EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: European Team Championships, Frans Otten Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Men's final qualifying rounds - Premier Division Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [5] IRELAND 4-0 (Lee Beachill bt Derek Ryan 9-2, 9-3, 9-4; Nick Matthew bt Steve Richardson 9-7, 9-0, 9-3; James Willstrop bt Niall Rooney 9-2, 9-0, 9-1; Simon Parke bt Arthur Gaskin 9-0, 9-0, 9-2)
[4] NETHERLANDS bt [8] FINLAND 3-1 (Tommy Berden lost to Olli Tuominen 7-9, 9-2, 2-9, 9-2, 4-9; Laurens Jan Anjema bt Matias Tuomi 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Lucas Buit bt Juha Raumolin 9-7, 9-1, 9-5; Dylan Bennett bt Erno Teitti 10-9, 9-2, 9-2)
    Final positions: 1 England, 2 Netherlands, 3 Finland, 4 Ireland

Premier Division Pool B:
[3] WALES bt [7] GERMANY 4-0 (Alex Gough bt Simon Frenz 3-9, 9-2, 9-3, 9-2; David Evans bt Stefan Leifels 9-2, 9-0, 9-4; Gavin Jones bt Simon Rosner 7-9, 9-2, 9-7, 9-1; Greg Tippings bt Johannes Voit 9-5, 9-6, 9-7)
[2] FRANCE bt [6] SPAIN 4-0 (Thierry Lincou bt Borja Golan 9-1, 9-2, 9-1; Renan Lavigne bt Iago Cornes 9-1, 9-3, 9-3; Jean-Michel Arcucci bt Constantino Casas 9-1, 9-3, 9-2; Laurent Elriani bt Albert Codina 9-6, 9-1, 9-5)
    Final positions: 1 France, 2 Wales, 3 Germany, 4 Spain

Pool C:
[9] DENMARK bt [17] ITALY 3-1 (Morten W Sorensen lost to Simone Rocca 4-9, 9-10, 9-6, 9-2, 4-9; Mads Korsbjerg bt Andrea Torricini 9-3, 9-4, 9-2; Michael Frilund bt Giacomo Marotta 9-3, 9-0, 9-4; Rene Jepsen bt Paolo Buglioni 9-2, 9-2, 9-3)
[16] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [17] ITALY 4-0 (Jan Koukal bt Simone Rocca 9-6, 9-5, 9-0; Martin Stepan bt Andrea Torricini 2-9, 9-6, 8-9, 9-8, 9-2; Milos Pokorny bt Giacomo Marotta 10-8, 9-5, 9-4; Pavel Sladecek bt Vittorio Gargiulo 9-2, 9-1, 9-1)
    Final positions: 1 Denmark, 2 Czech Republic, 3 Italy

Pool D:
[10] SWITZERLAND bt [18] GREECE 3-1 (Marco Datwyler bt Fabian Kalaitzis 2-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-1; Andre Holderegger lost to Paul Gregory 7-9, 10-8, 3-9, 0-9; Kevin Villiger bt Petros Tzamaloukas 9-2, 9-2, 9-0; Marcel Straub bt Konstantinos Kargiotis 9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
[15] ISRAEL bt [18] GREECE 3-1 (Ilan Oren bt Fabian Kalaitzis 6-9, 3-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-5; Tomer Noach lost to Paul Gregory 6-9, 4-9, 3-9; Dove Haruzi bt Petros Tzamaloukas 3-9, 9-0, 4-9, 9-1, 9-7; Nadav Wilensky bt George Vafakos 9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
    Final positions: 1 Switzerland, 2 Israel, 3 Greece

Pool E:
[11] SWEDEN bt [19] HUNGARY 3-1 (Badr Abdel Aziz bt Mark Krajcsak 3-9, 9-5, 9-1, 9-0; Christian Drakenberg bt Andras Torok 9-3, 9-3, 9-1; Henrik Lofvenborg lost to Sandor Fulop 3-9, 4-9, 9-5, 8-10; Joakim Karlsson bt Shakeel Khan 9-7, 9-7, 9-5)
[14] AUSTRIA drew with [19] HUNGARY 2-2 (Andreas Fuchs lost to Mark Krajcsak 0-9, 7-9, 7-9; David Sabitzer-Huck lost to Andras Torok 0-9, 1-9, 1-9; Gerhard Schedlbauer bt Sandor Fulop w/o; Aqeel Rehman bt Shakeel Khan w/o)
    Final positions: 1 Sweden, 2 Hungary, 3 Austria

