England To Face Germany In European Final

Top seeds England, the defending champions, will face second seeds Germany in the final of the European Junior U19 Team Championships at the Bellevuestadion in Malmo, Sweden.

After cruising to a 3/0 win over seventh seeds Netherlands in the quarter-finals, favourites England disappointed hosts Sweden with a 3/0 victory over the surprise semi-finalists who beat Switzerland in their earlier quarter-final.

Germany beat ninth seeds Scotland in the quarter-finals before earning their second 3/0 win of the day, over third seeds France, in the semi-finals.

England, one step away from their 21st European Junior title, have faced Germany six times before in the final.

Semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [5] SWEDEN 3-0 (Chris Simpson bt Gustav Detter 9-2, 9-3, 9-0; Tom Richards bt Sebastian Victor 9-6, 9-1, 9-3; Jenna Gates bt Anna Detter 9-4, 9-1)
[2] GERMANY bt [3] FRANCE 3-0 (Simon Rosner bt Mathieu Castagnet 9-6, 8-10, 9-1, 4-9, 9-3; Jens Schoor bt Thibault Gouti 9-6, 9-3, 9-3; Pamela Hathway bt Celia Allamargot 9-6, 9-7)
5th - 8th place play-offs:
[7] NETHERLANDS bt [6] SWITZERLAND 2-1 (Sebastiaan Weenink bt Nicolas Muller 9-5, 9-4, 9-1; Bastiaan Meulenbelt bt Benjamin Fischer 9-0, 9-7, 10-9; Lisa Kho lost to Jasmin Ballmann 4-9, 3-9)
[4] BELGIUM bt [9] SCOTLAND 2-1 (Rik Smet bt Alan Clyne 2-9, 9-4, 9-1, 2-9, 9-2; Giel Kreemers lost to Graham Melvin 0-9, 0-9, 1-9; Charlie de Rycke bt Alexandra Clark 9-1, 9-0, 9-4)