European Squash Team Championship 2018

The European Team Championships for men and women in 2018 ( English 2018 European Team Squash Championships ) was held from 2 to 5 May 2018 in Wroclaw , Poland , and from 25 to 28 April 2018 in Riga , Latvia , instead. A total of 38 teams competed in the men and 25 teams in the women. For men it was the 46th edition of the championship, for women it was the 41st edition. The teams divided into Division 3 played their tournament in Riga at the end of April, while Divisions 1 and 2 played their games in Wroclaw from the beginning of May.

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 eight teams this year, which also initially determined the group winners in a group stage. In Division 3, a total of 18 men competed in two groups of four and two groups of five. The group first and second continued to play in a knockout system. In the women's group, nine teams competed in a group of four and five. Here, too, the first and second group played in a knockout system. 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	France	3	3	0	0	12: 0	36: 0	6th
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	6: 6	20:20	4th
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	4: 8	16:26	2
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2:10	6:32	0

France	-	Denmark	4-0
Scotland	-	Spain	1: 3
France	-	Spain	4-0
Scotland	-	Denmark	3: 1
France	-	Scotland	4-0
Spain	-	Denmark	3: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	England	3	3	0	0	11: 1	34: 8	6th
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	7: 5	23:20	4th
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	5: 7	15:21	2
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	1:11	11:34	0

England	-	Wales	4-0
Germany	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
England	-	Czech Republic	4-0
Germany	-	Wales	3: 1
England	-	Germany	3: 1
Czech Republic	-	Wales	0: 4

Final round

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

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	Scotland	3	2	1	0	8: 4	28:15	5
6th	Wales	3	1	2	0	8: 4	28:14	4th
7th	Denmark	3	0	2	1	5: 7	17:27	2
8th	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	3: 9	12:29	1

Scotland	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
Wales	-	Denmark	2: 2
Scotland	-	Wales	2: 2
Denmark	-	Czech Republic	2: 2

Division 2

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	6: 2	22:11	4th
2	Finland	2	1	0	1	5: 3	18:13	2
3	Austria	2	0	0	2	1: 7	7:23	0

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

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	8-0	24: 2	4th
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	3: 5	13:16	2
3	Portugal	2	0	0	2	1: 7	4:23	0

Switzerland	-	Portugal	4-0
Belgium	-	Portugal	3: 1
Switzerland	-	Belgium	4-0

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Ireland	2	2	0	0	7: 1	21: 7	4th
2	Israel	2	1	0	1	4: 4	15:14	2
3	Slovakia	2	0	0	2	1: 7	7:22	0

Ireland	-	Slovakia	4-0
Israel	-	Slovakia	3: 1
Ireland	-	Israel	3: 1

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Hungary	2	1	1	0	6: 2	21: 6	3
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	0	6: 2	18:10	3
3	Poland	2	0	0	2	0: 8	1:24	0

Netherlands	-	Poland	4-0
Hungary	-	Poland	4-0
Netherlands	-	Hungary	2: 2

Final round

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

Places 5 to 8

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

Relegation

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
09	Portugal	3	2	1	0	9: 3	29:13	5
10	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	7: 5	23:18	4th
11	Austria	3	1	1	1	5: 7	19:21	3
12	Poland	3	0	0	3	3: 9	11:30	0

Austria	-	Poland	3: 1
Portugal	-	Slovakia	2: 2
Austria	-	Slovakia	2: 2
Portugal	-	Poland	3: 1
Austria	-	Portugal	0: 4
Slovakia	-	Poland	3: 1

Division 3

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Norway	4th	4th	0	0	15: 1	47: 4	8th
2	Gibraltar	4th	3	0	1	11: 5	36:22	6th
3	Greece	4th	2	0	2	8: 8	26:28	4th
4th	Latvia	4th	1	0	3	5:11	22:36	2
5	Belarus	4th	0	0	4th	1:15	6:47	0

Norway - Latvia 4-0 Greece - Belarus 4-0 Gibraltar - Latvia 3: 1 Norway - Belarus 4-0 Gibraltar - Greece 3: 1

Norway - Greece 4-0 Gibraltar - Belarus 4-0 Greece - Latvia 3: 1 Norway - Gibraltar 3: 1 Latvia - Belarus 3: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Ukraine	4th	4th	0	0	16: 0	48: 5	8th
2	Russia	4th	3	0	1	11: 5	36:23	6th
3	Iceland	4th	1	1	2	6:10	21:35	3
4th	Liechtenstein	4th	0	2	2	4:12	16:41	2
5	Estonia	4th	0	1	3	3:13	24:41	1

Ukraine - Russia 4-0 Liechtenstein - Iceland 2: 2 Estonia - Russia 0: 4 Ukraine - Iceland 4-0 Estonia - Liechtenstein 2: 2

