European squash team championship 2017

The European Team Championships for men and women in 2017 ( English 2017 European Team Squash Championships ) found from 26 to 29 April 2017 in Helsinki , Finland , and from 4 to 7 April 2016 in Saint Helier on Jersey instead. A total of 34 teams competed in the men and 24 teams in the women. For the men it was the 45th edition of the championship, for the women it was the 40th edition. The teams divided into Division 3 played their tournament in Saint Helier at the beginning of April, while Divisions 1 and 2 played their games in Helsinki from the end of April.

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, a total of twelve teams competed in four groups. 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 nine teams this year, which also initially determined the group winners in a group stage. In Division 3, a total of 15 men competed in three groups of four and one group of three. The group first and second continued to play in a knockout system. For the women, in which seven teams competed, the placements were determined in a round robin mode. At the tournament all places were played out.

All teams consisted of a minimum of three and a maximum of six 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	3	2	1	0	9: 3	30:12	5
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	8: 4	25:14	4th
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	7: 5	25:18	3
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	0:12	0:36	0

England	-	Switzerland	4-0
Germany	-	Spain	2: 2
England	-	Spain	3: 1
Germany	-	Switzerland	4-0
England	-	Germany	2: 2
Spain	-	Switzerland	4-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	France	3	3	0	0	11: 1	34: 8	9
2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	6: 6	22:19	3
3	Finland	3	0	2	1	4: 8	16:26	2
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	3: 9	11:30	1

France	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
Scotland	-	Finland	2: 2
France	-	Finland	4-0
Scotland	-	Czech Republic	4-0
France	-	Scotland	4-0
Finland	-	Czech Republic	2: 2

Semi-finals, finals

	Semifinals									final
	A1	England	3	3	2
	B2	Scotland	0	0	0
										A1	England	1	1	1
										B1	France	3	3	3
	A2	Germany	0	1	0	1
	B1	France	3	3	3	2
										3rd place match
										B2	Scotland	3	0	1	3
										A2	Germany	1	3	3	0

The match between Germany and Scotland in the game for third place ended in favor of Germany due to the better point ratio (133: 127).

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	3	3	0	0	10: 2	22: 7	6th
6th	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	6: 6	13:14	3
7th	Finland	3	0	2	1	5: 7	11:19	2
8th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	3: 9	11:17	1

Spain	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
Finland	-	Switzerland	2: 2
Spain	-	Finland	3: 1
Switzerland	-	Czech Republic	1: 3

Division 2

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	8-0	24: 3	4th
2	Israel	2	1	0	1	3: 5	11:16	2
3	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1: 7	6:22	0

Netherlands	-	Ukraine	4-0
Israel	-	Ukraine	3: 1
Netherlands	-	Israel	4-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Ireland	2	1	1	0	6: 2	21: 8	3
2	Hungary	2	1	1	0	5: 3	18:15	3
3	Norway	2	0	0	2	1: 7	6:22	0

Ireland	-	Norway	4-0
Hungary	-	Norway	3: 1
Ireland	-	Hungary	2: 2

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Wales	2	2	0	0	8-0	24: 1	4th
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	4: 4	13:15	2
3	Portugal	2	0	0	2	0: 8	3:24	0

Wales	-	Portugal	4-0
Austria	-	Portugal	4-0
Wales	-	Austria	4-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Denmark	2	2	0	0	7: 1	23: 4	0
2	Belgium	2	0	1	1	3: 5	9:18	1
3	Italy	2	0	1	1	2: 6	8:18	1

Denmark	-	Italy	4-0
Belgium	-	Italy	2: 2
Denmark	-	Belgium	3: 1

Final round

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	A1	Netherlands	3	3	3	3
	B2	Hungary	0	0	2	1
										A1	Netherlands	3	0	0	0
										C1	Wales	1	3	3	1
	C1	Wales	3	3	3
	D2	Belgium	0	2	0
																			C1	Wales	3	3	3
																			D1	Denmark	0	0	0
	C2	Austria	0	1	3	1
	D1	Denmark	3	3	0	2
										D1	Denmark	1	3	3	3
										B1	Ireland	3	1	2	1				3rd place match
	A2	Israel	1	0	1	3
	B1	Ireland	3	3	2	1													A1	Netherlands	0	0	3	1
																			B1	Ireland	3	3	0	1

Places 5 to 8

	First round									Play for 5th place
	B2	Hungary	0	3	3	1
	D2	Belgium	3	0	0	2
										B2	Hungary	0	3	3	3
										A2	Israel	3	0	0	1
	C2	Austria	0	3	2	1
	A2	Israel	3	0	3	3
										Game for 7th place
										D2	Belgium	1	3	3	3
										C2	Austria	3	2	1	0

Relegation

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
09	Italy	3	3	0	0	8: 4	26:16	6th
10	Portugal	3	2	0	1	8: 4	26:19	4th
11	Norway	3	0	1	2	4: 8	18:25	1
12	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	4: 8	16:26	1

