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30/04/2017
European Team Championship 2018

European Team Championship 2018 02 - 05 May Pepsi Center, Riga, Latvia

Men's Final: [1] FRANCE bt [2] ENGLAND 2/2 (France win 7-4 on games countback) Mathieu Castagnet bt James Willstrop 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (38m) Gregory Gaultier bt Nick Matthew 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 (54m) Lucas Serme lost to Daryl Selby 10-12, 3-11, 2-11 (56m) Baptiste Masotti lost to Declan James 8-11, 11-9 ret. 3rd place play-off: [5] SPAIN bt [3] GERMANY 4/0 Iker Pajares Bernabeu bt Raphael Kandra 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (59m) Borja Golan bt Simon Rösner 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (66m) Edmon Lopez bt Valentin Rapp 11-4, 11-5 ret. Carlos Cornes bt Lucas Wirths 11-6 ret. 5th place play-off: [4] SCOTLAND bt [7] WALES w/o 7th place play-off: [8] DENMARK bt [6] CZECH REPUBLIC w/o ***** Semi-finals: [1] FRANCE bt [3] GERMANY 3/0 Baptiste Masotti bt Yannik Omlor 11-3, 11-2, 11-8 (27m) Gregory Gaultier bt Simon Rösner 12-14, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 (46m) Lucas Serme bt Valentin Rapp 11-8, 11-8 (21m) Mathieu Castagnet v Raphael Kandra (match withdrawn) [2] ENGLAND bt [5] SPAIN 2/1 Tom Richards bt Carlos Cornes 11-7, 11-6, 11-2 (29m) James Willstrop lost to Borja Golan 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 4-11 (37m) Declan James bt Bernat Jaume 11-9, 11-6, 11-8 (39m) Daryl Selby v Iker Pajares Bernabeu (match withdrawn) 5th - 8th place play-offs: [4] SCOTLAND bt [6] CZECH REPUBLIC 3/1 Rory Stewart bt Viktor Byrtus 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (34m) Greg Lobban bt Daniel Mekbib 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (29m) Kevin Moran lost to Ondrej Uherka 6-11, 8-11, 2-11 (30m) Alan Clyne bt Martin Svec 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 (41m) [7] WALES bt [8] DENMARK 2/2 (Wales win 8-6 on games countback) Elliott Morris Devred bt Thomas Laursen 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 (24m) Joel Makin bt Kristian Frost 11-4, 11-1, 11-8 (44m) Emyr Evans lost to Lau Ulrik Kiehn 11-6, 10-12, 10-12, 2-11 (40m) Peter Creed lost to Rasmus Møller Nielsen 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 7-11 (54m) [7] WALES bt [4] SCOTLAND 2/2 (Wales win 167-166 on points countback) Peter Creed bt Alan Clyne 12-10, 12-10, 2-11, 17-15 (71m) Joel Makin bt Greg Lobban 11-3, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7 (54m) Emyr Evans lost to Rory Stewart 12-10, 15-17, 7-11, 6-11 (62m) Elliott Morris Devred lost to Stuart George 10-12, 12-14, 11-8, 10-12 (41m) [6] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [8] DENMARK 2/2 (Czech Republic win 142-131 on points countback) Ondrej Uherka lost to Rasmus Møller Nielsen 5-11, 5-11, 9-11 (36m) Daniel Mekbib lost to Kristian Frost 11-3, 11-8, 1-11, 11-13, 2-11 (59m) Jakub Solnicky bt Lau Ulrik Kiehn 7-11, 11-1, 11-6, 14-16, 11-5 (48m) Viktor Byrtus bt Thomas Laursen 11-8, 11-3, 11-2 (23m) ***** Qualifying rounds - Pool A: [1] FRANCE bt [8] DENMARK 4/0 Baptiste Masotti bt Thomas Laursen 11-5, 11-6, 11-3 (18m) Mathieu Castagnet bt Rasmus Møller Nielsen 11-8, 11-5, 11-2 (20m) Victor Crouin bt Theis Houlberg 11-6, 11-5, 11-2 (19m) Lucas Serme bt Lau Ulrik Kiehn 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 (15m) [5] SPAIN bt [4] SCOTLAND 3/1 Edmon Lopez bt Kevin Moran 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 (30m) Borja Golan bt Greg Lobban 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-2 (62m) Carlos Cornes bt Rory Stewart 15-13, 11-1, 9-11, 11-8 (53m) Iker Pajares Bernabeu lost to Alan Clyne 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 3-11 (77m) [1] FRANCE bt [5] SPAIN 4/0 Lucas Serme bt Edmon Lopez 11-1, 11-2, 11-4 (10m) Gregory Gaultier bt Borja Golan 11-2, 11-1, 11-7 (18m) Baptiste Masotti bt Carlos Cornes 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (22m) Mathieu Castagnet bt Iker Pajares Bernabeu 11-1, 11-5, 11-3 (12m) [4] SCOTLAND bt [8] DENMARK 3/1 Kevin Moran lost to Lau Ulrik Kiehn 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 9-11, 5-11 (54m) Greg Lobban bt Kristian