September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2009

Final Round

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		Final
23.01.2010	15:30	Georgia	28	Finland	30

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group G1
*Georgia	3	3	0	0	123	76	6
Moldova	3	2	0	1	116	81	4
Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	84	93	2
Armenia	3	0	0	3	50	123	0
Group G2
*Finland	3	3	0	0	113	53	6
Malta	3	2	0	1	90	76	4
Ireland	3	1	0	2	74	103	2
Scotland	3	0	0	3	64	107	0

Reference: [2]

Main Round Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group G1
30.10.2009	16:00	Georgia	41	Azerbaijan	23
30.10.2009	18:30	Moldova	46	Armenia	15
31.10.2009	16:00	Armenia	19	Georgia	44
31.10.2009	18:00	Azerbaijan	28	Moldova	36
01.11.2009	11:00	Azerbaijan	33	Armenia	16
01.11.2009	13:00	Georgia	38	Moldova	34
		Group G2
30.10.2009	17:00	Scotland	14	Finland	38
30.10.2009	20:00	Malta	36	Ireland	20
31.10.2009	17:00	Finland	38	Ireland	19
31.10.2009	19:00	Malta	34	Scotland	21
01.11.2009	16:00	Ireland	35	Scotland	29
01.11.2019	18:00	Finland	37	Malta	20

Reference: [2]

Report

The Men’s Challenge Trophy was the European Handball Federations competition for emerging Nations. Having competed with club sides & countries like Greenland in the mid-1990s, Ireland entered this competition for the first time in 1999.

In Ireland’s fifth time entering the competition in 2009, they were placed in a Western Group involving Finland, who were hardly an emerging Nation at Olympic Handball, Malta & Scotland.

Ireland had a disappointing opening loss to Malta, before defeat to eventual Champions Finland. They won their last match 35-29 to finish off bottom for the second Challenge Trophy in a row, although more could have been expected following their showing in 2007.

Finland went on to win the Trophy, 30-28 in the Final against defending Champions Georgia.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The object of the sport is to pass the ball using only the hands in order to get into a semi-circle around the opposing teams goal, where a shot may be taken. Each score counts as one goal, and the court is the exact same as a Futsal court indeed Futsal was invented as an Indoor version of Soccer, using the Olympic Handball court.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Main Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/2/Group+Matches [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2007

Final Round

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Final
20.01.2008	15:00	Luxembourg	27	Georgia	28

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group G
*Georgia	3	3	0	0	100	68	6
Moldova	3	2	0	1	91	73	4
Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	92	62	2
Armenia	3	0	0	3	49	109	0
Group L
*Luxembourg	5	5	0	0	199	95	10
Faroe Islands	5	4	0	1	201	106	8
England	5	3	0	2	107	132	6
Ireland	5	1	1	3	112	168	3
Scotland	5	1	0	4	107	173	2
Malta	5	0	1	4	93	145	1

Reference: [2]

Main round Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group G
25.10.2007	16:30	Moldova	33	Armenia	17
25.10.2007	18:30	Georgia	36	Azerbaijan	24
26.10.2007	16:30	Azerbaijan	27	Moldova	31
26.10.2007	18:30	Armenia	17	Georgia	35
27.10.2007	12:00	Azerbaijan	41	Armenia	15
27.10.2007	14:00	Georgia	29	Moldova	27
		Group L
24.10.2007	16:00	Scotland	20	England	31
24.10.2007	18:00	Faroe Islands	37	Malta	18
24.10.2007	20:00	Luxembourg	50	Ireland	22
25.10.2007	16:00	Ireland	21	Faroe Islands	46
25.10.2007	18:00	Malta	20	Scotland	21
25.10.2007	20:00	England	13	Luxembourg	41
26.10.2007	16:00	Faroe Islands	58	Scotland	19
26.10.2007	18:00	Ireland	17	England	24
26.10.2007	20:00	Luxembourg	40	Malta	11
27.10.2007	14:00	Malta	25	Ireland	25
27.10.2007	16:00	Faroe Islands	35	England	17
27.10.2007	18:00	Scotland	24	Luxembourg	37
28.10.2007	09:30	England	22	Malta	19
28.10.2007	11:30	Scotland	23	Ireland	27
28.10.2007	13:30	Luxembourg	31	Faroe Islands	25

Reference: [2]

Report

In Ireland’s fifth time entering the competition in 2007, they eventually finished off the bottom, with a win over Scotland and a draw with Malta in their five matches

The Tournament was doubled in size for 2007, with a separate tournament in Eastern & Western Europe, with the two winners meeting in the final.

The Western Tournament started off like the four previous Challenge Trophy’s for Ireland with three straight defeats, although a much better display was put on by Ireland, with a draw with Malta in their fourth match (25-25) and victory over Scotland in their last match by a score of 27-23 giving Ireland their first points since 1999 in the tournament. Ireland finished off bottom for the first time ever, with fourth place of six in the Western Tournament.

Newcomers Georgia defeated two-time defending Champions Moldova on the way to a narrow 28-27 victory over Luxembourg in the Final.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2007 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2007/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2007 Men’s Challenge Trophy Main Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2007/round/2/Main+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2005

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Moldova	6	6	0	0	214	109	12
2	Azerbaijan	6	4	0	2	185	111	8
3	Scotland	6	3	0	3	111	128	6
4	England	6	2	0	4	116	145	4
5	Malta	6	3	0	3	113	153	6
6	Ireland	6	0	0	6	105	196	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
25.10.2005	10:00	Moldova	30	Scotland	14
25.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	17	Malta	27
25.10.2005	15:00	Azerbaijan	30	England	13
26.10.2005	10:00	Scotland	16	Azerbaijan	27
26.10.2005	12:00	England	25	Ireland	17
26.10.2005	15:00	Malta	14	Moldova	41
27.10.2005	10:00	Moldova	34	England	18
27.10.2005	12:00	Azerbaijan	43	Ireland	13
27.10.2005	15:00	Scotland	16	Malta	12
28.10.2005	10:00	Azerbaijan	37	Malta	14
28.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	17	Moldova	54
28.10.2005	15:00	England	20	Scotland	17
29.10.2005	10:00	Malta	23	England	22
29.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	21	Scotland	24
29.10.2005	15:00	Moldova	26	Azerbaijan	19

