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The European Youth Teams Championships or "Team"?

The Youth Teams championships are "the flagship competition of the EBL youth programme". Every member of the EBL may enter one national team in each of three flights: Juniors (under 26), Youngsters (under 21), and Girls (u-26 female).

The biennial Junior Teams tournament was established in 1968 by the EBL Youth Committee, Chair Andre Boekhurst. Youngsters joined the program in 1994 and Girls in 2004. All three competitions are qualify some number of leading teams to represent Europe (zone 1) in the World Youth Teams Championships. Beginning 2005 the European event is conducted in odd years, a full year before the World event.

2011 rendition
In the "Girls" tournament for under-26 female teams, Danuta Kazmucha and Justyna Zmuda of Poland played in the first 8 of 9 matches and were the highest-scoring pair (+256 IMPs). Poland had clinched the championship in Round 8 of 9 with a convincing win over the runner-up Netherlands.

At that point Poland led Latvia and England by 6 and 11 VPs, after 7 of 17 rounds in the Youngsters tournament. Zmuda played in 9 of the last 10 matches, having missed the first 7, and finished as the fourth-high scoring player in that tournament (+255 IMPs).

Zmuda & Krysa scored the highest average 1.42 IMP per deal in the Youngsters (followed by Krysa & Lonski 1.24 and the English pair 0.94). The ENglish were one of eight pairs to play all 340 deals. Four pairs played all 420 deals in the Juniors.

Zmuda & scored the highest average 1.07 IMP per deal in the Girls. They played 240 of 288 deals. (15 of 18 sets of 15). Poland's second pair was second-high scoring, followed by two Dutch pairs.

Poland won by 26.5 VPs, slightly more than the maximum score of 25 in each match. Poland scored 13 wins, with 3 losses and one tie; 20 VP per match. [20.0, namely 19.0 before Zmuda and 20.7 afterward]

While they did not "romp" to victory as in the Girls field, the 18-VP lead after 14 matches was prohibitive. With three rounds to go, second-place Israel had not yet faced any of the other three leaders. Israel beat Netherlands 53-29 (not a big margin), eked Poland 40-39, and lost to Sweden 40-60.

In the Juniors, the two Israel pairs were second- and third- high scoring per deal behind Agustin Madala and partner for Israel.

Girls: Italy 4, Sweden 5

Pres Yves Aubry, Girls closing ceremony
 * This Girls competition is a qualification step for the World Championship. In 2010, the girls participated for the first time in a World Championship with only four teams, of which two came from Europe. In 2012, the World Championship for the Girls will be held at the end of July and probably in Cuba. There will be eight teams and I have the great pleasure to announce to you that the first four teams in Albena will be qualified for this World Championship.

Europe is represented by six, five, and four teams in the World Youth Teams Championships, contested in even years, so all the medalists and some also-rans qualify from the European championships.

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England and Norway also qualified for the 2012 World Youngsters Teams (5 teams from Europe).

Girls
with Victory Points, or final scores of this round-robin tournament

Italy also qualified for the 2012 World Girls Teams (4 teams from Europe in a field of 8).

complete record

 * This section illustrates some ways to present complete standings in wikitables that cover only a selection of years. It provides a complete record in plain text format suitable for input to some computer programs, which must be destined for Talk or User space.

Europe at the Worlds
Europe at the World Youth Teams Championships Juniors EBL/WBF: Field 1986/87: 5 2 ; 1 2 1988/89:  8 2 ; 1     gbr(7 host 1990/91: 12 3 ; 1 2 3 1992/93: 15 4 ; 1 2 3 den(15 host 1994/95: 12 3 ; 1 2  ita(5 ??? 1996/97: 18 4 ; 1 2 3 isr(4 1998/99: 16 4 ; 1 2 3 nor(4 2000/01: 17 5 ; 1 2 3 den fra(5 4 2002/03: 16 6 ; 1 2 3 eng fra pol(6 4 5 2004/05: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 eng fra nor(6 5 4 2005/06: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 hun isr nor(5 6 4 2007/08: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 den ger nor(6 5 4 2009/10: 17 8 ; 1 2 3 ger ita ned rus swe(6 5 4 8 7 2011/12:   6 qualify Youngsters  2004  :  6 3 ; 1 2 3[2002] 1 2 nor[2004](4 2005/06: 16 6 ; 1 2 3 ita lat swe(6 5 4 2007/08: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 eng ned nor(4 6 5 2009/10: 16 9 ; 1 2 3 eng ger hun ned nor swe(9 6 7 8 4 5 2011/12:   5 qualify Girls 2009/10:  4 2 ; 1 2 2010/11:    4 ; 1 2 3 4 qualify

