Anne Vlieg
In 1978 he was involved in a dispute about the European Championships selection. At the 1978 NTTB-Cup Vlieg had to withdraw due to a foot injury as a result of playing indoor football. Due to this head coach Bert Schoofs didn’t select Vlieg for the European championships because, according to him, Vlieg “took a conscious risk and that shows an incorrect approach to table tennis”. Vlieg didn’t like the reasoning of Schoofs. Table tennis club “Tempo Team” also didn’t support the reasoning of the selection procedure including stating that playing indoor football is not a reason not to select Vliet, as Bert van der Helm (who was selected) just returned from winter sport. As a result of the of “Tempo Team” the two “Tempo Team” players (Bert van der Helm and Nico Slobbe) who were selected to play the European Championships were removed from the selection.  Vlieg was asked to join the team, however, Vlieg was solidair with Van der Helm and Slobbe and refused. After long discussions, the disagreement was settled and all three players were allowed to participate.