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Moldova	5	5	0	0	185	82	10
*Azerbaijan	5	4	0	1	156	82	8
^England	5	2	0	3	98	121	4
^Scotland	5	2	0	3	87	110	4
+Malta	5	2	0	3	90	133	4
+Ireland	5	0	0	5	85	173	0

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		5th-6th Place
30.10.2005	11:00	Malta	23	Ireland	20
		3rd-4th Place
30.10.2005	13:30	Scotland	24	England	18
		Final
30.10.2005	16:00	Moldova	29	Azerbaijan	27

Reference: [1]

Report

In Ireland’s fourth time entering the competition in 2005, they lost all their matches for the third time in a row, although this time they only lost 24-21 to Scotland in their final group game, and 23-20 to Malta in the 5th-6th place match. Malta had previously beaten England.

Moldova won the Tournament for the second time in a row, again defeating Azerbaijan in the Final, although this encounter was closer (29-27). Scotland defeated England 24-18 to take bronze.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2005 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2005/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2003

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Moldova	6	5	0	1	223	85	10
2	Azerbaijan	6	5	0	1	179	104	10
3	Great Britain	6	4	0	2	114	134	8
4	Malta	6	2	0	4	107	158	4
5	Liechtenstein	6	2	0	4	126	160	4
6	Ireland	6	0	0	6	84	188	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
17.12.2003	15:00	Azerbaijan	32	Liechtenstein	16
17.12.2003	17:00	Great Britain	9	Moldova	38
17.12.2003	20:00	Malta	25	Ireland	14
18.12.2003	09:00	Azerbaijan	29	Great Britain	14
18.12.2003	11:00	Liechtenstein	17	Malta	20
18.12.2003	13:00	Ireland	6	Moldova	47
18.12.2003	17:00	Liechtenstein	23	Great Britain	27
18.12.2003	19:00	Moldova	46	Malta	13
18.12.2003	21:00	Ireland	10	Azerbaijan	36
19.12.2003	15:00	Azerbaijan	20	Moldova	19
19.12.2003	17:00	Liechtenstein	23	Ireland	22
19.12.2003	19:00	Great Britain	19	Malta	16
20.12.2003	13:00	Great Britain	26	Ireland	12
20.12.2003	15:00	Moldova	41	Liechtenstein	16
20.12.2003	17:00	Malta	17	Azerbaijan	43

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Azerbaijan	5	5	0	0	160	76	10
*Moldova	5	4	0	1	191	66	8
^Great Britain	5	3	0	2	95	118	6
^Malta	5	2	0	3	91	139	4
+Liechtenstein	5	1	0	4	95	142	2
+Ireland	5	0	0	5	66	157	0

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		5th-6th Place
21.12.2003	11:00	Ireland	18	Liechtenstein	31
		3rd-4th Place
21.12.2003	13:00	Malta	16	Great Britain	19
		Final
21.12.2003	15:00	Moldova	32	Azerbaijan	19

Reference: [1]

Report

In Ireland’s third time entering the competition in 2003, they lost all their matches for the second time in a row, although this time they came close against tiny Liechtenstein in the group phase, losing 23-22, only to lose by a wide margin (31-18) in the 5th-6th place playoff to the same opposition.

Moldova won the Tournament this time around, after losing the previous two finals.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2003 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2003/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2001

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Latvia	5	5	0	0	181	105	10
2	Estonia	5	3	0	2	139	122	6
3	Moldova	5	3	0	2	150	122	6
4	Cyprus	5	3	0	2	172	107	6
5	Luxembourg	5	3	0	2	171	99	6
6	Armenia	5	2	0	3	113	183	4
7	Malta	5	1	0	4	92	182	2
8	Ireland	5	0	0	5	80	212	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group Stage Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group A
26.12.2001	15:30	Luxembourg	49	Malta	12
26.12.2001	19:00	Latvia	35	Estonia	23
27.12.2001	13:00	Estonia	24	Luxembourg	19
27.12.2001	19:00	Malta	13	Latvia	43
28.12.2001	15:00	Estonia	43	Malta	13
28.12.2001	19:00	Latvia	37	Luxembourg	27
		Group B
26.12.2001	13:30	Cyprus	43	Armenia	13
26.12.2001	20:45	Moldova	35	Ireland	13
27.12.2001	15:00	Ireland	15	Cyprus	53
27.12.2001	17:00	Armenia	22	Moldova	43
28.12.2001	13:00	Cyprus	27	Moldova	25
28.12.2001	17:00	Armenia	35	Ireland	22

Reference: [1]

Group Stage Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
*Latvia	3	3	0	0	115	63	6
*Estonia	3	2	0	1	90	67	4
Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	95	73	2
Malta	3	0	0	3	38	135	0
Group B
*Cyprus	3	3	0	0	123	53	6
*Moldova	3	2	0	1	103	62	4
Armenia	3	1	0	2	70	108	2
Ireland	3	0	0	3	50	123	0

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Cross Matches
29.12.2001	13:00	Luxembourg	57	Ireland	9
29.12.2001	15:00	Armenia	26	Malta	22
		Semi-Finals
29.12.2001	17:00	Latvia	35	Moldova	20
29.12.2001	19:00	Cyprus	24	Estonia	27
		7th-8th Place
30.12.2001	09:30	Ireland	21	Malta	32
		5th-6th Place
30.12.2001	11:30	Luxembourg	53	Armenia	17
		3rd-4th Place
30.12.2001	13:30	Moldova	27	Cyprus	25
		Final
30.12.2001	15:30	Latvia	31	Estonia	22

Reference: [1]

Report

In Ireland’s second time entering the competition in 2001, they found the task even harder than in 1999, with newly independent countries like Estonia & Latvia, where the sport has been played for decades, dominating.

