended the Berlin Open such as e.g. Lukas Turon, Tore Lie, Petter Bengtsson and David Smid. The tournaments have attracted a lot of players from the bigger countries - especially the Czechs are regular guests - the as well as the smaller ones - with Shoji Handa coming from the far East as most remarkable guest.

After German Table Hockey tradition, there's music played during the matches - which makes the Berlin Open one of a kind.

Berlin Open 2010
Will be played May, 29th.

Berlin Open 2009
The 5th edition was played May, 16th, at Carl-Schumann-Halle, Berlin-Charlottenburg. Mikus Saulitis from Latvia won against Zdenek Matousek, Czech Republic. Mika Myllykangas from Finland came 3rd. The tournament's value was 6808. 42 participants from 8 countries took part, among them 7 Fins and 3 Latvians. Best German was Gerrit Janßen (16th).

Berlin Open 2008
The 4th edition was played May, 17th, at Carl-Schumann-Halle, Berlin-Charlottenburg. David Smid from Czech Republic won against Andreas Andersson, Sweden. His 2nd title made Smid the most winning Berlin Open player. Martin Arenlind from Sweden came 3rd. The tournament's value was 5909. 35 participants from 8 countries took part, among them 7 Swedes. Best German was René Albers (9th).

Berlin Open 2007
The 3rd edition was played April, 21st, at Berolina-School, Berlin-Mitte. Lukas Turon from Czech Republic won against his countryman Petr Tmej. Also the 3rd place went to Czech Republic and Michal Hvizd. The tournament's value was 6575. 60 participants from 13 countries took part. 11 Czechs and 7 Swedes among the first 19 places made this tournament a kind of international match. Anyways, the most remarkable guest was Shoji Handa of Japan. Best German was Christian Aden (21st).

Berlin Open 2006
The 2nd edition was played May, 20th, at Berolina-School, Berlin-Mitte. Øyvind Hansen from Norway won against Björn Söderström, Sweden. Pål Bakken from Norway came 3rd. The tournament's value then was 756. 51 participants from 7 countries took part, among them 6 Norwegians. Best German was Tim Tigges (8th).

Berlin Open 2005
The 1st edition was played April, 30th, in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. David Smid from Czech Republic won against his countryman Vaclav Pikl. Germany's Johannes Roth came 3rd, the host country's only Berlin Open medal. The tournament's value then was 634. 45 participants from 8 countries took part, among them 5 Poles.