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05-May, Finals:
complete results
Women's Final:
England 2-1 Ireland
Jenny Duncalf
2-3 Madeline Perry 11/13, 11/7, 11/3, 7/11,
8/11
Laura Massaro 3-1 Aisling Blake
11/1, 11/9, 9/11, 11/8
Alison Waters 3-0 Laura Mylotte
11/2, 11/8, 11/2
Men's Final: England 3-0 France
Daryl Selby 3-1 Grégoire Marche 11/3, 11/13, 11/9, 11/9
James Willstrop 3-1 Grégory Gaultier
11/3, 8/11, 11/6, 11/1
Peter Barker 3-0 Mathieu Castagnet
11/7, 11/5, 11/7
Nick Mathew v Thierry Lincou
England do the double again
England duly completed another European Teams double as
their women beat Ireland 2-1 and the men beat familiar foes
France 3-0 in the finals in Nuremberg, Germany.
Madeline Perry gave the Irish - appearing in their first
final since 1989 - hope as she came from 2/1 down to beat
Jenny Duncalf, but Laura Massaro and Alison Waters both won
to seal a 34th women's title for England.
Daryl Selby, James Willstrop and Peter Barker all faced
stiff resistance from their French opponents, but all won to
make it 20 titles in a row (and 38 in all) with Nick Matthew
not needing to go on court.
Earlier hosts Germany had beaten Scotland 3-1 to take third
place in the men's competition, their best finish since
1994, with France beating Germany 3-0 to take third in the
women's event.
Spain claimed the men's division two title on games
countback over Switzerland, both of whom will play in
division one next year, and the Czech Republic maintained
their unbeaten round-robin record to win women's division
two and gain promotion alongside Belgium.
Playoff Matches:
complete results
Men's Division 1:
3/4 Germany 3-1 Scotland
5/6 Italy 2-2 Denmark
7/8 Netherlands 3-1
Finland
Women's Division 1:
3/4 France 3-0 Germany
5/6
Netherlands 2-1 Wales
7/8 Scotland 2-1 Switzerland
Men's Division 2:
final Switzerland 2-2 Spain
3/4
Ireland 4-0 Sweden
5/6 Wales 0-4 Czech Rep.
7/8 Belgium
1-3 Austria
9/10 Slovakia 2-2 Portugal
Women's Division 2:
Finland 0-3 Belgium, Spain 3-0 Italy, Czech Rep. 2-1 Belgium |
Final positions |
04-May, Day THREE:
Semi-Final DayWomen's semis:
Ireland 2-1 France
Madeline
Perry 3-0 Camille Serme
12/10, 12/10, 11/5
Laura Mylotte 0-3 Maud Duplomb
8/11, 8/11, 9/11
Aisling
Blake 3-2 Coline Aumard 11/4, 6/11, 7/11, 11/3,
11/5
England 3-0 Germany
Jenny Duncalf 3-0 Pamela Hathaway
11/3, 11/4, 11/5
Alison Waters 3-0 Franziska Hannes
11/1, 11/1, 11/7
Laura Massaro 2-0 Eva Brauckmann
11/2, 11/1
Men's semis:
England 4-0 Scotland
Daryl
Selby 3-0 Chris Small
11/5, 11/2, 11/3
Nick Matthew 3-0 Alan Clyne 11/5,
11/7, 11/4
Peter Barker 3-0 Greg Lobban 11/4, 11/5,
11/1
Tom Richards 2-0 Stuart Crawford
11/2, 11/8
France 4-0 Germany
Mathieu Castagnet 3-0 Andre Haschker
11/8,11/3, 11/1
Gregory Gaultier 3-1 Simon Rosne r 11/2, 11/2, 8/11,
15/13
Thierry Lincou 3-1 Raphael Kandra
11/8, 11/6, 9/11, 11/2
Gregoire Marche 2-0 Rudi Rohrmuller
11/3, 11/6
England seeking another double in Nuremberg
Hot favourites England cruised through to both finals
in Nuremberg as their men demolished Scotland 4-0 and the
women dashed the hopes of hosts Germany in clinical fashion.
Having seen off one 'auld enemy' England's men will face
another familiar foe in the final after France made
sure there was no home representation in the finals with a
4-0 win over Germany.
This will be the 12th England v France final in 13 years
(and England's 20th in a row) with the French yet to win
one.
England's women will face unfamiliar - in recent finals at
least - opponents after Ireland rolled back the years
with a 2-1 win over France to reach their first final since
1989.