Pool F:
[13] BELGIUM bt [20] RUSSIA 4-0 (Steve Dries bt Alexei Severinov 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Wim van Asten bt Pavel Sergeev 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Rik Smet bt Sergey Kostrikin 9-0, 9-1, 9-3; Dave de Beule bt Andrey Brattner 9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
[12] SCOTLAND bt [21] UKRAINE 4-0 (John White bt Roman Dolynych 9-0, 9-6, 9-1; Stuart Crawford bt Dmytro Shcherbakov 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Kristen Johnson bt Oleksandr Molodukha 9-0, 9-3, 9-2; Harry Gordon Leitch bt Sergiy Zakomlystov 9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
[13] BELGIUM bt [21] UKRAINE 4-0 (Steve Dries bt Roman Dolynych 9-1, 9-0, 9-6; Wim van Asten bt Dmytro Shcherbakov 9-3, 9-0, 9-1; Ben Vandezande bt Oleksandr Molodukha 9-1, 9-3, 9-5; Dave de Beule bt Ilya Onishko 9-2, 9-0, 9-1)
[12] SCOTLAND bt [20] RUSSIA 4-0 (Martin Heath bt Alexei Severinov 9-1, 9-5, 9-1; Stuart Crawford bt Pavel Sergeev 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Kristen Johnson bt Sergey Kostrikin 9-2, 9-2, 9-1; Harry Gordon Leitch bt Andrey Bratter 9-1, 9-0, 9-0)
    Final positions: 1 Scotland, 2 Belgium, 3 Ukraine, 4 Russia

Women's final qualifying rounds - Premier Division Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [5] GERMANY 3-0 (Vicky Botwright bt Karin Beriere 9-1, 9-3, 9-5; Jenny Duncalf bt Kathrin Rohrmueller 9-7, 9-3, 9-5; Alison Waters bt Sandra Kruger 9-2, 9-5, 9-1)
[8] SCOTLAND bt [4] BELGIUM 2-1 (Pamela Nimmo bt Charlie de Rycke 9-2, 9-3, 9-3; Louise Philip lost to Katline Cauwels 6-9, 2-9, 4-9; Frania Gillen-Buchert bt Michou Cauwels 9-6, 9-4, 9-2)
    Final positions: 1 England, 2 Scotland, 3 Germany, 4 Belgium

Premier Division Pool B:
[2] NETHERLANDS bt [6] DENMARK 3-0 (Vanessa Atkinson bt Ellen Petersen 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Annelize Naude bt Ditte Nielsen 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Orla Noom bt Julie Nilsson 9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
[7] IRELAND bt [3] FRANCE 3-0 (Madeline Perry bt Isabelle Stoehr 6-9, 0-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-7; Aisling Blake bt Celia Allamargot 9-6, 9-1, 9-7; Laura Mylotte bt Laurence Bois 10-9, 9-5, 9-3)
    Final positions: 1 Netherlands, 2 Ireland, 3 France, 4 Denmark

Pool C:
[9] SPAIN bt [13] FINLAND 3-0 (Olga Puigdemont Sola bt Lotta Vuorela 10-8, 9-3, 9-0; Margaux Moros-Pitarch bt Elina Kononen 6-9, 9-1, 9-3, 9-4; Elisabet Sado bt Eevamaria Vuolo 9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
[13] FINLAND bt [12] ITALY 2-1 (Lotta Vuorela lost to Manuela Manetta 8-10, 6-9, 7-9; Elina Kononen bt Evelyn Panizzi 9-1, 9-2, 9-1; Eevamaria Vuolo bt Katiuscia Grossi 9-1, 9-10, 9-5, 9-5)
    Final positions: 1 Spain, 2 Finland, 3 Italy

Pool D:
[10] SWITZERLAND bt [14] CZECH REPUBLIC 2-1 (Manuela Zehnder lost to Jana Smeralova 9-4, 9-4, 5-9, 6-9, 3-9; Gaby Schmohl bt Olga Ertlova 9-0, 9-2, 9-6; Olivia Hauser bt Lucie Fialova 9-1, 10-8, 9-3)
[14] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [11] AUSTRIA 2-1 (Jana Smeralova lost to Pamela Pancis 2-9, 5-9, 7-9; Olga Ertlova bt Birgit Coufal 7-9, 9-6, 9-7, 9-6; Lucie Fialova bt Sissi Colli 10-9, 9-2, 10-8)
    Final positions: 1 Switzerland, 2 Czech Republic, 3 Austria

Men's semi-finals: 
    England v Wales; France v Netherlands
Men's promotion/relegation group: 
    Finland v Sweden; Denmark v Spain; Scotland v Ireland; Germany v Switzerland
Men's 1st Division semi-finals:
    Belgium v Czech Republic; Hungary v Israel
Men's 2nd Division semi-finals:
    Italy v Ukraine; Greece v Austria
Women's semi-finals: 
    England v Ireland; Netherlands v Scotland
Women's promotion/relegation group: 
    Germany bye; Switzerland v Denmark; Belgium v Spain; France bye
Women's 1st Division semi-finals:
    Czech Republic v Italy; Finland v Austria

       Report to follow ........


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