Ukraine	-	Italy	1: 3
Norway	-	Portugal	1: 3
Norway	-	Italy	1: 3
Ukraine	-	Portugal	1: 3
Ukraine	-	Norway	2: 2
Portugal	-	Italy	2: 2

Division 3

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Croatia	2	2	0	0	7: 1	22: 3	4th
2	Gibraltar	2	1	0	1	5: 3	15:13	2
3	Russia	2	0	0	2	0: 8	3:24	0

Croatia	-	Russia	4-0
Gibraltar	-	Russia	4-0
Croatia	-	Gibraltar	3: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	7: 1	23: 6	4th
2	Malta	2	0	1	1	3: 5	12:19	1
3	Isle of Man	2	0	1	1	2: 6	9:19	1

Poland	-	Isle of Man	4-0
Malta	-	Isle of Man	2: 2
Poland	-	Malta	3: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	jersey	3	2	1	0	10: 2	33: 8	5
2	Estonia	3	2	1	0	9: 3	30:14	5
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	3: 9	12:31	2
4th	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	2:10	10:32	0

jersey	-	Lithuania	4-0
Greece	-	Estonia	0: 4
jersey	-	Estonia	2: 2
jersey	-	Greece	4-0
Estonia	-	Lithuania	3: 1
Greece	-	Lithuania	3: 1

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	11: 1	35: 5	6th
2	Luxembourg	3	1	1	1	6: 6	20:20	3
3	guernsey	3	1	1	1	6: 6	19:21	3
4th	Romania	3	0	0	3	1:11	5:33	0

Slovakia	-	guernsey	3: 1
Luxembourg	-	Romania	4-0
Luxembourg	-	guernsey	2: 2
Luxembourg	-	Slovakia	0: 4
guernsey	-	Romania	3: 1
Slovakia	-	Romania	4-0

Final round

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	A1	Croatia	3	3	2	0
	B2	Malta	0	0	3	3
										A1	Croatia	1	0	1	1
										D1	Slovakia	3	3	2	0
	C2	Estonia	0	0	0	0
	D1	Slovakia	3	3	1	1
																			D1	Slovakia	3	3	2
																			B1	Poland	1	0	1
	D2	Luxembourg	0	0	0
	C1	jersey	3	3	1
										C1	jersey	2	1	0	3
										B1	Poland	3	3	3	0				3rd place match
	A2	Gibraltar	0	0	2
	B1	Poland	3	3	2														A1	Croatia	0	3	0
																			C1	jersey	3	1	3

Places 5 to 8

	First round									Play for 5th place
	B2	Malta	3	0	0	3
	C2	Estonia	0	3	3	0
										C2	Estonia	0	0	3
										D2	Luxembourg	3	3	2
	D2	Luxembourg	3	3	1	1
	A2	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0
										Game for 7th place
										B2	Malta	0	3	1	2
										A2	Gibraltar	3	1	3	1

The match between Estonia and Malta in the first round ended due to the better point ratio (119: 103) in favor of Estonia.

Consolation round

Seats 9 to 14

	First round									Second round									Play for 9th place
	C3	Greece
		bye
										C3	Greece	3	1	3	2
										D4	Romania	0	3	0	1
	D4	Romania	3	3	0	2
	A3	Russia	0	1	2	1
																			C3	Greece	3	1	3	2
																			B3	Isle of Man	2	3	0	3
	B3	Isle of Man	3	3	2	1
	C4	Lithuania	0	1	0	0
										B3	Isle of Man	3	2	3	1
										D3	guernsey	1	3	2	3				Game for 11th place
		bye
	D3	guernsey																	D4	Romania	0	3	0	0
																			D3	guernsey	3	1	3	1

The encounter between the Isle of Man and Guernsey in the second round ended due to the better point ratio (159: 158) in favor of the Isle of Man.

Game for 13th place

	Game for 13th place
	A3	Russia	2	3	1	1
	C4	Lithuania	3	0	3	3

Ladies

Division 1

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	England	3	3	0	9-0	27: 2	6th
2	Wales	3	2	1	5: 4	16:14	4th
3	Denmark	3	1	2	3: 6	12:19	2
4th	Spain	3	0	3	1: 8	5:25	0

England	-	Denmark	3-0
Wales	-	Belgium	2: 1
England	-	Belgium	3-0
Wales	-	Denmark	3-0
England	-	Wales	3-0
Belgium	-	Denmark	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	France	3	3	0	9-0	27: 4	6th
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6: 3	21:13	4th
3	Belgium	3	1	2	2: 7	9:22	2
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	3	1: 8	6:24	0

France	-	Spain	3-0
Netherlands	-	Czech Republic	3-0
France	-	Czech Republic	3-0
Netherlands	-	Spain	3-0
France	-	Netherlands	3-0
Spain	-	Czech Republic	2: 1

