1973 European squash team championship

The European Team Championship for Men 1973 in squash was from 27 to 30 April 1973 in Edinburgh , Scotland , instead. A total of ten teams competed in the first edition of the championship.

The participating teams competed in two groups. Within the groups, round-robin mode was used , the two runners -up played a game for third place, and the two group winners made it to the final. The teams consisted of five players. In the final England met Scotland and won 5-0. The English roster included Philip Ayton , Paul Millman , Bryan Patterson , Stuart Courtney and John Easter . Ireland was third ahead of Wales .

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	England	4th	4th	0	20: 0	8th
2	Ireland	4th	3	1	13: 7	6th
3	Sweden	4th	2	2	10:10	4th
4th	Denmark	4th	1	3	7:13	2
5	Monaco	4th	0	4th	0:20	0

England - Sweden 5-0 England - Denmark 5-0 England - Ireland 5-0 England - Monaco 5-0 Ireland - Sweden 4: 1

Ireland - Denmark 4: 1 Ireland - Monaco 5-0 Sweden - Denmark 4: 1 Sweden - Monaco 5-0 Denmark - Monaco 5-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Scotland	4th	4th	0	20: 0	8th
2	Wales	4th	3	1	15: 5	6th
3	Finland	4th	2	2	10:10	4th
4th	Netherlands	4th	1	3	5:15	2
5	Greece	4th	0	4th	0:20	0

Scotland - Netherlands 5-0 Scotland - Wales 5-0 Scotland - Greece 5-0 Scotland - Finland 5-0 Wales - Finland 5-0

Wales - Netherlands 5-0 Wales - Greece 5-0 Finland - Netherlands 5-0 Finland - Greece 5-0 Netherlands - Greece 5-0

Final round

3rd place match

Ireland

-

Wales

4: 1

final

England

-

Scotland

5-0

Final placements

rank	team
01.	England
02.	Scotland
03.	Ireland
04th	Wales
05.	Sweden
	Finland
	Netherlands
	Denmark
	Greece
	Monaco

literature

• Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash . Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1

Web links

• Results of the men on squashinfo.com (English)