England, of course, have won the tournament in all but one
of its 34 previous editions, having beaten the Irish in the
first 11 finals of the event from 1979 to 1989, and in the
earlier rounds of the last four events.
In men's division two Switzerland and Spain
will be celebrating tonight after wins over Ireland and
Sweden saw them promoted to division one for next year,
replacing Finland and the Netherlands who lost their
playoffs against Denmark and Italy, who remain in the top
eight for 2013.
The Czech Republic, unbeaten in the women's division
two round robin with one match to go, will be playing in
division one next year along with Belgium, replacing
Switzerland and Scotland who lost their relegation matches
against Wales and the Netherlands.
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03-May, Day TWO:
Plenty of upsets as semi-finals are
decided in Nuremberg ...
Scotland and Germany consolidate
Day two of the European Teams in Nuremberg saw the
semi-final places decided, and there was no shortage of
upsets and drama.
Before we get too carried away, top seeds defending
champions and red-hot favourites England cruised
through their pair of matches in each of the men's and
women's competitions today to top pool A, but both teams now
face opponents not predicted by the seedings.
England's men beat Germany and the Netherlands in
convincing fashion, but the Pool A drama was mainly played
out yesterday, and hosts Germany just needed a good result
against Denmark to clinch a spot in the semi-finals, which
they duly got.
It was a similar scenario in Pool B where perennial
finalists France wrapped the pool up with two
convincing wins, leaving Scotland to consolidate on
yesterday's upset win, which they duly did with a 3-1 win
over Finland to set up a semi-final - their first since 1999
- with 'the auld enemy'.
So the men's semi-finals are:
England v Scotland and France v Germany.
Irish and Germans dash Dutch hopes
In the women's event England and France had Pool A sewn up
with early morning wins with the English going on to take
top spot. All the drama was happening in Pool B where
Germany stunned perennial finalists and 2010 champions the
Netherlands, then followed it up with another 2-1 win over
Switzerland.
That left the Dutch needing to beat the Irish to set up a
three-way tie, but it was Ireland who won the crucial match
to top the group and send the Dutch crashing out.
That leaves women's semi-finals of:
England v Germany and Ireland v France.
Division Two
Down in division two, Ireland look to be in control
of Men's Pool A, where after a bad start the Welsh might
just make it through in second. In Pool B it's two out of
three as Spain, Switzerland and the Czechs fight it out.
In the women's Division Two round robin the Czech Republic
are the only unbeaten team and look likely to take that
title.
Men's Division One:
 Pool A:
England 4-0 Germany
Netherlands 2-2 Denmark
Germany 3-1 Denmark
England 4-0 Netherlands
Positions: Eng, Ger, Den, Ned
 Pool B:
France 4-0 Scotland
Italy 3-1 Finland
Scotland 3-1 Finland
France 3-1 Italy
Positions: Fra, Sco, Ita, Fin
Semi-Finals: England
v Scotland, France v Germany
Women's Division One:
 Pool A:
England 3-0 Scotland
France 3-0 Wales
England 3-0 France
Scotland 1-2 Wales
Positions: Eng, Fra, Wal, Sco
 Pool B:
Netherlands 1-2 Germany
Ireland 3-0 Switzerland
Germany 2-1 Switzerland
Netherlands 1-2 Ireland
Positions: Irl, Ger, Ned, Sui
Semi-Finals:
England v Germany, Ireland v France
Men's Division Two:
Pool A:
Wales 3-1
Slovakia
Ireland 3-1 Austria
Wales 3-1 Sweden
Ireland 4-0 Slovakia
 Pool B:
Czech 4-0 Belgium
Switzerland 4-0 Portugal
Czech 0-4 Spain
Switzerland 3-1 Belgium
Women's Division Two:
 
Czech
3-0 Belgium
Spain 3-0 Austria
Finland 3-0 Poland
Spain 0-3 Czech
Italy 1-2 Austria |
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02-May, Day ONE:
England Expects,
but Scotland and Germany deliver on Day One ...
The European Team Championships head for Germany this year,
with England strong favourites to win yet another double.
The notable result of Day One was in men's division
one, where Scotland's 3-1 win over third seeds
Italy gives them a great chance of making the semi-finals
along with perennial favourites France who started off with
a comfortable 4-0 win over Finland.
In pool A favourites England, with Tom Richards making his
debut, cruised past Denmark 4-0 while the evening match on
the glass court was a delight for the home fans as
Germany beat the higher-seeded Netherlands 3-1 to put
themselves within one win of a place in the last four.
