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Sweden has had success in table tennis in recent years with players like Truls Möregårdh at the forefront. Elias Ranefur represents a new generation that is now reaching the world elite.
Watch Elias Ranefur explain why he redesigned his racket and how it has evolved his game, in the player above.
Sweden's new golden table tennis generation is starting to shine more and more. The latest to join the absolute world elite is 30-year-old Elias Ranefur, who had his big breakthrough in 2026.
At the Team World Cup in May he defeated former world number one Lin Shidong, in August he went to the quarter-finals of the Europe Smash and fell by the smallest possible margin against new world number one Sora Matsushima and in September Ranefur took his first title on the world tour after winning the final against Dimitrij Ovtcharov in Bulgaria.
- I'm not used to it getting so much attention, he says.
Qualifying game despite the successes
Elias Ranefur is now 27th in the world ranking and is the second best Swede after world number five Truls Möregårdh. Even so, Ranefur is forced to qualify for the European Championship in Slovenia because he was not one of the top 32 in Europe when the championship seeding was determined.
On Monday at 9.35 he meets Milo De Boer, Netherlands.
The EC in Ljubljana will be decided between 11-18 October and will be broadcast on SVT.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Elias Ranefur will win his match against Milo De Boer in the EC qualifier
Likely · Within days
Ranefur will participate in the main tournament at the European Championships in Ljubljana if he successfully qualifies
Possible · Within weeks

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