16 Apr 2006

Favourites Germany and defending champions England will meet in the final of the European Junior U19 Team Championships for the second successive year after comprehensive 3/0 victories over France and Netherlands, respectively, in Langnau, Switzerland.

England beat Germany 3/0 in last year's final in Sweden. But a win by the top seeds in Langnau would deny England the title for the first time since 1984, when Sweden won the inaugural championship in Germany.

Semi-finals:
[1] GERMANY bt [6] FRANCE 3-0
Simon Rosner bt Florent Pontiere 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
Pamela Hathway bt Soraya Renai 9-4, 7-9, 5-9, 9-6, 9-7
Jens Schoor bt Maxime Moriamez 9-0, 9-3
[2] ENGLAND bt [3] NETHERLANDS 3-0
Joel Hinds bt Tom Hoevenaars 7-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-4
Rachel Willmott bt Lisa Kho 9-4, 9-4, 9-0
Chris Tasker-Grindley bt Frank Hartkoren 9-5, 9-2
5th - 8th place play-offs:
[4] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [7] SPAIN 2-1
Lukas Jelinek lost to Pedro Espeleta 2-9, 3-9, 7-9
Lucie Fialova bt Chantal Moros-Pitarch 9-2, 9-4, 9-2
Petr Martin bt Diego Lopez 2-9, 9-4, 9-5, 9-4
[5] SWITZERLAND bt [8] WALES 2-1
Nicolas Mueller bt Ben Hardwidge 9-6, 9-2, 0-9, 9-2
Jasmin Ballman lost to Gemma Davies 7-9, 5-9, 0-9
Benjamin Fischer bt Alistair Mutch 3-9, 9-7, 9-4, 10-8
9th - 12th place play-offs:
[12] IRELAND bt [9] BELGIUM 2-1
Rory Byrne bt Giel Kreemers 9-7, 7-9, 9-5, 10-9
Ciara Moloney lost to Julie de Bellefroid 0-9, 8-10, 8-10
Conor O'Hare bt Mats Raemen 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
[10] SCOTLAND bt [11] DENMARK 3-0
Greg McArthur bt Kristian Frost Olesen 6-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-7
Zoe Neilson bt Sally Skarrenborg 10-8, 9-7, 6-9, 0-9, 9-6
Lyall Paterson bt Kasper Gross Jeppesen 9-4, 9-2
13th - 16th place play-offs:
[14] FINLAND bt [15] HUNGARY 2-1
Henrik Mustonen bt David Lukacs 9-1, 9-1, 9-3
Tiia Knuutila bt Fanni Gyori 8-9, 9-0, 9-2, 9-7
Roni Berg lost to Aron Balogh 2-9, 9-7, 4-9
[13] SWEDEN bt [16] ISRAEL 2-1
Joakim Larsson lost to Ido Avron 5-9, 7-9, 5-9
Lovisa Forstadius bt Mor Berkovsky 4-9, 9-1, 9-1, 9-6
Pontus Olsson bt Nir Zisman 7-9, 10-8, 9-4, 9-4