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EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1  2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23 1968 70  72  74  76  78 1980 82  84  86  88 1990 92  94  96  98 2000 02  04  05  07  09 2011 11  10  17  20  18  19  15  18  19  19  21  22  23  22  26  22  25  22  26  22  22  23  22  SWE DEN POL SWE AUS GBR NOR POL FRA NED FRA NOR ITA GBR NOR ITA NOR ITA POL POL NED FRA ISR POR ITA ISR IRE SWE SWE SPA GBR ITA FRA ITA ISR GER DEN RUS DEN NED DEN ISR ITA ITA ISR ITA GBR SWE FRA GBR NED AUS FRA NOR NOR DEN NOR DEN NOR POL DEN ISR ISR NOR HUN FRA POL NOR DEN POL FIN DEN NOR POL ger GER DEN DEN GBR SWE GER GBR NOR ISR NOR FRA FRA NOR NOR NOR NED BUL NED ISR HUN NED NOR POL SWE SWE SWE NOR GRE POL SWE ITA NED RUS DEN POL FRA HUN GER ITA FRA FIN FRA GBR ISR HUN NOR ICE SPA HUN ITA POL SWE POL RUS SWE SWE TUR ENG ENG ISR DEN GER NED DEN NED NED DEN GBR BEL AUS FIN POL SWE GBR NED AUS ICE ICE TUR SWE ISR NED ENG FRA SWE CRO AUS IRE ITA FRA GER FRA GRE NED NED POL GER FIN CIS ISR HUN AUS RUS NED BEL DEN RUS RUS POL HUN SPA GER ITA ITA ITA ISR ITA BEL FIN IRE ICE ISR SWE POL POL GER SWE ITA NED LAT POL SWE CZE GBR SWE POL BEL GRE DEN BEL ISR GER NED GBR NED FRA ITA NED ITA RUS SWE BEL ENG AUS NOR IRE    YUG HUN FRA SPA GBR FRA GRE ISR DEN SOV FIN NED LIT HUN AUS EST RUS SWE CZE ROM ENG NOR ICE POR DEN ITA ISR GER ICE FIN HUN HUN IRE TUR blr POL CZE TUR TUR HUN BUL TUR IRE FIN ICE IRE BEL GER GBR SPA BEL ITA FRA GER GER GBR ENG CRO GER POR SWE CZE GER TUR GER ISR ICE IRE AUS AUS HUN ISR AUS GRE TUR GBR ICE FIN GER CRO GRE BEL DEN SCO FIN BEL FIN NED NED HUN SPA GRE BUL IRE DEN HUN FRA FIN ICE TUR DEN LAT TUR ENG HUN SPA AUS DEN FIN    ICE ICE AUS TUR FRA BEL GRE AUS CRO CRO AUS AUS AUS CRO LAT GRE BEL POR SPA HUN    YUG YUG SWI ICE BEL ICE BEL IRE GER HUN HUN POR ROM GRE HUN FIN SPA IRE POR    IRE FIN BEL AUS SWI POR FIN FIN FRA POR BEL ROM SPA SCO GRE ROM GRE    ISR         IRE IRE SWI TUR IRE CRO ROM CZE BEL FIN FIN CZE POR CRO AUS SWI                        HUN POR ROM SWI POR YUG EST GRE CZE LIT ROM FIN IRE SPA SPA LIT CZE CAE GRE SPA SPA SCO SCO AUS TUR BEL CZE TUR AUS BEL SPA SCO SCO GRE CRO svk BEL SER EST    SPA     WAL     SPA         IRE YUG    SWI     SER GRE    IRE     LIT SWI            svk 11 10  17  20  18  19  15  18  19  19  21  22  23  22  26  22  25  22  26  22  22  23  22  1968 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 1980 82 '84 '86 '88 1990 92 '94 '96 '98 2000 02 '04 '05 '07 '09 2011

