RESULTS:    European Team Squash Championships, Malmo, Sweden

Men's Qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[5] WALES drew with [4] GERMANY 2-2
  David Evans lost to Simon Rosner 8-11, 4-11, 6-11 (30m)
  Jethro Binns lost to Andre Haschker 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 6-11 (65m)
  Alex Gough bt Stefan Leifels 5-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (41m)
  Rob Sutherland bt Jens Schoor 14-12, 11-3, 11-3 (36m)
[1] ENGLAND bt [8] SPAIN 4-0
  Nick Matthew bt Borja Golan 12-10, 11-2, 11-5 (38m)
  Daryl Selby bt Eduardo Gonzales De Chaves 11-7, 11-5, 11-2 (36m)
  Alister Walker bt Diego Lopez De Mota Ibanez 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 (24m)
  Peter Barker bt Alejandro Garbi Caro 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)
      Pool B:
[2] FRANCE bt [7] SCOTLAND 4-0
  Gregory Gaultier bt Stuart Crawford 11-1, 11-6, 11-4
  Yann Perrin bt Harry Leitch 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 (43m)
  Julien Balbo bt Jamie MacAulay 11-5, 11-8, 11-6
  Renan Lavigne bt Chris Small 11-8, 11-3, 11-3
[3] NETHERLANDS bt [6] SWITZERLAND 3-1
  Dylan Bennett lost to Nicolas Mueller 8-11, 6-11, 8-11 (38m)
  Rene Mijs bt Andre Holderegger 8-11, 11-1, 11-7, 11-6 (44m)
  Sebastian Weenink bt Reiko Peter 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5 (44m)
  Piedro Schweertman bt John Williams 9-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4 (64m)
      Pool C:
[17] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [25] POLAND 4-0
  Lukas Jelinek bt Wojciech Nowisz 11-3, 11-0, 11-4 (19m)
  Ondrej Ertl bt Maciek Maciantowicz 11-5, 11-2, 11-8 (27m)
  Jaroslav Cech bt Kamil Dominiak 11-5, 11-5, 11-2 (18m)
  Petr Martin bt Marcin Kozik 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (26m)
[16] HUNGARY bt [24] GIBRALTAR 4-0
  Mark Krajcsak bt Stephen Shacaluga 11-0, 11-1, 11-2 (20m)
  Daniel Varga bt Mark Tewkesbury 11-3, 11-7, 11-2 (24m)
  Marton Szaboky bt Nicholas de Haro 11-6, 11-3, 11-3 (20m)
  Sandor Fulop bt Christian Navas 11-8, 11-7, 11-2 (28m)
[9] IRELAND bt [17] CZECH REPUBLIC 4-0
  Liam Kenny bt Petr Martin 11-9, 10-12, 7-11, 11-2, 11-7
  Niall Rooney bt Roman Svec 11-8, 11-8, 11-6
  Arthur Gaskin bt Ondrej Ertl 11-5, 11-4, 11-8
  John Rooney bt Jaroslav Cech 11-7, 12-10, 11-7
[24] GIBRALTAR bt [25] POLAND 3-1
  Anthony Brindle bt Wojciech Nowisz 11-4, 11-7, 5-11, 14-12
  Nicholas de Haro lost to Kamil Dominiak 2-11, 7-11, 11-6, 12-14
  Christian Navas bt Marcin Kozik 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
  Stephen Shacaluga bt Lukasz Nitka 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
      Pool D:
[18] LUXEMBOURG bt [26] NORWAY 3-1
  Nathan Sneyd bt Kristian Solhave 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
  Stephane Ayache bt Ronny Aasbo 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
  Daniel Hutchines lost to Hans-Olav Torgersen 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11
  Sanjay Raval bt Kim Are Killingberg 12-10, 3-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9
[15] AUSTRIA bt [23] RUSSIA 4-0
  Aqeel Rehman bt Alexei Severinov 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (33m)
  Lukas Gnauer bt Anton Shurenko 11-1, 11-0, 11-1 (11m) 
  Stefan Brauneis bt George Manuchin 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
  Jakob Dirnberger bt Valery Litvinko 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (27m)
[26] NORWAY bt [23] RUSSIA 3-1
  Kristian Solhave lost to Alexei Severinov 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 12-14, 2-11 (55m)
  Rashid Younis bt Anton Shurenko 11-4, 11-1, 11-2 (13m)
  Hans-Olav Torgersen bt George Manuchin 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 (17m)
  Kim Are Killingberg bt Valery Litvinko 11-4, 11-2, 11-6
[10] FINLAND bt [18] LUXEMBOURG 4-0
  Olli Tuominen bt Nathan Sneyd 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (20m)
  Hameed Ahmed bt Stephane Ayache 11-3, 11-1, 11-2 (20m)
  Heikki Kononen bt Daniel Hutchines 11-1, 11-5, 11-7 (21m)
  Matias Tuomi bt Sanjay Raval 11-3, 11-1, 11-3 (12m)
      Pool E:
[19] ISRAEL bt [27] GREECE 4-0
  Ido Avron bt Fabian Kalaitzis 11-4, 11-1, 5-11, 11-5 (23m)
  Nir Zisman bt Andreas Hiotakis 11-8, 11-4, 11-2
  Nadav Wilensky bt Konstantinos Kargiotis 11-6, 11-0, 11-5 (22m)
  Nir Arkin bt Petros Tzamaloukas 4-11, 11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-5
[14] BELGIUM bt [22] LATVIA 4-0
  Wim van Asten bt Arnis Tihvinskis 11-6, 11-2, 11-0 (18m)
  Jonas Snoeck bt Gunars Prizevoits 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (21m)
  Mats Raemen bt Margers Zeitmanis 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (27m)
  Sam van Brusselen bt Kaspars Purgailis 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 (19m)
[22] LATVIA drew with [27] GREECE 2-2
  Alexander Pavulans bt Fabian Kalaitzis 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-2
  Margers Zeitmanis bt Andreas Hiotakis 11-3, 11-7, 11-9
  Kaspars Purgailis lost to Konstantinos Kargiotis 11-5, 7-11, 11-13, 9-11
  Arnis Tihvinskis lost to Petros Tzamaloukas 5-11, 7-11, 11-13
[11] DENMARK bt [19] ISRAEL 4-0
  Rasmus Nielsen bt Ido Avron 11-8, 11-7, 12-10 (24m)
  Kim Poulsen bt Nir Zisman 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 (18m)
  Michael Frilund bt Nadav Wilensky 11-7, 11-4, 11-7 (27m)
  Kristian Frost Olesen bt Nir Arkin 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (23m)
      Pool F:
[12] SWEDEN bt [21] UKRAINE 4-0
  Christian Drakenberg bt Rusian Sorochynskvi 11-6, 11-1, 11-5
  Carl-Johan Lofvenborg bt Artem Shandybin 11-8, 11-3, 11-5
  Gustav Detter bt Kostyantyn Rybalchenko 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
  Rasmus Hult bt Dmytro Shcherbakov 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
[13] ITALY bt [20] SLOVENIA 4-0
  Jose Facchini bt Klemen Gutman 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (28m)
  Mirko Pareccini bt Rozle Langus 11-7, 11-0, 11-3 (19m)
  Andrea Torricini bt Miha Kavas 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (25m)
  Andrea Capella bt Martin Mosnik 11-5, 11-2, 11-6 (25m)

