RESULTS: European Team Squash Championships, Aix-en-Provence, France
Men's final qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [4] NETHERLANDS 4/0
James Willstrop bt Dylan Bennett 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 (20m)
Adrian Grant bt Sebastian Weenink 11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 11-2 (41m)
Peter Barker bt Piedro Schweertman 11-8, 11-5, 11-7 (41m)
Daryl Selby bt Bart Ravelli 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 (38m)
[5] GERMANY bt [8] FINLAND 4/0
Simon Rosner bt Henrik Mustonen 11-5, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6 (37m)
Norman Junge bt Arttu Moisio 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 11-6 (54m)
Jens Schoor bt Matias Tuomi 14-12, 11-4, 13-11 (53m)
Rudi Rohrmuller bt Hameed Ahmed 12-10, 7-11, 11-2, 11-4 (72m)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Netherlands, 3 Germany, 4 Finland
Pool B:
[2] FRANCE bt [3] WALES 4/0
Gregory Gaultier bt Jethro Binns 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (44m)
Gregoire Marche bt Alex Gough 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 (30m)
Thierry Lincou bt Peter Creed 11-9, 11-3, 11-9 (42m)
Renan Lavigne bt David Evans 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (30m)
[7] IRELAND bt [6] SCOTLAND 3/1
Arthur Gaskin lost to Alan Clyne 7-11, 6-11, 8-11 (44m)
Niall Rooney bt Lyall Paterson 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 (54m)
Derek Ryan bt Stuart Crawford 11-4, 9-11, 13-11, 4-11, 11-9 (64m)
Steve Richardson bt Jamie MacAulay 16-14, 12-10, 11-6 (35m)
Final positions: 1 France, 2 Wales, 3 Ireland, 4 Scotland
Pool C:
[9] SPAIN bt [16] BELGIUM 4/0
Borja Golan bt Stefan Casteleyn 14-12, 11-5, 11-5 (42m)
Ivan Flores bt Mark Burke 11-1, 11-7, 11-6 (31m)
David Vidal bt Gregory Lecerf 11-9, 11-9, 11-2 (29m)
Alejandro Garbi Caro bt Sam van Brusselen 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (37m)
[17] ISRAEL bt [24] CROATIA 4/0
Ido Avron bt Vedran Svonja 11-2, 11-2, 11-2 (18m)
Eran Wagner bt Davor Srednoselec 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (23m)
Nir Arkin bt Petar Galekovic 11-4, 11-9, 11-3 (28m)
Nir Zisman bt Srdan Maksimovic 11-1, 11-4, 11-7 (17m)
Final positions: 1 Spain, 2 Belgium, 3 Israel, 4 Croatia, 5 Turkey
Pool D:
[15] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [10] DENMARK 3/1
Jan Koukal bt Kristian Frost Olesen 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 (45m)
Petr Martin bt Kim Povlsen 13-15, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 (36m)
Pavel Sladecek lost to Rasmus Nielsen 4-11, 5-11, 4-11 (24m)
Lukas Jelinek bt Caspar Grauball Nielsen 13-11, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 (77m)
[18] AUSTRIA bt [23] POLAND 4/0
Aqeel Rehman bt Wojciech Nowisz 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 (25m)
Marcus Greslehner bt Konrad Tyma 11-6, 5-11, 11-3, 11-2 (37m)
Jakob Dirnberger bt Marcin Kozik 11-7, 11-5, 11-2 (24m)
Rehan van der Merwe bt Tomasz Abramowski 11-6, 11-3, 11-3 (21m)
Final positions: 1 Czech Republic, 2 Denmark, 3 Austria, 4 Poland, 5 Cyprus
Pool E:
[11] SWEDEN bt [14] HUNGARY 3/1
Rasmus Hult lost to Mark Krajcsak 9-11, 10-12, 6-11 (39m)
Sebastian Victor bt Balazs Welesz 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 (24m)
Christian Drakenberg bt Sandor Fulop 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (39m)
Joakim Larsson bt Marton Szaboky 12-10, 11-4, 11-7 (38m)
[19] LUXEMBOURG bt [22] GIBRALTAR 4/0
Nathan Sneyd bt Anthony Brindle 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (33m)
Daniel Hutchines bt Mark Tewkesbury 11-5, 11-3, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3 (41m)
Sanjay Raval bt Christian Navas 11-6, 17-15, 12-10 (36m)
Niall Woodger bt Stephen Shacaluga 6-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-9, 11-0 (44m)
Final positions: 1 Sweden, 2 Hungary, 3 Slovakia, 4 Luxembourg, 5 Gibraltar
Pool F:
[13] ITALY bt [12] SWITZERLAND 3/1