Semi-finals, finals

	Semifinals							final
	A1	England	3	3
	B2	Netherlands	0	0
								A1	England	3	3
								B1	France	2	2
	A2	Wales	1	2	0
	B1	France	3	3	3
								3rd place match
								B2	Netherlands	0	3	2
								A2	Wales	3	1	3

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	3	2	1	6: 3	17: 6	4th
6th	Belgium	3	2	1	6: 3	14:11	4th
7th	Spain	3	2	1	5: 4	12:10	4th
8th	Denmark	3	0	3	1: 8	2:18	0

Belgium	-	Czech Republic	1: 2
Spain	-	Denmark	3-0
Belgium	-	Spain	3-0
Denmark	-	Czech Republic	0: 3

Division 2

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Germany	4th	4th	0	10: 2	33:10	8th
2	Austria	4th	3	1	7: 5	23:18	6th
3	Finland	4th	2	2	7: 5	24:16	4th
4th	Poland	4th	1	3	5: 7	17:25	2
5	Italy	4th	0	4th	1:11	5:33	0

Germany - Italy 3-0 Poland - Finland 0: 3 Austria - Italy 2: 1 Germany - Finland 3-0 Poland - Austria 1: 2

Germany - Austria 2: 1 Poland - Italy 3-0 Austria - Finland 2: 1 Germany - Poland 2: 1 Italy - Finland 0: 3

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	8: 1	26: 5	6th
2	Scotland	3	2	1	7: 2	23: 9	4th
3	Ireland	3	1	2	3: 6	10:21	2
4th	Hungary	3	0	3	0: 9	3:27	0

Ireland	-	Hungary	3-0
Switzerland	-	Scotland	2: 1
Ireland	-	Scotland	0: 3
Switzerland	-	Hungary	3-0
Ireland	-	Switzerland	0: 3
Hungary	-	Scotland	0: 3

Final round

Semi-finals, finals

	Semifinals							final
	A1	Germany	3	0	3
	B2	Scotland	2	3	0
								A1	Germany	3	3
								B1	Switzerland	0	1
	A2	Austria	1	2
	B1	Switzerland	3	3
								3rd place match
								B2	Scotland	3	3
								A2	Austria	0	0

Play for 5th place

	Play for 5th place
	A3	Finland	3	3
	B3	Ireland	0	2

Seats 7 to 9

The result of the encounter between fourth and fifth placed in Group A was adopted.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
7th	Poland	2	2	0	5: 1	16: 8	4th
8th	Hungary	2	1	1	3: 3	13:10	2
9	Italy	2	0	2	1: 5	5:16	0

Poland	-	Hungary	2: 1
Italy	-	Hungary	1: 2

Division 3

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Malta	6th	6th	0	17: 1	52:10	12
2	Russia	6th	5	1	16: 2	50:15	10
3	jersey	6th	4th	2	12: 6	41:22	8th
4th	Croatia	6th	3	3	7:11	27:40	6th
5	Latvia	6th	2	4th	6:12	28:39	4th
6th	Luxembourg	6th	1	5	5:13	23:41	2
7th	Gibraltar	6th	0	6th	0:18	0:54	0

Malta - Luxembourg 3-0 Gibraltar - jersey 0: 3 Latvia - Russia 0: 3 Croatia - Latvia 1: 2 Malta - Russia 2: 1 Gibraltar - Luxembourg 0: 3 Croatia - Malta 0: 3

jersey - Luxembourg 3-0 Gibraltar - Russia 0: 3 Latvia - Malta 0: 3 Croatia - Gibraltar 3-0 jersey - Russia 0: 3 Latvia - Gibraltar 3-0 Croatia - jersey 0: 3

Luxembourg - Russia 0: 3 Malta - Gibraltar 3-0 Latvia - jersey 0: 3 Croatia - Luxembourg 2: 1 Croatia - Russia 0: 3 Latvia - Luxembourg 2: 1 Malta - jersey 3-0

Final placements

Men's

rank team 01.  France 02.  England 03.  Germany 04th  Scotland 05.  Spain 06th  Czech Republic 07th  Finland 08th.  Switzerland

rank team 09.  Wales 10.  Denmark 11.  Ireland 12.  Netherlands 13.  Hungary 14th  Israel 15th  Belgium 16.  Austria

rank team 17th  Italy 18th  Portugal 19th  Norway 20th  Ukraine 21st  Slovakia 22nd  Poland 23.  jersey 24.  Croatia

rank team 25th  Luxembourg 26th  Estonia 27.  Gibraltar 28.  Malta 29  Greece 30th  Isle of Man 31.  guernsey 32.  Romania

rank team 33.  Lithuania 34.  Russia

Ladies

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

rank team 09.  Germany 10.  Switzerland 11.  Scotland 12.  Austria 13.  Finland 14th  Ireland 15th  Poland 16.  Hungary

rank team 17th  Italy 18th  Malta 19th  Russia 20th  jersey 21st  Croatia 22nd  Latvia 23.  Luxembourg 24.  Gibraltar

Web links

• Results of divisions 1 and 2
• Division 3 results