The Mixed Teams Event at the 2025 JOOLA Europe Youth Series in Ilijaš, Bosnia and Herzegovina, concluded with victories for Poland and Romania.
In the Under 15 Mixed Teams Event, Poland’s Wanessa KULCZYCKA, Nicol BARTOSZKO, Piotr LACKI, and Dawid STANIOWSKI claimed the title after overcoming England’s team, which included Alyssa NGUYEN, Soraya RAHMANI-WALENTYNSKA, Hannah SAUNDERS, Dimitar DIMITROV, Kacper PIWOWAR, and Pablo RAMIREZ RIOJA. The Polish team dominated the final, securing victory in five matches.
In the bronze medal match, Slovakia’s Bianka BACSOVÁ, Barbora Melisa GUASSARDO, Marco CISARIK, and Filip NAGY defeated Croatia’s Lana BENKO, Klara KONČAR, Nikola JURIĆ, and Matija VOLF in a much tighter encounter, which went the full distance — 5-4 in Slovakia’s favor.
In the Under 13 Mixed Teams Event, Romania 1, represented by Nadalia IONAȘCU, Kariss Yasmin ȘERBAN, Mihai IORDAN, and Alexandru POP, triumphed over their compatriots from Romania 2 — Ioana IONESCU, Teodora SARDENI, Albert Armand CZIGLER, and Matei NIȚĂ — in an all-Romanian final.
In the match for third place, Italy, represented by Claudia BERTOLINI, Alice BORSANI, Pietro CAMPAGNA, and Tommaso SIMI, prevailed against Croatia, whose lineup featured Karla IVČIĆ, Sara RIVETTI, Ivan SMILJANIĆ, and Matija ZOHIL.
Pictures by Izet TAHIRBEGOVIC here.
