October 16, 2025 | Paul Stimpson
European superpower Germany proved too strong for an England team featuring two teenagers in the last 16 of the European Championships in Croatia.
Going for a third Women’s Team title in a row, Germany lined up with three players inside the world’s top 70.
Previous reports
Despite that, England approached the match positively on the back of coming through January’s qualifying tournament and then beating the ninth-ranked side Italy in the groups to get to this stage.
When Tin-Tin Ho took the first game against Annett Kaufmann, world junior champion last year and world ranked 65, hopes may have been raised a little.
But that was just the invitation for Kaufmann to step it up and keep Ho (WR 247) at arm’s length for the next three games.
Tianer Yu, brilliant in the defeat of Italy, gave as good as she got in the first two games of her match against Sabine Winter, ranked 262 places above her at No 28 in the world. It was only in the third that Winter was able to finally subdue her opponent.
Ella Pashley (WR 908) was unlucky not to have featured in the qualifying tournament, having been selected to play No 3 against a Greenland side which ended up fielding only two players.
She showed few signed of nerves on her belated senior tournament debut, looking to attack at every opportunity, though her opponent Nina Mittelham (WR 69) not surprisingly had the greater consistency. Still, Pashley (pictured above) will only benefit from a match in which she made some superb winners and stuck at it throughout.
All told, England will take a lot of positives from achieving a top-16 place.
Englandâ€s men faced Netherlands in the 17-24th position bracket and brought in Connor Green for his first senior tournament match.
Tom Jarvis won his two matches, including a nip-and-tuck opener against Milo De Boer, while Green led Gabrielius Camara 2-1 before his opponent came back to win 3-2 in Match 2.
Sam Walkerâ€s 3-1 defeat in a tight match against Kas Van Oost proved pivotal as, although Jarvis beat Camara in four, Green could not get a game off De Boer in the decider and the Dutch triumphed 3-2.
Results
Women’s Team
Round of 16
Germany 3 England 0
Annett Kaufmann bt Tin-Tin Ho 3-1 (7-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8)
Sabine Winter bt Tianer Yu 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-4)
Nina Mittelham bt Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7)
Men’s Team
Positions 17-24
Netherlands 3 England 2
Tom Jarvis bt Milo De Boer 3-2 (11-7, 11-13, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7)
Gabrielius Camara bt Connor Green 3-2 (11-5, 8-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8)
Kas Van Oost bt Sam Walker 3-1 (13-11, 11-13, 11-8, 12-10)
Jarvis bt Camara 3-1 (10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7)
De Boer bt Green 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
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