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The German women and Japanese men topped qualification Friday at the DTB Team Challenge in Stuttgart, which is being held in conjunction with this weekend's World Cup event.

Kim Bui (Germany)

Friday's competition featured seven women's teams and 16 men's teams, including two German teams in each category. The top six men's teams and the top four women's teams advance to this weekend's team finals.

Stuttgart's own Kim Bui led Germany 1 to the top spot in the women's competition, edging out Russia 160.200-159.800. Spain qualified in third (151.050), a point ahead of Germany 2 (150.050).

Bui, who was second all-around at the American Cup two weeks ago, competed three events, scoring 13.650 on vault, 14.150 on uneven bars and 13.350 on floor exercise. Teammate Michelle Timm had the top score on vault with 13.800, where Germany 1 scored the top team total (41.000) on any event. Two-time Olympian Elisabeth Seitz, Bui's teammate at MTV Stuttgart, earned 13.450 and 13.000 on balance beam. Germany was the only team to put up four scores above 13 on beam for the best team total there of 39.700.

"We have done very well today," said German women's head coach Ulla Koch. "The girls of Team I showed some very good exercises. The younger ones from Team II didn't do quite as well, but we still managed to make the final. In this respect, I am satisfied."

Russian national champion Natalia Kapitonova had the top score of the competition with her 14.250 on uneven bars (Stalder full, Maloney, Pak, Stalder; Van Leeuwen, inside Stalder full to Tkatchev; toe-full to full-twisting double tuck). Co-world champion Daria Spiridonova scored 14.000 (Konova II to Pak; Van Leeuwen; piked Jaeger; toe-full to full-twisting double) to help Russia outscore Germany on the event. Junior European champion Yelena Yeryomina fell off bars on her Nabiyeva-Pak combination but had the top score of 13.450 on balance beam (Yurchenko mount; ff layout, layout; full turn in Y; front aerial to one foot; switch jump full; side somi; RO 2 1/2). Russia edged Germany by .2 on floor exercise, with top scores of 13.200 from Yeryomina (tucked full-in; 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 punch front; triple twist) and 13.050 from Kapitonova (piked full-in; Mustafina turn; 2 1/2, punch front; double tuck, double pike).

Amélie Föllinger had the top score on floor exercise (13.400) to help Germany 2 grab the final spot to the women's team finals ahead of Switzerland (146.350), Portugal (134.700) and Singapore (132.150).

Japan led the men's qualification with 247.900, topping Germany 1 (245.800) and Switzerland (245.800). Great Britain (245.400), Russia (245.250) and Spain (245.150) all advanced to the finals.

The young Japanese team – comprised of four gymnasts born in 1996 and one born in 1997 — impressed with the top team totals on floor exercise (42.050) and still rings (42.500). Germany 1 posted its best total, 43.850, on parallel bars, with 14.850s from Marcel Nguyen and Philipp Herder.

Oliver Hegi's 14.300 helped Switzerland take the top score on high bar with 41.950. Great Britain outscored the field on pommel horse (41.250), with a 14.400 from James Hall. Teammate Courtney Tulloch had the best score on still rings (14.750).

On parallel bars, Russia posted the highest score on any event with 44.500, where Dmitry Lankin (15.050) and Vladislav Polyashov (15.000) posted the only scores above 15.000 of the competition.

The Netherlands just missed the men's team finals, finishing seventh. Belgium, which had the best team total on vault (42.450), finished eighth ahead of Germany 2.

The men's team final takes place Saturday afternoon, following the women's World Cup all-around event, which features Tabea Alt (Germany), Morgan Hurd (USA), Alice Kinsella (Great Britain), Angelina Melnikova (Russia), Pauline Schäfer (Germany), Eythora Thorsdottir (Netherlands) and Zhang Jin (China).

The competition concludes on Sunday, with the women's team final following the men's World Cup, featuring Allan Bower (USA), Lukas Dauser (Germany), James Hall (Great Britain), Oliver Hegi (Switzerland), Sebastian Krimmer (Germany), Nikita Ignatyev (Russia), Kazuma Kaya (Japan), Sun Wei (China), and Oleg Vernyayev (Ukraine).

