# 1985 European Squash Team Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1985_European_Squash_Team_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1985_European_Squash_Team_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_European_Squash_Team_Championships > Source revision: 1355370361 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Squash tournament 1985 European Squash Team Championships 13th Location Barcelona Date 6 – 7 April 1985 Website europeansquash.com Results Champions Men England Women England ← 1984 1986 → The **1985 European Squash Team Championships** sponsored by [Guy Laroche](/source/Guy_Laroche), was the 13th edition of [European Squash Team Championships](/source/European_Squash_Team_Championships) for [squash](/source/Squash_(sport)) players. The event was held in [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona), Spain, from 6 to 7 April 1985. The tournament was organised by the European Squash Rackets Federation (ESRF).[1][2] The [England men's team](/source/England_men's_national_squash_team) won their 11th title and the [England women's team](/source/England_women's_national_squash_team) won their 8th title.[3][4] The Barcelona event had a sour note as many of the teams competing in the tournament were subject to street crime (robberies or assaults), which led to the President of the Scottish SRA stating "It is the most dangerous city that he had been in".[5] ## Men's tournament ### First Round Team 1 Team 2 Score England – Wales – Finland Italy 5–0 West Germany – Scotland Spain 4–1 Ireland – Netherlands – Sweden – ### Quarter finals Team 1 Team 2 Score England Netherlands Finland Scotland 3–2 Sweden ### Semi finals England 4 Semi-final 1 Netherlands 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 Geoff Williams 2 Bryan Beeson 3 David Pearson 4 Ashley Naylor 5 Martin Bodimeade Sweden 5 Semi-final 2 Finland 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fredrik Johnson Pentti Pekkanen 9 3 9 6 9 3 2 Anders Wahlstedt Hannu Jaskari 9 3 9 0 9 1 3 Ulf Lagunoff Sami Elopuro 5 9 9 3 9 2 9 1 4 Jan-Ulf Söderberg Markku Sainio 9 1 9 6 9 1 5 Lars Kvant Kale Leskinen 4 9 9 3 6 9 9 5 9 0 ### Third place Finland 4 Third place Netherlands 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 Pentti Pekkanen Hans Frieling 9 5 9 1 9 5 2 Sami Elopuro Rick Zandvliet 4 9 2 9 4 9 3 Kale Leskinen Raymond Scheffer 9 5 9 7 9 7 4 Matti Saarela Eric van der Pluijm 9 1 9 5 9 6 5 Markku Sainio Jan van Wijnen 9 5 9 1 9 4 ### Final England 4 Final Sweden 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 Geoff Williams Fredrik Johnson 2 Bryan Beeson Ulf Lagunoff 3 David Pearson Jonas Görnerup 4 Ashley Naylor Jan-Ulf Söderberg 5 Martin Bodimeade Lars Kvant ## Women's tournament ### First Round Team 1 Team 2 Score England Italy 3–0 Netherlands – Finland France 2–1 Wales Spain 3–0 Scotland Austria 3–0 Ireland Monaco 3–0 Switzerland - West Germany - ### Quarter finals Team 1 Team 2 Score England West Germany 3-0 Wales - Ireland - Scotland Finland 3-0 ### Semi-finals Ireland 2 Semi-final 1 Scotland 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mary Byrne Heather Wallace 2 Barbara Lowans Shirley Brown 3 Marjorie Burke Audrey Cumberford or Alison Cruickshank England 3 Semi-final 2 Wales 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 Alison Cumings 2 Nicky Spurgeon 3 Alexandra Cowie ### Third place Scotland 2 Third place Wales 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 Heather Wallace 2 Shirley Brown Deana Murray 3 ### Final England 3 Final Ireland 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 Alison Cumings Mary Byrne 2 Nicky Spurgeon Barbara Lowans 3 Alexandra Cowie Marjorie Burke ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["European Team Squash Championships"](https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292). *InterSportStats*. Retrieved 30 June 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)"](https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship). *Squash Info*. Retrieved 30 June 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Squash"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19850408/023/0023). *Western Daily Press*. 8 April 1985. Retrieved 30 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Squash"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19850408/219/0014). *The Scotsman*. 8 April 1985. Retrieved 30 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Defeat is sweet for Chris McManus"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19850411/307/0016). *The Scotsman*. 11 April 1985. 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