Het Nederlandse damesteam is bij het EK voor teams als tweede geëindigd. In de finale verloor Oranje met 1-2 van Engeland, dat voor de 26ste keer op rij de titel voor zich opeiste. Het Engelse team heeft slechts twee maal eerder in de geschiedenis een nederlaag geleden, in 1988 voor het laatst tegen Ierland. Vanessa Atkinson zorgde voor het enige Nederlandse punt door Cassie Jackman in een spannend duel te verslaan met 3-1. Atkinson won de eerste met 9-4 maar moest de tweede afstaan met 3-9. In de vierde stond Atkinson met 3-5 achter en scoorde punten tot matchball, maar Jackman kwam toch terug tot 8-8. Atkinson kwam op de tweede matchball op 9-9, Jackman kwam in de problemen na de pickup van een mooie drop van Atkinson, Jackman was niet op tijd weg terwijl Atkinson klaar stond om de bal te spelen. Hierdoor won Atkinson met een stroke de wedstrijd. Vorige maand had ze in de finale van de Irisch Open na een slopende vijfsetter ook van Jackman gewonnen. Atkinson zei aan die partij te hebben teruggedacht: "Ik heb geleerd mezelf te bedwingen en het niet te snel te willen afmaken". RESULTS European Team Championships, Nottingham, England Men's Final Results: Men's final: [1] ENGLAND 2 [2] FRANCE 2 (England win 9-6 on games countback) (Peter Nicol bt Thierry Lincou 9-0, 5-9, 10-8, 9-0 (84m); Lee Beachill lost to Gregory Gaultier 3-9, 9-5, ret (52m); Simon Parke lost to Renan Lavigne 9-3, 2-9, 10-8, 9-10, 3-9 (122m); James Willstrop bt Jean-Michel Arcucci 9-2, 3-9, 9-7, 9-3 (97m)) Men's 3rd place play-off: [3] WALES 3 [4] NETHERLANDS 1 (Alex Gough bt Tommy Berden 9-2, 2-9, 9-6, 9-2; David Evans bt Lucas Buit 9-7, 9-1, 10-8; Gavin Jones bt Laurens Jan Anema 4-9, 9-6, 9-5, 9-2; Greg Tippings lost to Dylan Bennett 9-10, 10-9, 9-0, 2-9, 1-9) Men's 5th place play-off: [10] SWEDEN 3 [9] IRELAND 1 (Daniel Forslund bt Liam Kenny 4-9, 4-9, 9-4, 9-4, 9-6; Christian Drakenberg bt Derek Ryan 9-7, 6-9, 9-3, 6-9, 9-3; Badr Abdel Aziz bt John Rooney 4-9, 10-9, 9-2, 9-2; Henrik Lofvenborg lost to Steve Richardson 5-9, 1-9, 1-9) Men's 7th place play-off: [11] SPAIN 3 [12] DENMARK 1 (Borja Golan bt Mads Korsbjerg 9-6, 9-4 (best of three); Oriol Salvia bt Danny Knudsen 9-0, 9-2, 9-2; Iago Cornes lost to Michael Hansen 4-9, 5-9, 0-9; Victor Montserrat bt Morten Sorenson 9-3, 9-1, 9-4) Men's 9th place play-off: [5]SCOTLAND 3 [8]SWITZERLAND 1 (John White bt Lars Harms 9-6, 10-9, 9-7; Martin Heath bt Andre Holderegger 9-3, 9-4, 9-2; Peter O'Hara lost to Marco Eggenberger 2-9, 2-9, ret; Stuart Crawford bt Kevin Villiger 9-4, 9-2, 9-5) Men's 11th place play-off: [7] FINLAND 2 [6] GERMANY 2 (Finland win 76-74 on points countback)(Olli Tuominen bt Simon Frenz 10-9, 9-0, 9-2; Mika Monto bt Stefan Leifels 9-4, 9-2, 9-2; Tatu Murronmaa lost to Edgar Schneider 1-9, 3-9, 2-9; Hameed Ahmed lost to Christian Radeke 8-10, 1-9, 6-9) Men's 13th place play-off: [13] BELGIUM 3 [15] AUSTRIA 0 (Olivier van Heghe bt David Huck 10-8, 9-7, 9-1; Wim van Asten bt Michael Scharrer 6-9, 9-5, 