Three London 2026 athletes lead England’s squad for the European Youth Championships in Portugal next month.

Tianer Yu and Ella Pashley both competed for England against some of the best players in the world at OVO Arena Wembley last month, while Alyssa Nguyen was an unused squad member.

Now they are part of a 13-strong squad which will compete in Gondomar from 10-19 July – Yu and Pashley in the Junior category and Nguyen in the Cadets.

The tournament begins with team competitions in two age groups and two genders, followed by the individual events.

Yu is Under-21 and Junior national champion, while Nguyen is the Under-17 champion. They are joined in the squad by fellow age group national singles champions Isaac Kingham, Larry Trumpauskas, Max Radiven, Dimitar Dimitrov and Hannah Saunders.

Who is in the England squad?

Junior Boys: Isaac Kingham, Max Radiven, Abraham Sellado, Larry Trumpauskas; Coach: Paul Drinkhall

Junior Girls: Sienna Jetha, Ella Pashley, Tianer Yu; Coach: Antony Constantinou

Cadet Boys: Dimitar Dimitrov, Oscar Nikolli, Pablo Ramirez Rioja; Coach: Ben Barlow

Cadet Girls: Alyssa Nguyen, Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska, Hannah Saunders; Coach: Charlotte Carey

England will find out their opponents at the draw for the team competitions on Wednesday 8 July.

The Junior Boys are aiming to build on a 17th-place finish last year, which earned them promotion to the top tier, while the Cadet Boys are inside the top tier having finished equal 13th. The two girls’ teams finished in equal 25th and are in the second tier.

Gavin Evans, Table Tennis England Director of Performance Development, said: “Congratulations to all of the players who have been selected for the European Youth Championships. They’ve done themselves very proud to be selected play for their country.

“We’ve picked the best team and our immediate targets for this year are to be promoted in the girls to the top category and, in the boys, remain in the top category. We look forward to preparing well in Sheffield and doing our very best when we arrive in Portugal.

“We’ve got a relatively young team going out there – junior is Under-19 and we’ve got 16-year-olds in the team, 15-year-olds in the team, so we’re looking into the future. Ultimately we want to be medalling in these events in years to come and we’d like to think that the preparation that our young athletes are getting this year will help them in the coming years.

“I think for Tia and Alyssa, it’s amazing opportunity for them to really have a lot of belief going in – they’ve been sitting on the bench while playing Japan, for example, being in the training hall with the best players in the world, so they really have had a spring to remember.

“We hope that they’ll go into the European Youth championship with lots of confidence, feeling like they really belong there and can lead the team. We’re looking at Tia to lead that Junior Girls team. We’re looking at Alyssa to lead that Cadet Girls team, and I’m really confident that we can have some good performances.”