Ireland and Malta (the only team they beat in 1999) were outclassed by the more established emerging nations, and again met in the last placement match, where this tome Malta won 32-21, leaving Ireland with a record of 5 losses from 5 matches.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2001 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2001/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 1999

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Cyprus	6	5	0	1	199	88	10
2	Moldova	6	5	0	1	216	97	10
3	Great Britain	6	4	0	2	159	118	8
4	Armenia	6	2	0	4	148	178	4
5	Ireland	6	1	0	5	75	197	2
6	Malta	6	1	0	5	88	207	2

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
14.09.1999	15:00	Moldova	47	Malta	13
14.09.1999	16:30	Great Britain	34	Ireland	11
14.09.1999	19:40	Cyprus	41	Armenia	20
15.09.1999	16:00	Armenia	18	Moldova	47
15.09.1999	18:00	Ireland	6	Cyprus	43
15.09.1999	20:00	Malta	8	Great Britain	34
16.09.1999	16:00	Moldova	47	Ireland	7
16.09.1999	18:00	Great Britain	10	Cyprus	27
16.09.1999	20:00	Malta	18	Armenia	37
17.09.1999	16:00	Moldova	33	Great Britain	22
17.09.1999	17:50	Cyprus	51	Malta	10
17.09.1999	20:00	Armenia	34	Ireland	13
18.09.1999	16:00	Ireland	15	Malta	20
18.09.1999	18:00	Great Britain	29	Armenia	19
18.09.1999	20:00	Cyprus	16	Moldova	22

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Moldova	5	5	0	0	196	76	10
*Cyprus	5	4	0	1	178	68	8
^Great Britain	5	3	0	2	129	98	6
^Armenia	5	2	0	3	128	148	4
+Malta	5	1	0	4	69	184	2
+Ireland	5	0	0	5	52	178	0

Reference: [1] Note: * Qualify for Final / ^ Qualify for 3rd-4th Place Playoff / + Qualify for 5th-6th Place Playoff

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		5th-6th Place
19.09.1999	09:30	Ireland	23	Malta	19
		3rd-4th Place
19.09.1999	11:30	Great Britain	30	Armenia	20
		Final
19.09.1999	17:30	Moldova	20	Cyprus	21

Reference: [1]

Report

They found the level hard-going at first, losing all five group games, before winning their final placement match 23-19 over Malta.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 1999 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/1999/round/1/Finals [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 24, 2019

XFL 2020

Table

	P	W	L	T	TDF	TDA
East
DC Defenders	5	3	2	0	9	12
St. Louis Battlehawks	5	2	3	0	11	8
New York Guardians	5	3	2	0	8	9
Tampa Bay Vipers	5	1	4	0	11	15
West
Houston Roughnecks	5	5	0	0	21	14
Dallas Renegades	5	2	3	0	9	12
Los Angeles Wildcats	5	2	3	0	18	14
Seattle Dragons	5	1	4	0	12	15

XFL Standings 2020 [Ref: 1]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Semi-Finals
18.04.2020	East 1	East 2
19.04.2020	West 1	West 2
	Championship
26.04.2020	East	West

Reference: [2]

Regular Season

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
08.02.2020	DC Defenders	31	Seattle Dragons	19
08.02.2020	Houston Roughnecks	37	Los Angeles Wildcats	17
09.02.2020	New York Guardians	23	Tampa Bay Vipers	3
09.02.2020	Dallas Renegades	9	St. Louis Battlehawks	15
	Week 2
15.02.2020	DC Defenders	27	New York Guardians	0
15.02.2020	Seattle Dragons	17	Tampa Bay Vipers	9
16.02.2020	Los Angeles Wildcats	18	Dallas Renegades	25
16.02.2020	Houston Roughnecks	28	St. Louis Battlehawks	24
	Week 3
22.02.2020	Tampa Bay Vipers	27	Houston Roughnecks	34
22.02.2020	Seattle Dragons	12	Dallas Renegades	24
23.02.2020	St. Louis Battlehawks	29	New York Guardians	9
23.02.2020	Los Angeles Wildcats	39	DC Defenders	9
	Week 4
29.02.2020	New York Guardians	17	Los Angeles Wildcats	14
29.02.2020	St. Louis Battlehawks	23	Seattle Dragons	16
01.03.2020	Dallas Renegades	20	Houston Roughnecks	27
01.02.2020	Tampa Bay Vipers	25	DC Defenders	0
	Week 5
07.03.2020	Houston Roughnecks	32	Seattle Dragons	23
07.03.2020	Dallas Renegades	12	New York Guardians	30
08.03.2020	DC Defenders	15	St. Louis Battlehawks	6
08.03.2020	Los Angeles Wildcats	41	Tampa Bay Vipers	34
	Week 6
14.03.2020	New York Guardians		Houston Roughnecks
14.03.2020	Tampa Bay Vipers		St. Louis Battlehawks
15.03.2020	DC Defenders		Dallas Renegades
15.03.2020	Seattle Dragons		Los Angeles Wildcats
	Week 7
21.03.2020	Tampa Bay Vipers		Dallas Renegades
21.03.2020	St. Louis Battlehawks		Los Angeles Wildcats
22.03.2020	Seattle Dragons		New York Guardians
22.03.2020	Houston Roughnecks		DC Defenders
	Week 8
28.03.2020	DC Defenders		Tampa Bay Vipers
28.03.2020	New York Guardians		St. Louis Battlehawks
29.03.2020	Los Angeles Wildcats		Houston Roughnecks
29.03.2020	Dallas Renegades		Seattle Dragons
	Week 9
02.04.2020	Houston Roughnecks		Dallas Renegades
04.04.2020	New York Guardians		DC Defenders
05.04.2020	St. Louis Battlehawks		Tampa Bay Vipers
05.04.2020	Los Angeles Wildcats		Seattle Dragons
	Week 10
09.04.2020	New York Guardians		Los Angeles Wildcats
11.04.2020	Seattle Dragons		Houston Roughnecks
12.04.2020	St. Louis Battlehawks		DC Defenders
12.04.2020	Tampa Bay Vipers		New York Guardians

XFL Regular Season Results 2020 [Ref: 2-3]