7-9, 9-0, 9-6; Marc Christie bt Jakob Dimberger 10-9, 9-6, 9-3; Peter Pastijn v Clemens Wallishauser 'dead rubber' not played) Men's 15th place play-off: [16] HUNGARY 3 [14] CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Andras Torok bt Jan Koukal 9-0, ret; Mark Krajcsak bt Milos Pokorny 9-6, 9-4, 9-5; Sandar Fulop bt Martin Stepan 9-4, 9-0, 9-0; Marton Szaboky lost to Jan Zemlicka 2-9, 9-4, 5-9, 3-9) Men's 17th place play-off: ISRAEL 2 GREECE 2 (Israel win 6-5 on games countback)(Ilan Oren lost to Fabian Kalaitzis 4-9, 6-9 (best of three); Dovic Druckman lost to Paul Gregory 4-9, 5-9, 4-9; Ron Levy bt Petros Tzamaloukas 9-1, 9-4, 9-1; Yariv Bloomberg bt K Kargiotis 9-1, 9-0, 9-0) Men's 19th - 21st place play-offs: ISLE OF MAN 4 [18] RUSSIA 0 (David Norman bt Alexei Severinov 9-2, 9-1, 9-1; Richard Corlett bt Serguei Kostrykine 9-3, 9-3, 9-1; Kevin Watterson bt Maxim Shokin 9-1, 9-0, 9-2; Austin Lowe bt Andrey Bratter 9-6, 9-6, 9-0) [17] NORWAY 3 [18] RUSSIA 1 (Richard Larsson bt Alexei Severinov 9-6, 9-5, 9-3; Tom Hansen lost to Serguei Kostrykine 1-9, 0-9, 2-9; Rashid Younis bt Maxim Shokin 9-3, 9-1, 9-5; Hans Torgersen bt Andrey Blatter 9-0, 9-0, 9-2) Final placings: 19 Norway, 20 Isle of Man, 21 Russia Women's Final Results: Women's final: [1] ENGLAND 2 [6] NETHERLANDS 1 (Cassie Jackman lost to Vanessa Atkinson 4-9, 9-3, 5-9, 9-10 (58m); Linda Charman bt Annelize Naude 9-4, 9-2, 9-1 (24m); Rebecca Macree bt Karen Kronemeyer 9-4, 10-8, 9-2 (32m)) Women's 3rd place play-off: [2] SCOTLAND 3 [4] DENMARK 0 (Pamela Nimmo bt Ellen Petersen 10-9, 9-6, 9-7; Wendy Maitland bt Line Hansen 9-1, 9-6 (best of three); Senga Macfie bt Mette Jorgensen 9-7, 10-8, 9-1) Women's 5th place play-off: [7] FRANCE 2 [9] IRELAND 1 (Isabelle Stoehr bt Madeline Perry 9-2, 5-9, 10-8, 9-5; Corinne Castets bt Aisling Blake 9-7, 9-1, 7-9, 9-4; Karine Fouchet lost to Anna McGeever 3-9, 2-9, 6-9) Women's 7th place play-off: [5] BELGIUM 2 [3] GERMANY 1 (Katline Cauwels bt Simone Korell 9-2, 9-0, 9-1; Michou Cauwels lost to Karin Beriere 3-9, 0-9, 0-9; Charlie de Rycke bt Jessica Reese 10-8, 9-0, 9-2) Women's 9th place play-off: [11] SPAIN 2 [10] SWITZERLAND 1 (Olga Puigdemont lost to Manuela Zehnder 3-9, 3-9 (best of three); Elisabet Sado bt Olivia Hauser 9-4, 9-3 9-7; Margaux Moros bt Gabi Hegi 9-4, 9-1, 4-9, 9-0) Women's 11th place play-off: [12] AUSTRIA 2 [8] WALES 1 (Ines Gradnitzer lost to Hayley James 8-10, 1-9 (best of three); Birgit Coufal bt Stacey Preece 9-5, 2-9, 9-4, 7-9, 9-5; Sissi Colli bt Julia Wells 9-2, 9-3, 9-3) Women's 13th place play-off: [15] FINLAND 2 [13] SLOVAKIA 1 (Kia Paasivirta lost to Henrieta Loksova 9-4, 9-10, 5-9 (best of three); Nana Niskanen bt Aneta Paprnakova 9-1, 9-1, 9-1; Elina Kononen bt Sona Moravkova 9-1, 9-5, 9-1) Women's 15th place play-off: [16] ISRAEL 3 [14] ITALY 0 (Jackie Goldberg bt Manuela Manetta 1-9, 9-0, 3-9, 9-6, ret.; Nadine Mizrahi bt Katiuscia Grossi 9-7, 9-3, 9-3; Michal Keidar bt Evelin Panizzi 9-1, 9-4, 9-1)