Wales Checked By Czechs In European Junior Team Championships
23 Apr 2011
Czech Republic produced the only upset in the qualifying rounds of the European Junior (U19) Team Squash Championships after beating fourth seeds Wales in the final tie in Pool D to earn a favourable quarter-final draw in the knockout stages of the European Squash Federation event in Kriens, Switzerland.
The 2/1 win takes the fifth seeds to a clash with hosts Switzerland, the sixth seeds who finished in second place in Pool C.
Favourites England, the defending champions led by the two newly-crowned European Individual Junior champions Nathan Lake and Emily Whitlock, cruised to victory in Pool A without dropping a single game - and now face Spain for a place in the semi-finals.
But it is Spain who arguably have most to celebrate on the eve of the knockout stages. The seventh seeds finished in second place in Pool B - and are now certain to record their best finish in the event since 2006.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] ENGLAND v [7] SPAIN
[5] CZECH REPUBLIC v [6] SWITZERLAND
[3] FRANCE v [4] WALES
[2] BELGIUM v [8] GERMANY
9th - 16th place play-offs:
[9] SCOTLAND v [15] IRELAND
[12] PORTUGAL v [14] SWEDEN
[11] FINLAND v [13] HUNGARY
[10] NETHERLANDS v [16] ISRAEL
17th place play-off:
[17] NORWAY v [18] POLAND
Qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[9] SCOTLAND bt [16] ISRAEL 3/0
Greg Lobban bt Daniel Poleshchuk 4-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
Douglas Kempsell bt Jonathan Kovacs 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
Mhairi Charlton bt Inbar Grossberg 11-1, 11-3, 11-4
[1] ENGLAND bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Declan James bt Sigurd-Martinius Stray 13-11, 11-3, 11-5
James Earles bt Hakon Standal 11-4, 11-1, 11-3
Katie Smith bt Alvilde Sonju 11-3, 13-11, 11-5
[8] GERMANY bt [16] ISRAEL 2/1
Simon Vaclahovsky lost to Daniel Poleshchuk 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 9-11
Sven Lemmermann bt Roee Avraham 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
Caroline Sayegh bt Inbar Grossberg 11-5, 11-5, 11-2
[1] ENGLAND bt [9] SCOTLAND 3/0
Nathan Lake bt Douglas Kempsell 11-6, 11-7, 11-2
Declan James bt David Jones 11-3, 11-7, 11-3
Emily Whitlock bt Rosie Allan 11-2, 11-4, 11-5
[8] GERMANY bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Valentin Rapp bt Hakon Standal 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
Sven Lemmermann bt Anders Rost 11-1, 11-4, 11-0
Annika Wiese bt Alvilde Sonju 11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7
[1] ENGLAND bt [16] ISRAEL 3/0
Declan James bt Jonathan Kovacs 11-0, 11-0, 11-4
James Earles bt Roee Avraham 11-8, 11-1, 11-3
Katie Smith bt Inbar Grossberg 11-0, 11-4, 11-2
[8] GERMANY bt [9] SCOTLAND 2/1
Valentin Rapp lost to Greg Lobban 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 8-11
Sven Lemmermann bt Douglas Kempsell 4-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8
Caroline Sayegh bt Mhairi Charlton 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
[16] ISRAEL bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Daniel Poleshchuk bt Sigurd-Martinius Stray 11-2, 11-7, 11-7
Roee Avraham bt Anders Rost 11-9, 11-4, 11-6
Inbar Grossberg bt Alvilde Sonju 11-0, 11-0, 11-0
[9] SCOTLAND bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Greg Lobban bt Hakon Standal 11-7, 11-8, 11-7
David Jones bt Anders Rost 11-7, 11-1, 11-6
Rosie Allan bt Alvilde Sonju 11-0, 11-0, 11-0
[1] ENGLAND bt [8] GERMANY 3/0
Nathan Lake bt Valentin Rapp 11-6, 11-8, 11-4
James Earles bt Simon Vaclahovsky 11-4, 11-2, 12-10
Emily Whitlock bt Annika Wiese 12-10, 11-3, 11-8
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Germany, 3 Scotland, 4 Israel, 5 Norway
Pool B:
[10] NETHERLANDS bt [15] IRELAND 2/1
Marc ter Sluis lost to Conor O'Shea 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11
Guido Ploem bt Conor Lavin 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11
Ilona Lagerweij bt Jennifer Hegarty 11-1, 11-4, 11-7
[2] BELGIUM bt [18] POLAND 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Konrad Tyma 11-6, 11-6, 11-0
Cedric Peeters bt Jakub Wasilewski 9-11, 11-1, 13-11, 11-2
Nikita Brant bt Paulina Krzywicka 11-8, 11-4, 11-7
[7] SPAIN bt [15] IRELAND 3/0
Hugo Varela bt Michael Stewart 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
Aitor Zunzunegui bt Conor Lavin 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
Marina de Juan bt Jennifer Hegarty 11-4, 11-4, 11-2