Davide Bianchetti lost to Nicolas Mueller 2-11, 11-13, 7-11 (58m)
Stephane Galifi bt Benjamin Fischer 11-3, 11-7, 11-6 (33m)
Marcus Berrett bt John Williams 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 (34m)
Amr Swelim bt Reiko Peter 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (28m)
[20] UKRAINE bt [21] GREECE 3/1
Kostiantyn Rybalchenko lost to Fabian Kalaitzis 9-11, 5-11, 9-11 (34m)
Valeriy Fedoruk bt Konstantinos Kargiotis 14-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3 (41m)
Ruslan Sorochinskiy bt Petros Tzamaloukas 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6 (49m)
Artem Shandybin bt Declan Christie 12-10, 11-6, 11-6 (35m)
Final positions: 1 Italy, 2 Switzerland, 3 Ukraine, 4 Greece
Women's 1st qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [4] IRELAND 2/1
Sarah Kippax bt Aisling Blake 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (32m)
Jenny Duncalf lost to Madeline Perry 11-5, 6-11, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11 (70m)
Tania Bailey bt Laura Mylotte 11-4, 11-6, 11-2 (20m)
[5] GERMANY bt [8] ITALY 3/0
Kathrin Rohrmueller bt Sonia Pasteris 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (22m)
Sina Wall bt Manuela Manetta 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9 (58m)
Pamela Hathway bt Chiara Ferrari 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 (23m)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Ireland, 3 Germany, 4 Italy
Pool B:
[3] FRANCE bt [2] NETHERLANDS 2/1
Isabelle Stoehr bt Annelize Naude 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 (45m)
Camille Serme bt Vanessa Atkinson 11-9, 11-9, 3-11, 14-12 (46m)
Coline Aumard lost to Orla Noom 7-11, 12-14, 10-12 (36m)
[6] DENMARK bt [7] SWITZERLAND 2/1
Marie-Louise Feddern bt Sara Guebey 11-2, 11-8, 11-5 (20m)
Line Hansen bt Gaby Schmohl 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8 (44m)
Sally Skaarenborg lost to Jasmin Ballman 8-11, 6-11, 10-12 (28m)
Final positions: 1 France, 2 Netherlands, 3 Denmark, 4 Switzerland
Pool C:
[9] SCOTLAND bt [16] SWEDEN 3/0
Lisa Aitken bt Josefa Bertilsson 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 (23m)
Frania Gillen-Buchert bt Anna-Carin Forstadius 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (23m)
Alex Clark bt Jennie Lindstrom 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (23m)
Final positions: 1 Scotland, 2 Sweden, 3 Poland
Pool D:
[10] SPAIN bt [15] FINLAND 2/1
Margaux Moros-Pitarch lost to Elina Kononen 11-4, 2-11, 8-11, 6-11 (26m)
Xisela Aranda Nunez bt Saara Valtola 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 (23m)
Stela Carbonell bt Michaela Bjornstrom 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 (17m)
Final positions: 1 Spain, 2 Finland, 3 Luxembourg
Pool E:
[11] WALES bt [14] CZECH REPUBLIC 3/0
Stacey Preece bt Veronika Koukalova 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4 (34m)
Deon Saffery bt Lucie Fialova 5-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 (38m)
Natalie Pritchard bt Anna Klimundova 11-1, 11-4, 11-5 (17m)
Final positions: 1 Wales, 2 Czech Republic, 3 Greece
Pool F:
[13] AUSTRIA bt [12] BELGIUM 2/1
Pamela Pancis lost to Annabel Romedenne 9-11, 12-10, 7-11, 6-11 (38m)
Birgit Coufal bt Kim Hannes 11-6, 11-9, 0-11, 11-8 (28m)
Sandra Polak bt Liesbeth Dries 12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5 (55m)
[20] CYPRUS bt [21] TURKEY 3/0
Antonia Aristodemou bt Tulin Yilanci 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (17m)
Vaso Karasava bt Ayten Kececi 11-5, 11-0, 11-5 (17m)
Christina Vrahimi bt Aynur Yilmaz 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 13-11 (27m)
Final positions: 1 Austria, 2 Belgium, 3 Cyprus, 4 Turkey
Hosts France boosted their chances of reaching both finals in the European Team Squash Championships after upsetting second seeds Netherlands in the final women's qualifying round of the premier European Squash Federation event in Aix-en-Provence.
