England complete the team sweep in Zurich
It was a close run thing, but top seeds and defending champions England, fielding both individual winners, edged home against second seeds France to maintain the grip they have had on the title since 2010.
Asia Harris went two games up over Lauren Baltayan – both on extra points – but was pegged back to two-all before claiming the decider. Jonah Bryant also went two games ahead, but Melvil Scianimanico produced a comeback to take the next three games to take the final into a decider, where Abd-allah Eissa settled English nerves with a straight-games win over Titouan Isambard.
Final : [1] England 2-1 [2] France
. Asia Harris 3-2 Lauren Baltayan 12-10, 15-13, 5-11, 9-11, 11-6 (59m)
. Jonah Bryant 2-3 Melvil Scianimanico 16-14, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11, 9-11 (80m)
. Abdallah Eissa 3-0 Titouan Isambard 11-8, 11-8, 11-1 (16m)
3rd/4th : Netherlands 2-1 Ireland
Semi-Finals
[1] England 2-1 [3] Netherlands
. Amelie Haworth 3-0 Naomi Nohar 11-5, 11-2, 11-7 (21m)
. Jonah Bryant 1-3 Rowan Damming 9-11, 10-12, 12-10, 4-11 (62m)
. Abdallah Eissa 3-0 Samuel Gerrits 11-5, 11-4,11-9 (34m)
[2] France 2-1 [4] Ireland
. Ana Munos 3-0 Aimee Mcconnell 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (17m)
. Melvil Scianimanico 3-1 Dylan Moran 11-13, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 (44m)
. Titouan Isambard 0-2 Jack O’Flynn 3-11, 4-11 (19m)
Quarter-Finals
[1] England 3-0 Scotland
[3] Netherlands 2-1 Switzerland
[4] Ireland 2-1 Czechia
[2] France 3-0 Wales
POOLS
Pool A : [1] England W3, Wales W2, Germany W1, Portugal W0
Pool B : [2] France W3, Scotland W2, Poland W1, Greece W0
Pool C : [3] Netherlands W3, Czechia W2, Spain W1, Norway W0
Pool D : [4] Ireland W3, Switzerland W2, Croatia W1, Belgium W0
