Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	Rubbers
1	Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	17-1
2	Finland	5	2	2	1	13-6
3	Belgium	5	3	1	1	13-6
4	Denmark	5	3	2	0	14-5
5	Ireland	5	2	2	1	12-7
6	Slovakia	5	1	1	3	4-13
7	Netherlands	5	1	2	2	7-13
8	Italy	5	1	1	3	6-13
9	Portugal	5	2	1	2	12-8
10	Sweden	5	1	2	2	9-11
11	Israel	5	1	2	2	7-13
12	Croatia	5	0	0	5	1-19

Reference: Compiled from results in [1-6]

Position 1-8

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Quarter-Finals
02.05.2019	Denmark	3	Slovakia	0
02.05.2019	Finland	4	Italy	0
02.05.2019	Belgium	3	Ireland	1
02.05.2019	Czech Republic	4	Netherlands	0
	Playoff 5/8
03.05.2019	Slovakia	2	Italy	1
03.05.2019	Ireland	2	Netherlands	2
	Semi-Finals
03.05.2019	Finland	2	Denmark	2
03.05.2019	Czech Republic	3	Belgium	0
	Playoff 7/8
04.05.2019	Netherlands	2	Italy	2
	Playoff 5/6
04.05.2019	Ireland	3	Slovakia	0
	Playoff 3/4
04.05.2019	Belgium	2	Denmark	2
	Final
04.05.2019	Czech Republic	2	Finland	1

Reference: [1-2]

Position 9-12 Standings

Place		P	W	D	L	Pts	Rubbers	Games	Points
9	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	10-2	31-11	418-315
10	Sweden	3	1	2	0	4	8-4	27-16	407-335
11	Israel	3	1	1	1	3	5-7	21-23	385-378
12	Croatia	3	0	0	3	0	1-11	6-35	253-435

Reference: [3]

Position 9-12 Results

	Port	Isr	Swe	Cro
Por	xxx	4-0	2-2	4-0
Isr	0-4	xxx	2-2	3-1
Swe	2-2	2-2	xxx	4-0
Cro	0-4	1-3	0-4	xxx

Reference: [3]

Pool Tables

Place		P	W	D	L	Pts	Rubbers	Games	Points
	Pool A
1	*Denmark	2	2	0	0	4	7-1	23-5	287-207
2	*Netherlands	2	1	0	1	2	3-5	11-19	242-284
3	Portugal	2	0	0	2	0	2-6	11-21	267-305
	Pool B
1	*Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	4	8-0	24-1	269-146
2	*Slovakia	2	0	1	1	1	2-6	8-18	185-236
3	Israel	2	0	1	1	1	2-6	6-19	172-244
	Pool C
1	*Belgium	2	2	0	0	4	8-0	24-1	276-148
2	*Italy	2	1	0	1	2	3-5	9-17	209-245
3	Sweden	2	0	0	2	0	1-7	6-21	188-280
	Pool D
1	*Finland	2	1	1	0	3	6-2	22-8	298-225
2	*Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	6-2	20-11	312-241
3	Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	0-8	1-24	133-277

Reference: [4-7]

Pool A Results

	Den	Neth	Por
Den	xxx	4-0	3-1
Neth	0-4	xxx	3-1
Por	1-3	1-3	xxx

Reference: [4]

Pool B Results

	CZR	Isr	Svk
Czech Republic	xxx	4-0	4-0
Israel	0-4	xxx	2-2
Slovakia	0-4	2-2	xxx

Reference: [5]

Pool C Results

	Ita	Bel	Swe
Italy	xxx	0-4	3-1
Belgium	4-0	xxx	4-0
Sweden	1-3	0-4	xxx

Reference: [6]

Pool D Results

	Irl	Fin	Cro
Ireland	xxx	2-2	4-0
Finland	2-2	xxx	4-0
Croatia	0-4	0-4	xxx

Reference: [7]

Team Ireland

Coaches/Manager	Players
Manager	Sam Buckley
Christine Lowry	Brian Byrne
Coaches	Sean Conroy
David Noone	Oisin Logan
Hadrian Stiff	Steve Richardson

Reference: [8]

Ireland Matches (1st-8th Place Playoff)

Order/Date	Ireland	Points	Opposition	Points	Score
02.05.2019	Ireland	1	Belgium	3
1	Sean Conroy	0	Jan Ven Der Herregwegen	1	6-11, 7-11, 5-11
2	Steve Richardson	1	Lowie Delbeke	0	11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4
3	Brian Byrne	0	Joeri Hapers	1	8-11, 2-11, 10-12
4	Sam Buckley	0	Mats Raemen	1	14-16, 8-11, 6-11
03.05.2019	Ireland	2	Netherlands	2	Ireland win on Games 8-7
1	Sean Conroy	0	Roshan Bharos	1	11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 7-11
2	Brian Byrne	0	Thijs Roukens	1	11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 0-11
3	Oisin Logan	1	Henrico Van Der Vegt	0	11-5, 11-3, 11-8
4	Steve Richardson	1	Tess Jutte	0	11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8
04.05.2019	Ireland	3	Slovakia	0
1	Sean Conroy	1	Miroslav Celler	0	11-2, 11-3, 11-4
2	Brian Byrne	1	Matej Hrncirik	0	9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
3	Oisin Logan	1	David Kubicek	0	11-7, 11-8, 11-1
4	Sam Buckley	–	Marek Manik	–	Not played

Reference: [8]

Report

Ireland finished 5th in Division 2 of the Men’s European Team Championships. Two Men made their debuts for Ireland at these Squash Championships – Oisin Logan & Sam Buckley. [8]

Ireland qualifed for the quarter-finals having drawn with Finland and beaten Croatia in the Pool stages. There they came up against Belgium, and went down 3-1, before recovering to beat Netherlands on games countback and Slovakia to finish 5th of 12.

References

Websites

[1] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Position 1-8 | Draw [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=9 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[2] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Position 1-8 | General [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawmatches.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=9 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[3] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Position 9-12 [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=10 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[4] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool A [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=5 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[5] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool B [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=6 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[6] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool C [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=7 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[7] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool D [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=8 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[8] Irish Squash (2019) European Championships – Women 6th & Men 5th [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishsquash.com/european-championships-4/ [Accessed 18 September 2019]

Images

[9] Polish Squash | Twitter (2019) The @EuropeanSquash has updated its logo to distinguish the legal identity, create more versatility across various applications and increase the promotional impact across Europe. [Internet] Available from: https://twitter.com/PolskiSquash/status/1074671671548760065 [Accessed 26 August 2019]

Acknowlegements

Thanks to Conor Moran & Paul Foley

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Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 18 September 2019

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