RESULTS European Team Championships, Nottingham, England Final qualifying rounds: Men's Pool A: [1]ENGLAND 4 [4]NETHERLANDS 0 (James Willstrop bt Gabor Marges 9-1, 9-2, 9-5; Simon Parke bt Dylan Bennett 9-2, 9-0, 9-5; Lee Beachill bt Lucas Buit 9-1, 9-2, 2-9, 9-4; Peter Nicol bt Tommy Berden 9-0, 9-2, 9-2) [5]SCOTLAND 4 [8]SWITZERLAND 0 (Stuart Crawford bt Michael Muller 9-1, 9-1, 9-3; Neil Frankland bt Kevin Villiger 7-9, 9-3, 9-5, 10-9; Martin Heath bt Marco Eggenberger 7-9, 9-4, 9-6, 9-2; John White bt Andre Holderegger 9-5, 9-2, 9-2) Final positions: 1 England, 2 Netherlands, 3 Scotland, 4 Switzerland Pool B: [2]FRANCE 3 [3]WALES 1 (Jean-Michel Arcucci bt Scott Fitzgerald 9-2, 9-0, 9-2; Renan Lavigne bt Gavin Jones 9-5, 9-2, 9-4; Gregory Gaultier bt David Evans 7-9, 9-1, 9-0, 1-9, 9-1; Thierry Lincou lost to Alex Gough 7-9, 9-2, 5-9, 9-0, 3-9) [6]GERMANY 2 [7]FINLAND 2 (Christian Radeke bt Tatu Murronmaa 9-7, 9-3, 7-9, 10-8; Edgar Schneider bt Toni Wallin 9-6, 9-5, 9-0; Stefan Leifels lost to Mika Monto 7-9, 1-9, 7-9; Simon Frenz lost to Olli Tuominen 8-9, 0-9, 1-9) Final positions: 1 France, 2 Wales, 3 Finland, 4 Germany Pool C: [9]IRELAND 4 [16]HUNGARY 0 (Patrick Foster bt Marton Szaboky 9-3, 9-0, 9-1; Steve Richardson bt Sandar Fulop 9-4, 9-6, 9-5; John Rooney bt Mark Krajcsak 9-1, 9-4, 9-0; Liam Kenny bt Andras Torok 9-1, 9-0, 9-0) Final positions: 1 Ireland, 2 Hungary, 3 Norway Pool D: [10]SWEDEN 4 [15]AUSTRIA 0 (Joakim Karlsson bt Andreas Freudenspr 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Badr Abdel Aziz bt Michael Scharrer 9-2, 9-0, 9-1; Christian Drakenberg bt David Huck 9-2, 9-3, 9-4; Daniel Forslund bt Clemens Wallishauser 9-4, 9-1, 9-6) Final positions: 1 Sweden, 2 Austria, 3 Russia Pool E: [14]CZECH REPUBLIC 3 GREECE 1 (Jan Zemlicka bt Petros Tzamaloukas 10-9, 9-1, 9-6; Martin Stepan lost to Nikos Moustroutis 2-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-10, 4-9; Milos Pokorny bt Paul Gregory 7-9, 5-9, 9-6, 9-6, 9-1; Jan Koukal bt Fabian Kalaitzis 9-4, 8-10, 9-6, 5-0 ret.) [11]SPAIN 4 [14]CZECH REPUBLIC 0 (Victor Montserrat bt Jan Zemlicka 9-2, 9-2, 9-0; Constantino Casas bt Martin Stepan 9-3, 9-3, 9-6; Oriol Salvia bt Milos Pokorny 9-4, 9-1, 9-3; Borja Golan bt Jan Koukal 9-3, 5-9, 9-5, 9-0) Final positions: 1 Spain, 2 Czech Republic, 3 Greece Pool F: [12]DENMARK 4 ISLE OF MAN 0 (Morten W Sorenson bt Steve Morley 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Michael Hansen bt Austin M Lowe 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Danny Knudsen bt John Knight 9-1, 9-2, 9-0; Mads Korsbjerg bt David Norman 9-3, 9-3, 9-2) [13]BELGIUM 4 ISRAEL 0 (Marc Christie bt Ron Levy 9-6, 5-9, 9-3, 9-6; Wim van Asten bt Dovic Druckman 9-5, 9-2, 9-0; Olivier van Heghe bt Tomer Noach 9-7, 9-0, 9-2; Peter Pastijn bt Ilan Oren 9-2, 9-1, 9-1) [12]DENMARK 3 [13]BELGIUM 1 (Michael Hansen bt Wim van Asten 9-6, 9-2, 9-1; Danny Knudsen bt Steve Dries 5-9, 10-8, 9-1, 9-6; Mads Korsbjerg bt Olivier van Heghe 9-2, 9-5, 9-5; Mikkel Korsbjerg lost to Peter Pastijn 4-9, 1-9, 9-3, 9-7, 7-9) ISRAEL 4 ISLE OF MAN 0 (Yariv Bloomberg bt Kevin Watterson 9-3, 9-2, 9-3; Dovic Druckman bt Richard Corlett 9-4, 9-3, 9-0; Tomer Noach bt John Knight 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; Ilan Oren bt David Norman 9-7, 9-0, 9-3) Final positions: 1 Denmark, 2 Belgium, 3 Israel, 4 Isle of Man Women's Pool A: [1]ENGLAND 3 [4]DENMARK 0 (Rebecca Macree bt Mette Jorgensen 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Jenny Tranfield bt Ditte Nielsen 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Linda Charman bt Ellen Petersen 9-0, 9-3, 9-0) [5]BELGIUM 3 [8]WALES 0 (Michou Cauwels bt Stacey Preece 9-4, 7-9, 1-9, 10-9, 9-7; Charlie de Rycke bt Jessica Bevan 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Katline Cauwels bt Hayley James 9-2, 9-2, 9-0) [4]DENMARK 2 [5]BELGIUM 1 (Line Hansen bt Katline Cauwels 1-9, 6-9, 10-8, 9-6, 9-6; Mette Jorgensen lost to Charlie de Rycke 7-9, 3-9, 4-9; Ellen Petersen bt Kim Hannes 9-0, 9-0, 9-1) [1]ENGLAND 3 [8]WALES 0 (Rebecca Macree bt Stacey Preece 9-0, 10-8, 9-1; Jenny Tranfield bt Julia Wells 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Cassie Jackman bt Hayley James 9-0, 9-0, 9-0) Final positions: 1 England, 2 Denmark, 3 Belgium, 4 Wales Pool B: [6]NETHERLANDS 2 [7]FRANCE 1 (Annelize Naude bt Corinne Castets 5-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-2; Margriet Huisman bt Karine Fouchet 9-4, 9-1, 9-4; Vanessa Atkinson lost to Isabelle Stoehr 2-9, 7-9, 9-0, 7-9) [2]SCOTLAND 2 [3]GERMANY 1 (Wendy Maitland lost to Karin Beriere 9-0, 9-7, 4-9, 3-9, 3-9; Senga Macfie bt Katharina Witt 3-9, 10-8, 9-5, 10-8; Pamela Nimmo bt Simone Korell 9-4, 9-6, 9-3) [6]NETHERLANDS 3 [3]GERMANY 0 (Annelize Naude bt Karin Beriere 9-5, 9-2, 9-6; Karen Kronemeyer bt Jessica Reese 9-6, 6-9, 9-3, 5-9, 9-7; Vanessa Atkinson bt Simone Korell 10-8, 9-5, 10-8) [2]SCOTLAND 2 [7]FRANCE 1 (Wendy Maitland bt Corinne Castets 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Frania Gillen-Buchert bt Laurence Bois 9-3, 9-4, 9-3; Pamela Nimmo lost to Isabelle Stoehr 2-9, 1-9, 4-9) Final positions: 1 Netherlands, 2 Scotland, 3 Germany, 4 France Pool C: [9]IRELAND 3 [12]AUSTRIA 0 (Aisling Blake bt Sissi Colli 9-3, 9-4, 9-3; Anna McGeever bt Theresa Gradnitzer 9-1, 9-3, 9-6; Madeline Perry bt Ines Gradnitzer 9-0, 9-2, 9-1) [13]SLOVAKIA 2 [16]ISRAEL 1 (Aneta Paprnakova lost to Nadine Mizrahi 6-9, 10-9, 3-9, 1-9; Sona Moravkova bt Michal D Keidar 10-8, 3-9, 10-8, 9-2; Henrieta Loksova bt Jackie Goldberg 9-7, 9-2, 9-1) [9]IRELAND 3 [16]ISRAEL 0 (Aisling Blake bt Nadine Mizrahi 9-0, 9-4, 9-3; Caroline Coyle bt Elanit Alayof 