Overview

• Annett Kaufmann, Sabine Winter and Nina Mittelham beat Romania’s Bernadette Szöcs, Elizabeta Samara and Andreea Dragoman to clinch the final 3:0 in Zadar.
• Germany completed the tournament without dropping a single match, finishing 6–0 overall and securing sole ownership of the women’s record with ten titles.
• Kaufmann went 6–0 despite an elbow issue, and Winter also finished undefeated, repeatedly delivering pivotal opening wins.
• The German men took bronze after a 1:3 semifinal loss to France, with Benedikt Duda defeating Alexis Lebrun before Félix Lebrun sealed the tie for the French.
• The men’s exit ended a run of 12 straight EM finals in the Timo Boll era, while the women’s triumph extended Germany’s streak of winning at least one team title at every EM since 2007.