EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: European Junior U19 Team Squash Championships, Malmo, Sweden

    Final qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [9] SCOTLAND 3-0 (James Wright bt Jamie Macaulay 9-4, 9-2, 9-0; Tom Richards bt Graham Melvin 9-1, 9-2, 9-0; Jenna Gates bt Joanna Morgan 8-10, 9-5, 9-0, 9-0)
[9] SCOTLAND bt [16] HUNGARY 3-0 (Alan Clyne bt Daniel Cseffalvay 9-1, 9-3, 9-0; Graham Melvin bt Dvid Lukacs 9-5, 9-1, 9-3; Alexandra Clark bt Eszter Varga 9-4, 9-1, 9-3)
[8] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [17] ISRAEL 2-1 (Ondrej Ertl bt Or Lahad 9-3, 9-0, 9-5; Lukas Jelinek lost to Ido Avron 8-10, 9-3, 9-4, 6-9, 4-9; Tereza Cturtnickova bt Rachel Montifiore 9-0, 9-2, 9-2)
[1] ENGLAND bt [8] CZECH REPUBLIC 3-0 (Chris Simpson bt Ondrej Ertl 9-5, 9-3, 9-6; Tom Richards bt Jaroslav Cech 10-8, 9-3, 9-6; Rachel Willmott bt Lucie Fialova 9-5, 5-9, 9-2, 9-3)
[17] ISRAEL bt [16] HUNGARY 2-1 (Ido Avron bt Daniel Cseffalvay 9-2, 9-5, 8-10, 5-9, 9-1; Ariel Lewis bt Kristof Hackel 9-6, 9-6, 9-1; Rachel Montifiore lost to Eszter Varga 1-9, 5-9, 2-9)
      Final positions: 1 England, 2 Scotland, 3 Czech Republic, 4 Israel, 5 Hungary

    Pool B:
[10] WALES bt [15] NORWAY 2-1 (Peter Creed bt Kim Are Killingberg 9-3, 9-0, 9-1; Ben Hardwidge bt Edvard Hegbom 9-4, 9-4, 9-0; Gemma Davies lost to Lotte Eriksen 7-9, 3-9, 2-9)
[2] GERMANY bt [7] NETHERLANDS 2-1 (Simon Rosner bt Sebastiaan Weenink 9-4, 9-3, 9-2; Jens Schoor bt Sander Kock 9-1, 9-7, 9-1; Sandra Kruger lost to Lisa Kho 8-10, 9-0, 8-10, 0-9)
      Final positions: 1 Germany, 2 Netherlands, 3 Wales, 4 Norway

    Pool C:
[3] FRANCE bt [11] DENMARK 2-1 (Mathieu Castagnet bt Kristian Gross Jeppesen 9-5, 9-2, 9-0; Thibault Prandi lost to Kristian Frost 2-9, 9-4, 9-1, 7-9, 7-9; Celia Allamargot bt Anne-Mette Pedersen 9-2, 9-2, 9-2)
[6] SWITZERLAND bt [14] FINLAND 3-0 (Nicolas Muller bt Pyry Poikolainen 9-6, 9-7, 9-6; Benjamin Fischer bt Kari Laurikainen 7-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-4; Jasmin Ballmann bt Saara Valtola 9-0, 9-2, 9-5)
[11] DENMARK bt [14] FINLAND 3-0 (Kristian Frost bt Pyry Poikolainen 9-3, 9-0, 9-1; Tobias Portner bt Kari Laurikainen 8-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1; Julie Nilsson bt Saara Valtola 9-1, 9-3, 9-1)
[3] FRANCE bt [6] SWITZERLAND 3-0 (Mathieu Castagnet bt Kevin Brechbuhl 9-0, 9-0, 9-3; Thibault Gouti bt Benjamin Fischer 9-4, 9-6, 9-3; Soraya Renai bt Vanessa Isola 9-5, 9-5, 9-4)
      Final positions: 1 France, 2 Switzerland, 3 Denmark, 4 Finland

    Pool D:
[12] SPAIN bt [13] IRELAND 2-1 (Diego Lopez de Mota lost to Rory Byrne 7-9, 5-9, 4-9; Albert Hernandez bt Conor O'Hare 10-9, 9-4, 8-10, 4-9, 9-6; Chantal Moros-Pitarch bt Ciara Moloney 9-2, 9-3, 9-1)
[5] SWEDEN bt [4] BELGIUM 2-1 (Gustav Detter bt Rik Smet 8-10, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5; Sebastian Victor bt Dimitri de Bellefroid 9-2, 9-3, 9-6; Anna Detter lost to Charlie de Rycke 2-9, 1-9, 2-9)
      Final positions: 1 Sweden, 2 Belgium, 3 Spain, 4 Ireland

Hosts Sweden Beat Belgium In Pool Upset

Gustav Detter delighted local crowds at the Bellevuestadion in Malmo when he led hosts Sweden, the fifth seeds, to a 2/1 upset over fourth seeds Belgium in the final qualifying round of the European Junior U19 Team Squash Championships to finish as unexpected winners of Pool D.

Charlie de Rycke, the recently-crowned women's European Individual champion, put Belgium into the lead with a straightforward 9-2 9-1 9-2 win over Sweden's Anna Detter.  But brother Gustav brought the hosts back into the tie after fighting back from a game down to beat Rik Smet 8-10 9-3 9-4 9-5.

Squad No2 Sebastian Victor sealed victory for Sweden in the final rubber when he defeated Dimitri de Bellefroid 9-2 9-3 9-6.

Favourites England cruised to 3/0 victories over both Scotland and the Czech Republic to finish as undefeated winners of Pool A, whilst second seeds Germany overcame Netherlands 2/1 in their final tie to head the points table in Pool B.

The final order in Pool C also ended in seeding order, with third seeds France completing their run with a 3/0 triumph over sixth seeds Switzerland to finish as winners.

The quarter-final line-up is: [1] ENGLAND v [7] NETHERLANDS; [5] SWEDEN v [6] SWITZERLAND; [3] FRANCE v [4] BELGIUM; [2] GERMANY v [9] SCOTLAND.

9th - 16th place play-offs draw:  [8] CZECH REPUBLIC v [15] NORWAY; [11] DENMARK v [13] IRELAND; [12] SPAIN v [14] FINLAND; [10] WALES v [17] ISRAEL