European Squash Team Championship 2013

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The European Team Championships for men and women in 2013 in Squash found from 1st to 4th May 2013 for Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam , The Netherlands instead. A total of 31 teams competed in the men and 21 teams in the women. For the men it was the 41st edition of the championship, for the women it was the 36th edition.

mode

The participating teams played in three different divisions according to their placement at the previous European Championship. In Division 1, the eight best teams competed for men and women and played for the European title. First, the teams were divided into two groups and played their games in round robin mode . The two best teams made it to the semi-finals, the rest had to go to relegation. In the second-rate division 2, the men competed a total of ten teams in two groups of five. The group first and second met in a knockout round and determined the two promoted teams in Division 1. The two weakest teams in Division 1 were relegated in return, the women the promotion and relegation mode was equivalent. The women's division 2 consisted of seven teams that compete in round robin mode. Division 3 of the men and women were held in the same mode. For the women the group consisted of six teams, for the men a total of eleven teams had registered. At the tournament all places were played out.

All teams consisted of a minimum of three and a maximum of five players who had to be reported in the order of their skill level. Three individual games were played per match for the women and four for the men. The order in which the individual games played was independent of the order in which the players entered.

Men's

Division 1

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	England England	3	3	0	0	12: 0	36: 3	6th
2	Scotland Scotland	3	1	1	1	5: 7	18:26	3
3	Switzerland Switzerland	3	1	0	2	4: 8	16:27	2
4th	Italy Italy	3	0	1	2	3: 9	15:29	1

England	-	Switzerland	4-0
Scotland	-	Italy	2: 2
England	-	Italy	4-0
Scotland	-	Switzerland	3: 1
England	-	Scotland	4-0
Italy	-	Switzerland	1: 3

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	France France	3	3	0	0	11: 1	33: 5	6th
2	Germany Germany	3	1	1	1	7: 5	21:19	3
3	Spain Spain	3	0	2	1	4: 8	16:26	2
4th	Denmark Denmark	3	0	1	2	2:10	12:32	1

France	-	Spain	4-0
Germany	-	Denmark	4-0
France	-	Denmark	4-0
Germany	-	Spain	2: 2
France	-	Germany	3: 1
Denmark	-	Spain	2: 2

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals						final

A1	England England	3	3	3	2
B2	Germany Germany	0	0	0	0
						A1	England England	3	0	2	3

						B1	France France	0	3	3	0
A2	Scotland Scotland	0	0	0

B1	France France	3	3	2
						3rd place match
						B2	Germany Germany	1	2	3	3
						A2	Scotland Scotland	3	3	0	0

Relegation

The results of the encounters between the third and fourth placed in the same group were taken over in the relegation.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
5	Spain Spain	3	1	2	0	7: 5	28:22	4th
6th	Denmark Denmark	3	1	2	0	7: 5	24:20	4th
7th	Switzerland Switzerland	3	1	1	1	6: 6	25:22	3
8th	Italy Italy	3	0	1	2	4: 8	16:29	1

Switzerland	-	Denmark	2: 2
Spain	-	Italy	2: 2
Switzerland	-	Spain	1: 3
Denmark	-	Italy	3: 1

Division 2

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Netherlands Netherlands	2	2	0	8-0	24: 3	4th
2	Belgium Belgium	2	1	1	4: 4	14:17	2
3	Slovakia Slovakia	2	0	2	0: 8	6:24	0

Netherlands	-	Slovakia	4-0
Netherlands	-	Belgium	4-0
Belgium	-	Slovakia	4-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Finland Finland	2	2	0	8-0	24: 2	4th
2	Austria Austria	2	1	1	3: 5	11:18	2
3	Portugal Portugal	2	0	2	1: 7	7:22	0

Finland	-	Austria	4-0
Finland	-	Portugal	4-0
Austria	-	Portugal	3: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Wales Wales	2	1	1	0	6: 2	20: 7	3
2	Ireland Ireland	2	1	1	0	6: 2	19: 8	3
3	Ukraine Ukraine	2	0	0	2	0: 8	0:24	0

Ireland	-	Wales	2: 2
Ireland	-	Ukraine	4-0
Wales	-	Ukraine	4-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Sweden Sweden	2	2	0	7: 1	21: 5	4th
2	Czech Republic Czech Republic	2	1	1	5: 3	17:11	2
3	Poland Poland	2	0	2	0: 8	2:24	0

Sweden	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
Sweden	-	Poland	4-0
Czech Republic	-	Poland	4-0

Final round

Quarter finals						Semifinals						final

A1	Netherlands Netherlands	3	3	3
B2	Austria Austria	1	0	1
						A1	Netherlands Netherlands	3	3	2	1

						C2	Ireland Ireland	0	1	1	0
D1	Sweden Sweden	0	3	1	1

C2	Ireland Ireland	3	0	3	3
												A1	Netherlands Netherlands	3	1	3	2
												B1	Finland Finland	1	3	1	3
C1	Wales Wales	3	3	3
D2	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1	2	2
						C1	Wales Wales	0	0	3

