Favorites in Under 19 Boys Event justified the rankings

The top four seeds at the Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championship Under 19 Boy’s Event showed good shape at the opening stage of the Event. Romania Poland Belgium and France all recored victories in first match of the Group phase.

Romania’s Darius MOVILEANU Eduard IONESCU and Iulian CHIRITA overcame Switzerland in straight matches. However Sweden’s David BJORKRYD Max HEDBOM and Charlie WIDING needed one more to create an upset and to overcame Germany.

In Group B Poland’s Maciej KUBIK Milosz REDZIMSKI and Szymon KOLASA overcame Spain and Italy’s Tommaso GIOVANNETI Andrea PUPPO and Miguel PANTOJA joined them at the top of the standings with the victory over Portugal.

Belgium’s Adrien RASSENFOSSE Louis LAFFINEUR and Tom CLOSSET accounted for Hungary in straight matches whilst Croatia faced much harder challenge. They were stretched to full distance in the match against Norway. Ivor BAN was the backbone of the team’s success with two wins over Sebastian FLAATTEN and Alexander FRANSSON.

France beat Slovakia 3:0 in the duel where only Alexis KOURAICHI was under severe pressure. Thibault PORET and Hugo DESCHAMPS faced less problems. Ukraine beat the odds and overcame Slovakia Andrii GREBENIUK Nazar TRETIAK and Mykyta ZAVADA succeeded in four matches.

In Under 15 Boy’s Teams Event in Group A France and Romania secured the points after their duels against Spain and Belgium. In Group B Spain and Germany also recorded opening round wins against Israel and Turkiye. 

In Group C Hungary beat Switzerland whilst Czech Republic accounted for Portugal. The winners of the Balkan Championships Bulgaria created the upset by beating top seeds in Group D – Poland. Sweden overcame Croatia.

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