Sunday, January 26, 2014

ENGLAND WOMEN FOLLOW MEN IN INDOOR RELEGATION.



England women follow the men in being relegated from the top tier of the European Indoor Championships.

Playing in the Czech capital, Prague, England lost their opening Pool A matches against The Netherlands and the Czechs, 7-0 and 4-1 respectively.  Their third and last Pool match, against Germany, ended 5-3 in favour of the Germans.

England recorded their only win of the tournament when they beat France 3-0 in Pool C (the relegation pool). Their final match ended 3-4 to Belarus, leaving them in seventh place.  They are relegated to the European Indoor Championships II in 2016 along with France, who finished eighth.

The Championships were won by The Netherlands, who beat Germany 0-3 in the Final. It is the first European Indoor Championships won by The Dutch.  Third place was won by Poland, who beat Austria 2-1.