External Link: Official Website

2017 DTB Team Challenge
March 17, Stuttgart, Germany

Women's Team Qualification		VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Germany 1	41.000	40.750	39.700	38.750	160.200
	Kim Bui	13.650	14.150		13.350
	Carina Kröll	13.050		13.250	12.700
	Helene Schäfer	13.550	11.250	13.100	12.200
	Elisabeth Seitz		13.450	13.000
	Michelle Timm	13.800	13.150	13.350	12.700
2.	Russia	40.550	40.950	39.350	38.950	159.800
	Lilia Akhaimova	12.600			12.550
	Natalia Kapitonova	13.550	14.250	13.000	13.050
	Yevgenia Shelgunova	13.500	12.700	12.900
	Daria Spiridonova		14.000	12.500	12.700
	Yelena Yeryomina	13.500	12.700	13.450	13.200
3.	Spain	39.950	37.550	36.200	37.350	151.050
	Nora Fernández	13.500	10.600	12.100	11.850
	Ana Pérez	13.550	13.150	11.200	12.300
	Paula Raya	12.900	12.100	11.150	11.750
	Cintia Rodríguez	12.900	12.300	12.900	13.200
4.	Germany 2	40.900	33.350	37.400	38.400	150.050
	Amélie Föllinger	13.600	10.150	12.900	13.400
	Emma Höfele	13.700	11.450	9.200	12.900
	Julia Plattenhardt		11.750		12.100
	Isabelle Stingl		10.100	11.150
	Sarah Voss	13.600		13.350
5.	Switzerland	38.300	36.700	35.450	35.900	146.350
	Caterina Barloggio	12.150	12.800	12.100	11.750
	Ilaria Käslin	13.300	11.800	11.550	12.650
	Stefanie Siegenthaler		12.100	11.800	11.400
	Fabienne Studer	12.850	11.750	10.500	11.500
6.	Portugal	37.400	28.600	35.050	33.650	134.700
	Diana Abrantes	12.250	9.000	12.550	10.950
	Beatriz Dias	12.000	8.750	10.800	11.150
	Mariana Marianito	12.800	10.200	11.700	11.500
	Leonor Silva	12.350	9.400	9.200	11.000
7.	Singapore	38.250	29.150	32.600	32.150	132.150
	Colette Chan	11.600	9.450	10.600	9.750
	Kelsie Muir	12.750	8.450	10.050	10.950
	Nadine Joy Nathan	13.000	10.450	11.950	10.850
	Qiyan Zeng	12.500	9.250	10.000	10.350