Ukraine - Liechtenstein 4-0 Estonia - Iceland 1: 3 Liechtenstein - Russia 0: 4 Ukraine - Estonia 4-0 Russia - Iceland 3: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	12: 0	36: 1	6th
2	Isle of Man	3	2	0	1	6: 6	20:25	4th
3	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	5: 7	21:21	2
4th	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	1:11	5:35	0

Sweden	-	Lithuania	4-0
Luxembourg	-	Isle of Man	1: 3
Luxembourg	-	Lithuania	4-0
Sweden	-	Isle of Man	4-0
Sweden	-	Luxembourg	4-0
Isle of Man	-	Lithuania	3: 1

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	12: 0	36: 3	6th
2	jersey	3	1	1	1	5: 7	19:24	3
3	guernsey	3	1	1	1	5: 7	15:24	3
4th	Romania	3	0	0	3	2:10	11:30	0

jersey	-	Romania	3: 1
Croatia	-	guernsey	4-0
Croatia	-	Romania	2: 2
jersey	-	guernsey	4-0
jersey	-	Croatia	0: 4
guernsey	-	Romania	3: 1

Final round

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	A1	Norway	1	0	3	3
	B2	Russia	3	3	1	1
										B2	Russia	0	0	0	2
										D1	Croatia	3	3	1	0
	C2	Isle of Man	0	0	0	0
	D1	Croatia	3	3	1	1
																			D1	Croatia	0	0	0	1
																			C1	Sweden	3	3	2	2
	C1	Sweden	3	3	2	2
	D2	jersey	0	0	0	0
										C1	Sweden	3	3	1
										B1	Ukraine	0	0	1					3rd place match
	A2	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0
	B1	Ukraine	3	3	1	1													B2	Russia	0	0	1	0
																			B1	Ukraine	3	3	2	1

Places 5 to 8

	First round									Play for 5th place
	A1	Norway	3	3	2	2
	C2	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
										A1	Norway	3	3	2
										D2	jersey	0	0	0
	D2	jersey	3	0	3	1
	A2	Gibraltar	1	3	0	3
										Game for 7th place
										C2	Isle of Man	0	0	1
										A2	Gibraltar	3	3	2

The meeting between Jersey and Gibraltar in the first round ended due to the better point ratio (132: 124) in favor of Jersey.

Places 9 to 16

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	A3	Greece	3	3	0	2
	B4	Liechtenstein	0	0	3	3
										A3	Greece	0	0	2	1
										D3	guernsey	3	3	1	0
	C4	Lithuania	0	0	0	0
	D3	guernsey	3	3	3	2
																			D3	guernsey	0	3	3	3
																			B3	Iceland	3	0	0	2
	C3	Luxembourg	3	0	3	1
	D4	Romania	0	3	0	0
										C3	Luxembourg	0	3	2	0
										B3	Iceland	3	1	3	3				3rd place match
	A4	Latvia	0	1	0
	B3	Iceland	3	3	3														A3	Greece	0	2	0	0
																			C3	Luxembourg	3	3	3	2

Seats 13 to 16

	First round									Game for 13th place
	B4	Liechtenstein	3	0	3	2
	C4	Lithuania	0	3	0	1
										B4	Liechtenstein	0	0	2	0
										D4	Romania	3	3	0	2
	D4	Romania	3	0	3	1
	A4	Latvia	0	3	0	3
										Play for 15th place
										C4	Lithuania	3	3	2	3
										A4	Latvia	1	2	3	0

Game for 17th place

	Game for 17th place
	A5	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	B5	Estonia	3	3	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: 0	6th
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	6: 3	18: 9	4th
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	2: 7	6:24	2
4th	Switzerland	3	0	3	1: 8	6:24	0

England	-	Switzerland	3-0
Netherlands	-	Czech Republic	3-0
England	-	Czech Republic	3-0
Netherlands	-	Switzerland	3-0
England	-	Netherlands	3-0
Czech Republic	-	Switzerland	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	France	3	3	0	9-0	27: 3	6th
2	Belgium	3	2	1	4: 5	12:16	4th
3	Wales	3	1	2	4: 5	15:16	2
4th	Germany	3	0	3	1: 8	5:24	0

France	-	Germany	3-0
Wales	-	Belgium	1: 2
France	-	Belgium	3-0
Wales	-	Germany	3-0
France	-	Wales	3-0
Belgium	-	Germany	2: 1

Final round

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

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	Wales	3	3	0	7: 2	23: 8	6th
6th	Switzerland	3	1	2	5: 4	19:17	2
7th	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4: 5	15:22	2
8th	Germany	3	1	2	2: 7	14:24	2

