The 2026 European Individual Squash Championships concluded in Budapest on 22 August with the women’s and men’s finals. Hungary hosted the senior individual continental championships for the first time in 20 years, with six Hungarian men and six Hungarian women competing alongside Europe’s leading players.
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Matches from four courts can be watched back on ESF TV.
Photos by Richárd Kirner and Gábor Kőrös are also available in our photo gallery.
Among the Hungarian men, Balázs Farkas achieved the best result, finishing 13th at the European Championships. Benedek Takács finished 17th, Bendegúz Kamocsai 21st, Dániel Simon 45th/48th, Regő Komlódi 49th and Barnabás Sáli 53rd.
In the women’s competition, Gabriella Csókási recorded the best Hungarian result, finishing 25th. Nóra Juhász finished 27th/28th, Csenge Kiss-Máté 31st/32nd, Villő Varga 38th, Linda Páj 39th and Krisztina Kun 43rd.
In Saturday’s play-off matches, Gabriella Csókási defeated Czech player Anna Serme in four games (3–11, 18–16, 11–7, 11–4) to secure 25th place. Bendegúz Kamocsai also ended the tournament with a victory, defeating Dutch player Robert Lindner 3–1 (9–11, 11–5, 11–9, 11–4) to finish 21st. In the match for 17th place, Benedek Takács lost 3–0 to Liechtenstein’s David Maier (10–12, 7–11, 3–11).
All-Belgian women’s final
Belgian sisters Tinne Gilis and Nele Gilis met in the women’s final. Top seed Tinne Gilis won the title 3–0, although all three games were closely contested: 12–10, 11–7, 14–12.
The top four in the women’s European Championships:
- Tinne Gilis (Belgium)
- Nele Gilis (Belgium)
- Alina Bushma (Ukraine)
- Melissa Alves (France)
Crouin defends his European title
In the men’s final, top-seeded Frenchman Victor Crouin faced second seed Dimitri Steinmann of Switzerland. Crouin won the final in three games, 11–2, 11–7, 12–10, to claim the European title once again.
Two Spanish players, Ivan Pérez and Bernat Jaume, contested the bronze-medal match. Pérez prevailed in five games, winning 3–2 (6–11, 11–7, 11–5, 6–11, 12–10).
The top four in the men’s European Championships:
- Victor Crouin (France)
- Dimitri Steinmann (Switzerland)
- Ivan Pérez (Spain)
- Bernat Jaume (Spain)
The four-day European Championships in Budapest have now come to an end. The complete results and all match scores are available on the official European Squash Federation tournament website.
