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European Junior U17 Team Championship 2023 |
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European Junior U17 Team Championship
2023
11 - 14 May
Prague, Czech Republic |
Final:
[3] BELGIUM v [2] FRANCE
3rd place play-off:
[1] ENGLAND v [4] CZECH REPUBLIC
5th place play-off:
[5] SPAIN v [6] POLAND
7th place play-off:
[7] GERMANY v [16] ITALY
9th place play-off:
[8] SWITZERLAND v [10] NETHERLANDS
11th place play-off:
[12] IRELAND v [14] WALES
13th place play-off:
[15] SWEDEN v [13] NORWAY
15th place play-off:
[11] SCOTLAND v [9] HUNGARY
17th place play-off:
[17] DENMARK v [18] FINLAND
19th place play-off:
[20] SLOVAKIA v [19] GREECE
Semi-finals:
[3] BELGIUM bt [1] ENGLAND 2/1
Jules Vinck lost to Ronnie Hickling 3-11, 1-11, 0-11 (11m)
Maddox Moxham bt Alex Broadbridge 11-9, 2-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9 (57m)
Savannah Moxham bt Emily Coulcher-Porter 11-4, 11-7, 12-10 (24m)
[2] FRANCE bt [4] CZECH REPUBLIC 2/1
Thomas Mauras lost to Martin Stepan 11-5, 0-11, 2-11, 5-11 (22m)
Axel Diet bt Vojtech Martinovsky 5-11, 11-7, 15-13, 12-14, 12-10 (47m)
Lauren Baltayan bt Karolina Sramkova 11-5, 11-8, 11-3 (23m)
5th - 8th place play-offs:
[5] SPAIN v [7] GERMANY 2/0
[6] POLAND v [16] ITALY 3/0
9th - 12th place play-offs:
[8] SWITZERLAND v [12] IRELAND 3/0
[10] NETHERLANDS v [14] WALES 2/1
13th - 16th place play-offs:
[15] SWEDEN v [11] SCOTLAND 2/1
[13] NORWAY v [9] HUNGARY 2/1
17th - 20th place play-offs:
[17] DENMARK v [20] SLOVAKIA 3/0
[18] FINLAND v [19] GREECE 2/1
Qualifying rounds
Pool A:
[8] SWITZERLAND v [17] DENMARK 3/0
[9] HUNGARY v [16] ITALY 2/1
[1] ENGLAND v [17] DENMARK 3/0
[8] SWITZERLAND v [9] HUNGARY 2/1
[1] ENGLAND v [16] ITALY 3/0
[9] HUNGARY v [17] DENMARK
[8] SWITZERLAND v [16] ITALY
[1] ENGLAND v [9] HUNGARY
[16] ITALY v [17] DENMARK
[1] ENGLAND v [8] SWITZERLAND
Pool B:
[7] GERMANY v [18] FINLAND 3/0
[10] NETHERLANDS v [15] SWEDEN 2/1
[2] FRANCE v [18] FINLAND 2/1
[7] GERMANY v [10] NETHERLANDS 3/0
[2] FRANCE v [15] SWEDEN 2/1
[10] NETHERLANDS v [18] FINLAND
[7] GERMANY v [15] SWEDEN
[2] FRANCE v [10] NETHERLANDS
[15] SWEDEN v [18] FINLAND
[2] FRANCE v [7] GERMANY
Pool C:
[6] POLAND v [19] GREECE 3/0
[11] SCOTLAND v [14] WALES 2/1
[3] BELGIUM v [19] GREECE 3/0
[6] POLAND v [11] SCOTLAND 2/1
[3] BELGIUM v [14] WALES 3/0
[11] SCOTLAND v [19] GREECE
[6] POLAND v [14] WALES
[3] BELGIUM v [11] SCOTLAND
[14] WALES v [19] GREECE
[3] BELGIUM v [6] POLAND
Pool D:
[5] SPAIN v [20] SLOVAKIA 3/0
[13] NORWAY v [12] IRELAND 2/1
[4] CZECH REPUBLIC v [20] SLOVAKIA 3/0
[5] SPAIN v [12] IRELAND 3/0
[4] CZECH REPUBLIC v [13] NORWAY 2/1
[12] IRELAND v [20] SLOVAKIA
[5] SPAIN v [13] NORWAY
[4] CZECH REPUBLIC v [12] IRELAND
[13] NORWAY v [20] SLOVAKIA
[4] CZECH REPUBLIC v [5] SPAIN |
Finals
England finish first and fourth in European Mixed Team
U15 & U17 Squash Championships
U15 Champions
England won the European Mixed Team U15 Championship and finished fourth
in the U17 Championship after a 2-1 victory over France in the U15 final
and a 3-0 defeat to Czech Republic in the U17 third-place playoff.
