Facilities Sports Modernization Specialized Center of Priego de Córdoba welcomed since last Monday a concentration of the Spanish National Team that will be participating next Friday in the 2013 LIEBHERR European Table Tennis Championships which will be held in Austria.

Called by the coach one continuous of Spanish Team player´s Carlos Machado and He Zhi Wen “Juanito” who could not participate in these trainings to be recovering from a sore back that prevented him to play in the last league match. Alejandro Calvo and Shi Wei Dong participated alongside another selected group of players in this concentration.

Spanish men's team will play in the Championships Division top flight of European Table Tennis, where are situated the best teams in the continent. So fight for positions 1 to 12 having as difficult goal to keep the category, therefore they must finish in the top 10.

Spain will play at the opening on Friday 4th, at 14´00 hours in the second round against Belarus, No. 12 world ranking, which is presented as a tough opponent to beat. If they achieve his initial goal then they will play vs Croatia. A defeat would lead them to fight for positions 9 to 12 in the first round with the loser of the match between Greece and the Czech Republic.

The 2013 LIEBHERR European Championships will involve both team and individuals competitions, also be played doubles tournament where players from Cajasur´s Club will participate next Tuesday 8th.