European Championships 2011

England sweep all before them in Stockholm, at the European Dodgeball Championships 2011. The finals of the Men's and Women's events were both all England Lions affairs.

The tournament was played to Swedish rules and it was held outdoors in the Stockholm Dodge Cage. National teams from Sweden (2 teams), England (2 teams), Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland (2 teams) and Wales all returned from last year's inaugural event and teams from Finland and Switzerland joined them in this festival of international dodgeball. For the first time, Women's Dodgeball was also represented with teams from Sweden, England (2 teams), Italy and Switzerland.

The tournament was played in a great sporting spirit, with teams mixing together off the court and all the teams made new international friends as well as renewing friendships from last year. The games in the Men's competition were very competitive; no team came through the Round One group unbeaten and only Switzerland failed to record a positive result. England Lions 1 were defeated by their second team in Round One but got their revenge in the Final, beating them by 3 games to 1. It was similar in the 3rd Place Match, when Italy defeated Sweden, reversing the Round One result.

The Women's Championship had fewer teams but it was no less competitive. England Women were the only team with real competition experience and this showed as the two English teams dominated. England Lions Women 1 went through the tournament unbeated and their second team only suffered defeats at the hands of the 1sts.

The awards for Tournament Most Valuable Players went to England Lions' players Ed Skinner and Lauren Goodwin.

 Final Positions for European Dodgeball Championships 2011:
1. England Lions 1
2. England Lions 2
3. Italy
4. Sweden 2
5. Scotland Highlanders 1
6. Scotland Highlanders 2
7. Finland
8. Wales Dragons
9. Northern Ireland Knights
10. Sweden 1
11. Switzerland

Final Places for Women's European Dodgeball Championship

Full Results coming soon!