Euro Teams 2026 : It’s another Double for England

England retained their European Team titles as the women’s team despatched France, while the men’s squeezed home on games countback against first-time finalists Switzerland …

It’s another ETC Double for England !!

England won a classic men’s final with Switzerland and also took the women’s trophy home again on a thrilling finals day at the 2026 ESF European Team Championships.

Switzerland came within one game of clinching the title in their first ever men’s ETC final, but Curtis Malik shifted the momentum at 2/0 down in the final match against Nicolas Mueller to clinch a 46th English title.

Earlier, England’s women won the title for a 44th time by defeating France. The higlight was world #12 Jasmine Hutton holding off a fierce fightback by the dazzling 18-year-old Lauren Baltayan.

France won the men’s bronze with a 4-0 victory over Germany, while Belgium took the women’s bronze by beating Scotland 3-0.

Poland’s men were relegated in their first ever Division One campaign alongside Belgium. Ukraine and Poland were relegated to women’s Division Two after they finished bottom of the 9/16 play-off group.

Ireland celebrated as Division Two double as ther men and women truimphed in the Division Two finals.

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Semi-Finals : Bernet and Baltayan produce the semi-final upsets in Amsterdam

David Bernet and Lauren Baltayan were simply sensational as Switzerland’s men and France’s women caused huge upsets on a drama-packed semi-final day at the Fran Otten Stadion.

Bernet won a magnificent deciding rubber against fellow 21-year-old Melvil Scianimanico 7-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-8, to earn Switzerland a 3-1 win over France and an historic first ever appearance in the ETC men’s final, where they will face England on Saturday.

Earlier, brilliant Baltayan fired France’s women into their first women’s final for seven years, defeating former Nele Gilis in four games and ending Belgium’s run of three successive finals. England await France on Saturday.

“I’m proud, very proud!” said Uster-born Bernet. “We have a great team and we’re improving year by year. We showed that in the last three years by getting bronze medals and we always wanted to take a step further. Now we’ve done it and got to the final, but the job’s not done yet!”

In the final match of the evening, England defeated Germany 4-0 with  Curtis Malik confidently getting past Valentin Rapp in three, Marwan ElShorbagy taking out Raphael Kandra in four and debutant Sam Todd finishing the job by going 2/1 up against Jan Wipperfurth.

Lauren Baltayan (who can ditch the goggle in four days’ time on her 19th birthday) was utterly fearless when faced with the pressure of a decisive third rubber against Nele Gilis.

Baltayan said: “It’s my biggest win so far. Nele is top 20 and was top five for a reason, so I knew it was going to be hard. I’m happy that I got to experience my biggest win with the team and we shared it together.”

England have only once failed to reach the final since the women’s ETC began in 1978 and encountered no issues in doing so again here for a 46th time by beating Scotland 2-0 in the day’s first semi-final.

Division 2 : women
Hungary sealed an extraordinary second successive promotion with a 2-0 victory over Sweden (who they lost to in last year’s Division 3 final in Malta).

Top seeds Ireland are also back in Division 1 after a two-year absence by virtue of a 2-0 victory over Portugal. V

Division 2 : men
Shortly after the Irish contingent was celebrating again as their men comprehensively beat Sweden 4-0 to reach the final and return immediately to Division 1.

Israel also return to Division 1 at the first time of asking with a 3-0 victory over Austria.

Day Two : Bittersweet for England as semi-finalists decided

There was a bittersweet victory for England’s men and relief for France’s women as both faced Spain on day two in Amsterdam.

Seeking a sixth title in a row and 46th overall, England’s men defeated Spain 4-0 to set up a Friday afternoon semi-final against Germany,  the experience was a painful one for Iker Pajares .

The Spanish #1 was 12-10, 11-6 up and playing fluently against Marwan ElShorbagy when he came to a shuddering halt lunging off the T in the third game. It was immediately clear he couldn’t continue and the 30-year-old was taken to hospital with a suspected ruptured Achilles.

