Tischtennis Bundesliga: Bad Homburg beat Ochsenhausen 3-1

Bad Homburg end Ochsenhausen's perfect start in the Tischtennis Bundesliga as Csaba Andras wins twice

Ochsenhausen, who had to field their coach, lost for the first time in seven matches, leaving Borussia Düsseldorf as the league's only unbeaten team.

By Eleven Team8 November 2026, 20:40

Key matches

Tischtennis Bundesliga, matchday 7Tischtennis Bundesliga

TTF Liebherr OchsenhausenGER

TTC OE Bad HomburgGER

Final result

Iulian Chirita GER 3–0 Finn Luu GER 11–311–711–7

Bogdan Pugna GER 0–3 Csaba Andras GER 2–115–113–11

Daniel Berzosa GER 1–3 Juan Perez GER 11–1311–78–117–11

Iulian Chirita GER 1–3 Csaba Andras GER 4–1112–109–115–11

More results

Tischtennis Bundesliga, matchday 7 ASC Grünwettersbach GER 1–3 1. FC Saarbrücken TT GER

Tischtennis Bundesliga, matchday 7 TSV Bad Königshofen GER 1–3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt GER

TTC OE Bad Homburg ended TTF Ochsenhausen's perfect start to the Tischtennis Bundesliga season on Sunday, winning 3-1 in Ochsenhausen as Csaba Andras won both his singles for the second league match running.

Ochsenhausen had won their first six matches. Their defeat leaves Borussia Düsseldorf, the record champions, as the only unbeaten team in the league, and lifts Bad Homburg into the top four, the places that lead to the play-off finals.

Andras beats Chirita and the coach

Ochsenhausen were short of players and had to improvise: alongside Iulian Chirita and Daniel Berzosa, their coach, Bogdan Pugna, played. It started well for the home side. Chirita, 20, beat Finn Luu 11-3, 11-7, 11-7 for a 1-0 lead.

Bad Homburg then won the next three. Andras beat Pugna 11-2, 11-5, 11-3, and Juan Perez lost the first game to Berzosa 13-11 before taking the match 3-1. In the meeting of the two No 1s, Andras beat Chirita 11-4, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5 to seal the win.

"It was a tough match against Iulian. We've been playing each other since we were kids. He's a very good player," said Andras, 24, whose two wins took his league record this season to 11-2, the best in the Bundesliga.

The Hungarian also won twice when Bad Homburg beat Werder Bremen 3-1 on Monday, but played down talk of being the team's star. "There's no secret. But I'm not a star," he said. "I'd like to keep this form and carry on helping my team."

Manuel Pfender, Ochsenhausen's team manager, had no complaints. "I can't blame our team, we gave it a go," he said.

Saarbrücken win without Franziska

1. FC Saarbrücken TT won 3-1 at ASC Grünwettersbach without their captain, Patrick Franziska, who was playing in the men's singles final at WTT Champions Frankfurt on the same afternoon. Grünwettersbach are still without a home win this season.

Hugo Calderano, two days after his defeat by Wim Verdonschot in Frankfurt, opened by beating England's Tom Jarvis 12-10, 11-9, 11-7. Florian Bluhm pulled one back for the home side, beating Eduard Ionescu 11-8 in the fifth game after losing the second and third.

Álvaro Robles beat Tobias Hippler 3-1, and Ionescu then came from 2-1 down against Jarvis to win 11-8 in the fifth. Saarbrücken stay third, behind Düsseldorf and Ochsenhausen.

Bergneustadt win the bottom-of-the-table match

TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt, third last season, won 3-1 at TSV Bad Königshofen in a meeting of the bottom two, in front of 550 spectators. Bad Königshofen stay bottom.

Benedikt Duda, who reached the last eight at WTT Champions Frankfurt before losing to Franziska in five games on Friday, beat Bastian Steger 11-9, 11-7, 11-6. Duda said before the win that his 6-7 record this season had not matched what is expected of the club's leading player.

Filip Zeljko, the only home player to win, beat Romain Ruiz 3-0. Cedric Meissner then came from a game down to beat Andre Bertelsmeier, taking the second game 17-15, and Ruiz beat Steger 3-1 to finish the match.

Results

TTF Ochsenhausen 1-3 TTC OE Bad Homburg: Chirita bt Luu 11-3, 11-7, 11-7; Andras bt Pugna 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Perez bt Berzosa 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Andras bt Chirita 11-4, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5
ASC Grünwettersbach 1-3 1. FC Saarbrücken TT: Calderano bt Jarvis 12-10, 11-9, 11-7; Bluhm bt Ionescu 11-6, 3-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-8; Robles bt Hippler 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9; Ionescu bt Jarvis 11-7, 9-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8
TSV Bad Königshofen 1-3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt: Duda bt Steger 11-9, 11-7, 11-6; Zeljko bt Ruiz 11-2, 11-7, 11-8; Meissner bt Bertelsmeier 10-12, 17-15, 11-8, 11-7; Ruiz bt Steger 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7

What's next

Matchday 7 finishes during the week: TTC Grenzau host Düsseldorf on Monday (7pm local time, 6pm UK), Post SV Mühlhausen play TTC Fulda-Maberzell on Tuesday and Werder Bremen meet Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. Matchday 8 starts on Friday 13 November.