Frost 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (48m) Rory Stewart bt Thomas Laursen 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 (25m) Alan Clyne bt Rasmus Møller Nielsen 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (35m) [1] FRANCE bt [4] SCOTLAND 4/0 Victor Crouin bt Chris Leiper 11-2, 11-2, 11-8 (24m) Gregory Gaultier bt Greg Lobban 11-3, 11-9, 11-4 (29m) Mathieu Castagnet bt Alan Clyne 11-3, 11-1, 11-5 (32m) Lucas Serme bt Stuart George 11-5, 11-4, 11-8 (29m) [5] SPAIN bt [8] DENMARK 3/1 Carlos Cornes bt Theis Houlberg 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 (29m) Borja Golan bt Kristian Frost 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (40m) Iker Pajares Bernabeu bt Rasmus Møller Nielsen 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 (35m) Edmon Lopez lost to Lau Ulrik Kiehn 9-11, 8-11, 4-11 (15m) Final positions: 1 France, 2 Spain, 3 Scotland, 4 Denmark Pool B: [2] ENGLAND bt [7] WALES 4/0 Declan James bt David Haley 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (30m) Nick Matthew bt Joel Makin 11-4, 12-10, 11-7 (47m) Tom Richards bt Elliott Morris Devred 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (31m) Daryl Selby bt Peter Creed 11-7, 13-11, 11-8 (41m) [3] GERMANY bt [6] CZECH REPUBLIC 3/1 Valentin Rapp bt Jakub Solnicky 11-8, 3-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7 (67m) Simon Rösner bt Daniel Mekbib 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 (21m) Lucas Wirths lost to Viktor Byrtus 5-11, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11 (40m) Raphael Kandra bt Ondrej Uherka 9-11, 11-3, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6 (55m) [2] ENGLAND bt [6] CZECH REPUBLIC 4/0 Declan James bt Jakub Solnicky 11-2, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3 (42m) James Willstrop bt Daniel Mekbib 11-3, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6 (44m) Tom Richards bt Viktor Byrtus 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 (24m) Daryl Selby bt Ondrej Uherka 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 (27m) [3] GERMANY bt [7] WALES 3/1 Valentin Rapp lost to Emyr Evans 2-11, 8-11, 7-11 (33m) Simon Rösner bt Joel Makin 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 (49m) Lucas Wirths bt Elliott Morris Devred 11-9, 12-10, 14-12 (43m) Raphael Kandra bt Peter Creed 16-14, 11-4, 11-6 (36m) [2] ENGLAND bt [3] GERMANY 3/1 Tom Richards bt Yannik Omlor 12-10, 11-6, 11-4 (27m) Nick Matthew lost to Simon Rösner 5-11, 11-6, 9-11 ret. (76m) James Willstrop bt Raphael Kandra 4-11, 17-15, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (62m) Declan James bt Lucas Wirths 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (30m) [7] WALES bt [6] CZECH REPUBLIC 4/0 Elliott Morris Devred bt Jakub Solnicky 11-7, 12-10, 11-2 (32m) Joel Makin bt Daniel Mekbib 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (27m) Peter Creed bt Martin Svec 11-1, 11-2, 11-5 (23m) Emyr Evans bt Ondrej Uherka 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 (32m) Final positions: 1 England, 2 Germany, 3 Wales, 4 Czech Republic

Women's Final: [1] ENGLAND bt [2] FRANCE 2/1 Laura Massaro lost to Camille Serme 5-11, 9-11, 7-11 (29m) Alison Waters bt Coline Aumard 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 (29m) Victoria Lust bt Melissa Alves 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 (25m) 3rd place play-off: [6] BELGIUM bt [4] NETHERLANDS 2/0 Nele Gilis bt Milou van der Heijden 4-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 (58m) Tinne Gilis bt Natalie Grinham 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4 (33m) Loreline Pira v Tessa ter Sluis (match withdrawn) 5th place play-off: [3] WALES bt [8] SWITZERLAND w/o 7th place play-off: [5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [7] GERMANY w/o ***** Semi-finals: [1] ENGLAND bt [6] BELGIUM 3/0 Sarah-Jane Perry bt Tinne Gilis 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (22m) Laura Massaro bt Nele Gilis 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 11-9 (44m) Alison Waters bt Loreline Pira 11-3, 11-2 (15m) [2] FRANCE bt [4] NETHERLANDS 2/0 Coline Aumard bt Tessa ter Sluis 11-3, 12-10, 11-7 (25m) Camille Serme bt Milou