Men's Team Qualification		FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Japan	42.050	39.700	42.500	42.050	40.700	40.900	247.900
	Kenta Chiba	13.550	12.600	14.250	14.200	14.950	13.950
	Takahiro Goshima	14.150		14.050	12.650		13.450
	Yuto Kato		12.400	11.300		12.050	12.250
	Fuya Maeno	14.150	13.300		13.900	11.800	13.500
	Kazuya Takahashi	13.750	13.800	14.200	13.950	13.700
2.	Germany 1	40.150	38.650	40.700	41.750	43.850	40.700	245.800
	Philipp Herder	12.550	13.300	13.500	13.700	14.850	12.450
	Christopher Jursch	10.850	12.350		14.000	14.150	14.450
	Marcel Nguyen			14.500		14.850
	Felix Pohl	13.900	12.650	12.700	14.050		13.800
	Ivan Rittschik	13.700	12.700	12.400	13.050	13.100	12.050
3.	Switzerland	39.700	38.650	40.800	42.350	42.350	41.950	245.800
	Sascha Coradi	13.700		12.900	13.900	14.050	13.700
	Oliver Hegi		13.250			14.750	14.300
	Marco Rizzo	13.450	13.550	14.150	13.950	13.550	13.600
	Taha Serhani	12.550	11.850	13.150	14.300	13.100	13.950
	Marco Walter	11.100	9.600	13.500	14.100
4.	Great Britain	40.550	41.250	41.000	42.200	42.150	38.250	245.400
	Frank Baines	14.100	13.250			13.800	11.900
	Dominick Cunningham	11.200	11.800	12.200	14.250	12.150	10.900
	Joe Fraser	13.200	13.600	12.650	13.950	14.200	12.200
	James Hall		14.400	13.600	14.000	14.150	14.150
	Courtney Tulloch	13.250		14.750	13.450
5.	Russia	40.050	38.500	41.950	41.400	44.500	38.850	245.250
	Dmitry Lankin	13.550		14.050	14.000	15.050
	Vladislav Polyashov	12.950	13.850	12.850	12.650	15.000	13.050
	Kirill Potapov	13.550	11.400	14.250	13.900	14.450	11.850
	Maksim Sinichkin	11.500	9.100	13.650	13.500	13.250	13.000
	Sergei Yeltsov		13.250				12.800
6.	Spain	41.000	39.150	41.850	42.050	41.700	39.400	245.150
	Nestor Abad	14.350	13.300	14.350	14.150	14.350	14.300
	Ruben López	12.850	13.250	14.150	13.700	14.050	12.250
	Joel Plata	12.750	10.150	12.050		13.300	12.300
	Alberto Tallón				14.200	13.200
	Adrià Vera	13.800	12.600	13.350	12.950		12.800
7.	Netherlands 1	41.150	39.100	41.700	42.150	39.550	40.000	243.650
	Michel Bletterman	4.500	12.400	12.350	12.750	10.900	12.150
	Bart Deurloo	14.250	12.750	13.800	14.400	13.000	14.750
	Casimir Schmidt	13.400	13.500	13.700	14.150	12.700	12.500
	Anthony Van Assche		12.850	14.200		13.850
	Bram Verhofstad	13.500			13.600		12.750
8.	Belgium	39.900	35.550	40.750	42.450	41.150	39.500	239.300
	Maxime Gentges	12.700	10.700	13.650	12.800	13.000	12.600
	Daan Kenis	13.950	12.400	13.350	14.500	13.800	13.400
	Luka van den Keybus					12.950	13.500
	Jimmy Verbaeys	11.550	11.950	13.750	13.450	14.350	12.300
	Jonathan Vrolix	13.250	11.200		14.500
9.	Germany 2	39.800	38.250	41.200	41.150	41.650	37.200	239.250
	Nils Dunkel	12.950	13.450	13.700	13.200	13.950	12.500
	Florian Lindner	13.400	13.200	14.400	13.350	13.800	12.050
	Alexander Maier	12.050	11.150	13.100	13.700	13.900	12.650
	Felix Remuta	13.450	11.600	12.500	14.100	13.450	9.850
10.	Italy	39.650	39.450	40.550	40.300	40.750	38.500	239.200
	Tommaso de Vecchis		13.450	12.900		13.100	13.200
	Lorenzo Galli	13.550	13.200	12.850	13.900	13.700	13.400
	Marco Lodadio	13.350		14.550	12.950	13.100
	Marco Sarruggerio	12.750	12.800	13.100	13.450	13.950	11.900
11.	Hungary	39.300	40.350	38.700	38.900	40.650	37.550	235.450
	Ádám Babos	13.200	11.800	13.600	12.750	13.050	11.400
	Botond Kardos	14.150	13.150	11.150	12.350	13.650	12.950
	Dávid Schweigert	11.950		13.100	13.350
	Levente Vágner		13.600	12.000		13.400	11.750
	Dávid Vecsernyés		13.600		12.800	13.600	12.850
12.	Ukraine	38.300	39.900	38.400	38.400	39.300	36.900	231.200
	Yaroslav Handei	12.500		12.000	11.950	11.850	11.400
	Vladyslav Hryko	12.350	13.600	13.050	13.400	13.650	13.150
	Andrii Sienichkin		13.600
	Maksym Vasylenko	13.450	10.950	10.000	13.050	13.000	12.150
	Eduard Yermakov		12.700	13.350		12.650	11.600
13.	Norway	40.800	35.700	37.600	40.650	38.750	36.950	230.450
	Pietro Giachino	13.700	11.050	13.300	12.750	12.450	12.350
	Sofus Heggemsnes	13.700	12.700	12.450	13.800	13.100	12.350
	Odin Kalvø	13.400	11.350	11.850			12.250
	Fredrik Johnsen			11.150	13.350	11.450
	Harald Wibye	12.950	11.650		13.500	13.200	12.150
14.	Portugal	37.000	36.250	38.100	40.000	38.100	36.350	225.800
	Bernardo Almeida	13.000	11.950	12.900	12.650	13.150	12.050
	Simão Almeida	10.750	11.600	13.350	13.550	12.550	12.200
	Tiago Barbosa	13.250	11.150	11.850	13.300	12.200	12.100
	Francisco Fragoso		12.700
	Pedro Guimarães	10.250		11.700	13.150	12.400
15.	Sweden	39.950	34.200	37.900	39.500	37.100	34.750	223.400
	William Broman		11.350	13.200		12.200	11.850
	Carl Idesjö	11.750		12.950	12.850	12.200	10.550
	Henrik Schröder	13.150	9.950	11.750	12.800	9.200	11.600
	Christopher Soos	13.500	12.050	10.550	13.600	12.700	11.300
	Kim Wanström	13.300	10.800		13.050
16.	Netherlands 2	10.650	35.650	12.400		11.850	12.950	83.500
	Boudewijn de Vries		13.300				12.950
	Alex Klinkenberg	10.650	12.200	12.400		11.850
	Justen Zuidema		10.150

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