England and France share the spoils in
Helsinki
 England
and France, having eased through their qualifying
groups and the semi-finals, met in the
Men's and Women's Division One finals, as they have for the last
four years (ten in a row in the men's case), with England's
women retaining their title and France's men winning for
the second time in three years.
Sarah-Jane Perry struck an early blow for England in the
women's final, beating Camille Serme in five games. Debutante
Fiona Moverley wrapped up England's 39th title in 40 years
with a five-game win over Laura Pomportes.
 In
the men's final it was France who got a good start, Gregoire
Marche beating Daryl Selby in four games. Gregory
Gaultier - playing his last match as world number on, for
now at least - put France further ahead with a 3-1 win over Nick
Matthew, and Mathieu Castagnet clinched the title for
France as he beat James Willstrop, again in four games.
France move level with Sweden on two wins ('80 & '83), Scotland
have won it once ('92), with England winning the other 42
editions.
Promotion & Relegation
In Division Two Wales and Denmark earned promotion to
Men's Division One (at the expense of Finland and Switzerland),
while in the Women's division Germany and Switzerland will join
the top eight next year with Spain and Denmark dropping down to
Division Two.
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Men's Final : [1] England 0-3 [2]
France
Daryl Selby
1-3 Grégoire Marche
11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11
Nick Matthew 1-3 Gregory Gaultier
10-12, 4-11, 12-10, 6-11
James Willstrop 1-3 Mathieu Castagnet
6-11, 11-5, 5-11, 4-11
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[1] England 3-0 [3] Scotland |
[2] France 4-0 [4] Germany |
Women's Final : [1] England 2-0 [2] France
Sarah-Jane Perry 3-2
Camille Serme
11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-7
Fiona Moverly 3-2 Laura Pomportes
14-12, 11-5, 4-11, 7-11, 11-8
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[1] England 2-0 [3] Netherlands |
[2] France 3-0 [4] Wales |
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Men Div 2 Final : [3] Wales 3-0 [4] Denmark |
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[1] Netherlands 1-3 [3] Wales
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[2] Ireland 1-3 [4] Denmark |
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Women Div
2 Final : [1] Germany 2-0 [3] Switzerland |
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[1] Germany 2-1 [7] Scotland |
[3]Switzerland 2-0 [5] Austria |
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MATCH LIST & RESULTS |
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