Second team from Ukraine won after an even match with Poland (2:1) and took the bronze medal in 8th ENCC.

In the quarterfinals the first team from Ukraine will play with Gibraltar, and Luxembourg with Serbia, Poland with Monaco and Estonia with the second team from Ukraine. Ladies from Cyprus will meet Estonia in semifinals. Ladies form Poland will play with ladies from the second Polish team.

There is a draw

and there you can find seedings and pools

After first matches of the first day of ENCC we have first results. In men’s tournament in pool A the team from Ukraine is at the first place after winning two matches and Serbia at 2ndplace, Malta 3rd and second team from Gibraltar 4th. In pool B players from Luxemburg have the best result.

Second team from Poland has the 2nd place, before Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. In pool C polish team is at the top with two won matches, than second team from Ukraine at the 2nd place, Liechtenstein 3rd and Latvia 4th.In pool D the team from Estonia is the leader and only team that won 2 matches. Croatia team is second, Monaco 3rd and Russia 4th. In women’s tournament in pool A Cyprus is the leader, Croatia 2nd, second team from Poland 3rd and Ukraine 4th.In pool B Ladies from the first polish team are first, than Estonia, Monaco and Serbia.

All results are presented online at http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=4BE8D3A6-0D21-4FEA-B4EB-64FE96811348

Tomorrow next games in pools and in the evening first finals. At 05.00 p.m. man quarterfinals and women semifinals.

The games will be part of the European Nations Challenge Cup (ENCC) tournament. In the 3 day tournament at the Warsaw Kahuna Club courts, 24 three player strong teams, including 16 men’s teams and 8 women’s teams, will play during the ENCC games. National teams will represent the following countries: Poland, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Malta, Cyprus, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Gibraltar.

ENCC cycle tournaments are team championships with the participation of countries where squash is played as a discipline of sport. “The 3 days on the courts will be exciting. Previous year’s champions, the representatives of Ukraine, will have to face the challenge of playing such teams as Gibraltar who, in the 2009 finals, bade farewell to gold only after a keen struggle ending with one of the representatives’ injury”, says Sławek Nowisz from Kahuna Club, hosting the European championships this year. “This year we expect a similar, equally good level of matches”, adds Mr. Nowisz.

Poland will be represented by 2 men’s and 2 women’s teams. In the first teams there are representatives of Warsaw: the current Polish champion, Wojtek Nowisz, and the runner-up to championship, Marcin Karwowski, as well as Marcin Kozik from Zabrze and Maciej Maciantowicz from Kraków. The following players are in the second team: Kamil Dominiak and Maciej Sikorski from Warsaw, Łukasz Nitka from Kraków, and Tomasz Abramowski from Poznań. In the lead of Polish women’s team is Dominika Witkowska, the current Polish champion, supported by the runner-up to championship, Anna Jurkun, Anna Sikorska and Magdalena Kamińska. The second team is composed of Magdalena Ryczko, Sylwia Borek, Paulina Krzywicka and Zuzanna Sobierajewicz. Although the representatives of Poland are at the top of the Polish Squash Federation rankings, the competition is going to be tough.

The Ukrainians, last year’s winners of men’s tournament, have confirmed their participation, as well as some strong teams from Russia, Cyprus, and Gibraltar. The Polish women’s team will have to match representatives of Cyprus who won the silver medal last year, and the Estonians, who ended the Pole’s dream about the bronze medal in 2009.

The ENCC Cup is quite a challenge for competitors. On day one and day two, the squads are going to compete in the group phase, and then there will be a day of finals, when the best teams will compete for medals, playing in the cup system. Such an arrangement of matches means that the winners will have to prove they are truly fit. Each meeting consists of three matches, where the players continue until 3 sets are won, and the score in each set is 11 points. The winning squad is the one which has won the most matches

The matches will be played every day between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.. Men’s finals will take place on Saturday at 5 p.m. Women’s teams will play for gold on the same day at 1 p.m. The full timetable of matches is available at the championship website. The Polish national team played well during international ENCC cycle events. It had its first success at the international tournament in 2003, when the men’s team took the third place. Further success came a little later, in 2006 and 2008, when the ladies’ team won silver medals, and in 2007, when the ladies took the third place in the tournament. Last year the men’s team took the 7th, and the ladies’ team took the 4th place.

Media sponsors of the European Nations Challenge Cup 2010 are: Onet.pl, Gazeta Wyborcza, Sport.pl, TVN Warszawa, Mediarun.pl, Antyradio, esquash.pl, squash.com.pl, nasquasha.pl, squashmasters.pl, ligasquasha.pl, squashsite.co.uk.

More information about ENCC 2010, in English, at the championships website or in Polish at online press centre.

Additional information is available from: Mr. Adrian Łaźniewski dotPR

email: adrian.lazniewski@dotpr.pl cell: +48 601 555 986

The best squash players from several European countries are going to meet this year in Warsaw at the eighth European Team Championships. The European Nations Challenge Cup 2010 (ENCC) tournament will take place at Kahuna Club courts between 30th September to 3rd October 2010.

The ENCC tour championships are team championships with the participation of countries where squash flourishes as a competitive sport. This year, we are going to watch matches with the participation of 24 three person squads, including 16 men and 8 ladies’ squads.

“The ENCC tournament is a major squash event of international ranking which Polish supporters will have a chance to watch at home courts”, says Mr. Sławomir Nowisz from the Kahuna Club, hosting this year’s European Cup matches. We are going to see the representatives of Poland among the best European players, including our national champions: Wojtek Nowisz and Dominika Witkowska”, adds Mr. Nowisz.

The ENCC Cup is quite a challenge for competitors. Each meeting consists of three matches, where the players continue until 3 sets are won, and the score in each set is 11 points. The winning squad is the one which has won the most matches. On day one and day two, the squads are going to compete in the group phase, and then there will be a day of finals, when the best teams will compete for medals, playing in the cup system. Such an arrangement of matches means that the winners will have to prove they are truly fit.

ENCC competitions bring good associations to Polish supporters. The Polish national team had its first success at the international tournament in 2003, when the men’s team took the third place. Then, more success came in 2006 and 2008 when the ladies’ team won silver medals, and in 2007, when the ladies took the third place in the tournament. Last year the men’s team took the 7th, and the ladies’ team took the 4th place.

Media partners of the European Nations Challenge Cup 2010 are: Onet, TVN Warszawa, Sport.pl, esquash.pl.

More information, in English, is to be found at the website: http://encc2010.pfs.com.pl/.

Additional information is available from: Mr. Adrian Łaźniewski dotPR

email: adrian.lazniewski@dotpr.pl

cell: +48 601 555 986