France Women Fall to NL
April 30, 2004 by Howard Harding, SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2004 

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SEMI FINAL DAY RESULTS FROM RENNES - TOP SEEDS TO CONTEST EUROPEAN FINALS

Vanessa Atkinson for Holland beats Isabelle Stoehr for France as Holland makes the final. Photo © 2004 Fritz Borchert

England and France will contest the men's final for the fifth year in a row, and England and the Netherlands will meet in the second successive women's final, after all four teams scored maximum points wins in the semi-finals of the European Team Squash Championships in Rennes, France.

Hosts France, the second seeds in the men's event, beat fourth-seeded Netherlands 4/0 while favourites England toppled Wales, the third seeds, by the same scoreline - though, unlike the French squad, England have yet to concede a game in Rennes!

DUTCH WOMEN KNOCK OUT HOSTS IN FINE FORM

Thierry Lincou paced France as he beat NLs Tommy Berden Photo © 2004 Fritz Borchert

In the women's event, England charged to the final in a bid to win the title for an incredible 27th year in a row after beating seventh seeds Belgium 3-0. After reaching the knockout stages with only 2/1 wins in all their qualifying ties, the Dutch women's team registered their first 3-0 win in their semi-final defeat of fifth seeds France to deny the hosts the chance of appearing in both finals.

RESULTS: European Team Squash Championships, Rennes, France

Men's semi-finals:
[1]ENGLAND 4 [3]WALES 0 (Peter Nicol bt Alex Gough 9-6 9-0 9-0; Lee Beachill bt David Evans 9-3 9-0; James Willstrop bt Greg Tippings 9-2 9-4 9-7; Adrian Grant bt Ricky Davies 9-2 9-2 9-0)
[2]FRANCE 4 [4]NETHERLANDS 0 (Thierry Lincou bt Tommy Berden 9-3 8-9 9-1 9-4; Gregory Gaultier bt Laurens Jan Anjema 9-7 9-5; Renan Lavigne bt Lucas Buit 0-9 9-0 ret.; Laurent Elriani bt Dylan Bennett 9-0 9-2 9-7)
Women's semi-finals:
[1]ENGLAND 3 [7]BELGIUM 0 (Cassie Jackman bt Kim Hannes 9-3 9-1 9-1; Linda Charman bt Katline Cauwels 9-1 9-0 9-0; Jenny Duncalf bt Charlie De Rycke 9-6 9-4 9-3)
[2]NETHERLANDS 3 [5]FRANCE 0 (Vanessa Atkinson bt Isabelle Stoehr 9-5 9-5 9-7; Annelize Naude bt Laurence Bois 9-0 9-0 9-1; Karen Kronemeyer bt Corinne Castets 9-3 9-3)