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Madeline Perry bt Jackie Goldberg 9-4, 9-0, 9-1) [12]AUSTRIA 3 [13]SLOVAKIA 0 (Birgit Coufal bt Aneta Papmakova 3-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-7; Sissi Colli bt Sona Moravkova 9-7, 9-6, 9-1; Ines Gradnitzer bt Henrieta Loksova 10-8, 9-5, 10-9) Final positions: 1 Ireland, 2 Austria, 3 Slovakia, 4 Israel Pool D: [11]SPAIN 3 [14]ITALY 0 (Elisabet Sado bt Katiuscia Grossi 9-2, 9-0, 9-1; Stela Carbonell bt Susanna Mezzadri 9-3, 9-1, 9-4; Olga Puigdemont bt Manuela Manetta 9-2, 9-6, 9-0) [10]SWITZERLAND 2 [15]FINLAND 1 (Olivia Hauser bt Nana Niskanen 9-4, 9-6, 9-2; Melanie Scarlato lost to Elina Kononen 9-6, 3-9, 3-9, 5-9; Manuela Zehnder bt Kia Paasivirta 3-9, 9-4, 9-4, 9-2) Final positions: 1 Spain, 2 Switzerland, 3 Finland, 4 Italy England Breeze Into European Semi-Finals Defending champions England coasted into the men's and women's semi-finals of the European Team Squash Championships after comfortable victories in Friday's final qualifying rounds in Nottingham. Peter Nicol was as clinical as ever as England's top-seeded men crushed fourth seeds Netherlands 4-0 in a repeat of last year's semi-final. The world No1 wasted no time in beating Dutch champion Tommy Berden for the loss of only four points in the Pool A match. Simon Parke, playing in his home club, despatched European Junior champion Dylan Bennett in straight games, while England's World Junior Champion James Willstrop, in his debut for England, won his third successive match in two days 3-0. Only Lee Beachill, the England No2 playing in his first event since undergoing ankle surgery two months ago, dropped a game before prevailing 9-1 9-2 2-9 9-4 over former Dutch champion Lucas Buit. England will face third seeds Wales in the semi-finals after the 1997 runners-up were beaten 3-1 by No2 seeds France in Pool B. France, runners-up for the past three years, secured their victory when fast-improving Gregory Gaultier, a twice European Junior champion, beat Welsh No2 David Evans 7-9 9-1 9-0 1-9 9-1. France face the Netherlands in the other semi-final. In the women's event, England confirmed their superiority over the competition in Pool A with 3-0 wins over both Denmark and Wales. In the three ties so far, the favourites have conceded neither matches nor games, and only 15 points! In the adjacent Pool B, sixth seeds Netherlands beat France and 3rd seeds Germany to claim an unexpected semi-final place after finishing at the top of the qualifying group. Second seeds Scotland made up for their 3-0 loss to Netherlands on the first day by also beating France and Germany to finish as runners-up. In the first semi-final, England will face Scotland in a repeat of the 2002 final, before Netherlands take on Denmark in a bid to reach the final for the first time since 1995.