Women's Qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [8] BELGIUM 3-0
  Tania Bailey bt Sonja Schrijvers 11-3, 11-3, 11-5 (21m)
  Jenny Duncalf bt Kim Hannes 11-2, 11-1, 11-5 (19m)
  Alison Waters bt Annabel Romedenne 11-4, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7 (34m)
[4] IRELAND bt [5] GERMANY 2-1
  Tanya Owens lost to Sina Wall 6-11, 9-11, 9-11 (24m)
  Madeline Perry bt Kathrin Rohrmueller 11-1, 11-3, 11-2 (10m)
  Aisling Blake bt Pamela Hathway 11-5, 12-10, 11-5 (26m)
      Pool B:
[2] NETHERLANDS bt [7] WALES 3-0
  Orla Noom bt Beth Winstanley 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 (19m)
  Vanessa Atkinson bt Deon Saffery 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (29m)
  Annelize Naude bt Natalie Pritchard 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (17m)
[3] FRANCE bt [6] DENMARK 2-1
  Celia Allamargot lost to Julie Dorn-Jensen 8-11, 12-10, 5-11, 16-14, 7-11
  Isabelle Stoehr bt Line Hansen 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 3-11, 11-3
  Camille Serme bt Ellen Petersen 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
      Pool C:
[16] SWEDEN bt [17] RUSSIA 3-0
  Lovisa Forstadius bt Natalia Zapevalova 11-2, 11-4, 11-6
  Anna-Carin Forstadius bt Olga Petrukhina 11-2, 11-0, 11-4
  Anna Detter bt Ekaterina Marusan 11-3, 11-1, 11-5
      Pool D:
[15] FINLAND bt [18] GREECE 3-0
  Pia Ojala bt Zeta Tzamalouka 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (15m)
  Elina Kononen bt Eliza Kargioti 11-3, 11-4, 11-1 (15m)
  Saara Valtola bt Seirena Kazamia 11-9, 11-2, 11-3 (38m)
      Pool E:
[11] SWITZERLAND bt [19] HUNGARY 3-0
  Julia Schmalz bt Krisztina Szekely 11-3, 11-4, 11-6
  Gaby Schmohl bt Helga Kecse-Nagy 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
  Sara Guebey bt Edina Szombati 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6
      Pool F:
[13] AUSTRIA bt [20] LUXEMBOURG 3-0
  Sandra Polak bt Francoise Donven 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 (44m)
  Birgit Coufal bt Sandra Denis 11-5, 11-2, 11-9 (21m)
  Pamela Pancis bt Claudia Mich 11-2, 11-0, 11-1 (12m)
[12] SCOTLAND bt [21] POLAND 3-0
  Lisa Aitken bt Anna Sikorska 11-0, 11-0, 11-4
  Frania Gillen-Buchert bt Dominika Witkowska 11-4, 11-4, 11-2
  Alexandra Clark bt Anna Jurkun 11-8, 11-1, 11-5


