2007 European Racquetball Championships
# 2007 European Racquetball Championships

The XIV Racquetball European Championship was held in Brembate (Italy) from July 28 to August 4, 2007, with six men's national teams and four women's national teams in competition. On August 1 started the individual competition.

The venue was the Centro Sportivo Comunale di Brembate, in Brembate (Bergamo), with 2 regulation racquetball courts. The 6 men's teams were Belgium, Catalonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy and The Netherlands and the 3 women's teams were Catalonia, Germany and Ireland. More than 50 players were in the singles, doubles, junior and senior competitions.

The opening ceremony was on July 28 with the Vice President of European Racquetball Federation, Mike Mesecke, and the President of Racquetball Italia, Marco Arnoldi, in attendance.

## Men's national teams competition

### First round

| POOL A | W | L | GW | GL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ireland | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Catalonia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| July 29, 2007 10:00 |
| July 29, 2007 10:00 | Ireland | 3-0 | Belgium | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 10:00 | Hickey Neary O Callaghan / Gannon | (2-0) (2-0) (2-0) | Devos Deboutte Deboutte / Wouters | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 16:00 |
| July 29, 2007 16:00 | Catalonia | 3-0 | Belgium | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 16:00 | Montserrat Flores Pérez / Montserrat | (2-0) (2-0) (2-0) | Devos Deboutte Deboutte / Wouters | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 | Ireland | 3-0 | Catalonia | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 | Hickey Neary O Callaghan / Gannon | (2-1) (2-0) (2-0) | Montserrat Flores Pérez / Montserrat | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| POOL B | W | L | GW | GL |
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| July 29, 2007 10:00 |
| July 29, 2007 10:00 | Germany | 3-0 | Italy | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 10:00 | Czempisz Bertels Bertels / Schmitz | (2-0) (2-0) (2-0) | Zonca | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 16:00 |
| July 29, 2007 16:00 | Netherlands | 3-0 | Italy | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 16:00 | Van der Holst Veeken, De Jong / Timmermans | (2-0) (2-0) (2-0) | Zonca | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 | Germany | 2-1 | Netherlands | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 | Czempisz Bertels Bertels / Schmitz | (1-2) (2-0) (2-0) | Van der Holst Veeken, De Jong / Timmermans | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |

### Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| July 30 - Brembate (16:00) | July 30 - Brembate (16:00) |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 | July 31 - Brembate (16:00) | July 31 - Brembate (16:00) |
| Netherlands | 1 | July 31 - Brembate (16:00) | July 31 - Brembate (16:00) |
| Netherlands | 1 | IRELAND | 2 |
| July 30 - Brembate (16:00) | July 30 - Brembate (16:00) | | IRELAND | 2 |
| July 30 - Brembate (16:00) | July 30 - Brembate (16:00) | Germany | 1 |
| Germany | 2 | Germany | 1 |
| Catalonia | 1 | | |
| Catalonia | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 31 - Brembate (10:00) | July 31 - Brembate (10:00) |
| | | Netherlands | 1 |
| | | Catalonia | 2 |

Semifinals

| July 30, 2007 10:00 |
| - |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 | Ireland | 2-1 | Netherlands | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 10:00 | Hickey Neary O Callaghan / Gannon | (0-2) (2-0) (2-0) | Van der Holst Veeken, De Jong / Timmermans | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 16:00 |
| July 30, 2007 16:00 | Germany | 2-1 | Catalonia | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 16:00 | Czempisz Bertels Bertels / Schmitz | (0-2) (2-0) (2-1) | Montserrat Sàlvia Pérez / Montserrat | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |

5th and 6th places

| July 31, 2007 10:00 |
| - |
| July 31, 2007 10:00 | Belgium | 3-0 | Italy | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 31, 2007 10:00 | Devos Deboutte Deboutte/Wouters | (2-0) (2-0) (2-0) | Zonca Brezzolari Arnoldi/Brezzolari | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |

3rd and 4th places

| July 31, 2007 10:00 |
| - |
| July 31, 2007 10:00 | Catalonia | 2-1 | Netherlands | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 31, 2007 10:00 | Montserrat Sàlvia Pérez / Montserrat | (1-2) (2-0) (2-0) | Van der Holst Veeken, De Jong / Timmermans | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |

FINAL

| July 31, 2007 16:00 |
| - |
| July 31, 2007 16:00 | Ireland | 2-1 | Germany | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 31, 2007 16:00 | Hickey Neary O Callaghan / Gannon | (2-0) (1-2) (2-0) | Czempisz Bertels Bertels / Schmitz | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |

* Champions IRELAND

### Men's teams final standings

Men's Team :

| 1 | Ireland |
| - | - |
| 2 | Germany |
| 3 | Catalonia |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | Italy |

