Czech Republic produced the only upset in the qualifying rounds of the European Junior (U19) Team Squash Championships after beating fourth seeds Wales in the final tie in Pool D to earn a favourable quarter-final draw in the knockout stages of the European Squash Federation event in Kriens, Switzerland.

The 2/1 win takes the fifth seeds to a clash with hosts Switzerland, the sixth seeds who finished in second place in Pool C.

Favourites England, the defending champions led by the two newly-crowned European Individual Junior champions Nathan Lake and Emily Whitlock, cruised to victory in Pool A without dropping a single game - and now face Spain for a place in the semi-finals.

But it is Spain who arguably have most to celebrate on the eve of the knockout stages. The seventh seeds finished in second place in Pool B - and are now certain to record their best finish in the event since 2006.

RESULTS: European Junior U19 Team Championship, Kriens, Switzerland

Qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[9] SCOTLAND bt [16] ISRAEL 3/0
Greg Lobban bt Daniel Poleshchuk 4-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
Douglas Kempsell bt Jonathan Kovacs 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
Mhairi Charlton bt Inbar Grossberg 11-1, 11-3, 11-4

[1] ENGLAND bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Declan James bt Sigurd-Martinius Stray 13-11, 11-3, 11-5
James Earles bt Hakon Standal 11-4, 11-1, 11-3
Katie Smith bt Alvilde Sonju 11-3, 13-11, 11-5

[8] GERMANY bt [16] ISRAEL 2/1
Simon Vaclahovsky lost to Daniel Poleshchuk 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 9-11
Sven Lemmermann bt Roee Avraham 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
Caroline Sayegh bt Inbar Grossberg 11-5, 11-5, 11-2

[1] ENGLAND bt [9] SCOTLAND 3/0
Nathan Lake bt Douglas Kempsell 11-6, 11-7, 11-2
Declan James bt David Jones 11-3, 11-7, 11-3
Emily Whitlock bt Rosie Allan 11-2, 11-4, 11-5

[8] GERMANY bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Valentin Rapp bt Hakon Standal 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
Sven Lemmermann bt Anders Rost 11-1, 11-4, 11-0
Annika Wiese bt Alvilde Sonju 11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7

[1] ENGLAND bt [16] ISRAEL 3/0
Declan James bt Jonathan Kovacs 11-0, 11-0, 11-4
James Earles bt Roee Avraham 11-8, 11-1, 11-3
Katie Smith bt Inbar Grossberg 11-0, 11-4, 11-2

[8] GERMANY bt [9] SCOTLAND 2/1
Valentin Rapp lost to Greg Lobban 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 8-11
Sven Lemmermann bt Douglas Kempsell 4-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8
Caroline Sayegh bt Mhairi Charlton 11-4, 11-6, 11-9

[16] ISRAEL bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Daniel Poleshchuk bt Sigurd-Martinius Stray 11-2, 11-7, 11-7
Roee Avraham bt Anders Rost 11-9, 11-4, 11-6
Inbar Grossberg bt Alvilde Sonju 11-0, 11-0, 11-0

[9] SCOTLAND bt [17] NORWAY 3/0
Greg Lobban bt Hakon Standal 11-7, 11-8, 11-7
David Jones bt Anders Rost 11-7, 11-1, 11-6
Rosie Allan bt Alvilde Sonju 11-0, 11-0, 11-0

[1] ENGLAND bt [8] GERMANY 3/0
Nathan Lake bt Valentin Rapp 11-6, 11-8, 11-4
James Earles bt Simon Vaclahovsky 11-4, 11-2, 12-10
Emily Whitlock bt Annika Wiese 12-10, 11-3, 11-8

Final positions: 1 England, 2 Germany, 3 Scotland, 4 Israel, 5 Norway 

Pool B:
[10] NETHERLANDS bt [15] IRELAND 2/1
Marc ter Sluis lost to Conor O'Shea 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11
Guido Ploem bt Conor Lavin 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11
Ilona Lagerweij bt Jennifer Hegarty 11-1, 11-4, 11-7

[2] BELGIUM bt [18] POLAND 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Konrad Tyma 11-6, 11-6, 11-0
Cedric Peeters bt Jakub Wasilewski 9-11, 11-1, 13-11, 11-2
Nikita Brant bt Paulina Krzywicka 11-8, 11-4, 11-7

[7] SPAIN bt [15] IRELAND 3/0
Hugo Varela bt Michael Stewart 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
Aitor Zunzunegui bt Conor Lavin 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
Marina de Juan bt Jennifer Hegarty 11-4, 11-4, 11-2

[2] BELGIUM bt [10] NETHERLANDS 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Guido Ploem 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
Jan van den Herrewegen bt Tom Lucas 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
Nele Gilis bt Tessa ter Sluis 11-8, 11-4, 11-5

[7] SPAIN bt [18] POLAND 3/0
Hugo Varela bt Konrad Tyma 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
Aitor Zunzunegui bt Michael Kotra 11-2, 11-0, 11-5
Marina de Juan bt Paulina Krzywicka 11-5, 11-5, 11-2

[2] BELGIUM bt [15] IRELAND 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Michael Stewart 11-4, 11-1, 11-2
Jan van den Herrewegen bt Conor Lavin 11-0, 11-4, 11-8
Nele Gilis bt Jennifer Hegarty 11-2, 11-0, 11-0

