Cadet Boys
England’s Cadet Boys Team finished their team event campaign in joint 13th place after two knockout losses against Spain and Hungary, followed by a final dominant 3-0 victory over Slovenia. The team made it through to the main draw of the team event, with a decisive victory over seeded team Hungary in the first round of play off matches, which went down to the wire. England found themselves in the play-off position after a surprising loss to Portugal, meaning the team finished third in the group stage after a count back between three teams. Sadly, the hope for a Cadet Boys Team medal at this years event came to an end, as the team lost out to Spain 3-1 in their first match in the positions 1-16 stage.
Positions 13-16
England 3 Slovenia 0
Kacper Piwowar bt May Boćko 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-4)
Abraham Sellado bt Luca Cacic Blazek 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-8)
Jake Davidson & Pablo Ramirez Rioja bt Caco Blazek & Miscevic 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 12-10)
Positions 8-16
England 1 Hungary 3
Kacper Piwowar bt Lenard Szabo 3-2 (11-5,6-11,12-10,10-12, 11-6)
Mark Gergely bt Abraham Sellado 3-1 (6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 12-10)
Szabo & Gergely bt Piwowar & Davidson 3-1 (11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5)
Szabo bt Sellado 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5)
Positions 1-16
England 1 Spain 3
Abraham Sellado bt Alexander Malov 3-0 (11-7,11-4,11-8)
Ladimir Mayorov bt Kacper Piwowar 3-0 (14-12, 11-8, 11-8)
Mayorov & Zou bt Piwowar & Sellado 3-1 (11-6, 5-11, 11-3, 11-7)
Mayorov bt Sellado 3-1 (11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8)
Play-off Round 1
England 3 Hungary 2
Abraham Sellado bt Lenard Szabo 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-9)
Mark Gergely bt Kacper Piwowar 3-2 (11-7, 10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-9)
Szabo & Gergely bt Piwowar & Sellado (11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9)
Sellado bt Gergely 3-1 (4-11, 11-5, 11-9, 12-10)
Piwowar bt Szabo 3-1 (11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5)
Group D
England 3 Romania 2
Kacper Piwowar bt David Toro 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-4)
Abraham Sellado bt Andrei Tibirna 3-0 (16-14, 11-6, 12-10)
Alexandra Pop & Toro bt Piwowar & Sellado 1-3 (9-11, 16-18, 11-5, 11-13) Toro bt Sellado 3-2 (6-11, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, 13-11) Piwowar bt Tibirna 3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7)
England 3 Czechia 1
Kacper Piwowar bt Ondrej Moravek 3-1 (11-8, 12-14, 11-8, 11-6)
Oliver Olejnik bt Abraham Sellado 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7)
Piwowar & Sellado bt Moravek & Olejnik 3-2 (11-8, 3-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9) Sellado bt Moravek 3-2 (7-11, 7-11, 11-2, 15-13, 11-6)
England 1 Portugal 3
Rodrigo Andrade bt Kacper Piwowar 3-2 (5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5)
Abraham Sellado bt Lucas Adao 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-2)
Adao & Andrade bt Sellado & Piwowar (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9)
Andrade bt Sellado 3-2 (11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10)
Cadet Girls
The Cadet Girls Team, made up of – Hannah Saunders, Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska, Bly Twomey and Alyssa Nguyen finished third in a difficult group E. This European Youth Championships is the first for each of the members of the team, who certainly put up a great fight in the attempt to make it to the main draw. The team lost out 3-2 to both Switzerland and Luxembourg, with the deciding fixture in the latter going all the way to 11-9 in the fifth and final end, in favour of team Luxembourg.
The team found themselves in Group O alongside familiar opponents Scotland, as well as Latvia, Iceland and Norway. England defeated each of the teams in Group O, giving the English Cadet Girls a joint 25th placed finish, with the closest match going down to the wire as England faced Latvia in the last round of fixtures. Alyssa Nguyen took the deciding match in style, winning 3-0 to secure the team win.