In the U15 final, England were looking to reclaim the title after being
beaten by surprise finalists Belgium last year in Eindhoven.
England’s pursuit of a 16th U15 title got off to a thrilling start with
a tight encounter between England No.2 George Griffiths and his French
counterpart Kousha Moslehi.
The Hampshire native began quickly but was pegged back by the dogged
Moslehi, with the Frenchman saving four game balls at 10-6 and a fifth
at 12-11 before Griffiths made the breakthrough to take the opener
14-12.
Griffiths then doubled his lead with a 15-13 win in game two, with both
players saving two game balls, before seeing his lead reduced when
Moslehi took the third game 13-11.
Griffiths, however, kept his composure well in the fourth game, with the
14-year-old taking the first six points as he cruised to victory with an
11-3 win.
England’s celebrations were short-lived, however, when France’s Amir
Khaled got the better of Ismail Khalil in a see-saw contest to level the
tie.
Khaled took the first game 11-8 only for England’s Khalil to respond
with a brilliant 11-2 win in game two. The Frenchman reclaimed the lead
with a dominant 11-5 win in the third, only for the Warwickshireman to
force himself level once more with a hard-fought 11-9 win in the fourth.
In the fifth game, though, Khaled held out to send the tie into a
decider with an 11-7 win.
With England’s expectations on her shoulders in the crucial third match,
Warwickshire’s Mariam Eissa delivered a crushing performance.
The 14-year-old was dominant from the outset, needing just four minutes
to take the opening game against France’s Leelou Laporte 11-4.
Eissa refused to take her foot of the gas in the second, racing away to
a 2-0 lead with an 11-2 victory.
The shell-shocked Laporte was only able to offer token resistance in the
third game, with Eissa ensuring that the U15 title would return to
English hands with a comfortable 11-3 victory to finish the match in
just 16 minutes.
In the U17s tie, England - whose run of 14-consecutive titles had
already been ended by a defeat to Belgium in yesterday’s semi final -
struggled against the hosts.
In the tie’s opening match, 15-year-old Jude Gibbins from Kent went down
11-9, 11-8, 15-13 to 16-year-old Martin Stepan.
Hampshire’s Alexander Broadbridge battled bravely in a tight second
match, but after leading twice was eventually pipped in the fifth game
by Vojtech Martinovsky, who recorded a 7-11, 11-3, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9 win
to secure the win for the delighted Czech team.
There was to be no consolation for England in the final match as
Lancashire’s Charlie McCrone slipped to a 2-1 defeat to Karolina
Sramkova after being 1-0 up.
After the finals, England Pathway Manager Lucy Townley said: "We [Townley
and coaches Adam Fuller and Alison Waters] are really proud of all our
players. Throughout the event they have shown great team spirit and have
had some valuable experiences to build upon. A special well done to the
under 15s who fought through some tough battles to regain the title."
Results: European Mixed Team U15 Squash Championship Final
England 2-1 France
George Griffiths beat Kousha Moslehi 3-1: 14-12, 15-13, 11-13, 11-3
(40m)
Ismail Khalil lost to Amir Khaled 2-3: 8-11, 11-2, 5-11, 11-9, 7-11
(58m)
Mariam Eissa beat Leelou Laporte 3-0: 11-5, 11-2, 11-3 (16m)
Results: European Mixed Team U17 Squash Championship 3/4 Place
Playoff
England 0-3 Czech Republic
Jude Gibbins lost to Martin Stepan 0-3: 9-11, 8-11, 13-15 (37m)
Alexander Broadbridge lost to Vojtech Martinovsky 2-3: 11-7, 3-11, 11-8,
10-12, 9-11 (46m)
Charlie McCrone lost to Karolina Sramkova 1-2: 11-6, 7-11, 7-11
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