1979 European Squash Team Championships

{{Short description|Squash tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox squash championship | name = 1979 European Squash Team Championships | number = 7 | series = | logo = | logo_size = | location = {{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg | venue = | dates = 15 – 18 February 1979 | teams = | website = {{URL| https://europeansquash.com/}} | champions = Men {{flagicon|ENG}} England<br> Women {{flagicon|ENG}} England | prev = 1978 | next = 1980 }} The '''1979 European Squash Team Championships''' was the 7th edition of European Squash Team Championships for squash players. The event was held in Hamburg, West Germany, from 15 to 18 February 1979. 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>

The England men's team won their 7th consecutive title and the England women's team won their 2nd 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/0000560/19790219/248/0031 |title=Squash |work=Daily Mirror |date=19 February 1979|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref>

Scotland took third place in both events.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19790219/333/0015 |title=England hold their squash titles |work=The Scotsman |date=19 February 1979|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 ||4 || 4||0 || 8 |-align=center |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany ||4 ||3 ||1 ||6 |-align=center |3 || align="left"|{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium || 4||2||2 || 4 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway ||4 || 1||3 ||2 |-align=center |5 || align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Austria ||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|SCO}} Scotland ||4 || 4||0 || 8 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands ||4 ||3 ||1 || 6 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} France || 4||2 ||2 ||4 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy ||4 ||1 || 3||2 |-align=center |5 || align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain ||4 ||0 || 4||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|IRE}} Ireland ||3 || 3||0 ||6 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland ||3 ||2 ||1 || 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland || 3||1 ||2 ||2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece || 3||0 ||3||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|SWE}} Sweden ||4 || 4||0 || 8 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales ||4 ||3 ||1 || 6 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark || 4||2 ||2 ||4 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|MON}} Monaco ||4 ||1 || 3||2 |-align=center |5 || align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Luxembourg ||4 ||0 || 4||0 |}

=== Semi finals === {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=140| Team 1 !width=140| Team 2 !width=10| Score |- |{{flagicon|ENG}} England || {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland || 5-0 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden || {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland ||3-2 |} === Third place === {{SquashTeambox |team1= SCO |team2= IRE |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 4 |score2= 1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Neil Stewart | 9 | 9 | 9 | | |T2P1=David Gotto |4 | 6 | 4 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kim Bruce-Lockhart | 10 | 9| 9 | | |T2P1=Ben Cranwell |8 | 0 | 0 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Chris Wilson |9 |9 |5 |9 | |T2P1=Bernard O'Gorman |5 |4 |9 | 5 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Duncan McArthur |9 | 1 |1 |9 |9 |T2P1=Jack Laffan |0 |9 |9 | 2 | 7 }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Gordon Blair | 9 |9 |5 |5 |9 |T2P1=Gar Holohan | 3 |7 |9 |9 |1 }} }}

=== Final === {{SquashTeambox |team1= ENG |team2= SWE |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 5 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Phil Kenyon |5 | 9 |9 |5 |9 |T2P1=Mikael Hellström |9 |2 |2 | 9 |3 }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Gawain Briars |7 |9 |6 |9 |9 |T2P1=Johan Stockenberg | 9 |1 | 9 |2 |2 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Peter Verow |10 | 9 | 9 | | |T2P1=Bo Boström | 8 |4 | 6| | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Andrew Dwyer | 9 | 9 |9 | | |T2P1=Peter Boström |3 |0 | 5 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ian Robinson |9 |7 |9 | 8 |9 |T2P1=Stefan Winström |3 |9 | 2 |10 | 6 }} }}

== 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|IRE}} Ireland || 5|| 5|| 0|| 10 |-align=center |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland || 5|| 4|| 1|| 8 |-align=center |3 || align="left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Finland || 5||3|| 2|| 6 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany ||5||2||3||4 |-align=center |5 || align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands ||5||1||4||2 |-align=center |6 || align="left"|{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium ||5||0||5||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|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|SWI}} Switzerland || 4||1|| 3|| 2 |-align=center |5 || align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark || 4||0|| 4|| 0 |} === Third place === {{SquashTeambox |team1= SCO |team2= WAL |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Alex Bostock | 3 | 9 |9 | 9 | |T2P1=Christina Rees | 9 |4 | 1 | 2| }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dorothy Sharp | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |T2P1=Barbara Davies | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Liz Elgood | 9| 9 |9 | | |T2P1=Jill Griffiths | 2 | 2 |5 | | }} }} === Final === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= ENG |team2= IRE |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Teresa Lawes |9 |9 |9 | | | T2P1=Geraldine Barniville |4 |3 |4 | | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lesley Moore |9 |9 |9 | | | T2P1=Dorothy Armstrong |4 |6 | 7 | | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Averil Morris |9 | 9| 9 | | | T2P1=Barbara Sanderson |4 |5 |4 | | | }} }}

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{European Squash Team Championships}}

European Team European Team Squash Championships