{{Short description|Squash tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox squash championship | name = 2008 European Squash Team Championships | number = 36 | series = | logo = | logo_size = | location = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Amsterdam]] | venue = | dates = 30 April – 3 May 2008 | teams = | website = {{URL| https://europeansquash.com/}} | champions = Men {{flagicon|ENG}} England<br>Women {{flagicon|ENG}} England | prev = [[2007 European Squash Team Championships|2007]] | next = [[2009 European Squash Team Championships|2009]] }} The '''2008 European Squash Team Championships''' was the 36th edition of [[European Squash Team Championships]] for [[Squash (sport)|squash]] players. The event was held in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands, from 30 April to 3 May 2008. 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=11 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=11 June 2025}}</ref>
The [[England men's national squash team|England men's team]] won their 33rd title and the [[England women's national squash team|England women's team]] won their 31st title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.squashsite.co.uk/euroteams08/results.htm |title=England Delight In European Double |website=Squash Site |access-date=11 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashplayer.co.uk/euroteam_08/ |title= European Teams 2008 |website=Squash Player |access-date=11 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 |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland|| 3|| 2||0||1|| 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark ||3|| 0||1||2||1 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium || 3|| 0||1||2||1 |} ''' 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|NED}} Netherlands || 3 ||3 ||0|| 0 ||6 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland || 3|| 1|| 1||1|| 3 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden || 3|| 1||1|| 1||3 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary || 3|| 0||0||3||0 |}
''' Group 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|FRA}} France|| 3|| 3||0|| 6 |-align=center |2 || align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Spain|| 3|| 2||1|| 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland ||3|| 1||2|| 2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria || 3|| 0||3||0 |} ''' Group D''' {|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|GER}} Germany || 3 ||2||1 || 0 ||5 |-align=center |2 || align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales || 3|| 2||1|| 0|| 5 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland || 3|| 0||1|| 2||1 |-align=center |4 || align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy || 3|| 0||1||2||1 |}
=== Semi-finals === {{SquashTeambox |team1= ENG |team2= GER |match='''Semi-final 1''' |venue= |date= |score1= 4 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[James Willstrop]] |3 |9 | 9 |9 | |T2P1=[[Simon Rösner]] | 9 |1| 3 |5 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Adrian Grant (squash player)|Adrian Grant]]| 9 | 9 | 9 | | |T2P1=[[Patrick Gaessler]] | 0 |2 | 0| | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Lee Beachill]] | 9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Tim Weber]] |0 | 0 |1 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Joey Barrington]] |9| 9 | 9 | | |T2P1=[[Moritz Dahmen]] |0 | 3 | 3| | }} }} {{SquashTeambox |team1= FRA |team2= NED |match='''Semi-final 2''' |venue= |date= |score1= 4 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Grégory Gaultier]] | 4|9 |9 | 7 |9 |T2P1=[[Laurens Jan Anjema]] | 9| 3 | 3 |9 |5 }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Renan Lavigne]] | 9 | 9 | 9 | | |T2P1=[[Tom Hoevenaars]] | 1 |4 |4 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Thierry Lincou]] | 9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Dylan Bennett]]| 4 |0| 0 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Julien Balbo]] | 9 |9 | | | |T2P1=[[Lucas Buit]]| 7 |1 | | | }} }} === Third place === {{SquashTeambox |team1= NED |team2= GER |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Laurens Jan Anjema]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Simon Rösner]] |1 | 6|4 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Piedro Schweertman]] |5 |9 |3 |9|5|T2P1=[[Patrick Gaessler]] |9 |2 |9 |8 |9 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Dylan Bennett]] |9 |9 |7 |9 | |T2P1=[[Tim Weber]] |4| 5|9 |1 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Tom Hoevenaars]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Stefan Leifels]] |1 |1 |1 | | }} }} === Final === {{SquashTeambox |team1= ENG |team2= FRA |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Peter Barker (squash player)|Peter Barker]] | 8 | 9 |9|10 | |T2P1=[[Thierry Lincou]] | 10 |7 | 1| 8| }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[James Willstrop]] |9 | 2 |7 |9| 9 |T2P1=[[Grégory Gaultier]] | 7 |9 | 9| 1|3 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Adrian Grant (squash player)|Adrian Grant]] | 9 | 9|9 | | |T2P1=[[Julien Balbo]] | 1| 2|6 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Lee Beachill]] | | | | | |T2P1=[[Renan Lavigne]]| | | | | np=}} }}
== 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|IRE}} Ireland || 3||2||1||4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Germany|| 3|| 1||2|| 2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Spain || 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|FRA}} France || 3|| 2|| 1|| 4 |-align=center |3 || align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark || 3||1|| 2|| 2 |-align=center |4 || align="left"|{{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland||3||0||3||0 |}
=== Semi-finals === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= ENG |team2= FRA |match='''Semi-final 1''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Laura Massaro]] | 9| 9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Coline Aumard]] | 0 | 0 |4 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Vicky Botwright]]| 9 | 9 | 9 | | |T2P1=[[Isabelle Stoehr]] | 3 |7 | 6| | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Alison Waters]] |7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |T2P1=[[Camille Serme]] | 9| 0 |2 |4 | }} }} {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= NED |team2= IRE |match='''Semi-final 2''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Karen Kronemeyer]] | 9 | 9| 9 | | |T2P1=[[Laura Mylotte]] | 0 |2 |4| | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Vanessa Atkinson]] |9 | 10 | 9 | | |T2P1=[[Madeline Perry]] | 2 |9 |3 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Annelize Naudé]] | 2 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Aisling Blake]] | 9 | 5 | 5| | }} }} === Third place === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= FRA |team2= IRE |match='''Third place''' |venue= |date= |score1= 2 |score2= 1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Maud Duplomb]] |7 |10 |3 |2 | |T2P1=[[Laura Mylotte]] |9 | 8| 9|9 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Isabelle Stoehr]] |9 |9 |0 |3 |10 |T2P1=[[Madeline Perry]] |4 |2 |9 |9 |8 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Camille Serme]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Aisling Blake]] |2 | 7|4 | | }} }} === Final === {{SquashTeamWbox |team1= ENG |team2= NED |match='''Final''' |venue= |date= |score1= 3 |score2= 0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Alison Waters]] |9 |9 |9 | | |T2P1=[[Karen Kronemeyer]] | 0 |5 | 0| | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Vicky Botwright]] |9 |10|9 | | |T2P1=[[Vanessa Atkinson]] | 1 |8 |3| | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jenny Duncalf]] |9|9 | | | |T2P1=[[Annelize Naudé]] |4 |1 | | |}} }}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{European Squash Team Championships}}
[[Category:2008 in squash|European Team]] [[Category:2008 in Dutch sport|European Team Squash Championships]]