Top Seeds On Course For Stavanger Final

Top seeds France and title-holders England are on course to meet in the final of the European Junior U19 Team Championships after straightforward wins in the quarter-finals of the European Squash Federation event in the Norwegian city of Stavanger.

France beat surprise quarter-finalists Netherlands after Gregoire Marche and Antoine Camille gained 3/0 wins in the first two matches. Melissa Meulenbelt gained some consolation for the No10 seeds with a 9-7, 9-3 win over France's Laura Pomportes in the third 'dead' rubber.

Second seeds England, who have never failed to reach the final in 24 appearances in the championships, scored their fourth 3/0 win in the event after beating Scotland, the No8 seeds.

England face third seeds Switzerland in one semi-final, while France take on fourth seeds Germany in the other.

Quarter-finals:
[1] FRANCE bt [10] NETHERLANDS 2-1
Gregoire Marche bt Rick Penders 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Antoine Camille Petrucci bt Tomas de Paauw 9-5, 9-5, 9-4
Laura Pomportes lost to Melissa Meulenbelt 7-9, 3-9
[4] GERMANY bt [6] WALES 3-0
Florian Silbernagl bt Hywel Robinson 7-9, 5-9, 9-5, 9-1, 9-7
Raphael Kandra bt David Haley 9-1, 9-0, 9-2
Sina Wall bt Natalie Pritchard 9-7, 9-3
[3] SWITZERLAND bt [5] CZECH REPUBLIC 3-0
Nicolas Mueller bt Petr Martin 6-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-2
Reiko Peter bt Roman Svec 9-7, 9-3, 9-5
Jasmin Ballman bt Anna Klimondova 3-9, 9-3, 9-3
[2] ENGLAND bt [8] SCOTLAND 3-0
Adrian Waller bt Lyall Paterson 9-3, 9-2, 9-2
Joe Lee bt Christopher Ferguson 9-1, 9-0, 9-1
Victoria Lust bt Lisa Aitken 9-3, 9-3

9th - 15th place play-offs:
[9] DENMARK bt [15] NORWAY 3-0
Casper Grauballe bt Simon Nordstat 9-4, 9-2, 9-0
Philip Tran bt Kjeil Fjellgard 9-2, 9-0, 9-2
Anna Sophie Ornfeldt bt Amanda Aakeson 9-2, 9-3
[12] SPAIN bt [14] IRELAND 3-0
Carlos Cornes Ribadas bt Neil Martin 9-1, 1-9, 9-5, 0-9, 9-5
Damian Arosa Rodriguez bt Colm Dolan 9-1, 6-9, 9-1, 10-9
Carla Fernandez Vazquez bt Cheryl Ennis 9-1, 9-1
[11] FINLAND bt [13] SWEDEN 2-1
Henrik Mustonen bt Christoffer Ohlsson 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
Ville Hiltunen lost to Johan Detter 5-9, 0-9, 3-9
Tia Knuutila bt Matilda Ravn-Holm 9-1, 9-7, 9-1
[7] BELGIUM bye