Belgium justified their No2 seeding by making the final of the European Junior (U19) Team Squash Championship in Kriens, Switzerland - but their 2/1 semi-final win over France takes the nation into the climax of the European Squash Federation championship for the first time in the event's 28-year history.
Belgium will face favourites England, the defending champions who cruised through their sixth successive 3/0 win in Kriens by beating Czech Republic.
But the fifth seeds will now take on France in the play-off for third place - and the country's best ever finish in the event.
While hosts Switzerland, the sixth seeds, will take on Germany in the seventh place play-off, their 5th-8th place play-offs conquerors Spain will face fourth seeds Wales in the fight for fifth place - but already certain to record their best finish in the event since 2001.
RESULTS: European Junior U19 Team Championship, Kriens, Switzerland
Quarter-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [7] SPAIN 3/0
Declan James bt Aitor Zunzunegui 11-3, 11-7, 11-6
James Earles bt Eric Zabalbeascoa 11-4, 11-6
Emily Whitlock bt Marina de Juan 11-1, 11-3, 11-4
[5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [6] SWITZERLAND 2/1
Daniel Mekbib bt Joel Siewerdt 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
Lukas Levinsky lost to Manu Wanner 11-8, 3-11, 3-11
Kristina Alexova bt Fabienne Oppliger 11-7, 11-9, 15-13
[3] FRANCE bt [4] WALES 2/1
Jerome Dadot bt Sam Fenwick 11-4, 11-3, 8-11, 11-4
Alexandre Cogno bt Will John 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
Melissa Alves lost to Tesni Evans 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 6-11
[2] BELGIUM bt [8] GERMANY 2/1
Tom de Mulder bt Simon Vaclahovsky 11-8, 11-3, 11-8
Jan van den Herrewegen lost to Sven Lemmermann 7-11, 8-11
Nele Gilis bt Caroline Sayegh 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6
9th - 16th place play-offs:
[9] SCOTLAND bt [15] IRELAND 3/0
Greg Lobban bt Michael Stewart 11-3, 11-5, 11-9
Douglas Kempsell bt Conor Lavin 12-10, 11-4, 11-6
Mhairi Charlton bt Jennifer Hegarty 11-6, 11-2, 11-5
[12] PORTUGAL bt [14] SWEDEN 3/0
Claudio Pinto bt Bjorn Angtoft 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
Marco Alves bt Jesper Skarman 13-11, 11-5
Camille Lanier bt Jennie Lindstrom 11-7, 11-3, 11-5
[13] HUNGARY bt [11] FINLAND 2/1
Ramon Gubi lost to Jaakko Vahamaa 6-11, 9-11, 9-11
Benedek Sebok bt Tatu Knuutila 11-9, 11-4, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8
Fatime Farkas bt Emilia Soini w/o
[16] ISRAEL bt [10] NETHERLANDS 2/1
Daniel Poleshchuk bt Guido Ploem 11-4, 11-3, 11-5
Roee Avraham bt Tom Lucas 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
Inbar Grossberg lost to Ilona Lagerweij 5-11, 3-11, 2-11
Semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [5] CZECH REPUBLIC 3/0
Nathan Lake bt Daniel Mekbib 11-8, 11-4, 11-6
James Earles bt Lukas Levinsky 11-6, 11-4
Emily Whitlock bt Tereza Svobodova 11-3, 11-2, 11-3
[2] BELGIUM bt [3] FRANCE 2/1
Tom de Mulder bt Jerome Dadot 11-6, 11-5, 11-3
Jan van den Herrewegen bt Alexandre Cogno 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7
Nele Gilis lost to Melissa Alves 8-11, 9-11, 3-11
5th - 8th place play-offs:
[7] SPAIN bt [6] SWITZERLAND 2/1
Hugo Varela bt Joel Siewerdt 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9
Aitor Zunzunegui bt Cedric Kuchen 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7
Sara Esperon lost to Fabienne Oppliger 8-11, 6-11, 5-11
[4] WALES bt [8] GERMANY 3/0
Sam Fenwick bt Valentin Rapp 11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9
Nyall Driscoll bt Sven Lemmermann 12-10, 11-6
Tesni Evans bt Annika Wiese 11-5, 13-11, 11-8
9th - 12th place play-offs:
[9] SCOTLAND bt [12] PORTUGAL 2/1
Greg Lobban bt Rui Soares 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
Douglas Kempsell bt Claudio Pinto 11-9, 12-10, 11-8
Mhairi Charlton lost to Camille Lanier 4-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-13
[13] HUNGARY bt [16] ISRAEL 2/1
Ramon Gubi lost to Daniel Poleshchuk 7-11, 4-11, 7-11
Benedek Sebok bt Jonathan Kovacs 11-5, 11-8, 13-11
Fatime Farkas bt Inbar Grossberg 12-10, 11-8, 11-6
13th - 16th place play-offs:
[15] IRELAND bt [14] SWEDEN 2/1
Conor O'Shea bt Bjorn Angtoft 11-8, 12-10, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8
Michael Stewart bt Jesper Skarman 11-9, 13-11, 11-7
Jennifer Hegarty lost to Jennie Lindstrom 7-11, 1-11, 8-11
[10] NETHERLANDS bt [11] FINLAND 2/1
Marc ter Sluis bt Jaakko Vahamaa 11-9, 11-9, 11-8
Tom Lucas lost to Tatu Knuutila 5-11, 4-11
Ilona Lagerweij bt Emilia Soini w/o
17th place play-off:
[18] POLAND bt [17] NORWAY 2/1
Konrad Tyma bt Sigurd-Martinius Stray 12-10, 11-9, 11-5
Michael Kotra lost to Hakon Standal 6-11, 8-11, 4-11
Paulina Krzywicka bt Alvilde Sonju w/o
Final:
[1] ENGLAND v [2] BELGIUM
3rd place play-off:
[3] FRANCE v [5] CZECH REPUBLIC
5th place play-off:
[4] WALES v [7] SPAIN
7th place play-off:
[6] SWITZERLAND v [8] GERMANY
9th place play-off:
[9] SCOTLAND v [13] HUNGARY
11th place play-off:
[12] PORTUGAL v [16] ISRAEL
13th place play-off:
[15] IRELAND v [10] NETHERLANDS
15th place play-off:
[14] SWEDEN v [11] FINLAND