Report

The XFL continued to play behind closed doors through the coronavirus outbreak, which stopped a lot of sports leagues. It finally shut up shop on March 12 after a Seattle Dragons player had tested positive for coronavirus, after the game with Houston Roughnecks on March 7. This player had also participated in the February 29th game against St. Louis Battlehawks, and so all players and teams were alerted and the league stopped. A decision was made by Oliver Luck, XFL Commissioner to cancel the rest of the season. [Ref: 4-5]

At the time there was a three-way tie at the top of the Eastern Division, with DC Defenders, St. Louis Battlehawks and New York Guardians all on 3-2. In the West, Houston Roughnecks (5-0) had a clear lead over the teams in joint second, Dallas Renegades and Los Angeles Wildcats (both 2-3). It also did better than the Alliance of American Football in drawing fans to a AAA Football League. The XFL averaged about 18,600 fans a game, whereas its predecessor, the AAF averaged about 15,000 during its one season in 2019. [Ref: 7]

About

The XFL 2020 is the second incarnation of Vince McMahon’s rival Pro Football League to the National Football League and Canadian Football League.

He started the original XFL in 2001 after being refused a license for a CFL team, and sought to bring Football back to its Hard-Working Class roots. At the time the NFL was starting to cut down on touchdown celebrations and bring in more laws protecting the quarterback, and was called the “No Fun League” by its detractors. Vince McMahon named all of the teams in the original XFL after criminals or extreme mental illnesses, and brought in hard-hitting rules, that aimed to bring the hard-nosed element among the working classes back into the game, by making it more like the Football of a century previously.

The original XFL, however, failed to bring in an audience, as it was seen as deviating too much from the standard rules of football. [Ref: 7]

This version of the XFL promises closer rules to the NFL, and has still used extreme names, just not criminal, or mentally ill.

While it positions itself as a Major League rival to the NFL & CFL, it can be thought of as more of a AAA Football League.

References

Websites

[1] XFL (2020) XFL Standings [Internet] Available from: https://stats.xfl.com/standings/ [Accessed 31 March 2020]

[2] XFL (2020) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/en-US/articles/xfl-releases-2020-schedule [Accessed 26 October 2019]

[3] XFL (2020) Schedule through Week 5 [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/2020-schedule [Accessed 31 March 2020]

[4] XFL (2020) XFL Statement on COVID-19 [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/articles/xfl-statement-covid-19 [Accessed 26 October 2019]

[5] XFL (2020) A Thank You to All Our Fans [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/articles/a-thank-you-to-our-fans [Accessed 31 March 2020]

[6] XFL (2020) XFL in the News – The Latest [Internet] Available from: https://www.xfl.com/articles/xfl-in-the-news-the-latest [Accessed 31 March 2020]

Sources

[7] First Down (2001) Issues from Spring 2001

Images

[8] Wikipedia (2019) XFL 2020 Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Logo_of_the_XFL.svg/1200px-Logo_of_the_XFL.svg.png [Accessed 24 September 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Donie, Ian Breathnach, Alan Gray, Matk Mahon, Mark, Denis Culhane, Willie Winters

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Last Updated: 31 March 2020

September 18, 2019

Football Association | English Premier League 2019-20

Table

Place		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Liverpool	16	15	1	0	40	14	46
2	Leicester City	16	12	2	2	39	10	38
3	Manchester City	16	10	2	4	44	19	32
4	Chelsea	16	9	2	5	31	24	29
5	Manchester United	16	6	6	4	25	19	24
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	5	9	2	23	19	24
7	Tottenham Hotspur	16	6	5	5	30	23	23
8	Sheffield United	16	5	7	4	19	16	22
9	Arsenal	16	5	7	4	24	24	22
10	Crystal Palace	16	6	4	6	14	18	22
11	Newcastle United	16	6	4	6	17	23	22
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	5	4	7	20	24	19
13	Burnley	16	5	3	8	21	29	18
14	Everton	16	5	2	9	19	28	17
15	Bournemouth	16	4	4	8	18	24	16
16	West Ham United	16	4	4	8	18	28	16
17	Aston Villa	16	4	3	9	23	28	15
18	Southampton	16	4	3	9	18	39	15
19	Norwich City	16	3	2	11	17	34	11
20	Watford	16	1	6	9	9	30	9

