2017 European Racquetball Championships

2017 European Racquetball Championships

Tournament details
Dates	13–16 September
Edition	19
Nations	6
Venue	Westvliet Fitness & Racket club
Location	The Hague, Netherlands
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XIX Racquetball European Championships - The Netherlands 2017 -
Men teams
Champions	Ireland
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Italy
Women teams
Champions	Ireland
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Netherlands
Men's Single
Champion	Johnny O Kenney
Runner-up	Arne Schmitz
Women's Single
Champion	Donny Ryder
Runner-up	Katie Kenny
Men's Doubles
Champions	P. Ryder / O’Donogue
Runner-up	O'keeney / Devenney
Women's Doubles
Champions	D. Ryder / Kenny
Runner-up	Gill / Downey

The XIX Racquetball European Championships were held in The Hague, (Netherlands) from September 13 to 16 2017, with four men's national teams and three women's national teams in competition. No senior or junior competitions were held in The Hague due to the lack of court time. This marks the first time since 1995 that the European Racquetball Championships were not held in one venue.^[1]

The venue was the Westvliet Welness & Racquet Club, near The Hague, with 1 regulation racquetball court. 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 Belgium dropped out to several injured players only a few days before the beginning of the competition. In total, 6 nations competed in the Individual competition with players from Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy Poland and The Netherlands.^[2][3]

The opening ceremony was on September 13 with the president of European Racquetball Federation, Mike Mesecke, and the president of Nederlands Racquetball Association, Erik Timmermanns. The Closing Ceremony was held in attendance of 7-time European Singles Champion Joachim Loof (Germany), 5-time European Doubles Champion Trevor Meyer (Germany) as well as former ERF President Erik Meyer (Belgium).^[4]

Men's national teams competition[]

Final round[]

September 13/14, 2017

	Semi-finals				Final
	Germany	3
	Netherlands	0
					Ireland	2
					Germany	1
	Ireland	3
	Italy	0
					Third place
					Netherlands	3
					Italy	0

Semifinals

Germany	3-0	Netherlands
M. Czempisz A. Dietrich Schmitz / Mesecke	7-15, 15–7, 11-4 15-12, 15-11 15-13, 15-10	P. Matla M. van Zanten de Jong / van Zanten

Ireland	3-0	Italy
J. Devenney J. O Kenney Ryder / O`donoghue	15-6, 15-2 15-13, 15-5 11-5, 15–5, 11-10	J.D. Lattuca Carlo Papini Lattuca / Papini

3rd and 4th places

Netherlands	2-1	Italy
P. Matla M. van Zanten de Jong / van Zanten	15-10, 15-3 6-15, 5-15 15-3, 15-10	J.D. Lattuca Carlo Papini Lattuca / Papini

FINAL

Ireland	2-1	Germany
J. Devenney J. O Kenney Ryder / O`donoghue	15-10, 8-15, 11-4 15-14, 15-3 12-15, 12-15	M. Czempisz A. Dietrich Schmitz / Mesecke

Champions IRELAND

Men's teams final standings[]

Men's Team
	Ireland
	Germany
	Netherlands
4	Italy

Women's national teams competition[]

Women	W	L		GW	GL
Ireland	2	0		4	2
Netherlands	1	1		4	2
Germany	0	2		1	5

September 13, 2017
	Ireland	3-0	Netherlands	The Hague (Netherlands)
	D. Ryder K. Kenny Gill / Downey	15-11, 15-7 15-0, 15-11 15-8, 15-12	D. Wannee K. Tritsmans Wannee / Tritsmans

September 13, 2017
	Netherlands	2-1	Germany	The Hague (Netherlands)
	D. Wannee K. Tritsmans Wannee / Tritsmans	15-7, 15-9 15-3, 15-2 15-13, 13–15, 11-9	L. Ludwig R. Hartmann Ludwig / Mesecke

September 14, 2017
	Ireland	3-0	Netherlands	The Hague (Netherlands)
	D. Ryder K. Kenny Gill / Downey	15-3, 15-4 15-1, 15-2 15-3, 15-13	D. Wannee K. Tritsmans Wannee / Tritsmans

Champions IRELAND

Women's teams final standings[]

Women's Team
	Ireland
	Netherlands
	Germany

Men's Single competition[]

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	M. Czempisz (GER)	15	15
	2	M. van Zanten (NED)	3	4
								1	M. Czempisz	15	15
								8	D. O`donoghue	11	5
	9	E. Schipper (NED)	15	9	4
	8	D. O`donoghue (IRL)	9	15	11
															1	M. Czempisz	12	14
															4	J. O Kenney	15	15
	5	P. Matla (NED)	15	15
	12	A. Dietrich (GER)	5	2
								5	P. Matla	12	9
								4	J. O Kenney	15	15
	13	E. Timmermans (NED)	7	8
	4	J. O Kenney (IRL)	15	15
																						1	J. O Kenney	15	15
																						2	A. Schmitz	8	4
	3	J. Devenney (IRL)	15	15
	14	P. de Jong (NED)	6	1
								3	J. Devenney	6	10
								6	P. Ryder	15	15
	11	C. Papini (ITA)	3	11
	6	P. Ryder (IRL)	15	15
															6	P. Ryder	11	15	10
															2	A. Schmitz	15	10	11
	7	JD Lattuca (ITA)	9	11
	10	P. Rakowski (POL)	15	15
								7	P. Rakowski	11	10
								2	A. Schmitz	15	15
	7	N. Deboutte (BEL)	8	0
	2	A. Schmitz (GER)	15	15

Winner
Johnny O Kenney

Women's Single competition[]

	First round							Semifinals							Final
	1	D. Ryder (IRL)
	8
								1	D. Ryder	15	15
								8	A. Gill	12	6
	4	L.Ludwig (GER)	14	6
	5	A. Gill (IRL)	15	15
															1	D. Ryder	15	15
															4	K. Kenny	6	10
	3	D. Wannee (NED)	5	5
	6	O. Downey (IRL)	15	15
								5	O. Downey	1	8
								4	K. Kenny	15	15
	2	R. Hartmann (GER)
	7	K. Kenny (IRL)	w	b	f

Winner
DONNA RYDER

Men's Doubles competition[]

	First round							Semifinals							Final
	1	Schmitz/Czempisz (GER)	15	15
	8	Rakowski/Deboutte (POL)(BEL)	8	8
								1	Schmitz/Czempisz	15	14	4
								8	O Keeney/Devenney	9	15	11
	4	Lattuca/Papini (ITA)	1	1
	5	O'Keeney/Devenney (IRE)	15	15
																O Keeney/Devenney	15	13	7
															4	Ryder/O`Donoghue	3	15	11
	3	Matla/Schipper (NED)	15	15
	6	Dietrich/Mesecke (GER)	6	5
								5	Matla/Schipper	6	6
								4	Ryder/O`Donoghue	15	15
	2	de Jong/van Zanten (NED)	9	7
	7	Ryder/O`Donoghue (IRL)	15	15

Winners
PADRAIC RYDER / DARRAGH O`DONOGHUE

Women's Doubles competition[]

Ladies Singles	W	L		GW	GL
Ryder/Kenny	2	0		0	6
Downey/Gill	1	1		2	2
Ludwig/Mesecke	0	2		6	0

Winner
DONNA RYDER / KATIE KENNY

See also[]

• European Racquetball Championships

External links[]

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

References[]