Yorkshireman Sam Todd beat Sergio Garcia Pollan in three, so Sam Osborne-Wylde and Patrick Rooney’s matches were halted at 2/1 and 2/0 up  with the English win already secured.

England will play Germany in the semis for the second year in succession as their trusty warhorses Simon Rosner (38) and Raphael Kandra (35) both won in three against Czechia’s 19-year-old Martin Stepan and Viktor Byrtus  Yannick Omlor taking the first game against Jakub Solnicky sealed the deal.

The other semi-final will feature three-time former winners France and last year’s bronze medallists Switzerland. France overcame Wales 4-0, but not without digging pretty deep. Victor Crouin won a heavyweight bout with Joel Makin 11-8, 8-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7. Baptiste Masotti was also made to sweat before toppling Emyr Evans in five, and young star Mevlil Scianimanico defeated Rhys Evans in three.

Switzerland beat Scotland 4-0 with wins from Yannick Wilhelmi and Dimitri Steinmann. Nicolas Mueller and David Bernet’s matches were curtailed after one game with the result secure.

In the women’s quarter-finals the most dramatic tie was France against Spain, tucked away on court 16 late into the evening. Spain, who were seeking a first ever appearance in the ETC semi-finals, teed up the tension with national champion Marta Dominguez winning in four against Marie Stephan.

Ana Munos levelled for France with a tight 11-6, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6 win over Sofia Mateos. That left European junior champion Lauren Baltayan against world #75 Noa Romero in the decider. Romero took the first game, but the Cairo-born 18-year-old hit back 8-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 to the relief of les bleus.

Defending champions England cruised past Switzerland 3-0 with Jasmine Hutton and Torrie Malik straight-games victors.

England will next meet Scotland, who ended the dreams of hosts Netherlands with wins by world #25 Georgia Adderley against Thursday’s hero Tessa ter Sluis and 19-year-old Robyn McAlpine over Megan van Drongelen.

Belgium, finalists for the last three years, clinched victory over Wales after #1 Tinne Gilis’ victory over Ellie Breach and Marie van Riet’s marathon five-setter against Sarah Clode. It will be a France v Belgium local derby in the semis.

Day One : Delight for Dutch women, men’s top seeds set up pool showdowns

Tesse ter Sluis was the hero as Netherlands’ women brought the house down on day one  in Amsterdam. Having won Division Two last year , to return to the top tier of European squash after a three-year absence, the Dutch women gave former winners France a massive scare in Pool C, then later defeated Germany 2-1 to put one foot in the quarter-finals.

There was no such drama in Pool A for 43-time women’s title winners England, for whom Georgina Kennedy, Jasmine Hutton and debutante Torrie Malik all won in straight games against Wales, who later beat Poland 3-0.

Belgium, who have met England in the last three finals, also came through with zero damage against Czechia in Pool B, with both Tinne and Nele Gilis, and debutante Savannah Moxham, all straight-games victors. Later, Switzerland also beat the Czechs 3-0.

In Pool D, Scotland and Spain will play off for top spot after both beat Ukraine.

Men’s Division One

England, the 45-time title winners, started the day’s schedule with a 4-0 victory over Hungary. In the same pool later in the day Wales also beat Hungary 4-0 via straight-games wins for  Joel Makin, Rhys Evans and Owain Taylor, and Emyr Evans’ five-setter against Benedek Takacs.

Second seeds France raced past Belgium in four straight-games encounters in Pool B. Spain later beat Belgium 4-0 in the same pool. Switzerland, bronze medallists for the last three years, were tested but won 4-0 win over hosts Netherlands, who were returning to Division One for the first time in 10 years.

Czechia later beat the Dutch 4-0, so the hosts will finish bottom of the pool and fight to avoid the bottom two positions which spell relegation.

In Pool D newly-promoted Poland went down 3-1 to Germany then narrowly lost a dramatic tied match with Scotland 9-6 on games countback. Germany will face Scotland to decide top spot.