Reference: [1]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
09.08.2019	Liverpool	4	Norwich	1
10.08.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	3	Aston Villa	1
10.08.2019	Watford	0	Brighton & HA	3
10.08.2019	Crystal Palace	0	Everton	0
10.08.2019	Burnley	3	Southampton	0
10.08.2019	Bourne,outh	1	Sheffield United	1
10.08.2019	West Ham United	0	Manchester City	5
11.08.2019	Manchester United	4	Chelsea	0
11.08.2019	Newcastle United	0	Arsenal	1
11.08.2019	Leicester City	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0
	Week 2
17.08.2019	Arsenal	2	Burnley	1
17.08.2019	Aston Villa	1	Bournemouth	2
17.08.2019	Brighton & HA	1	West Ham United	1
17.08.2019	Everton	1	Watford	0
17.08.2019	Norwich City	3	Newcastle United	1
17.08.2019	Southampton	1	Liverpool	2
17.08.2019	Manchester City	2	Tottenham Hotspur	2
18.08.2019	Sheffield United	1	Crystal Palace	0
18.08.2019	Chelsea	1	Leicester City	1
19.08.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Manchester United	1
	Week 3
23.08.2019	Aston Villa	2	Everton	0
24.08.2019	Norwich City	2	Chelsea	3
24.08.2019	Brighton	0	Southampton	2
24.08.2019	Manchester United	1	Crystal Palace	2
24.08.2019	Sheffield United	1	Leicester City	2
24.08.2019	Watford	1	West Ham United	3
24.08.2019	Liverpool	3	Arsenal	1
25.08.2019	Bournemouth	1	Manchester City	3
25.08.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	0	Newcastle United	1
25.08.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Burnley	1
	Week 4
31.08.2019	Southampton	1	Manchester United	1
31.08.2019	Chelsea	2	Sheffield United	2
31.08.2019	Crystal Palace	1	Aston Villa	0
31.08.2019	Leicester City	3	Bournemouth	0
31.08.2019	Manchester City	4	Brighton & HA	0
31.08.2019	Newcastle United	1	Watford	1
31.08.2019	West Ham United	2	Norwich City	0
31.08.2019	Burnley	0	Liverpool	3
01.09.2019	Everton	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
01.09.2019	Arsenal	2	Tottenham Hotspur	2
	Week 5
14.09.2019	Liverpool	3	Newcastle United	1
14.09.2019	Brighton & HA	1	Burnley	1
14.09.2019	Manchester United	1	Leicester City	0
14.09.2019	Sheffield United	0	Southampton	1
14.09.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	4	Crystal Palace	0
14.09.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	Chelsea	5
14.09.2019	Norwich City	3	Manchester City	2
15.09.2019	Bournemouth	3	Everton	1
15.09.2019	Watford	2	Arsenal	2
16.09.2019	Aston Villa	0	West Ham United	0
	Week 6
20.09.2019	Southampton	1	Bournemouth	3
21.09.2019	Newcastle United	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	0
21.09.2019	Manchester City	8	Watford	0
21.09.2019	Everton	0	Sheffield United	2
21.09.2019	Burnley	2	Norwich City	0
21.09.2019	Leicester City	2	Tottenham Hotspur	1
22.09.2019	Chelsea	1	Liverpool	2
22.09.2019	Arsenal	3	Aston Villa	2
22.09.2019	West Ham United	2	Manchester United	0
22.09.2019	Crystal Palace	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
	Week 7
28.09.2019	Everton	1	Manchester City	3
28.09.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	Watford	0
28.09.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	2	Southanpton	1
28.09.2019	Crystal Palace	2	Norwich City	0
28.09.2019	Chelsea	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	0
28.09.2019	Aston Villa	2	Burnley	2
28.09.2019	AFC Bournemouth	2	West Ham United	2
28.09.2019	Sheffield United	0	Liverpool	1
29.09.2019	Leicester City	5	Newcastle United	0
30.09.2019	Manchester United	1	Arsenal	1
	Week 8
05.10.2019	West Ham United	1	Crystal Palace	2
05.10.2019	Watford	0	Sheffield United	0
05.10.2019	Norwich City	1	Aston Villa	5
05.10.2019	Liverpool	2	Leicester City	1
05.10.2019	Burnley	1	Everton	0
05.10.2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	Tottenham Hotspur	0
06.10.2019	Newcastle United	1	Manchester United	0
06.10.2019	Manchester United	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
06.10.2019	Arsenal	1	AFC Bournemouth	0
06.10.2019	Southampton	1	Chelsea	4
	Week 9
19.10.2019	Crystal Palace	0	Manchester City	2
19.10.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Southampton	1
19.10.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	1	Watford	1
19.10.2019	Leicester City	2	Burnley	1
19.10.2019	Chelsea	1	Newcastle United	0
19.10.2019	Aston Villa	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	1
19.10.2019	AFC Bournemouth	0	Norwich	0
19.10.2019	Everton	2	West Ham United	0
20.10.2019	Manchester United	1	Liverpool FC	1
21.10.2019	Sheffield United	1	Arsenal	0
	Week 10
25.10.2019	Southampton	0	Leicester City	9
26.10.2019	Burnley	2	Chelsea	4
26.10.2019	West Ham United	1	Sheffield United	1
26.10.2019	Watford	0	AFC Bournemouth	0
26.10.2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	Everton	2
26.10.2019	Manchester City	3	Aston Villa	0
27.10.2019	Norwich City	1	Manchester United	3
27.10.2019	Liverpool	2	Tottenham Hotspur	1
27.10.2019	Arsenal	2	Crystal Palace	2
27.10.2019	Newcastle United	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
	Week 11
02.11.2019	Watford	1	Chelsea	2
02.11.2019	West Ham United	2	Newcastle United	3
02.11.2019	Sheffield United	3	Burnley	0
02.11.2019	Manchester City	2	Southampton	1
02.11.2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	Norwich City	0
02.11.2019	Aston Villa	1	Liverpool FC	2
02.11.2019	Arsenal	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
02.11.2019	AFC Bournemouth	1	Manchester United	0
03.11.2019	Everton	1	Tottenham Hotspur	1
03.11.2019	Crystal Palace	0	Leicester City	2
	Week 12
08.11.2019	Norwich City	0	Watford	2
09.11.2019	Leicester City	2	Arsenal	0
09.11.2019	Southampton	1	Everton	2
09.11.2019	Newcastle United	2	AFC Bournemouth	1
09.11.2019	Burnley	3	West Ham United	0
09.11.2019	Chelsea	2	Crystal Palace	0
09.11.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	1	Sheffield United	1
10.11.2019	Liverpool	3	Manchester City	1
10.11.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	Aston Villa	1
10.11.2019	Manchester United FC	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	1
	Week 13
23.11.2019	Manchester City	2	Chelsea	1
23.11.2019	Watford	0	Burnley	3
23.11.2019	Everton FC	0	Norwich City	2
23.11.2019	Crystal Palace	1	Liverpool FC	2
23.11.2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	Leicster City	2
23.11.2019	Arsenal FC	2	Southampton	2
23.11.2019	AFC Bournemouth	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
23.11.2019	West Ham United	2	Tottenham Hotspur	3
24.11.2019	Sheffield United	3	Manchester United	3
25.11.2019	Aston Villa FC	2	Newcastle United	0
	Week 14
30.11.2019	Southampton	2	Watford	1
30.11.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	3	AFC Bournemouth	2
30.11.2019	Liverpool FC	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	1
30.11.2019	Chelsea	0	West Ham United	1
30.11.2019	Burnley	0	Crystal Palace	2
30.11.2019	Newcastle United	2	Manchester City	2
01.12.2019	Manchester United FC	2	Aston Villa FC	2
01.12.2019	Leicester City	2	Everton FC	1
01.12.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Sheffield United	1
01.12.2019	Norwich City	2	Arsenal	2
	Week 15
03.12.2019	Burnley	1	Manchester City	4
03.12.2019	Crystal Palace	1	AFC Bournemouth	0
04.12.2019	Liverpool FC	5	Everton FC	2
04.12.2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	West Ham United	0
04.12.2019	Southampton	2	Norwich City	1
04.12.2019	Manchester United FC	2	Tottenham Hotspur	1
04.12.2019	Leicester City	2	Watford	0
04.12.2019	Chelsea	2	Aston Villa FC	1
05.12.2019	Arsenal	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	2
05.12.2019	Sheffield United	0	Newcastle United	2
	Week 16
07.12.2019	Manchester City	1	Manchester United	2
07.12.2019	Watford	0	Crystal Palace	0
07.12.2019	Tottenham Hotspur	5	Burnley	0
07.12.2019	AFC Bournemouth	0	Liverpool	3
07.12.2019	Everton FC	3	Chelsea	1
08.12.2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	Wolverampton Wanderers	2
08.12.2019	Norwich City	1	Sheffield United	2
08.12.2019	Newcastle United	2	Southampton	1
08.12.2019	Aston Villa FC	1	Leicster City	4
09.12.2019	West Ham United	1	Arsenal FC	3

