The XIX Racquetball European Championships were held in
The Hague
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) 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.
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.
The opening ceremony was on September 13 with the president of
European Racquetball Federation
The European Racquetball Federation (ERF) is the governing body for racquetball in Europe to promote the sport of racquetball in Europe. The ERF was founded on 27 June 1985 in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.
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, 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
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), 5-time European Doubles Champion Trevor Meyer (
Germany
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) as well as former ERF President Erik Meyer (
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
).
''EURO2017 pictures''
Ken Fife Website. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Men's national teams competition
Final round
September 13/14, 2017
Semifinals
3rd and 4th places
FINAL
Men's teams final standings
Women's national teams competition
Women's teams final standings
Men's Single competition
Women's Single competition
Men's Doubles competition
Women's Doubles competition
See also
*European Racquetball Championships The European Racquetball Championships are organized every two years by the European Racquetball Federation (ERF), since 1981, to determine the strongest national racquetball teams and individual male and female players in Europe.
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External links
Team Standings
ERF website
Men's singles resultsLadies singles resultsMens doubles resultsLadies doubles results
References
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Racquetball
Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velo ...
International sports competitions hosted by the Netherlands
European Racquetball Championships
2017 in Dutch sport
Racquetball in the Netherlands