Germany & England Meet In European Final Again

Favourites Germany and defending champions England will meet in the final of the European Junior U19 Team Championships for the second successive year after comprehensive 3/0 victories over France and Netherlands, respectively, in Langnau, Switzerland.

England beat Germany 3/0 in last year's final in Sweden. But a win by the top seeds in Langnau would deny England the title for the first time since 1984, when Sweden won the inaugural championship in Germany.

Semi-finals:
[1] GERMANY bt [6] FRANCE 3-0
Simon Rosner bt Florent Pontiere 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
Pamela Hathway bt Soraya Renai 9-4, 7-9, 5-9, 9-6, 9-7
Jens Schoor bt Maxime Moriamez 9-0, 9-3
[2] ENGLAND bt [3] NETHERLANDS 3-0
Joel Hinds bt Tom Hoevenaars 7-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-4
Rachel Willmott bt Lisa Kho 9-4, 9-4, 9-0
Chris Tasker-Grindley bt Frank Hartkoren 9-5, 9-2
5th - 8th place play-offs:
[4] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [7] SPAIN 2-1
Lukas Jelinek lost to Pedro Espeleta 2-9, 3-9, 7-9
Lucie Fialova bt Chantal Moros-Pitarch 9-2, 9-4, 9-2
Petr Martin bt Diego Lopez 2-9, 9-4, 9-5, 9-4
[5] SWITZERLAND bt [8] WALES 2-1
Nicolas Mueller bt Ben Hardwidge 9-6, 9-2, 0-9, 9-2
Jasmin Ballman lost to Gemma Davies 7-9, 5-9, 0-9
Benjamin Fischer bt Alistair Mutch 3-9, 9-7, 9-4, 10-8
9th - 12th place play-offs:
[12] IRELAND bt [9] BELGIUM 2-1
Rory Byrne bt Giel Kreemers 9-7, 7-9, 9-5, 10-9
Ciara Moloney lost to Julie de Bellefroid 0-9, 8-10, 8-10
Conor O'Hare bt Mats Raemen 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
[10] SCOTLAND bt [11] DENMARK 3-0
Greg McArthur bt Kristian Frost Olesen 6-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-7
Zoe Neilson bt Sally Skarrenborg 10-8, 9-7, 6-9, 0-9, 9-6
Lyall Paterson bt Kasper Gross Jeppesen 9-4, 9-2
13th - 16th place play-offs:
[14] FINLAND bt [15] HUNGARY 2-1
Henrik Mustonen bt David Lukacs 9-1, 9-1, 9-3
Tiia Knuutila bt Fanni Gyori 8-9, 9-0, 9-2, 9-7
Roni Berg lost to Aron Balogh 2-9, 9-7, 4-9
[13] SWEDEN bt [16] ISRAEL 2-1
Joakim Larsson lost to Ido Avron 5-9, 7-9, 5-9
Lovisa Forstadius bt Mor Berkovsky 4-9, 9-1, 9-1, 9-6
Pontus Olsson bt Nir Zisman 7-9, 10-8, 9-4, 9-4