Group O
England 3 Scotland 0
Hannah Saunders bt Keiishi Adekola 3-1 (11-8, 11-13, 11-5, 11-6)
Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska bt Alexandra Hart 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-2)
Nguyen & Twomey bt Hart & Adekola 3-2 (6-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8)
England 3 Norway 0
Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska bt Yanwen Zhu 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 13-11)
Hannah Saunders bt Miriam Hopstead 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-5)
Nguyen & Twomey bt Hart & Adekola 3-2 (9-11, 2-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-2)
England 3 Iceland 1
Guðbjörg Vala Gunnarsdottir bt Bly Twomey 3-1 (12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4)
Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska bt Helena Arnadottir 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-3)
Saunders & Rahmani-Walentynska bt Arnadottir & Gunnarsdottir 3-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-4)
Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska bt Gunnarsdottir 3-1 (12-10, 11-3, 10-12, 11-5)
England 3 Latvia 2
Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska bt Selina Tapina 3-2 (8-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9)
Anastasija Zibunova bt Alyssa Nguyen 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-1, 12-10)
Saunders & Rahmani-Walentynska bt Tapina & Ziburnova (9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9)
Anastasija Zibunova bt Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska 3-2 (3-11, 2-11, 14-12, 15-13, 11-9)
Alyssa Nguyen bt Selina Tapina 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-7)
Group E
England 3 Scotland 0
Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska bt Alexandra Hart 3-1 (11-3, 11-3, 10-12, 11-3)
Hannah Saunders bt Keiishi Adekola 3-2 (6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 3-11, 11-8)
Saunders & Rahmani-Walentysnka bt Hart & Adekola 3-1 (11-4, 11-13, 13-11, 11-7)
England 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska bt Mia Hadzovic 3-2 (11-13, 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-3)
Hannah Saunders bt Nada Dulovic 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-5)
Alyssa Nguyen & Rahmani-Walentysnka bt Hadzovic and Dulovic 3-1 (10-12, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7)
England 2 Luxembourg 3
Kinda Mostafa bt Hannah Saunders 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-7)
Soraya Rahmani-Walentysnka bt Jona Schuder-Minden 3-2 (12-10, 10-12, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6)
Saunders & Rahmani-Walentynska bt Mostafa & Finja Hansen 3-0 (11-7, 15-13, 11-6)
Mostafa bt Rahmani-Walentynska 3-1 (11-5, 7-11, 11-5, 15-13)
Jona Schuder-Minden bt Hannah Saunders 3-2 (7-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9)
England 2 Switzerland 3
Soraya Rahmani-Walentysnka bt Michelle Wu 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 13-11)
Enya Hu bt Alyssa Nguyen 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-6)
Saunders & Rahmani-Walentynska bt Hu & Wu 3-2 (11-6, 11-7, 4-11, 2-11, 11-8)
Hu bt Rahmani-Walentysnka 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-6)
Wu bt Nguyen 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 15-13)
Junior Girls
The Junior girls Team ended their campaign outside the top 24 final places, after a very close and difficult group stage, where the team finished third in group G, with 3-2 defeat to Netherlands. After a huge 3-2 victory over Greece, the tide turned in favour of the Dutch Girls Team who staged a comeback to advance into the play-offs, after Sienna Jetha put England 2-1 ahead with a 13-11 in the fifth victory over Amy Schoen. An all important match which could have gone either way, with not one but two of Tianer Yu’s matches resulting in a fifth set victory for the Dutch team, including a 15-13 in the fifth victory for Jitte De Klerk.
The Junior Girls Team then finished top of group P with victories over Ireland and Switzerland, and two huge victories over Azerbaijan and Wales both coming by a 3-2 scoreline. Ella Pashley secured the deciding fixture against Azerbaijan, along with 2 victories from Tianer Yu. Whereas when the two Home Nations met, it was Anna Green who took the all important victory over familiar face Lowri Hurd to defeat Wales. Double U21 European Champion Anna Hursey gave the Welsh team their two points in this fixture, but not before being pushed all the way by Tianer Yu, who led the Welsh star 2-0.
Group P
England 3 Ireland 0
Anna Green bt Anjali Singh (11-7, 11-4, 11-6)
Ella Pashley bt Niamh Mason (11-7, 11-4, 11-2)
Sienna Jetha bt Rebecca Scott (11-5, 11-3, 11-8)
England 3 Switzerland 1
Ella Pashley bt Livia Generowicz 3-2 (11-9, 14-12, 7-11, 8-11, 11-3)
Amira Meier bt Anna Green 3-1 (8-11, 14-12, 12-10, 11-7)
Sienna Jetha bt Akhyta Patra 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 11-13, 11-8)
Anna Green bt Livia Generowicz 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 16-14)
England 3 Azerbaijan 2
Tianer Yu bt Aylin Asgarova 3-1 (11-9, 11-1, 7-11, 11-4)
Marziyya Nurmatova bt Ella Pashley 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-5, 11-8)
Yaghmur Mammadli bt Sienna Jetha 3-2 (6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7)
Tianer Yu bt Marziyya Nurmatova 3-2 (11-3, 13-15, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8)
Ella Pashley bt Aylin Asgarova 3-1 (11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 11-1)
England 3 Wales 2
Tianer Yu bt Lowri Hurd 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-6)
Anna Hursey bt Anna Green 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-7)
Ella Pashley bt Ruby Elliot 3-2 (12-14, 11-3, 14-12, 9-11, 11-6)