Former French champion Isabelle Stoehr put the third seeds in the driving seat with an 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 win over Dutch number two Annelize Naude. Then Camille Serme, the rising French star who celebrates a career-high world No10 ranking this month, saved several game balls in the fourth game against Vanessa Atkinson to beat the former world champion 11-9, 11-9, 3-11, 14-12 to clinch victory for the hosts.
After topping the Pool B tables, France's reward is a semi-final clash with Ireland, the fourth seeds who lost to England in their final tie in Pool A – but gave the title-holders a shock in the top string clash when Irish veteran Madeline Perry battled to a 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8 win over England's world No2 Jenny Duncalf in a rare match defeat for the 32-year champions.
Team newcomer Sarah Kippax had earlier put England in the lead with a straight games win over Irish number two Aisling Blake before England stalwart Tania Bailey assured the top seeds of overall victory in Pool A with an 11-4, 11-6, 11-2 defeat of Laura Mylotte.
England will now face Netherlands in the other semi-final - in a repeat of the final for the past seven years.
France, the second seeds, will also contest one of the men's semi-finals after a comprehensive 4/0 win over Wales. The hosts will take on fourth seeds Netherlands - but Wales, the fourth seeds, also qualified for the semi-finals, their 13th appearance in the past 14 years!
Wales will take on defending champions England. The top seeds despatched Netherlands 4/0, despite fifth string Adrian Grant twisting his ankle at 2/0 up against Sebastian Weenink, but recovering to beat the Dutchman 11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 11-2.
Sweden, Czech Republic and Italy achieved notable qualifying successes to earn places in the men's 5-12th place play-offs. Czech Republic, the 15th seeds whose highest finish to date is 14th, defeated tenth seeds Denmark 3/1 to top Pool D.
A revitalised Italian squad beat Switzerland 3/1 to become runaway winners of Pool F. Italy, the 13th seeds, are looking for their first last eight finish since 2001.
Sweden, the 11th seeds, topped Pool E by claiming their fourth successive victory after a 3/1 win over Hungary. European champions twice, in 1980 and 1983, Sweden are hoping for their first top eight finish since 2007.
Men's semi-finals line-up:
[1] ENGLAND v [3] WALES
[2] FRANCE v [4] NETHERLANDS
5th - 12th place play-offs:
[5] GERMANY v [11] SWEDEN
[9] SPAIN v [6] SCOTLAND
[8] FINLAND v [13] ITALY
[15] CZECH REPUBLIC v [7] IRELAND
13th - 20th place play-offs:
[12] SWITZERLAND v [27] SLOVAKIA
[18] AUSTRIA v [16] BELGIUM
[10] DENMARK v [17] ISRAEL
[20] UKRAINE v [14] HUNGARY
21st - 24th place play-offs:
[21] GREECE v [24] CROATIA
[23] POLAND v [19] LUXEMBOURG
25th - 27th place play-offs:
[25] TURKEY v [22] GIBRALTAR
[22] GIBRALTAR v [26] CYPRUS
[26] CYPRUS v [25] TURKEY
Women's semi-finals line-up:
[1] ENGLAND v [2] NETHERLANDS
[3] FRANCE v [4] IRELAND
5th - 12th place play-offs:
[5] GERMANY v [11] WALES
[10] SPAIN v [7] SWITZERLAND
[8] ITALY v [13] AUSTRIA
[9] SCOTLAND v [6] DENMARK
13th - 16th place play-offs:
[12] BELGIUM v [16] SWEDEN
[15] FINLAND v [14] CZECH REPUBLIC
17th - 20th place play-offs:
[17] POLAND v [20] CYPRUS
[19] GREECE v [18] LUXEMBOURG