Reference: [2]

Irish Players in Premier League

Player	Team	Pos	App	Goals	Assists	Clean Sheets
Republic of Ireland
Conor Hourihane	Aston Villa	M	10	2	2	–
Mark Travers	Bournemouth	G	0	–	–	0
Gavin Kilkenny	Bournemouth	M	0	0	0	–
Shane Duffy	Brighton & Hove Albion	D	9	1	1	–
Aaron Connolly	Brighton & Hove Albion	F	11	2	0	–
Warren O’Hora	Brighton & Hove Albion	D	0	0	0	–
Robbie Brady	Burnley	M	9	1	2	–
Jeff Hendrick	Burnley	M	13	2	1	–
Kevin Long	Burnley	D	0	0	0	–
Stephen Henderson	Crystal Palace	G	0	–	–	0
James McCarthy	Crystal Palace	M	11	0	0	–
Seamus Coleman	Everton	D	9	2	0	–
Caoimhin Kelleher	Liverpool	G	0	–	–	0
Ciaran Clark	Newcastle United	13	9	2	2	–
Robert Elliott	Newcastle United	G	0	–	–	0
Adam Idah	Norwich City	F	0	0	0	–
Enda Stevens	Sheffield United	D	16	5	1	–
Callum Robinson	Sheffield United	F	13	1	1	–
John Egan	Sheffield United	D	15	4	0	–
David McGoldrick	Sheffield United	F	13	0	1	–
Shane Long	Southampton	F	8	0	1	–
Michael Obafemi	Southampton	F	6	0	0	–
William Smallbone	Southampton	M	0	0	0	–
Troy Parrott	Tottenham Hotspur	F	1	0	0	–
Conor Coventry	West Ham United	M	0	0	0	–
Matt Doherty	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D	15	3	2	–
Lewis Richards	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D	0	0	0	–
Northern Ireland
Bailey Peacock-Farrell	Burnley	G	0	–	–	0
Jonny Evans	Leicester City	D	16	6	1	–
Ethan Galbraith	Manchester United	M	0	0	0	–
Michael McGovern	Norwich City	G	2	–	–	0
Jamal Lewis	Norwich City	D	13	1	0	–
Oliver Norwood	Sheffield United	M	16	0	0	–
Craig Cathcart	Watford	D	14	4	0	–

Reference: [3-16]

References

[1] Premier League (2019) Premier League Table, Form Guide & Season Archives [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/tables [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[2] Premier League (2019) Premier League Football Scores, Results & Season Archives [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/results [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[3] Premier League (2019) Aston Villa | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/2/Aston-Villa/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[4] Premier League (2019) Brighton & Hove Albion | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/131/Brighton-and-Hove-Albion/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[127] Premier League (2019) Bournemouth | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/127/Bournemouth/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[43] Premier League (2019) Burnley | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/43/Burnley/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[6] Premier League (2019) Crystal Palace | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal-Palace/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[7] Premier League (2019) Everton | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/7/Everton/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[26] Premier League (2019) Leicester City | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/26/Leicester-City/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[10] Premier League (2019) Liverpool | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/10/Liverpool/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[12] Premier League (2019) Manchester United | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/12/Manchester-United/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[11] Premier League (2019) Newcastle United | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/23/Newcastle-United/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[12] Premier League (2019) Norwich City | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/14/Norwich-City/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[13] Premier League (2019) Sheffield United | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/18/Sheffield-United/overview [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[14] Premier League (2019) Southampton | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/20/Southampton/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[21] Premier League (2019) Tottenham Hotspur | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/21/Tottenham-Hotspur/overview [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[33] Premier League (2019) Watford | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/33/Watford/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[25] Premier League (2019) West Ham United | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/25/West-Ham-United/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[16] Premier League (2019) Wolverhampton Wanderers | Squad [Internet] Available from: https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/38/Wolverhampton-Wanderers/squad [Accessed 10 December 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Richard Mulcahy, Dervla Mulcahy, Conor Connoly-Mulcahy, Dara Connoly-Mulcahy, Aodhan Connolly-Mulcahy.

About this document

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Last Updated: 10 December 2019

September 18, 2019

Veterans Home Nations Table Tennis | Team Events 2019

Perth, Scotland (5-8 September 2019)

Men 40+

Place	Country	Eng	Irl	Sco	Sco 2	Wal	Gue	W	L	Pts
1	England	xxx	3-2	5-0	5-0	4-1	5-0	5	0	10
2	Ireland	2-3	xxx	2-3	4-1	5-0	5-0	3	2	8
3	Scotland	3-2	0-5	xxx	2-3	5-0	5-0	3	2	8
4	Scotland 2	0-5	1-4	3-2	xxx	3-2	4-1	3	2	8
5	Wales	1-4	0-5	0-5	1-4	xxx	5-0	1	4	6
6	Guersney	0-5	0-5	0-5	1-4	0-5	xxx	0	5	5

Reference: [1]