						B1	Finland Finland	3	3	0		3rd place match
A2	Belgium Belgium	0	1	3	0

B1	Finland Finland	3	3	1	3							C2	Ireland Ireland	0	1	1	1
												C1	Wales Wales	3	3	3	3

Places 5 to 8

First round						Play for 5th place

B2	Austria Austria	3	0	0	0
D1	Sweden Sweden	0	3	3	3
						D1	Sweden Sweden	3	1	3	3

						A2	Belgium Belgium	1	3	1	2
D2	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1	3	1	0

A2	Belgium Belgium	3	0	3	3
						Game for 7th place
						B2	Austria Austria	0	1	2
						A2	Czech Republic Czech Republic	3	3	3

Relegation

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
09	Slovakia Slovakia	3	1	2	0	7: 5	27:22	4th
10	Ukraine Ukraine	3	1	2	0	7: 5	22:20	4th
11	Portugal Portugal	3	0	3	0	6: 6	24:19	3
12	Poland Poland	3	0	1	2	4: 8	16:28	1

Slovakia	-	Ukraine	2: 2
Poland	-	Portugal	2: 2
Slovakia	-	Poland	3: 1
Ukraine	-	Portugal	2: 2
Slovakia	-	Portugal	2: 2
Ukraine	-	Poland	3: 1

Division 3

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Norway Norway	2	1	1	0	5: 3	19:14	3
2	Israel Israel	2	0	2	0	4: 4	17:15	2
3	Slovenia Slovenia	2	0	1	1	3: 5	13:20	1

Norway	-	Israel	2: 2
Slovenia	-	Israel	2: 2
Norway	-	Slovenia	3: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Russia Russia	2	2	0	6: 2	22:11	4th
2	Luxembourg Luxembourg	2	1	1	4: 4	15:17	2
3	Estonia Estonia	2	0	2	2: 6	12:21	0

Luxembourg	-	Russia	1: 3
Estonia	-	Russia	1: 3
Luxembourg	-	Estonia	3: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Croatia Croatia	2	2	0	7: 1	23: 4	4th
2	Monaco Monaco	2	1	1	5: 3	16:11	2
3	Lithuania Lithuania	2	0	2	0: 8	0:24	0

Croatia	-	Monaco	3: 1
Lithuania	-	Monaco	0: 4
Croatia	-	Lithuania	4-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Malta Malta	1	1	0	0	3: 1	11: 6	2
2	Gibraltar Gibraltar	1	0	0	1	1: 3	6:11	0

Gibraltar	-	Malta	1: 3

Final round

Quarter finals						Semifinals						final

A1	Norway Norway	3	3	3
B2	Luxembourg Luxembourg	0	0	1
						A1	Norway Norway	0	3	3	3

						D1	Malta Malta	3	0	0	0
C2	Monaco Monaco	0	2	3	2

D1	Malta Malta	3	3	2	3
												A1	Norway Norway	0	0	2	1
												A2	Israel Israel	3	3	3	3
C1	Croatia Croatia	1	2	3	1
D2	Gibraltar Gibraltar	3	3	0	3
						D2	Gibraltar Gibraltar	0	1	0

						A2	Israel Israel	3	3	3		3rd place match
A2	Israel Israel	3	3	3	3

B1	Russia Russia	1	0	0	0							D1	Malta Malta	3	3	0	1
												D2	Gibraltar Gibraltar	0	0	2	0

Places 5 to 8

First round						Play for 5th place

B2	Luxembourg Luxembourg	3	3	2	3
C2	Monaco Monaco	0	1	3	1
						B2	Luxembourg Luxembourg	3	2	2	1

						B1	Russia Russia	1	3	3	3
C1	Croatia Croatia	0	0	2

B1	Russia Russia	3	3	3
						Game for 7th place
						C2	Monaco Monaco	3	1	3	0
						C1	Croatia Croatia	0	3	1	3

The match between Croatia and Monaco in the game for 7th place ended due to the better point ratio (126: 114) in favor of Croatia.

Relegation

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
09	Slovenia Slovenia	2	2	0	6: 2	19: 9	4th
10	Estonia Estonia	2	1	1	5: 3	18:13	2
11	Lithuania Lithuania	2	0	2	1: 7	7:22	0

Estonia	-	Lithuania	4-0
Slovenia	-	Lithuania	3: 1
Slovenia	-	Estonia	3: 1

Ladies

Division 1

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	England England	3	3	0	9-0	27: 2	6th
2	Netherlands Netherlands	3	2	1	4: 5	17:15	4th
3	Belgium Belgium	3	1	2	4: 5	12:21	2
4th	Germany Germany	3	0	3	1: 8	7:25	0

England	-	Belgium	3-0
Germany	-	Netherlands	1: 2
England	-	Netherlands	3-0
Germany	-	Belgium	0: 3
England	-	Germany	3-0
Netherlands	-	Belgium	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Ireland Ireland	3	3	0	8: 1	25: 6	6th
2	France France	3	2	1	7: 2	23:13	4th
3	Czech Republic Czech Republic	3	1	2	2: 7	11:23	2
4th	Wales Wales	3	0	3	1: 8	9:26	0