[2] BELGIUM bt [10] NETHERLANDS 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Guido Ploem 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
Jan van den Herrewegen bt Tom Lucas 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
Nele Gilis bt Tessa ter Sluis 11-8, 11-4, 11-5
[7] SPAIN bt [18] POLAND 3/0
Hugo Varela bt Konrad Tyma 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
Aitor Zunzunegui bt Michael Kotra 11-2, 11-0, 11-5
Marina de Juan bt Paulina Krzywicka 11-5, 11-5, 11-2
[2] BELGIUM bt [15] IRELAND 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Michael Stewart 11-4, 11-1, 11-2
Jan van den Herrewegen bt Conor Lavin 11-0, 11-4, 11-8
Nele Gilis bt Jennifer Hegarty 11-2, 11-0, 11-0
[10] NETHERLANDS bt [18] POLAND 3/0
Marc ter Sluis bt Jakub Wasilewski 11-8, 11-5, 11-2
Tom Lucas bt Michael Kotra 11-2, 11-3, 11-4
Ilona Lagerweij bt Paulina Krzywicka 11-8, 11-2, 11-4
[7] SPAIN bt [10] NETHERLANDS 2/1
Hugo Varela bt Marc ter Sluis 11-6, 11-1, 11-3
Aitor Zunzunegui bt Guido Ploem 11-6, 11-8, 13-11
Sara Esperon lost to Ilona Lagerweij 10-12, 9-11, 5-11
[15] IRELAND bt [18] POLAND 2/1
Conor O'Shea bt Konrad Tyma 11-5, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9
Michael Stewart bt Jakub Wasilewski 12-10, 11-9, 11-8
Jennifer Hegarty lost to Paulina Krzywicka 1-11, 15-13, 6-11, 10-12
[2] BELGIUM bt [7] SPAIN 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Hugo Varela 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Jan van den Herrewegen bt Aitor Zunzunegui 11-6, 11-3, 11-3
Nele Gilis bt Marina de Juan 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
Final positions: 1 Belgium, 2 Spain, 3 Netherlands, 4 Ireland, 5 Poland
Pool C:
[6] SWITZERLAND bt [14] SWEDEN 3/0
Joel Siewerdt bt Bjorn Angtoft 12-10, 11-2, 11-4
Cedric Kuchen bt Jesper Skarman 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
Fabienne Oppliger bt Jennie Lindstrom 12-10, 11-7, 11-7
[3] FRANCE bt [11] FINLAND 2/1
Jerome Dadot bt Jaakko Vahamaa 10-12, 11-2, 11-5, 11-3
Quint Mandil lost to Tatu Knuutila 5-11, 4-11, 10-12
Melissa Alves bt Emilia Soini 10-12, 11-1, 8-11, 14-12, 11-6
[3] FRANCE bt [14] SWEDEN 3/0
Quint Mandil bt Bjorn Angtoft 11-6, 11-6, 11-8
Alexandre Cogno bt Jesper Skarman 11-3, 11-2, 11-6
Julia Lecoq bt Jennie Lindstrom 13-11, 11-7, 11-7
[6] SWITZERLAND bt [11] FINLAND 3/0
Joel Siewerdt bt Jaakko Vahamaa 11-6, 11-9, 11-6
Cedric Kuchen bt Tatu Knuutila 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9
Fabienne Oppliger bt Emilia Soini 11-7, 11-1 ret.
[3] FRANCE bt [6] SWITZERLAND 3/0
Jerome Dadot bt Cedric Kuchen 11-8, 7-11, 11-1, 2-11, 11-4
Alexandre Cogno bt Manu Wanner 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
Julia Lecoq bt Fabienne Oppliger 11-7, 11-6, 12-10
[11] FINLAND bt [14] SWEDEN 2/1
Jaakko Vahamaa bt Bjorn Angtoft 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
Tatu Knuutila bt Jesper Skarman 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8
Emilia Soini lost to Jennie Lindstrom 0-11, 0-11, 0-11
Final positions: 1 France, 2 Switzerland, 3 Finland, 4 Sweden
Pool D:
[4] WALES bt [12] PORTUGAL 3/0
Sam Fenwick bt Rui Soares 11-8, 12-10, 11-9
Nyall Driscoll bt Claudio Pinto 11-6, 11-5, 11-9
Tesni Evans bt Camille Lanier 13-11, 11-1, 11-5
[5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [13] HUNGARY 3/0
Daniel Mekbib bt Ramon Gubi 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
Martin Svec bt Benedek Sebok 2-11, 12-10, 11-2, 11-5
Kristina Alexova bt Fatime Farkas 11-6, 12-10, 11-3
[4] WALES bt [13] HUNGARY 3/0
Sam Fenwick bt Ramon Gubi 12-10, 11-2, 11-3
Will John bt Benedek Sebok 11-6, 13-11, 9-11, 8-11, 14-12
Hannah Jane Davies bt Eszter Csokasi 11-2, 11-6, 11-6
[5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [12] PORTUGAL 3/0
Daniel Mekbib bt Rui Soares 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
Martin Svec bt Claudio Pinto 11-6, 11-8, 11-9
Kristina Alexova bt Camille Lanier 11-8, 12-10, 11-9
[5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [4] WALES 2/1
Daniel Mekbib bt Sam Fenwick 13-11, 2-11, 11-2, 7-11, 14-12
Martin Svec bt Nyall Driscoll 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
Tereza Svobodova lost to Tesni Evans 3-11, 5-11, 2-11
[12] PORTUGAL bt [13] HUNGARY 2/1
Rui Soares bt Ramon Gubi 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6
Claudio Pinto bt Benedek Sebok 11-8, 11-6, 11-3
Camille Lanier lost to Fatime Farkas 11-8, 8-11, 3-11, 11-13
Final positions: 1 Czech Republic, 2 Wales, 3 Portugal, 4 Hungary