Women 40+

Place	Country	Wal	Eng	Eng 2	Sco	Irl	W	L	Pts
1	Wales	xxx	3-2	4-1	4-1	4-1	4	0	8
2	England	2-3	xxx	3-2	5-0	5-0	3	1	7
3	England 2	1-4	2-3	xxx	5-0	5-0	2	2	6
4	Scotland	1-4	0-5	0-5	xxx	3-2	1	3	5
5	Ireland	1-4	0-5	0-5	2-3	xxx	0	4	4

Reference: [1]

Men 50+

Place	Country	Eng	Sco	Irl	Sco 2	Wal	Wal 2	Gue	W	L	Pts
1	England	xxx	4-1	5-0	5-0	5-0	5-0	5-0	6	0	12
2	Scotland	1-4	xxx	4-1	3-2	5-0	5-0	4-1	5	1	11
3	Ireland	0-5	1-4	xxx	4-1	4-1	5-0	4-1	4	2	10
4	Scotland 2	0-5	2-3	1-4	xxx	4-1	4-1	5-0	3	3	9
5	Wales	0-5	0-5	1-4	1-4	xxx	5-0	5-0	2	4	8
6	Wales 2	0-5	0-5	0-5	1-4	0-5	xxx	4-1	1	5	7
7	Guernsey	0-5	1-4	1-4	0-5	0-5	1-4	xxx	0	6	6

Reference: [1]

Women 50+

Place	Country	Eng	Eng 2	Gue	Sco	Irl	Wal	W	L	Pts
1	England	xxx	4-1	2-3	5-0	5-0	5-0	4	1	9
2	England 2	1-4	xxx	3-2	5-0	4-1	5-0	4	1	9
3	Guernsey	3-2	2-3	xxx	3-2	1-4	3-2	3	2	8
4	Scotland	0-5	0-5	2-3	xxx	3-2	3-2	2	3	7
5	Ireland	0-5	1-4	4-1	2-3	xxx	3-2	2	3	7
6	Wales	0-5	0-5	2-3	2-3	2-3	xxx	0	5	5

Reference: [1]

Mixed 60+

Place	Country	Eng	Jer	Irl	Sco	Wal	IOM	Gue	W	L	Pts
1	England	xxx	6-1	5-2	7-0	7-0	7-0	7-0	6	0	12
2	Jersey	1-6	xxx	5-2	5-2	5-2		7-0	5	1	11
3	Ireland	2-5	2-5	xxx	4-3	5-2	7-0	7-0	4	2	10
4	Scotland	0-7	2-5	3-4	xxx	6-1	7-0	5-2	3	3	9
5	Wales	0-7	2-5	2-5	1-6	xxx	6-1	7-0	2	4	8
6	Isle of Man	0-7		0-7	0-7	1-6	xxx	5-2	1	5	7
7	Guernsey	0-7	0-7	0-7	2-5	0-7	2-5	xxx	0	6	6

Reference: [1]

Open 70+

Place	Country	Eng	Irl	Sco	Sco 2	Gue	Wal	Jer	W	L	Pts
1	England	xxx	3-2	4-1	5-0	5-0	5-0	5-0	6	0	12
2	Ireland	2-3	xxx	4-1	5-0	3-2	4-1	4-1	5	1	11
3	Scotland	1-4	1-4	xxx	4-1	3-2	5-0	5-0	4	2	10
4	Scotland 2	0-5	0-5	1-4	xxx	3-2	4-1	4-1	3	3	9
5	Guernsey	0-5	2-3	2-3	2-3	xxx	4-1	3-2	2	4	8
6	Wales	0-5	1-4	0-5	1-4	1-4	xxx	4-1	1	5	7
7	Jersey	0-5	1-4	0-5	1-4	2-3	1-4	xxx	0	6	6

Reference: [1]

Open 75+

Place	Country	Eng	Wal	Irl	Sco	Sco 2	Irl 2	W	L	Pts
1	England	xxx	4-1	5-0	4-1	5-0	5-0	5	0	10
2	Wales	1-4	xxx	5-0	4-1	5-0	5-0	4	1	9
3	Ireland	0-5	0-5	xxx	4-1	5-0	4-1	3	2	8
4	Scotland	1-4	1-4	1-4	xxx	5-0	4-1	2	3	7
5	Scotland 2	0-5	0-5	0-5	0-5	xxx	4-1	1	4	6
6	Ireland 2	0-5	0-5	1-4	1-4	1-4	xxx	0	5	5

Reference: [1]

Report

Ireland returned from the Veterans Home Nations with 2 Team Silver & 3 Team Bronze in the 7 Team Championships. Ireland’s Open 70+ did particularly well, coming within a whisker of defeating England, the eventual Champions, as they finished in second place with a record of 5 wins & 1 Loss. Ireland’s Men’s 40-+ also picked up silver, winning 3 of their 5 games, while there was bronze for the Men’s 50+, Mixed 60+ and Open 75+.

As well as England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales, there were also entries from Jersey, Guernsey & the Isle of Man [1]

Reference

Websites

[1] Table Tennis Ireland (2019) Report from Veterans Home Nations Championship [See Also attached XLS Spreadsheet withe Results] [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtabletennis.com/news/article/report_from_veterans_home_nations_championships [Accessed 18 September 2019]

Acknowlegements

Thanks to Andrew McGovern

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European Squash | European Team Championships | Men’s Division 2 2019

European Squash Logo [9]

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	Rubbers
1	Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	17-1
2	Finland	5	2	2	1	13-6
3	Belgium	5	3	1	1	13-6
4	Denmark	5	3	2	0	14-5
5	Ireland	5	2	2	1	12-7
6	Slovakia	5	1	1	3	4-13
7	Netherlands	5	1	2	2	7-13
8	Italy	5	1	1	3	6-13
9	Portugal	5	2	1	2	12-8
10	Sweden	5	1	2	2	9-11
11	Israel	5	1	2	2	7-13
12	Croatia	5	0	0	5	1-19

Reference: Compiled from results in [1-6]