Men's 5th - 12th place play-offs:
[11]FINLAND 3 [8]DENMARK 1 (Olli Tuominen bt Mikkez Korsjberg 9-1 9-3 9-0; Juha Raumolin bt Morten W Sorensen 1-9 9-7 9-3 9-1; Tatu Murronmaa lost to Mads Korsbjerg 1-9 1-9 3-9; Hameed Ahmed bt Michael Hansen 1-9 9-3 9-2 3-9 9-2)
[6]IRELAND 2 [9]SCOTLAND 2 (Ireland win 71-69 on points countback)(Liam Kenny lost to John White 4-9 4-9 0-9; John Rooney lost to Martin Heath 4-9 5-9 0-9; Derek Ryan bt Peter O'Hara 9-6 9-3 9-1; Steve Richardson bt Martin Woods 9-1 9-2 9-2)
[12]GERMANY 2 [5]SWEDEN 2 (Germany win 7/6 on games countback)(Stefan Leifels lost to Christian Drakenberg 3-9 2-9 2-9; Edgar Schneider lost to Badr Abdel Aziz 7-9 9-1 0-9 0-9; Hansi Seestaller bt Joakim Karlsson 9-5 9-5 9-4; Johannes Voit bt Johan Jungling 9-4 10-8 10-8)
[7]SPAIN 2 [10]SWITZERLAND 2 (Spain win 9/7 on games countback)(Borja Golan bt Lars Harms 9-3 9-5 3-9 9-2; Oriol Salvia lost to Andre Holderegger 9-5 6-9 6-9 5-9; Victor Montserrat lost to Marco Datwyler 7-9 9-6 9-6 3-9 4-9; Albert Codina bt Marcel Straub 10-8 9-7 9-4)
5th - 8th place play-offs:
[6]IRELAND 3 [11]FINLAND 1 (Liam Kenny lost to Olli Tuominen 7-9 3-9; John Rooney bt Juha Raumolin 9-6 9-1; Derek Ryan bt Tatu Murronmaa 9-2 9-2 9-4; Steve Richardson bt Matias Tuomi 9-2 9-1 9-2)
[7]SPAIN 2 [12]GERMANY 2 (Spain win 84-69 on points countback)(Borja Golan bt Stefan Leifels 9-2 9-1 9-1; Iago Cornes lost to Edgar Schneider 6-9 4-9 2-9; Oriol Salvia lost to Hansi Seestaller 9-10 4-9 5-9; Albert Codina bt Guido Kirschbaum 9-4 9-1 9-5)
9th - 12th place play-offs:
[8]DENMARK 3 [9]SCOTLAND 1 (Mikkel Korsbjerg lost to John White 9-4 3-9 3-9; Morten W Sorensen bt Martin Heath 9-6 10-8 9-0; Danny Knudsen bt Peter O'Hara 8-10 9-2 9-3 9-0; Mads Korsbjerg bt Stuart Crawford 9-5 7-9 9-4 9-0)
[10]SWITZERLAND 3 [5]SWEDEN 1 (Lars Harms bt Christian Drakenberg 9-5 9-4 9-4; Andre Holderegger lost to Badr Abdel Aziz 1-9 2-9 1-9; Marco Datwyler bt Henrik Lofvenborg 4-9 7-9 9-6 10-9 9-1; Kevin Villiger bt Johan Jungling 9-0 7-9 9-0 9-2)
13th - 20th place play-offs:
[13]BELGIUM 4 [22]GIBRALTAR 0 (Rob Aerts bt Malcolm Head 9-4 9-1 9-4; Steve Dries bt Christian Navas 9-2 9-0 9-2; Rik Smet bt Anthony Brindle 9-0 9-1 9-3; Bart Govaerts bt Louis Montegriffo 9-3 9-0 9-0)
[17]ISRAEL 3 [18]GREECE 1 (Ilan Oren bt Petros Tzamaloukas 9-8 5-9 9-4 9-1; Tomer Noach bt Fabian Kalaitzis 7-9 9-4 5-9 9-8 9-5; Dove Drokman-Haruzi lost to Paul Gregory 9-1 7-9 4-9 8-9; Moshe Sarfaty bt Konstantinos Kargioitis 9-3 9-0 9-2)
[16]CZECH REPUBLIC 4 [23]ITALY 0 (Jan Koukal bt Andrea Capella 9-5 9-0 9-0; Martin Stepan bt Simone Rocca 9-6 9-5; Milos Pokorny bt Francesco Busi 9-7 9-1 9-1; Jan Vesely bt Giacomo Marotta 10-8 9-1 9-3)
[14]AUSTRIA 4 [21]POLAND 0 (Andreas Fuchs bt Marcin Leszewicz 9-2 9-5 9-1; Jakob Dirnberger bt Maciej Chadzynski 9-2 9-2 9-1; Markus Rossler bt Lukasz Nitka 9-3 9-0 9-1; Aqeel Rehman bt Jacek Hibner 9-0 9-1 9-6)
13th - 16th place play-offs:
[13]BELGIUM 2 [17]ISRAEL 2 (Belgium win 9/7 on games countback)(Rob Aerts lost to Ilan Oren 3-9 9-2 9-4 4-9 5-9; Steve Dries bt Ron Levy 9-8 9-4 9-0; Ben Vandezande lost to Tomer Noach 4-9 4-9 9-5 3-9; Rik Smet bt Dove Drokman-Haruzi 9-3 9-6 4-9 9-2)
[14]AUSTRIA 4 [16]CZECH REPUBLIC 0 (Andreas Fuchs bt Jan Koukal 2-9 9-8 9-5; Gerhard Schedlbauer bt Martin Stepan 10-8 9-1 9-0; Jakob Dirnberger bt Milos Pokorny 10-9 9-4 10-8; Markus Rossler bt Jan Vesely 9-4 9-1 9-2)
17th - 20th place play-offs:
[18]GREECE 3 [22]GIBRALTAR 1 (Petros Tzamaloukas bt Malcolm Head 9-5 9-6 9-4; Fabian Kalaitzis bt Stephen Shacaluga 9-3 9-1 9-1; Paul Gregory bt Christian Navas 9-6 9-5 9-2; Konstantinos Kargioitis lost to Louis Montegriffo 8-9 9-5 3-9 6-9)
[23]ITALY 4 [21]POLAND 0 (Andrea Capella bt Marcin Leszewicz 9-1 9-2 9-3; Simone Rocca bt Maciej Chadzynski 9-4 9-1 9-3; Giacomo Marotta bt Lukasz Nitka 9-0 9-6 8-10 9-4; Buglioni Paolo bt Jacek Hibner 9-3 9-7 9-0)
21st - 23rd place play-offs:
[15]HUNGARY 4 [19]ISLE OF MAN 0 (Mark Krajcsak bt David Norman 9-3 9-2 9-0; Sandor Fulop bt John Knight 9-0 9-2 9-5; Zsolt Kovacs bt Richard Corlett 9-2 10-8 9-2; Marton Szaboky bt Kevin Watterson 9-5 9-4 9-2)
[15]HUNGARY 4 [20]RUSSIA 0 (Mark Krajcsak bt Alexey Severinov 9-1 9-3 9-1; Balazs Welesz bt Pavel Sergeev 9-6 9-4 9-5; Zsolt Kovacs bt Roman Fetisov 9-0 9-0 9-1; Marton Szaboky bt Andrey Bratter 9-0 9-2 9-2)

