Here's who will participate in the ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026

ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026 is just a day away.

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Starting on Thursday, Europe’s biggest stars will battle with one another in hopes of becoming this year’sTop 16 Cup champion. Up-and-coming talent will face off against longtime veterans. Previous winners will battle against the top-ranked players. And by the time the tournament wraps up on Sunday, two of these superstars will have earned a direct qualification to this year’s World Cup.

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This prestigious tournament welcomes only the continent’s best players, and an intricate system determines which athletes earn these exclusive spots. The winners of last year’s Top 16 Cup (Alexis Lebrun and Ying Han) automatically qualify, as do the winners of the 2024 European Championships (Lebrun and Sofia Polcanova).

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They join the top players of their respective genders (20 men, 19 women), as well as two players from Switzerland, the tournament’s host country (Pedro Osiro, Rachel Moret). In both tournaments, the Top 14-ranked players earn automatic spots in the main draw, and the other eight will fight for the final two spots in a qualifying tournament to be held on Thursday.

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The following players are expected to participate in this year’s Europe Top 16 Cup, organized by their starting tournamentand ordered by their seeds.

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Men’s Singles:

‍Main Draw Participants:

• Truls Moregardh (Sweden): No. 1
• Alexis Lebrun (France): No. 2
• Félix Lebrun (France): No. 3
• Darko Jorgić (Slovenia): No. 4
• Benedikt Duda (Germany): No. 5
• Patrick Franziska (Germany): No. 6
• Dang Qiu (Germany): No. 7
• Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany): No. 8
• Anton Källberg (Sweden): No. 9
• Anders Lind (Denmark): No. 10
• Simon Gauzy (France): No. 11
• Jonathan Groth (Denmark): No. 12
• Marcos Freitas (Portugal): No. 13
• Eduard Ionescu (Romania): No 14

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Qualifying Tournament Participants:

• Álvaro Robles (Spain): No. 15
• Tomislav Pucar (Croatia): No. 16
• Andrej Gaćina (Croatia): No. 17
• Kristian Karlsson (Sweden): No. 18
• Daniel Habesohn (Austria): No. 19
• João Geraldo (Portugal): No. 20
• Iulian Chirita (Romania): No. 21
• Pedro Osiro (Switzerland): No. 22

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Women’s Singles:

Main Draw Participants:

• Sabine Winter (Germany): No. 1
• Sofia Polcanova (Austria): No. 2
• Bernadette Szőcs (Romania): No. 3
• Ying Han (Germany): No. 4
• Yuan Jia Nan (France): No. 5
• Elizabeta Samara (Romania): No. 6
• Prithika Pavade (France): No. 7
• Linda Bergström (Sweden): No. 8
• Jieni Shao(Portugal): No. 9
• Nina Mittelham (Germany): No. 10
• Fu Yu (Portugal): No. 11
• María Xiao (Spain): No. 12
• Natalia Bajor (Poland): No. 13
• Xiaona Shan (Germany): No. 14 

Qualifying Tournament Participants:

• Anna Hursey (Wales): No. 15
• Annett Kaufmann (Germany): No. 16
• Charlotte Lutz (France): No. 17
• Andreea Dragoman (Romania): No. 18
• Lea Rakovac (Croatia): No. 19
• Izabela Lupulesku (Serbia): No. 20
• Georgina Póta (Hungary): No. 21
• Rachel Moret (Switzerland): No. 22

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If you live in the United States or Canada, you can watch all of these superstars battle for this year’s Top 16 Cup live on Table Tennis TV from Thursday through Sunday. Access these matches on TableTennis.TV, iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV. Sign up today on tabletennis.tv and receive a 30-day free trial!