2003 European Squash Team Championships

{{Short description|Squash tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox squash championship | name = 2003 European Squash Team Championships | number = 31 | series = | logo = | logo_size = | location = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nottingham]] | venue = Nottingham Squash Club | dates = 1 – 4 May 2003 | teams = | website = {{URL| https://europeansquash.com/}} | champions = Men {{flagicon|ENG}} England<br>Women {{flagicon|ENG}} England | prev = [[2002 European Squash Team Championships|2002]] | next = [[2004 European Squash Team Championships|2004]] }} The '''2003 European Squash Team Championships''' was the 31st edition of [[European Squash Team Championships]] for [[Squash (sport)|squash]] players. The event was held at the Nottingham Squash Club in [[Nottingham]], England, from 1 to 4 May 2003. The tournament was organised by the [[European Squash Federation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=27 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=27 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20030501/613/0029 |title=Burning desire for No. 1 status drives Maitland |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=1 May 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030618064821fw_/http://www.squashplayer.org/eurosquash/full_results.htm |title=Full Results from the Tournament Desk |website=Squash Player |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref>

The [[England men's national squash team|England men's team]] won their 28th title and the [[England women's national squash team|England women's team]] won their 26th title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20030503/907/0044 |title=Scots squash win |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=3 May 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005107/20030505/336/0037 |title=Squash |work=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |date=5 May 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref>

== Men's tournament == === Group stage === ''' Group A''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| D !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} England ||3|| 3||0||0||6 |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands ||3|| 2||0||1||4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland || 3||1||0||2||2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland || 3||0||0||3||0 |} ''' Group B''' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" |- !width=20| Pos !width=140| Team !width=10| P !width=10| W !width=10| D !width=10| L !width=20| Pts |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |1 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} France || 3 ||3 ||0||0||6 |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales || 3|| 2|| 0||1||4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland || 3||1||0||2||2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Germany || 3||0||0||3||0 |}

=== Semi-finals === {{SquashTeambox |team1= ENG |team2= WAL |match='''Semi-final 1''' |venue= |date= |score1= 4 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Peter Nicol]] | 9| 9|9 | | |T2P1=[[Alex Gough (squash player)|Alex Gough]] |4 |1 |1 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Lee Beachill]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[David Evans (squash player)|David Evans]] |4 |7 |1 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Simon Parke]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Scott Fitzgerald (squash player)|Scott Fitzgerald]] |3 | 1 | 1 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[James Willstrop]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Greg Tippings]]|1 |0 |6 | | }} }} {{SquashTeambox |team1= FRA |team2= NED |match='''Semi-final 2''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Thierry Lincou]] | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |T2P1=[[Tommy Berden]] |4 |9 |5 |6 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Gregory Gaultier]] |4 |1 |9 | | |T2P1=Lucas Buit |9 |9 |1 | | re1=4 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Renan Lavigne]] |9 |2 |9 | 9 | |T2P1=[[Laurens Jan Anjema]] |7 |9 | 5 | 2 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jean-Michel Arcucci]] |9 | 9 |9 |9 | |T2P1=Michael Fiteni |10 |6 |6 |2 | }} }} === Third place === {{SquashTeambox |team1= WAL |team2= NED |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Alex Gough (squash player)|Alex Gough]] |9 |2 |9 | 9| |T2P1=[[Tommy Berden]] | 2|9 |9 |9 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[David Evans (squash player)|David Evans]] |9 |9 |10 | | |T2P1=[[Lucas Buit]] | 7| 1| 8| | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Gavin Jones (squash player)|Gavin Jones]] |4 |9 |9 |9 | |T2P1=[[Laurens Jan Anjema]] |9 |6 |5 |2 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Greg Tippings]] |9 |10 |9 |2 |1 |T2P1=[[Dylan Bennett]] |10 |9 |0 |9 |9 }} }} === Final === {{SquashTeambox |team1= ENG |team2= FRA |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 2 (9) |score2= 2 (6) |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[James Willstrop]] |9 |3 |9 | 9| |T2P1=[[Jean-Michel Arcucci]] | 2 |9 | 7|3 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Simon Parke]] |9 |2 |10 |9 |3 |T2P1=[[Renan Lavigne]] | 3|9 |8 |10 |9 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Peter Nicol]] |9 |5 |10 |9 | |T2P1=[[Thierry Lincou]] |0|9 |8 | 0 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Lee Beachill]] | 3 | 9 | | | |T2P1=[[Grégory Gaultier]] | 9| 5 | | | re1=3}} }}

== Women's tournament == === Group stage === ''' Group 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 style="background:#ACE1AF;" |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark || 3||2||1||4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium || 3||1||2||2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Wales || 3||0||3||0 |} ''' Group 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|NED}} Netherlands || 3|| 3|| 0|| 6 |-align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;" |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland || 3|| 2|| 1|| 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany ||3 ||1 || 2 || 2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} France ||3 ||0 || 3 || 0 |}

=== Semi-finals === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= ENG |team2= SCO |match='''Semi-final 1''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Cassie Jackman]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Pamela Nimmo]] |1 |4 |0 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Linda Charman]] |9 | 9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Senga Macfie]] |0 | 1 |0 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jenny Tranfield]] | 9 |9 | 9 | | |T2P1=[[Frania Gillen-Buchert]] |0 |0 |3 | | }} }} {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= NED |team2= DEN |match='''Semi-final 2''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Vanessa Atkinson]] |9 |9| 9 | | |T2P1=Ellen Petersen |2 |6 |1| | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Annelize Naudé]] |8 |9 |5 |10 |9 |T2P1=[[Line Hansen]] |10 |3 |9 |8 |3 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Margriet Huisman |9 |9 | | | |T2P1=Mette Jorgensen | 6 | 4 | | | }} }} === Third place === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= SCO |team2= DEN |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Pamela Nimmo]] |10 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=Ellen Petersen |9 |6 | 7| | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wendy Maitland]] |9 |9 | | | |T2P1=[[Line Hansen]] |1 |6 | | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Senga Macfie]] |9 |10 |9 | | |T2P1=Mette Jorgensen |7 |8 |1 | | }} }} === Final === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= ENG |team2= NED |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 2 |score2= 1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Cassie Jackman]] |4 | 9 | 5| 9 | |T2P1=[[Vanessa Atkinson]] | 9 |3 |9 |10 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Linda Charman]]| 9 | 9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Annelize Naudé]] | 4 | 2| 1| | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rebecca Macree]] |9 |10 | 9 | | |T2P1=Karen Kronemeyer | 4| 8 |2| | }} }}

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{European Squash Team Championships}}

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