Position 1-8

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Quarter-Finals
02.05.2019	Denmark	3	Slovakia	0
02.05.2019	Finland	4	Italy	0
02.05.2019	Belgium	3	Ireland	1
02.05.2019	Czech Republic	4	Netherlands	0
	Playoff 5/8
03.05.2019	Slovakia	2	Italy	1
03.05.2019	Ireland	2	Netherlands	2
	Semi-Finals
03.05.2019	Finland	2	Denmark	2
03.05.2019	Czech Republic	3	Belgium	0
	Playoff 7/8
04.05.2019	Netherlands	2	Italy	2
	Playoff 5/6
04.05.2019	Ireland	3	Slovakia	0
	Playoff 3/4
04.05.2019	Belgium	2	Denmark	2
	Final
04.05.2019	Czech Republic	2	Finland	1

Reference: [1-2]

Position 9-12 Standings

Place		P	W	D	L	Pts	Rubbers	Games	Points
9	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	10-2	31-11	418-315
10	Sweden	3	1	2	0	4	8-4	27-16	407-335
11	Israel	3	1	1	1	3	5-7	21-23	385-378
12	Croatia	3	0	0	3	0	1-11	6-35	253-435

Reference: [3]

Position 9-12 Results

	Port	Isr	Swe	Cro
Por	xxx	4-0	2-2	4-0
Isr	0-4	xxx	2-2	3-1
Swe	2-2	2-2	xxx	4-0
Cro	0-4	1-3	0-4	xxx

Reference: [3]

Pool Tables

Place		P	W	D	L	Pts	Rubbers	Games	Points
	Pool A
1	*Denmark	2	2	0	0	4	7-1	23-5	287-207
2	*Netherlands	2	1	0	1	2	3-5	11-19	242-284
3	Portugal	2	0	0	2	0	2-6	11-21	267-305
	Pool B
1	*Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	4	8-0	24-1	269-146
2	*Slovakia	2	0	1	1	1	2-6	8-18	185-236
3	Israel	2	0	1	1	1	2-6	6-19	172-244
	Pool C
1	*Belgium	2	2	0	0	4	8-0	24-1	276-148
2	*Italy	2	1	0	1	2	3-5	9-17	209-245
3	Sweden	2	0	0	2	0	1-7	6-21	188-280
	Pool D
1	*Finland	2	1	1	0	3	6-2	22-8	298-225
2	*Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	6-2	20-11	312-241
3	Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	0-8	1-24	133-277

Reference: [4-7]

Pool A Results

	Den	Neth	Por
Den	xxx	4-0	3-1
Neth	0-4	xxx	3-1
Por	1-3	1-3	xxx

Reference: [4]

Pool B Results

	CZR	Isr	Svk
Czech Republic	xxx	4-0	4-0
Israel	0-4	xxx	2-2
Slovakia	0-4	2-2	xxx

Reference: [5]

Pool C Results

	Ita	Bel	Swe
Italy	xxx	0-4	3-1
Belgium	4-0	xxx	4-0
Sweden	1-3	0-4	xxx

Reference: [6]

Pool D Results

	Irl	Fin	Cro
Ireland	xxx	2-2	4-0
Finland	2-2	xxx	4-0
Croatia	0-4	0-4	xxx

Reference: [7]

Team Ireland

Coaches/Manager	Players
*Manager*	Sam Buckley
Christine Lowry	Brian Byrne
*Coaches*	Sean Conroy
David Noone	Oisin Logan
Hadrian Stiff	Steve Richardson

Reference: [8]

Ireland Matches (1st-8th Place Playoff)

Order/Date	Ireland	Points	Opposition	Points	Score
02.05.2019	Ireland	1	Belgium	3
1	Sean Conroy	0	Jan Ven Der Herregwegen	1	6-11, 7-11, 5-11
2	Steve Richardson	1	Lowie Delbeke	0	11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4
3	Brian Byrne	0	Joeri Hapers	1	8-11, 2-11, 10-12
4	Sam Buckley	0	Mats Raemen	1	14-16, 8-11, 6-11
03.05.2019	Ireland	2	Netherlands	2	Ireland win on Games 8-7
1	Sean Conroy	0	Roshan Bharos	1	11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 7-11
2	Brian Byrne	0	Thijs Roukens	1	11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 0-11
3	Oisin Logan	1	Henrico Van Der Vegt	0	11-5, 11-3, 11-8
4	Steve Richardson	1	Tess Jutte	0	11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8
04.05.2019	Ireland	3	Slovakia	0
1	Sean Conroy	1	Miroslav Celler	0	11-2, 11-3, 11-4
2	Brian Byrne	1	Matej Hrncirik	0	9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
3	Oisin Logan	1	David Kubicek	0	11-7, 11-8, 11-1
4	Sam Buckley	–	Marek Manik	–	Not played

Reference: [8]

Report

Ireland finished 5th in Division 2 of the Men’s European Team Championships. Two Men made their debuts for Ireland at these Squash Championships – Oisin Logan & Sam Buckley. [8]

Ireland qualifed for the quarter-finals having drawn with Finland and beaten Croatia in the Pool stages. There they came up against Belgium, and went down 3-1, before recovering to beat Netherlands on games countback and Slovakia to finish 5th of 12.

References

Websites

[1] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Position 1-8 | Draw [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=9 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[2] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Position 1-8 | General [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawmatches.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=9 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[3] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Position 9-12 [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=10 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[4] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool A [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=5 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[5] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool B [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=6 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[6] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool C [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=7 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[7] European Squash | Tournament Software (2019) ETC 1&2 | Men’s Division 2 – Pool D [Internet] Available from: https://esf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B0549D52-E3D3-48D7-8B50-1E4637131020&draw=8 [Accessed 18 September 2019]

[8] Irish Squash (2019) European Championships – Women 6th & Men 5th [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishsquash.com/european-championships-4/ [Accessed 18 September 2019]

Images

[9] Polish Squash | Twitter (2019) The @EuropeanSquash has updated its logo to distinguish the legal identity, create more versatility across various applications and increase the promotional impact across Europe. [Internet] Available from: https://twitter.com/PolskiSquash/status/1074671671548760065 [Accessed 26 August 2019]

Acknowlegements

Thanks to Conor Moran & Paul Foley

About this document

Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 18 September 2019