2019 European Racquetball Championships

The XX Racquetball European Championships were held in Hamburg, (Germany) from September 5 to 07 2019, with four men's national teams and two women's national teams in competition. One senior and junior competition could be held as well.^[1]

2019 European Racquetball Championships

Tournament details
Dates	05–07 September
Edition	20
Nations	6
Venue	Sport & Spa Jenfeld
Location	Hamburg, Germany
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XX Racquetball European Championships - Germany 2019 -
Men teams
Champions	Ireland
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Netherlands
Women teams
Champions	Ireland
Runners-up	Germany
Men's Single
Champion	Marcel Czempisz
Runner-up	Mark Murphy
Women's Single
Champion	Majella Haverty
Runner-up	Antonia Neary
Men's Doubles
Champions	Czempisz / Loof
Runner-up	O'keeney / Murphy
Women's Doubles
Champions	Haverty / Kenny
Runner-up	Neary / Downey

The venue was the Sport & Spa Jenfeld Club in Hamburg, with 2 regulation racquetball courts. The 4 men's teams were Germany, Ireland, Italy and The Netherlands and the 3 women's teams were Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. Team France dropped out to an injured player only a few days before the beginning of the competition. In total, 6 nations competed in the Individual competition with players from Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and The Netherlands.^[2]

Men's national teams competition

September 5th, 2019

GROUP	W	L		GW	GL
Germany	2	1		6	3
Ireland	3	1		9	0
Italy	1	2		2	7
Netherlands	0	3		1	8

Ireland	3-0	Italy
M. Murphy K. Cottrell J. O‘Keeney / E. Tynan	15-8, 15-8 15-1, 15-5 15-5, 2-0 wbf	F. Alongi C. Papini F. Alongi / C. Papini

	Germany	3-0	Netherlands
	M. Czempisz M. Klippel A. Schmitz / O. Bertels	15-4, 15-5 15-6, 15-10 15-7, 15-6	M. van Zanten E. Schipper M. van Zanten / P. de Jong

Ireland	3-0	Netherlands
M. Murphy K. Cottrell J. O‘Keeney / E. Tynan	15-1, 15-6 15-4, 15-4 15-4, 15-7	M. van Zanten E. Schipper M. van Zanten / P. de Jong

	Germany	3-0	Italy
	M. Czempisz M. Klippel A. Schmitz / O. Bertels	15-2, 15-4 15-4, 15-7 15-5, 15-3	F. Alongi C. Papini F. Alongi / C. Papini

	Netherlands	1-2	Italy
	M. van Zanten E. Schipper M. van Zanten / P. de Jong	13-15, 9-15 9-15, 6-15 15-12, 9–15, 11-7	F. Alongi C. Papini F. Alongi / C. Papini

	Ireland	3-0	Germany
	M. Murphy K. Cottrell J. O‘Keeney / E. Tynan	4-15, 15–5, 11-10 15-5, 15-8 15-5, 15-8	M. Czempisz M. Klippel A. Schmitz / O. Bertels

Champions IRELAND

Men's teams final standings

Men's Team
	Ireland
	Germany
	Italy

Women's national teams competition

Women	W	L		GW	GL
Ireland	1	0		3	0
Germany	0	1		0	3

	Ireland	3-0	Germany
	M. Haverty O. Downey Neary / Kenny /	15-2, 15-0 15-6, 15–1, 15-3 15-0, 15-0	Y. Mesecke R. Hartmann Mesecke / Hartmann

Champions Ireland

Women's teams final standings

Women's Team
	Ireland
	Germany

Men's Single competition

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	M. Czempisz (GER)
	2
								1	M. Murphy	15	15
								9	E. Tynan	5	6
	9	E. Tynan (IRL)	15	15
	8	M. Scheffler (GER)	4	5
															1	M. Murphy	15	15
															4	A. Schmitz	3	8
	5	E. Schipper (NED)	15	0
	12	P. Rakowski (POL)	11	4
								5	E. Schipper	10	8
								4	A. Schmitz	15	15
	13	C. Papini (ITA)	5	7
	4	A. Schmitz (GER)	15	15
																						1	M. Murphy	1	15	6
																						3	M. Czempisz	15	14	11
	3	M. Czempicz (GER)
	14	bye
								3	M. Czempisz	15	15
								6	M. van Zanten	11	7
	11	F. Alongi (ITA)	8	3
	6	M. van Zanten (NED)	15	15
															3	M. Czempisz	15	15
															2	J.O‘Keeney	4	2
	7	J. Loof (GER)	4	15	0
	10	K. Cottrell (IRL)	15	13	11
								10	K. Cottrell	3	5
								2	J. O‘Keeney	15	15
	7
	2	J. O‘Keeney (IRL)

Winner
Marcel Czempisz

Women's Single competition

	First round							Semifinals							Final
	1	M. Haverty (IRL)
								1	M. Haverty	15	15
								8	O. Downey	14	4
	9	R. Hartmann (GER)	3	3
	8	O. Downey (IRL)	15	15
															10	M. Haverty	15	15
															3	A. Neary	3	5
	5	A. Neary (IRL)	15	15
	12	V. Rakowski (LIT)	1	1
								3	A. Neary	8	15	11
								2	K. Kenny	15	14
	13	J.T. Suechting (GER)
	4	K. Kenny (IRL)	w	b	f

Winner
Majella Haverty

Men's Doubles competition

	First round							Semifinals							Final
	1	O‘Keeney/Murphy (IRL)
	8	bye
								1	O’Keeney/Murphy	15	15
								4	Scheffler/Schmitz	5	0
	5	Alongi/Papini (ITA)	11	4
	4	Scheffler/Schmitz (GER)	15	15
																O Keeney/Murphy	13	13
															2	Loof/Czempisz	15	15
	3	van Zanten/Schipper (NED)	14	6
	6	Ludwig/Mesecke (GER)	15	15
								6	Ludwig/Mesecke	6	13
								2	Loof/Czempisz	15	15
	7	Suechting/Suechting (GER)	9	8
	2	Loof/Czempisz (GER)	15	15

Winners
Joachim Loof / Marcel Czempisz

Women's Doubles competition

	FINAL
	1	Haverty/Kenny (IRL)	15	15
	2	Neary/Downey (IRL)	7	4

Winner
Majella Haverty / Katie Kenny

See also

• European Racquetball Championships

References

1. Junior and senior competition added to EURO2019 program ERF Website.
2. EURO2019 draws and results R2Sports Website.

External links

• Team Standings 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine ERF website
• Men's singles results
• Ladies singles results
• Mens doubles results
• Ladies doubles results