Ireland	-	Czech Republic	3-0
France	-	Wales	3-0
Ireland	-	Wales	3-0
France	-	Czech Republic	3-0
Ireland	-	France	2: 1
Wales	-	Czech Republic	1: 2

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals					final

A1	England England	3	2	3
B2	France France	0	3	1
					A1	England England	3	0	3

					B1	Ireland Ireland	0	3	0
A2	Netherlands Netherlands	2	3	0

B1	Ireland Ireland	3	1	3
					3rd place match

					B2	France France	3	3
					A2	Netherlands Netherlands	0	0

Relegation

The results of the encounters between the third and fourth placed in the same group were taken over in the relegation.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
5	Czech Republic Czech Republic	3	3	0	7: 2	25: 9	6th
6th	Wales Wales	3	2	1	7: 2	23:12	4th
7th	Belgium Belgium	3	1	2	3: 6	12:22	2
8th	Germany Germany	3	0	3	1: 8	9:26	0

Belgium	-	Wales	0: 3
Czech Republic	-	Germany	2: 1
Belgium	-	Czech Republic	0: 3
Wales	-	Germany	3-0

Division 2

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Denmark Denmark	6th	6th	0	17: 1	52: 7	12
2	Switzerland Switzerland	6th	4th	2	12: 6	41:21	8th
3	Spain Spain	6th	4th	2	11: 7	37:23	8th
4th	Finland Finland	6th	4th	2	11: 7	37:30	8th
5	Italy Italy	6th	2	4th	6:12	25:39	4th
6th	Austria Austria	6th	1	5	4:14	15:45	2
7th	Sweden Sweden	6th	0	6th	2:16	9:51	0

Spain	-	Sweden	3-0
Austria	-	Denmark	0: 3
Finland	-	Italy	2: 1
Switzerland	-	Sweden	3-0
Austria	-	Italy	1: 2
Finland	-	Denmark	1: 2
Finland	-	Sweden	3-0

Switzerland	-	Italy	3-0
Spain	-	Denmark	0: 3
Switzerland	-	Denmark	0: 3
Spain	-	Italy	2: 1
Austria	-	Sweden	2: 1
Spain	-	Austria	3-0
Denmark	-	Sweden	3-0

Switzerland	-	Finland	1: 2
Switzerland	-	Austria	3-0
Spain	-	Finland	2: 1
Italy	-	Sweden	2: 1
Switzerland	-	Spain	2: 1
Austria	-	Finland	1: 2
Italy	-	Denmark	0: 3

Division 3

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Malta Malta	5	5	0	13: 2	39:11	10
2	Poland Poland	5	4th	1	12: 3	37:11	8th
3	Latvia Latvia	5	3	2	9: 6	30:18	6th
4th	Russia Russia	5	1	4th	5:10	18:35	2
5	Croatia Croatia	5	1	4th	3:12	14:36	2
6th	Slovenia Slovenia	5	1	4th	3:12	13:40	2

Poland	-	Croatia	3-0
Malta	-	Slovenia	3-0
Latvia	-	Russia	2: 1
Poland	-	Russia	3-0
Malta	-	Latvia	2: 1
Croatia	-	Slovenia	1: 2
Poland	-	Latvia	2: 1
Russia	-	Slovenia	3-0

Malta	-	Croatia	3-0
Croatia	-	Latvia	0: 3
Malta	-	Russia	3-0
Poland	-	Slovenia	3-0
Croatia	-	Russia	2: 1
Latvia	-	Slovenia	2: 1
Poland	-	Malta	1: 2

Final placements

Men's

rank	team
01.	England England
02.	France France
03.	Germany Germany
04th	Scotland Scotland
05.	Spain Spain
06th	Denmark Denmark
07th	Switzerland Switzerland
08th.	Italy Italy

rank	team
09.	Netherlands Netherlands
10.	Finland Finland
11.	Wales Wales
12.	Ireland Ireland
13.	Sweden Sweden
14th	Belgium Belgium
15th	Czech Republic Czech Republic
16.	Austria Austria

rank	team
17th	Slovakia Slovakia
18th	Ukraine Ukraine
19th	Portugal Portugal
20th	Poland Poland
21st	Israel Israel
22nd	Norway Norway
23.	Malta Malta
24.	Gibraltar Gibraltar

rank	team
25th	Russia Russia
26th	Luxembourg Luxembourg
27.	Croatia Croatia
28.	Monaco Monaco
29	Slovenia Slovenia
30th	Estonia Estonia
31.	Lithuania Lithuania

Ladies

rank	team
01.	England England
02.	Ireland Ireland
03.	France France
04th	Netherlands Netherlands
05.	Czech Republic Czech Republic
06th	Wales Wales
07th	Belgium Belgium
08th.	Germany Germany

rank	team
09.	Denmark Denmark
10.	Switzerland Switzerland
11.	Spain Spain
12.	Finland Finland
13.	Italy Italy
14th	Austria Austria
15th	Sweden Sweden
16.	Malta Malta

rank	team
17th	Poland Poland
18th	Latvia Latvia
19th	Russia Russia
20th	Croatia Croatia
21st	Slovenia Slovenia

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