In women's division one the top two seeds England and
Netherlands won their opening matches at a canter, while
third and fourth seeds Ireland and France saw off their
nearest challengers Germany and Scotland, also 3-0, so those
four already look to be the likely semi-finalists.
Down in men's division two top seeds Wales, who
missed out on being in the top division by a whisker, had a
bad day in Pool A as they drew with Austria and lost to old
foes Ireland, leaving Pool A wide open, while Spain took
charge of Pool B with two wins as Switzerland upset the top
seeded Czech with a fine 4-0 win.
In the women's division two round-robin Belgium beat
top seeds Spain 2-1 and followed it up with a win over
Austria to top the table after day one, although Spain
recovered to beat Finland, while second seeds Italy remain
unbeaten with a pair of 2-1 wins.
Wed 2nd May, Day One:
Men Div 1:
Pool A:
[4] Netherlands 1-3 [5] Germany
[1] England 4-0 [8] Denmark
 Pool
B
[2]
France 4-0 [7] Finland
[3]
Italy 1-3 [6] Scotland
Women Div 1:
Pool A:
[1] England 3-0 [8]Wales
[4]
France 3-0 [5] Scotland
 Pool B
[2]
Netherlands
3-0 [7] Switzerland
[3] Ireland 3-0 [6] Germany
Men Div 2:
Pool A: Pool B
Wales 2-2 Austria
Czech 4-0 Portugal
Sweden 4-0 Slovakia
Spain 3-1 Belgium
Wales 1-3 Ireland Czech
0-4 Switzerland
Sweden 2-2 Austria
Spain 4-0 Portugal
Women Div 2:
Spain 1-2 Belgium
Italy 2-1 Finland Czech 3-0 Poland
Spain 2-1 Finland Belgium 2-1 Austria Italy 2-1 Poland
Detailed results |
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Men's Squads:
[1] England:
Willstrop, Matthew, Barker, Selby, Richards
[2] France:
Gaultier, Lincou, Castagnet, Marche, Perrin
[3] Italy:
Bianchetti, Berrett, Swelim, Facchini, Torricini
[4] Netherlands
Anjema, Schweertman, Weenink, Ravelli, Buit
[5] Germany:
Rosner, Schoor, Kandra, Haschker, Rohrmuller
[6] Scotland
Clyne, Lobban, Small, Crawford, Moran
[7] Finland:
Tuominen, Mustonen, Tuomi, Jarvinen, Vahamaa
[8] Denmark:
Frost, Nielsen, Graubelle, Sorenson, Pilak
Division Two:
Wales:
Creed, Birt, Haley, Fenwick, Davies
Czech Rep.:
Koukal, Jelinek, Martin, Sladececk, Ertl, Uherta
Spain:
Golan, Vidal, Garbi, Cornes, Varela
Sweden:
Drakenberg, Viktor, Lofvenborg, Larsson, Christenson
Ireland:
Gaskin, Ryan, Byrne, Stewart, Peyton
Switzerland:
Mueller, Peter, Williams, Burkhart, Miescher, Dahler
Belgium:
vBrussellen, deMulder, vdHerreweggen, Burke, deSmet
Slovakia:
Manik, Toth, Kviecinsky, Celler, Schmidtmayer
Austria:
Rehman, Czaska, Dirnberger, Gruber, Greslehner
Portugal:
Soares, C.Pinto, Caiano, Lima, P.Pinto
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Women's Squads:
[1] England:
Duncalf, Massaro, Waters, Kippax
[2] Netherlands:
Grinham, Atkinson, Noom, VD Heijden, Dorenbos
[3] Ireland:
Perry, Blake, Mylotte, Owens
[4] France:
Serme, Aumard, Duplomb, Pomportes
[5] Scorland:
Gillen-Buchert, Aitken, Macfie, Clark
[6] Germany:
Hauck, Hathaway, Brauckmann, Hennes
[7] Switzerland:
Huber, Guebey, Schmalz, Kazamia, Ballmann
[8] Wales:
Evans, Saffery, Gooding, DaviesDivision Two
Spain:
Aranda, deJuan, Carbonell, Esperon
Italy:
Manetta, Grossi, Menegozzi, Priante
Czech Rep.:
Fialova, Ertlova, Klimundova, Janoskova
Austria:
Coufal, Polak, Peychar, Kaserer, Gradnitzer
Finland:
Valtola, Soini, Korhonen, Vuolo
Belgium:
Hannes, Gilis, Delagrange, Pira
Poland:
Witkowska, Jurkun, Krzwicka, Kaminska |
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