ENGLAND TO FACE SPAIN IN EUROPEAN JUNIOR FINAL

European Squash News 4/22/2000.

Without suspense, England marches to semis. France loses to Wales

[View the European Junior Squash 2000 individual results]

European Junior Team Squash Championships, Bremen, Germany

Defending champions England, the top seeds, will meet second seeds Spain in the final of European Junior Team Squash Championships in Bremen, Germany. Spain, runners-up to England in the 1999 final and fielding the same team this year, including the country's two senior national champions Alberto Manso and Elisabeth Sado, conceded just 14 points in their 3-0 semi-final victory over Wales.

England, again led by women's European junior champion Dominique Lloyd-Walter and men's runner-up James Willstrop, also secured a 3-0 win in the other semi-final - against hosts Germany.

SATURDAY: Semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [3] GERMANY 3-0
Dominique Lloyd-Walter bt Kathrin Rohrmuller 9-3 10-9 9-5
James Willstrop bt Hansi Seestaller 9-5 9-4 9-2
Phillip Barker bt Martin Maierhofer 9-1 9-7 9-4
[2] SPAIN bt [6] WALES 3-0
Elisabeth Sado bt Hayley James 9-2 9-0 9-1
Alberto Manso bt Ricky Davies 9-6 9-0 9-1
Borja Golan bt Jay Abdul 9-3 9-0 9-1

5-8 Play-offs:
[5] SWITZERLAND bt [10] NETHERLANDS 2-1
Manuela Zehnder bt Milja Dorenbos 9-6 9-3 9-1
Kevin Villiger lost to Laurens Jan Anjema 9-3 3-9 8-10 0-9
Marco Daetwyler bt Marc Reus 9-3 9-2 9-7

[8] IRELAND bt [4] FRANCE 2-1
Aisling Blake bt Adeline Legeay 9-0 9-2 9-0
Niall Rooney lost to Gregory Gaultier 2-9 3-9 1-9
Neil Byrne bt Luc Ebrard 8-10 9-1 9-3 2-9 9-5

9-12 Play-offs:
[9] Belgium bt [11] Scotland 2-1; [12] Denmark bt [7] Finland 2-1 13-15 Play-off: [13] Czech Republic bt [15] Israel 2-1, [14] Austria bye

FRIDAY: Quarter-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [10] NETHERLANDS 3-0
Dominique Lloyd-Walter bt Margriet Huisman 9-1 9-3 9-1
James Willstrop bt Marc Reus 9-3 9-5 9-3
Phillip Barker bt Dylan Bennett 9-2 9-3 9-1

[3] GERMANY bt [5] SWITZERLAND 2-1
Kathrin Rohrmuller lost to Olivia Hauser 5-9 9-10 9-7 6-9
Hansi Seestaller bt Yvain Badan 9-4 7-9 2-9 9-6 9-1
Jill Witt bt Kevin Villiger 9-2 9-4 10-8

[6] WALES bt [4] FRANCE 2-1
Hayley James bt Nathalie Suhas 9-1 2-9 9-6 10-8
Scott Fitzgerald lost to Gregory Gaultier 0-9 0-9 0-9
Ricky Davies bt Cham Laravine 9-3 9-2 1-9 9-3

[2] SPAIN bt [8] IRELAND 3-0
Elisabeth Sado bt Aisling Blake 10-8 9-0 10-9
Alberto Manso bt Niall Rooney 9-1 9-0 9-0
Borja Golan bt Neil Byrne 9-1 9-2 9-2

9-15 Play-offs:
[9] Belgium bt [15] Israel 3-0,
[11] Scotland bt [13] Czech Republic 2-1,
[12] Denmark bt [14] Austria 2-1,
[7] Finland bye.

Qualifying round results:
Pool A: England bt Ireland 2-1, bt Belgium 3-0; Ireland bt Belgium 2-1
Pool B: Spain bt Finland 3-0, bt Netherlands 2-1, bt Israel 3-0; Netherlands bt Israel 3-0, bt Finland 3-0; Finland bt Israel 3-0.
Pool X: Germany bt Scotland 3-0, bt Austria 3-0, bt Wales 2-1; Wales bt Austria 3-0, bt Scotland 2-1; Scotland bt Austria 3-0.
Pool Y: France bt Denmark 2-1, bt Czech Republic 2-1, bt Switzerland 2-1; Switzerland bt Czech Republic 2-1, bt Denmark 3-0; Denmark bt Czech Republic 2-1.

Euro Junior Championships 2000 Website