Belgium Celebrate Maiden European Junior Team Championship Final

24 Apr 2011

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.

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

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