[10] NETHERLANDS bt [18] POLAND 3/0
Marc ter Sluis bt Jakub Wasilewski 11-8, 11-5, 11-2
Tom Lucas bt Michael Kotra 11-2, 11-3, 11-4
Ilona Lagerweij bt Paulina Krzywicka 11-8, 11-2, 11-4

[7] SPAIN bt [10] NETHERLANDS 2/1
Hugo Varela bt Marc ter Sluis 11-6, 11-1, 11-3
Aitor Zunzunegui bt Guido Ploem 11-6, 11-8, 13-11
Sara Esperon lost to Ilona Lagerweij 10-12, 9-11, 5-11

[15] IRELAND bt [18] POLAND 2/1
Conor O'Shea bt Konrad Tyma 11-5, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9
Michael Stewart bt Jakub Wasilewski 12-10, 11-9, 11-8
Jennifer Hegarty lost to Paulina Krzywicka 1-11, 15-13, 6-11, 10-12

[2] BELGIUM bt [7] SPAIN 3/0
Tom de Mulder bt Hugo Varela 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Jan van den Herrewegen bt Aitor Zunzunegui 11-6, 11-3, 11-3
Nele Gilis bt Marina de Juan 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5

Final positions: 1 Belgium, 2 Spain, 3 Netherlands, 4 Ireland, 5 Poland

Pool C:
[6] SWITZERLAND bt [14] SWEDEN 3/0
Joel Siewerdt bt Bjorn Angtoft 12-10, 11-2, 11-4
Cedric Kuchen bt Jesper Skarman 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
Fabienne Oppliger bt Jennie Lindstrom 12-10, 11-7, 11-7

[3] FRANCE bt [11] FINLAND 2/1
Jerome Dadot bt Jaakko Vahamaa 10-12, 11-2, 11-5, 11-3
Quint Mandil lost to Tatu Knuutila 5-11, 4-11, 10-12
Melissa Alves bt Emilia Soini 10-12, 11-1, 8-11, 14-12, 11-6

[3] FRANCE bt [14] SWEDEN 3/0
Quint Mandil bt Bjorn Angtoft 11-6, 11-6, 11-8
Alexandre Cogno bt Jesper Skarman 11-3, 11-2, 11-6
Julia Lecoq bt Jennie Lindstrom 13-11, 11-7, 11-7

[6] SWITZERLAND bt [11] FINLAND 3/0
Joel Siewerdt bt Jaakko Vahamaa 11-6, 11-9, 11-6
Cedric Kuchen bt Tatu Knuutila 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9
Fabienne Oppliger bt Emilia Soini 11-7, 11-1 ret.

[3] FRANCE bt [6] SWITZERLAND 3/0
Jerome Dadot bt Cedric Kuchen 11-8, 7-11, 11-1, 2-11, 11-4
Alexandre Cogno bt Manu Wanner 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
Julia Lecoq bt Fabienne Oppliger 11-7, 11-6, 12-10

[11] FINLAND bt [14] SWEDEN 2/1
Jaakko Vahamaa bt Bjorn Angtoft 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
Tatu Knuutila bt Jesper Skarman 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8
Emilia Soini lost to Jennie Lindstrom 0-11, 0-11, 0-11

Final positions: 1 France, 2 Switzerland, 3 Finland, 4 Sweden

Pool D:
[4] WALES bt [12] PORTUGAL 3/0
Sam Fenwick bt Rui Soares 11-8, 12-10, 11-9
Nyall Driscoll bt Claudio Pinto 11-6, 11-5, 11-9
Tesni Evans bt Camille Lanier 13-11, 11-1, 11-5

[5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [13] HUNGARY 3/0
Daniel Mekbib bt Ramon Gubi 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
Martin Svec bt Benedek Sebok 2-11, 12-10, 11-2, 11-5
Kristina Alexova bt Fatime Farkas 11-6, 12-10, 11-3

[4] WALES bt [13] HUNGARY 3/0
Sam Fenwick bt Ramon Gubi 12-10, 11-2, 11-3
Will John bt Benedek Sebok 11-6, 13-11, 9-11, 8-11, 14-12
Hannah Jane Davies bt Eszter Csokasi 11-2, 11-6, 11-6

[5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [12] PORTUGAL 3/0
Daniel Mekbib bt Rui Soares 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
Martin Svec bt Claudio Pinto 11-6, 11-8, 11-9
Kristina Alexova bt Camille Lanier 11-8, 12-10, 11-9

[5] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [4] WALES 2/1
Daniel Mekbib bt Sam Fenwick 13-11, 2-11, 11-2, 7-11, 14-12
Martin Svec bt Nyall Driscoll 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
Tereza Svobodova lost to Tesni Evans 3-11, 5-11, 2-11

[12] PORTUGAL bt [13] HUNGARY 2/1
Rui Soares bt Ramon Gubi 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6
Claudio Pinto bt Benedek Sebok 11-8, 11-6, 11-3
Camille Lanier lost to Fatime Farkas 11-8, 8-11, 3-11, 11-13

Final positions: 1 Czech Republic, 2 Wales, 3 Portugal, 4 Hungary

 

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] ENGLAND v [7] SPAIN
[5] CZECH REPUBLIC v [6] SWITZERLAND
[3] FRANCE v [4] WALES
[2] BELGIUM v [8] GERMANY

9th - 16th place play-offs:
[9] SCOTLAND v [15] IRELAND
[12] PORTUGAL v [14] SWEDEN
[11] FINLAND v [13] HUNGARY
[10] NETHERLANDS v [16] ISRAEL

17th place play-off:
[17] NORWAY v [18] POLAND