## Women's national teams competition

| Women | W | L | GW | GL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| France | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Catalonia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| July 29, 2007 13:00 |
| July 29, 2007 13:00 | Germany | 2-1 | Catalonia | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 13:00 | Kortes Ludwig Kortes / Ludwig | (2-0) (0-2) (2-0) | Ventura Cardellach Ventura / Cardellach | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 13:00 |
| July 29, 2007 13:00 | Ireland | 2-1 | France | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 29, 2007 13:00 | E. Skehan O'Callaghan J. Skehan / Shanahan | (0-2) (2-0) (2-0) | Collet Raphanel Collet / Raphanel | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 13:00 |
| July 30, 2007 13:00 | Germany | 2-1 | France | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 13:00 | Kortes Ludwig Kortes / Ludwig | (2-1) (0-2) (2-0) | Collet Raphanel Collet / Raphanel | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 13:00 |
| July 30, 2007 13:00 | Ireland | 3-0 | Catalonia | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 30, 2007 13:00 | E. Skehan O'Callaghan J. Skehan / Shanahan | (2-0) (2-0) (2-1) | Ventura Cardellach Ventura / Cardellach | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 31, 2007 13:00 |
| July 31, 2007 13:00 | Germany | 1-2 | Ireland | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 31, 2007 13:00 | Kortes Ludwig Kortes / Ludwig | (2-0) (0-2) (2-1) | E. Skehan O'Callaghan J. Skehan / Shanahan | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 31, 2007 13:00 |
| July 31, 2007 13:00 | France | 2-1 | Catalonia | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |
| July 31, 2007 13:00 | Collet Raphanel Collet / Raphanel | (2-0) (1-2) (2-0) | Ventura Cardellach Ventura / Cardellach | Centro Sportivo Communale Brembate |

* Champions IRELAND

### Women's teams final standings

Women's Team :

| 1 | Ireland |
| - | - |
| 2 | Germany |
| 3 | France |
| 4 | Catalonia |

## Individual men's competition

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M. Van Der Holst | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | M. Van Der Holst | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 | Peter De Jong | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Ignasi Perez | 1 | 16 | Peter De Jong | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Peter De Jong | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Peter De Jong | 2 | | | | 1 | M. Van Der Holst | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Adam Neary | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Marcel Czempisz | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | Adam Neary | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Stefano Ghezzi | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Stefano Ghezzi | 0 | 9 | Marcel Czempisz | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Adam Neary | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Davide Panseri | 0 | 8 | Adam Neary | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Adam Neary | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Adam Neary | 2 | | | | | | | | 8 | Adam Neary | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | |
| 5 | Pascal Matla | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | |
| 28 | Benedetto Zonca | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Benedetto Zonca | 0 | 5 | Pascal Matla | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Patrick Hanley | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Benito Brezzolari | 0 | 12 | Patrick Hanley | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Patrick Hanley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Patrick Hanley | 2 | | | | 5 | Pascal Matla | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Stephen O'loan | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Oscar Rosa | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Oscar Rosa | 0 | 13 | Stephen O'loan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | Erik Timmermans | 0 | 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Víctor Montserrat | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Noel O'callaghan | 1 |
| 3 | Noel O'callaghan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Noel O'callaghan | 1 |
| 30 | Michel Veeken | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Michel Veeken | 0 | 3 | Noel O'callaghan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 14 | Arne Schmitz | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Jonathan O'keeney | 0 | 14 | Arne Schmitz | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Arne Schmitz | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Arne Schmitz | 2 | | | | 3 | Noel O'callaghan | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 11 | Joe Farrell | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Joe Farrell | 2 | | | | | | | 11 | Joe Farrell | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Luca Brezzolari | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Luca Brezzolari | 0 | 11 | Joe Farrell | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | R. Van Doezum | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Ruaidhri O'rourke | 0 | 6 | R. Van Doezum | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R. Van Doezum | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R. Van Doezum | 2 | | | | | | | | 3 | Noel O'callaghan | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tristan Hickey | 0 | | | | |
| 7 | Oliver Bertels | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tristan Hickey | 0 | | | | |
| 26 | Marco Romagnani | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Marco Romagnani | 0 | 7 | Oliver Bertels | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Jimmy Gannon | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Mirco Doneda | 0 | 10 | Jimmy Gannon | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Jimmy Gannon | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Jimmy Gannon | 2 | | | | 7 | Oliver Bertels | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Tristan Hickey | WBF | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Oriol Sàlvia | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Tristan Hickey | WBF | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Sean Keane | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Sean Keane | 0 | 15 | Oriol Sàlvia | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Tristan Hickey | WBF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Orhan Surek | | 2 | Tristan Hickey | WBF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Tristan Hickey | WBF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

* Winner
* VÍCTOR MONTSERRAT

## Individual women's competition

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marie-josee Collet | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Marie-josee Collet | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Eithne Skehan | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Núria Cardellach | 0 | 8 | Eithne Skehan | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Eithne Skehan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Eithne Skehan | 2 | | | | 1 | Marie-josee Collet | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Elma Gibney | 0 | | | | |
| 5 | B. O'callaghan | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | Elma Gibney | 0 | | | | |
| 12 | Ayten Kececi | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ayten Kececi | 0 | 5 | B. O'callaghan | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Elma Gibney | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Consuelo Del Prato | 0 | 4 | Elma Gibney | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Elma Gibney | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Elma Gibney | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | Marie-josee Collet | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Susan Farrell | 0 |
| 3 | Yvonne Kortes | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Susan Farrell | 0 |
| 14 | Majella Haverty | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Majella Haverty | 0 | 3 | Yvonne Kortes | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Julie Skehan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Nathalie Raphanel | 0 | 6 | Julie Skehan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Julie Skehan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Julie Skehan | 2 | | | | 6 | Julie Skehan | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Susan Farrell | 2 | | | | |
| 7 | Helen Shanahan | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Susan Farrell | 2 | | | | |
| 10 | Anna Ventura | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Anna Ventura | 1 | 7 | Helen Shanahan | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Susan Farrell | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Susan Farrell | | | | | | | | | | | |

* Winner
* MARIE-JOSEE COLLET