Anna Hursey bt Tianer Yu 3-2 (10-12, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-2)
Anna Green bt Lowri Hurd 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-3)
Group G
England 3 Scotland 0
Tianer Yu bt Maja Wojcicka 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-2)
Ella Pashley bt Megan Mulhern 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-5)
Anna Green bt Amelia Smolarek 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-9)
England 3 Greece 2
Tianer Yu bt Lemonia Gkaintatzi 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-5)
Styliani Tzaridou bt Ella Pashley 3-1 (6-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-5)
Evangelia Meramvelliotaki bt Sienna Jetha 1-3 (11-9- 12-10, 11-8) Yu bt Tzaridou 3-1 (11-3, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7) Pashley bt Gkaintatzi 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9)
England 2 Netherlands 3
Ella Pashley bt Xijin Zheng 3-2 (4-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 13-11)
Jitte De Klerk bt Tianer Yu 3-2 (11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 5-11, 15-13)
Sienna Jetha bt Amy Schoen 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11)
Xijin Zheng bt Tianer Yu 3-2 (9-11, 12-10, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8)
Jitte De Klerk bt Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-5, 114, 13-11)
England 1 Luxembourg 3
Tianer Yu bt Tessy Dumont 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-8)
Enisa Sadikovic bt Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-8)
Jona Schroeder bt Anna Green 3-2 (12-10, 11-3, 9-11, 10-12, 11-4)
Enisa Sadikovic bt Tianer Yu 3-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-8)
Junior Boys
England Junior Boys secure promotion to Tier A for the 2025/26 season after a dominant final group stage display and positional place play-off over Bulgaria. A strong campaign for the Junior Boys Team started with a group stage victory, with wins over Serbia and Montenegro, this then lead to them securing a play off match against one of the third placed teams from Tier A, where the winner would play for places 1-16. This means that if you start in Tier B, it is extremely difficult to eventually play for medal places or positions 1-16, as you may face one of the top teams from Tier A in a one match shoot-out to secure a Tier A position. Sadly, England faced one of the strongest draws possible, as they came up against Sweden and was defeated 3-0.
From there, the Junior Boys were placed in Group K, where they dispatched a strong Turkey team and Luxembourg also. This set up a rematch with Serbia (who England first defeated 3-2 in the opening group fixture) for positions 17-20. This became super important for the team, as finishing in position is not only the highest in Tier B, but secures promotion to Tier A for the next season. The team defeated Serbia 3-1, setting up a pivotal 17th place decider vs Bulgaria. Connor Green lead the team to victory starting with a 3-2 win over Stefan Dimitrov. It looked as if England would race to 2-0, as Jakub Piwowar lead 2-1, before Yoan Velichkov drew the game level. Max Radiven put England 2-1 ahead, maintaining his 100% win rate, before Connor Green, in his final Junior Boys Team match at EYC, secured a 3-1 victory.
Positions 17-18
England 3 Bulgaria 1
Connor Green bt Stefan Dimitrov 3-2 (4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 4-11, 11-3)
Yoan Velichkov bt Jakub Piwowar 3-2 (11-13, 11-4, 9-11, 11-0, 11-4)
Max Radiven bt Georgi Stoyanov 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9)
Connor Green bt Yoan Velichkov 3-1 (9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 14-12)
Positions 17-20
England 3 Serbia 1
Connor Green bt Dusan Pavlovic 3-1 (11-2, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6)
Uros Ninkovic bt Joseph Hunter 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-2)
Max Radiven bt Dimitrije Pavlovic 3-1 (12-10, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Connor Green bt Uros Ninkovic 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9)
Group K
England 3 Turkiye 1
Connor Green bt Yigit Simsek 3-1 (11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 11-2)
Berk Oztoprak bt Larry Trumpauskas 3-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-9)
Max Radiven bt Halil Zer 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-8)
Green bt Oztoprak 3-2 (12-10, 9-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5)
England 3 Luxembourg 0
Connor Green bt Aaron Sahr 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7)
Max Radiven bt Luca Elsen 3-1 (11-7, 3-11, 11-8, 11-6)
Joseph Hunter bt Sam Habscheid 3-2 (11-5, 12-14, 11-8, 11-0, 11-6)
Junior Boys’ Team Play Off Round 2
England 0 Sweden 3
Noa Dalstrom bt Joseph Hunter 3-1 (7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 12-10)
Adam Wallin bt Connor Green 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 12-10)
Elias Sjogren bt Larry Trumpauskas 3-2 (8-11, 10-12, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6)
Group E
England 3 Serbia 2
Uros Ninkovic bt Joseph Hunter 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6)
Connor Green bt Dusan Pavlovic 3-1 (12-10, 12-14, 11-8, 11-8)
Dimitrije Pavlovic bt Jakub Piwowar 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-5) Green bt Ninkovic 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 15-13) Hunter bt Pavlovic 3-1 (13-11, 11-5, 14-12)
England 3 Montenegro 0
Connor Green bt Stefan Radonjic 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Larry Trumpauaskas bt Jaska Krivokapic 3-0 (20-18, 11-6, 11-8)
Joseph Hunter bt Milan Vucetic 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-2)
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