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

Division 2

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Spain	3	3	0	8: 1	26: 4	6th
2	Finland	3	2	1	6: 3	20:12	4th
3	Poland	3	1	2	4: 5	12:17	2
4th	Austria	3	0	3	0: 9	2:27	0

Austria	-	Finland	0: 3
Spain	-	Poland	3-0
Austria	-	Poland	0: 3
Spain	-	Finland	2: 1
Spain	-	Austria	3-0
Finland	-	Poland	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Scotland	3	3	0	8: 1	25: 6	6th
2	Denmark	3	2	1	7: 2	22: 8	4th
3	Ireland	3	1	2	2: 7	9:22	2
4th	Russia	3	0	3	1: 8	6:26	0

Denmark	-	Russia	3-0
Scotland	-	Ireland	3-0
Denmark	-	Ireland	3-0
Scotland	-	Russia	3-0
Denmark	-	Scotland	1: 2
Ireland	-	Russia	2: 1

Final round

	Semifinals							final
	A1	Spain	3	3
	B2	Denmark	0	0
								A1	Spain	3	3
								B1	Scotland	0	0
	A2	Finland	0	1
	B1	Scotland	3	3
								3rd place match
								B2	Denmark	0	2
								A2	Finland	3	3

Places 5 to 8

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	Poland	3	3	0	7: 2	22: 7	6th
6th	Ireland	3	2	1	5: 4	19:16	4th
7th	Austria	3	1	2	3: 6	12:20	2
8th	Russia	3	0	3	3: 6	10:20	0

Poland	-	Russia	2: 1
Ireland	-	Austria	2: 1
Austria	-	Russia	2: 1
Poland	-	Ireland	2: 1

Division 3

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Italy	4th	4th	0	12: 0	36: 1	8th
2	Sweden	4th	3	1	8: 4	25:14	6th
3	Estonia	4th	2	2	6: 6	23:20	4th
4th	Belarus	4th	1	3	2:10	7:32	2
5	Luxembourg	4th	0	4th	2:10	9:33	0

Italy - Estonia 3-0 Luxembourg - Belarus 1: 2 Italy - Belarus 3-0 Sweden - Luxembourg 3-0 Sweden - Estonia 2: 1

Italy - Luxembourg 3-0 Sweden - Belarus 3-0 Italy - Sweden 3-0 Luxembourg - Estonia 1: 2 Estonia - Belarus 3-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	7: 2	21: 7	6th
2	Norway	3	2	1	7: 2	22: 6	4th
3	Latvia	3	1	2	4: 5	12:15	2
4th	Monaco	3	0	3	0: 9	0:27	0

Latvia	-	Monaco	3-0
Norway	-	Ukraine	1: 2
Norway	-	Monaco	3-0
Latvia	-	Ukraine	1: 2
Latvia	-	Norway	0: 3
Ukraine	-	Monaco	3-0

Final round

	Semifinals							final
	A1	Italy	3	1	3
	B2	Norway	0	3	0
								A1	Italy	0	3	2
								B1	Ukraine	3	0	3
	A2	Sweden	0	0
	B1	Ukraine	3	3
								3rd place match
								B2	Norway	3	1	3
								A2	Sweden	0	3	0

Play for 5th place

	Play for 5th place
	A3	Estonia	3	3	0
	B3	Latvia	2	2	3

Seats 7 to 9

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	S.-Diff	Points
7th	Luxembourg	2	2	0	5: 1	15: 5	4th
8th	Belarus	2	1	1	3: 3	11:10	2
9	Monaco	2	0	2	1: 5	4:15	0

Belarus	-	Monaco	2: 1
Monaco	-	Luxembourg	0: 3
Belarus	-	Luxembourg	1: 2

Final placements

Men's

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

rank team 09.  Switzerland 10.  Hungary 11.  Italy 12.  Ireland 13.  Finland 14th  Belgium 15th  Israel 16.  Netherlands

rank team 17th  Portugal 18th  Slovakia 19th  Austria 20th  Poland 21st  Sweden 22nd  Croatia 23.  Ukraine 24.  Russia

rank team 25th  Norway 26th  jersey 27.  Gibraltar 28.  Isle of Man 29  guernsey 30th  Iceland 31.  Luxembourg 32.  Greece

rank team 33.  Romania 34.  Liechtenstein 35.  Lithuania 36.  Latvia 37.  Estonia 38.  Belarus

Ladies

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

rank team 09.  Spain 10.  Scotland 11.  Finland 12.  Denmark 13.  Poland 14th  Ireland 15th  Austria 16.  Russia

rank team 17th  Ukraine 18th  Italy 19th  Norway 20th  Sweden 21st  Estonia 22nd  Latvia 23.  Luxembourg 24.  Belarus

rank team 25th  Monaco

Web links

• Results of divisions 1 and 2
• Division 3 results