The semifinal line-up in the Mixed Team event at the 2026 European Under 13 Championships in Nevşehir, Türkiye, is complete following Thursday’s Stage 2 encounters. Russia, France, Ukraine and Germany emerged as group winners, each recording three victories to secure a place among the last four.
Only the winners of the four Stage 2 groups progressing to the semifinals.
Russia completed Stage 2 unbeaten, recording 5-0 victories over Belarus and Moldova before overcoming Spain 3-2 in their closest encounter.
Against Spain, Elisei KLOCHKO and Olesia ILINA lost the opening mixed doubles to Ladimir MAYOROV and Carmen GOMEZ in straight games. However, Viktoriia RYBALCHENKO levelled the score with a 3-0 victory over Lola URIA, before Mikhail KIRILLOV defeated Pablo MARTINEZ by the same margin.
ILINA then secured Russia’s third point by overcoming GOMEZ 3-0. MAYOROV reduced the deficit with a four-game victory over KLOCHKO, but Russia had already secured the team victory.
Spain finished second with one victory, ahead of Moldova and Belarus, who also recorded one win each. Moldova defeated Spain 3-2, while Belarus overcame Moldova by the same score.
France secured their semifinal place with three convincing victories, defeating Czechia 4-1, England 5-0 and Poland 4-1.
Hachim TISSAFI IDRISSI, Blanche SEBBE, Arthur XIAN and Avelina DIRMENT NUNEZ all contributed to the French team’s success.
Against Poland, TISSAFI IDRISSI and SEBBE opened with a straight-games victory in the mixed doubles. Kamila BYRDZIAK brought Poland level by defeating DIRMENT NUNEZ in five games, but XIAN restored France’s advantage with a 3-0 success over Adam KEDZIERSKI.
SEBBE then recovered from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Hanna KUFEL in five games, before TISSAFI IDRISSI completed the 4-1 victory against Jakub BLASZCZYK.
Poland finished second in the group, followed by Czechia and England. All three teams recorded one victory.
Ukraine produced another impressive unbeaten campaign, defeating Greece 4-1, Italy 5-0 and Portugal 4-1 to secure the third semifinal place.
Their 5-0 victory over Italy was particularly notable. David DROBOV and Oleksandra BAHATKO opened with a five-game mixed doubles success against Pietro CAMPAGNA and Serena ROSSATI. Oleksandra BETS, Ivan BUR and BAHATKO followed with straight-games victories, before DROBOV completed the sweep against CAMPAGNA.
Ukraine also faced a challenge from Portugal in their final encounter. DROBOV and BAHATKO won the opening mixed doubles, but Leonor ASCENCO levelled the score by defeating BETS 3-0.
Mark VORONOI then put Ukraine back in front with a straight-games victory over João COSTA, before BAHATKO and DROBOV secured the remaining two points.
Portugal finished second with victories over Italy and Greece, while Italy took third place ahead of Greece.
Germany claimed the fourth and final semifinal berth after winning all three Group 4 encounters, defeating Bulgaria 5-0, Romania 4-1 and Sweden 3-2.
The German team began with a clean sweep against Bulgaria, winning all five individual matches in straight games.
Their encounter against Romania proved more demanding. Kirill MANALAKI and Dana HASPEL gave Germany the opening point with a 3-1 mixed doubles victory over Matei NITA and Bianca TOMA.
Hannah SCHLAUCH then defeated Adriana IVAN 3-1, before Joel ROHALY overcame Vladimir FILIMON in a dramatic five-game contest. ROHALY led 2-0, but FILIMON fought back to force a deciding game, which the German player won 12-10.
TOMA reduced the deficit with a straight-games victory over HASPEL, but MANALAKI completed Germany’s 4-1 success by defeating NITA 3-0.
Germany also faced a tough challenge from Sweden. Filip AROSELL and Nina LAZIC won the opening mixed doubles for Sweden, but HASPEL, ROHALY and Kristin TUVE recorded three consecutive victories to put Germany 3-1 ahead. AROSELL defeated Koki PUSCHEL in the final singles to complete the 3-2 scoreline.
Romania finished second with victories over Sweden (4-1) and Bulgaria (5-0), while Bulgaria took third place following a 3-2 success against Sweden.