from 1976(?), with members of all teams

Youngsters 14 15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23 1994 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '05 '07 '09 2011  FRA GER ITA POL ISR POL POL POL POL POL NOR ISR NED NOR POL ISR ISR BUL ISR ISR ISR GBR POL FRA NOR NED NOR FRA FRA SWE POL SWE SWE HUN NED NOR SWE ENG NOR ENG blr DEN NOR ENG SWE ITA LAT NOR SWE NOR ITA AUS ISR SWE GER SWE ITA NED GER ITA GBR ITA GER AUS DEN DEN DEN SWE HUN FRA NED FRA FRA NED FRA LAT GER ISR NED LAT SWE NED HUN ISR ITA FRA FRA GER ENG NED GER POL GBR ITA AUS ENG NED DEN ITA DEN AUS YUG RUS GER ENG GER ENG ITA TUR HUN BEL RUS YUG LAT CZE CZE HUN LAT DEN TUR IRE IRE AUS    IRE SCO TUR TUR CZE BUL GRE IRE    SCO HUN AUS CZE ROM CZE WAL aus    HUN     SCO WAL    GER RUS AUS 13 14  14  12  15  15  14  16  14  18

Girls 19 20  21  22  23 2004 '05 '07 '09 2011  AUS NED POL POL POL SWE SWE NED FRA NED POL AUS SWE NED FRA NED POL ISR SWE ITA ITA RUS GER DEN SWE CZE GER NOR EST HUN ISR DEN ITA CZE GER HUN ENG ENG HUN CZE GER ITA EST GER TUR BEL IRE DEN NOR BUL LAT    LAT ITA TUR ENG TUR ROM 11 10  12  14  10

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LIST OF EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS TO DATE Year 	Event  	Venue  	Winners Juniors 	Youngsters 	Girls 2011 	23 	Albena, Bulgaria 	ISRAEL 	POLAND  	POLAND 2009 	22 	Brasov, Romania 	FRANCE 	POLAND  	POLAND 2007 	21 	Jesolo, Italy 	NETHERLANDS 	POLAND  	POLAND 2005 	20 	Riccione, Italy 	POLAND 	POLAND  	NETHERLANDS 2004 	19 	Prague, Czech Republic 	POLAND 	POLAND  	AUSTRIA 2002 	18 	Torquay, England 	ITALY 	ISRAEL 2000 	17 	Antalya, Turkey 	NORWAY 	POLAND 1998 	16 	Vienna, Austria 	ITALY 	ITALY 1996 	15 	Cardiff, Wales 	NORWAY 	GERMANY 1994 	14  	Papendal, Netherlands  	GREAT BRITAIN   	FRANCE 1992 	13 	Paris, France 	ITALY 1990 	12 	Neumunster, Germany 	NORWAY 1988 	11 	Plovdiv, Bulgaria 	FRANCE 1986 	10 	Budapest, Hungary 	NETHERLANDS 1984 	9 	Hasselt, Belgium 	FRANCE 1982 	8 	Salsomaggiore, Italy 	POLAND 1980 	7 	Kfar Hamaccabiah, Israel 	NORWAY 1978 	6 	Stirling, Great Britain 	GREAT BRITAIN 1976 	5 	Lund, Sweden 	AUSTRIA 1974 	4 	Copenhagen, Denmark 	SWEDEN 1972 	3 	Delft, Netherlands 	POLAND 1970 	2 	Dublin, Ireland 	DENMARK 1968 	1 	Prague, Czech Republic 	SWEDEN