European squash team championship 1976

The European Team Championship for Men 1976 in squash place from 1 to 4 May 1976 in Brussels , Belgium , instead. A total of 15 teams competed in the 4th edition of the championship.

The participating teams, which consisted of five players, competed in four groups. The groups played in round robin mode , with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. As in the previous year , England met Scotland in the final and won again 5-0. The English squad included Phil Kenyon , Jonathan Leslie , Peter Verow , Paul Millman and Ian Robinson . As in the previous year, Sweden came in third, ahead of Ireland .

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	England	3	3	0	15: 0	6th
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	8: 7	4th
3	France	3	1	2	5:10	2
4th	Greece	3	0	3	2:13	0

England	-	France	5-0
England	-	Netherlands	5-0
England	-	Greece	5-0
Netherlands	-	France	4: 1
Netherlands	-	Greece	4: 1
France	-	Greece	4: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Scotland	3	3	0	15: 0	6th
2	Denmark	3	2	1	10: 5	4th
3	Belgium	3	1	2	5:10	2
4th	Monaco	3	0	3	0:15	0

Scotland	-	Belgium	5-0
Scotland	-	Denmark	5-0
Scotland	-	Monaco	5-0
Denmark	-	Belgium	5-0
Denmark	-	Monaco	5-0
Belgium	-	Monaco	5-0

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Sweden	3	3	0	14: 1	6th
2	Finland	3	2	1	11: 4	4th
3	Germany	3	1	2	5:10	2
4th	Luxembourg	5	0	3	0:15	0

Sweden	-	Finland	4: 1
Sweden	-	Germany	5-0
Sweden	-	Luxembourg	5-0
Finland	-	Germany	5-0
Finland	-	Luxembourg	5-0
Germany	-	Luxembourg	5-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Ireland	2	2	0	9: 1	4th
2	Wales	2	1	1	5: 5	2
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	1: 9	0

Ireland	-	Wales	4: 1
Ireland	-	Switzerland	5-0
Wales	-	Switzerland	4: 1

Final round

Seats 9-12

	First round					Play for 9th place
	A3	France	2
	B3	Belgium	3
						B3	Belgium	4th
						D3	Switzerland	1
	C3	Germany	2
	D3	Switzerland	3
						Game for 11th place
						A3	France	3
						C3	Germany	2

Places 5–8

	First round					Play for 9th place
	A2	Netherlands	2
	D2	Wales	3
						D2	Wales	5
						B2	Denmark	0
	C2	Finland	2
	B2	Denmark	3
						Game for 11th place
						A2	Netherlands	2
						C2	Finland	3

Places 1–4

	First round					Play for 9th place
	A1	England	5
	D1	Ireland	0
						A1	England	5
						B1	Scotland	0
	C1	Sweden	1
	B1	Scotland	4th
						Game for 11th place
						D1	Ireland	0
						C1	Sweden	5

Final placements

rank team 01.  England 02.  Scotland 03.  Sweden 04th  Ireland 05.  Wales 06th  Denmark 07th  Finland 08th.  Netherlands

rank team 09.  Belgium 10.  Switzerland 11.  France 12.  Germany 13.  Greece 14th  Luxembourg 15th  Monaco

Web links

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

literature

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