Women's 5th - 10th place play-offs:
[4]DENMARK bye
[3]SCOTLAND 2 [10]SWITZERLAND 1 (Pamela Nimmo bt Manuela Zehnder 9-1 9-3 9-2; Susan Dalrymple bt Gaby Schmol 9-3 9-4 9-1; Lauren Gray lost to Olivia Hauser 2-9 1-9)
[8]GERMANY 2 [9]SPAIN 1 (Sabine Tillman bt Olga Puigdemont 9-3 4-9 9-3 4-9 10-8; Kathrin Rohrmueller lost to Elisabet Sado 7-9 5-9 7-9; Katharina Witt bt Margaux Moros 9-6 6-9 9-3 9-6)
[6]IRELAND bye
5th - 8th place play-offs:
[4]DENMARK 2 [3]SCOTLAND 1 (Ellen Petersen lost to Pamela Nimmo 7-9 0-9 2-9; Line Hansen bt Lauren Gray 6-9 9-1 9-5 10-8; Julie Dorn-Jensen bt Frania Gillen-Buchert 9-3 9-0 10-8)
[8]GERMANY 2 [6]IRELAND 1 (Kathrin Rohrmueller lost to Madeline Perry 2-9 1-9 2-9; Karin Beriere bt Aisling Blake 9-3 9-0 4-9 9-7; Katharina Witt bt Laura Mylotte 10-9 3-9 10-9 9-6)
11th - 14th place play-offs:
[11]AUSTRIA 2 [13]FINLAND 1 (Pamela Pancis bt Elina Kononen 10-9 9-4 9-1; Birgit Coufal bt Jutta Tuunanen 9-0 9-3 9-1; Sissi Colli lost to Eevamaria Vuolo 9-7 1-9 2-9 3-9)
[12]WALES 3 [14]ITALY 0 (Tegwen Malik bt Manuela Manetta 9-2 9-0 9-5; Hayley James bt Katiuscia Grossi 9-10 4-9 9-1 9-0 9-0; Jessica Bevan bt Evelin Panizzi 9-3 9-2)
11th place play-off:
[11]AUSTRIA 2 [12]WALES 1 (Pamela Pancis lost to Tegwen Malik 9-6 3-9 8-10 1-9; Birgit Coufal bt Hayley James 6-9 9-1 9-6 9-4; Ines Gradnitzer bt Jessica Bevan 9-4 9-1 5-9 9-1)
13th place play-off:
[14]ITALY 2 [13]FINLAND 1 (Manuela Manetta bt Elina Kononen 9-4 9-1 9-10 9-3; Katiuscia Grossi bt Jutta Tuunanen 9-6 5-9 9-1 7-9 9-0; Evelin Panizzi lost to Eevamaria Vuolo 7-9 5-9 1-9)

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