{{Short description|Squash tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox squash championship | name = 1978 European Squash Team Championships | number = 6 | series = | logo = | logo_size = | location = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Amsterdam]] | venue = Amsterdam Squash Club | dates = 15 – 19 March 1978 | teams = | website = {{URL| https://europeansquash.com/}} | champions = Men {{flagicon|ENG}} England<br> Women {{flagicon|ENG}} England | prev = [[1977 European Squash Team Championships|1977]] | next = [[1979 European Squash Team Championships|1979]] }} The '''1978 European Squash Team Championships''', sponsored by [[Dunlop Sport|Dunlop]], was the 6th edition of [[European Squash Team Championships]] for [[Squash (sport)|squash]] players. The event was held at the Amsterdam Squash Club in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands, from 15 to 19 March 1978 and the first women's edition was introduced. The tournament was organised by the European Squash Rackets Federation (ESRF).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship |title=Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events) |website=Squash Info |access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |title=Squash Rackets Association Golden Jubilee 1928-1978 Annual Handbook |year=1978 |pages=319–322 |publisher=Geetings of Ashford}}</ref>
The [[England men's national squash team|England men's team]] won their 6th consecutive title and the [[England women's national squash team|England women's team]] won their 1st title.<ref>{{cite book |last=Palmer |first=Michael |title=The Guinness Book of Squash|pages=137–141 |year=1984 |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd Ltd |isbn=0-85112-270-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19780320/425/0017 |title=Squash |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=20 March 1978 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref>
== Men's tournament == === Group stage === ''' Pool A''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} England ||3 || 3||0 || 6 |-align=center |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium ||3 ||2 ||1 || 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland || 3||1||2 || 2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|LUX}} Luxembourg ||3 || 0||3 ||0 |}
''' Pool B''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden ||3 || 3||0 || 6 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands ||3 ||2 ||1 || 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark || 3||1 ||2 ||2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy ||3 ||0 || 3||0 |}
''' Pool C''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland ||2 || 2||0 ||4 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales ||2 ||1 ||1 || 2 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} France || 2||0 ||2 ||0 |}
''' Pool D''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland ||3 || 3||0 || 6 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland ||3 ||2 ||1 || 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Germany || 3||1 ||2 ||2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece ||3 ||0 || 3||0 |}
=== Semi finals === {{SquashTeambox |team1= ENG |team2= FIN |match='''Semi-final 1''' |venue= |date= |score1= 5 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jonathan Leslie]] |9 | 9| 9 | | | T2P1=Kale Leskinen | 1|3 | 2 | | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ian Robinson (squash player)|Ian Robinson]] | 9|9 | 9 | | | T2P1=Harry Bucht | 2| 2| 3| | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Phil Kenyon]] | 9| 9|9 | | | T2P1=Henry Bucht | 4| 7|4 | | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Gawain Briars ]] | 9| 9| 9 | | | T2P1=Poku Salo | 2|0 |2 | | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[John Le Lievre]] | 9| 9|10 | | | T2P1=Jukka Serimaa |2 |1 | 8 | | | }} }} {{SquashTeambox |team1= SWE |team2= SCO |match='''Semi-final 2''' |venue= |date= |score1= 5 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Lars Kvant]] |9 | 4| 9 |9 | | T2P1=[[Kim Bruce-Lockhart]] |5 | 9| 2 | 0 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Bo Boström | 9|9 | 9 | | | T2P1=Neil Stewart | 6|7 |6 | | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Leif Leiner | 3|2| 9 | 9 | 9 | T2P1=[[Chris Wilson (squash player)|Chris Wilson]] | 9| 9| 5| 0 |4 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Johan Stockenberg |9 | 6| 9 | 9 | | T2P1=Duncan McArthur | 7|9 | 5 | 6 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Mikael Hellström |9 |9 |9 | | | T2P1=Robin Chalmers |0 |0 | 7| | | }} }} === Third place === {{SquashTeambox |team1= SCO |team2= FIN |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 5 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Robin Chalmers |6 | 10 |9 |6 |9 |T2P1=Poku Salo |9 |9 |2 |9 | 6 }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Duncan McArthur | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |T2P1=Henri Bucht | 9 |6 |6 |5 | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Neil Stewart | 7 |10 |0 |9 | 9 |T2P1=Roger Jones |9 |9 |9 |6 | 2 }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Chris Wilson (squash player)|Chris Wilson]] | 9 | 9 |9 | | |T2P1=Harri Bucht | 2 |0 | 2 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Kim Bruce-Lockhart]] | 9 | 9 | 9 | | |T2P1=Kale Leskinen | 1 | 4 | 1 | | }} }} === Final === {{SquashTeambox |team1= ENG |team2= SWE |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 4 |score2= 1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jonathan Leslie]] | 9| 4| 9 | 9 | |T2P1=[[Lars Kvant]] | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ian Robinson (squash player)|Ian Robinson]] | 9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=Bo Boström | 1 | 8 | 0 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Phil Kenyon]] |9 |9 | 9 | | |T2P1=Leif Leiner | 6 | 1 | 0 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Gawain Briars]] | 9 | 9 |9 | | |T2P1=Johan Stockenberg | 6 | 0 | 3 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[John Le Lievre]] |10 |9 | 9 | | |T2P1=Mikael Hellström | 8 | 5| 1 | | }} }}
== Women's tournament == === Group stage === '''Pool A''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} England|| 4|| 4|| 0|| 8 |-align=center |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Wales || 4|| 3|| 1|| 6 |-align=center |3 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden || 4||2|| 2|| 4 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany ||4||1||3||2 |-align=center |5 || align="left"|{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium ||4||0||4||0 |} '''Pool B''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"|{{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland || 4|| 4||0|| 8 |-align=center |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland || 4|| 3||1||6 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands || 4|| 2||2|| 4 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland || 4||1|| 3|| 2 |-align=center |5 || align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark || 4||0|| 4|| 0 |} === Third place === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= SCO |team2= WAL |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1= |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1= | | | | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1= |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1= | | | | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1= |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1= | | | | | }} }} === Final === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= ENG |team2= IRE |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Teresa Lawes]] | 9|6 |5 |9 |9 | T2P1=[[Geraldine Barniville]] | 3|9 |9 |1 | 0 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Lesley Moore (squash player)|Lesley Moore]] | 9| 9| 9 | | | T2P1=[[Dorothy Armstrong]] | 0| 0|0 | | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Averil Morris]] | 10|7 |9 | 9 | | T2P1=[[Barbara Sanderson]] | 8| 9| 3 |2 | | }} }}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{European Squash Team Championships}}
[[Category:1978 in squash|European Team]] [[Category:1978 in Dutch sport|European Team Squash Championships]]