Top Seeds Reach European Quarter-Finals In Switzerland

The top eight seeds will contest the quarter-finals of the European Junior U19 Team Championships after the completion of the qualifying rounds in Langnau, Switzerland.

Germany and England are on course to meet in the final for the second year in succession - though, for the first time in more than a decade, defending champions England are not favourites.

Led by new European Junior champion Simon Rosner, No1 seeds Germany defeated Wales 3/0 to finish at the top of Pool A, whilst second seeds England beat Spain 3/0 to head Pool B.

Qualifying rounds - Pool A:

[1] GERMANY bt [8] WALES 3-0
Simon Rosner bt Alistair Mutch 9-5, 9-6, 9-7
Jens Schoor bt Jonathan Davies 9-0, 9-1, 10-9
Pamela Hathway bt Gemma Davies 9-0, 9-2, 9-0

[9] BELGIUM bt [16] ISRAEL 2-1
Mats Raemen lost to Ido Avron 5-9, 6-9, 0-9
Sam van Brusselen bt Nir Zisman 7-9, 9-3, 10-8, 9-5
Toke Vanwesemael bt Mor Berkovsky 9-4, 9-2, 10-9
Final positions: 1 Germany, 2 Wales, 3 Belgium, 4 Israel

Pool B:
[10] SCOTLAND bt [15] HUNGARY 3-0
Greg McArthur bt David Lukacs 9-2, 9-2, 9-0
Lyall Paterson bt Aron Balogh 9-1, 9-0, 9-5
Zoe Neilson bt Fanni Gyori 10-9, 9-0, 9-0

[2] ENGLAND bt [7] SPAIN 3-0
Joel Hinds bt Diego Lopez 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Chris Tasker-Grindley bt Eduardo Gonzalez 7-9, 9-0, 9-4, 9-2
Deon Saffery bt Zahira Font 9-2, 9-0, 9-2
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Spain, 3 Scotland, 4 Hungary

Pool C:
[11] DENMARK bt [14] FINLAND 3-0
Kristian Frost Olesen bt Henrik Mustonen 1-9, 0-9, 9-6, 9-5, 9-4
Thomas Harding Pilak bt Roni Berg 10-8, 9-6, 3-9, 9-5
Sally Skarrenborg bt Saara Valtola 9-6, 9-4, 4-9, 9-7

[3] NETHERLANDS bt [6] FRANCE 2-1
Tom Hoevenaars bt Gregoire Marche 10-8, 9-0, 9-0
Sander Kock bt Florent Pontiere 9-6, 9-0, 9-1
Melissa Meulenbelt lost to Camille Serme 4-9, 2-9, 1-9
Final positions: 1 Netherlands, 2 France, 3 Denmark, 4 Finland

Pool D:
[4] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [5] SWITZERLAND 2-1
Ondrej Ertl lost to Nicolas Mueller 3-9, 0-9, 9-10
Lukas Jelinek bt Benjamin Fischer 3-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-1
Lucie Fialova bt Jasmin Ballman 9-7, 8-10, 10-8, 9-7

[12] IRELAND bt [13] SWEDEN 3-0
Rory Byrne bt Joakim Larsson 9-2, 5-9, 9-0, 9-6
Conor O'Hare bt Ahmed Abdel Aziz 9-0, 9-5, 9-3
Ciara Moloney bt Joseta Bertilsson 4-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-4
Final positions: 1 Czech Republic, 2 Switzerland, 3 Ireland, 4 Sweden