van der Heijden 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 (23m) Enora Villard v Fleur Maas (match withdrawn) 5th - 8th place play-offs: [3] WALES bt [8] SWITZERLAND 2/1 Deon Saffery bt Nadia Pfister 8-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-9 (31m) Tesni Evans bt Cindy Merlo 11-5, 11-6, 11-3 (18m) Elin Harlow lost to Céline Walser 3-11, 7-11, 5-11 (15m) [7] GERMANY bt [5] CZECH REPUBLIC 2/1 Nele Hatschek bt Olga Kolářová 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7 (35m) Franziska Hennes lost to Anna Serme 7-11, 13-11, 3-11, 12-10, 10-12 (43m) Saskia Beinhard bt Natalie Babjukova 11-9, 4-11, 3-11, 11-3, 11-5 (36m) [3] WALES bt [5] CZECH REPUBLIC 2/1 Tesni Evans bt Anna Serme 11-5, 11-6, 11-2 (21m) Deon Saffery bt Olga Kolářová 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (26m) Lowri Roberts lost to Natalie Babjukova 11-6, 3-11, 11-6, 7-11, 3-11 (31m) [8] SWITZERLAND bt [7] GERMANY 3/0 Cindy Merlo bt Sina Kandra 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 (38m) Gaby Huber bt Franziska Hennes 12-14, 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9 Céline Walser bt Nele Hatschek 11-6, 11-0, 6-11, 11-8 (23m) ***** Qualifying rounds - Pool A: [1] ENGLAND bt [8] SWITZERLAND 3/0 Laura Massaro bt Cindy Merlo 11-2, 11-9, 11-5 (19m) Victoria Lust bt Céline Walser 11-8, 11-2, 11-3 (15m) Alison Waters bt Nadia Pfister 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (18m) [4] NETHERLANDS bt [5] CZECH REPUBLIC 3/0 Milou van der Heijden bt Anna Serme 11-8, 13-11, 11-9 (26m) Tessa ter Sluis bt Natalie Babjukova 12-10, 11-9, 11-6 (20m) Natalie Grinham bt Olga Kolářová 11-5, 11-6, 11-9 (19m) [1] ENGLAND bt [5] CZECH REPUBLIC 3/0 Laura Massaro bt Anna Serme 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 (20m) Victoria Lust bt Natalie Babjukova 11-1, 11-8, 11-6 (16m) Alison Waters bt Eva Feřteková 11-2, 11-0, 11-2 (16m) [4] NETHERLANDS bt [8] SWITZERLAND 3/0 Milou van der Heijden bt Cindy Merlo 11-6, 11-4, 11-1 (30m) Tessa ter Sluis bt Céline Walser 11-6, 11-6, 13-11 (20m) Natalie Grinham bt Nadia Pfister 11-3, 12-10, 11-2 (26m) [1] ENGLAND bt [4] NETHERLANDS 3/0 Victoria Lust bt Fleur Maas 11-5, 11-5, 11-1 (19m) Sarah-Jane Perry bt Milou van der Heijden 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 (21m) Alison Waters bt Tessa ter Sluis 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 (26m) [5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [8] SWITZERLAND 2/1 Eva Feřteková lost to Céline Walser 9-11, 6-11, 7-11 (24m) Anna Serme bt Cindy Merlo 10-12, 11-13, 13-11, 11-6, 11-1 (45m) Olga Kolářová bt Gaby Huber 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6 (39m) Final positions: 1 England, 2 Netherlands, 3 Czech Republic, 4 Switzerland Pool B: [2] FRANCE bt [7] GERMANY 3/0 Camille Serme bt Sina Kandra 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 (18m) Melissa Alves bt Nele Hatschek 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-3 (29m) Enora Villard bt Franziska Hennes 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (19m) [6] BELGIUM bt [3] WALES 2/1 Nele Gilis lost to Tesni Evans 2-11, 5-11, 3-11 (25m) Loreline Pira bt Lowri Roberts 13-11, 12-14, 12-10, 11-8 (32m) Tinne Gilis bt Deon Saffery 11-9, 11-5, 11-9 (27m) [2] FRANCE bt [6] BELGIUM 3/0 Camille Serme bt Nele Gilis 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 (36m) Enora Villard bt Marie-Amélie Callebaut 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 (12m) Coline Aumard bt Tinne Gilis 13-11, 11-9, 11-4 (31m) [3] WALES bt [7] GERMANY 3/0 Tesni Evans bt Sina Kandra 11-1, 11-5, 11-7 (16m) Elin Harlow bt Saskia Beinhard 13-11, 11-4, 11-4 (19m) Deon Saffery bt Franziska Hennes 11-6, 11-2, 11-13, 11-7 (30m) [2] FRANCE bt [3] WALES 3/0 Melissa Alves bt Elin Harlow 11-2, 11-5, 11-4 (18m) Camille Serme bt Tesni Evans 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9 (62m) Coline Aumard bt Deon Saffery 11-1, 11-6, 11-8 (22m) [6] BELGIUM bt [7] GERMANY 2/1 Loreline Pira lost to Nele Hatschek 6-11, 6-11, 8-11 (21m) Nele Gilis bt Sina Kandra 11-4, 11-1, 11-6 (20m) Tinne Gilis bt Franziska Hennes 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (23m) Final positions: 1 France, 2 Belgium, 3 Wales, 4 Germany