Hosts Sweden recorded two convincing victories on the opening day of action in the European Team Squash Championships in Malmo as a record-equalling 27 countries lined up for the 37th men's championship and a record-making 21 nations prepared to do battle in the 32nd staging of the women's tournament.

Sweden's men - the 12th seeds hoping to emulate the title-winning success of their 1983 squad - despatched Ukraine, the 21st seeds, 4/0 in Pool F, while the 16th-seeded women's team beat Russia, seeded just one position below, 3/0.

England, seeded to win the men's title for the 17th year in a row, beat eighth seeds Spain 4/0 in Pool A - with team newcomers Alister Walker and Daryl Selby both recording straight games wins.  In the other tie in Pool A, fifth seeds Wales claimed a notable 2/2 draw (but an 8/7 games advantage) over fourth seeds Germany to boost their chances of a place in the semi-final play-offs.

Second seeds France - expected to meet England in the men's final for the ninth time over the last ten years - comfortably defeated Scotland 4/0 in Pool B.  Meanwhile, third seeds Netherlands - without the injured four-time Dutch national champion Laurens Jan Anjema - were made to work hard for a 3/1 win over Switzerland, the sixth seeds.

Women's favourites England - title-holders in all previous 31 events since the inaugural championship in 1978 - cruised to a 3/0 win over eighth seeds Belgium.

But all eyes were fixed on England's rivals Netherlands, the second seeds who are due to face the title-holders in the final for the seventh year in a row.  Making her debut in the Dutch squad will be former Australian Natalie Grinham, the world No4 and highest-ranked player in the event. 

However Grinham, who became a Dutch national in February 2008, was rested in her new team's opening tie when Netherlands beat seventh seeds Wales 3/0 in Pool B.

Official website (featuring links to free live webstreaming):  http://etc2009sweden.visualclubweb.nl/