Liévin, France, from 11-16 February, in the Arena Stade Couvert, will see the European stars team up and represent their countries, in the hope to be crowned the best in Europe. The announced teams are a confirmation of the pool of players that a nation can call upon for the EMWTC. 

This year, in particular, there will be a fierce battle for medals. Two years ago, in Kazan, we saw six different nations comes away with medals. Who will it be this time? 

Here are the team announcements for the top four seeds in the men’s and women’s championships:

EMTC

Viktor Axelsen, Anders Antonsen, Jan O Jorgensen, Hans-Kristian Vittinghus.

Mathias Boe, Mads Conrad-Petersen, Kim Astrup, Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, Carsten Mogensen, Frederik Søgaard.

Toby Penty, Alex Lane, David Jones, Harry Huang.

Marcus Ellis, Chris Langridge, Sean Vendy, Ben Lane, Tom Wolfenden, Gregory Mairs.

Brice Leverdez, Christo Popov, Lucas Claerbout, Arnaud Merkle, Toma Junior Popov.

Thom Gicquel, Ronan Labar, Eloi Adam, Julien Maio, Fabien Delrue, William Villeger, Samy Corvee.

Vladimir Malkov, Sergey Sirant, Georgii Karpov, Georgii Lebedev.

Vladimir Ivanov, Ivan Sozonov, Nikita Khakimov, Alexandr Zinchenko, Denis Grachev, Pavel Kotsarenko, Rodion Alimov.

EWTC

Mia Blichfeldt, Line Kjaersfeldt, Julie Dawall Jakobsen, Line Chistophersen.

Maiken Freurgaard, Sara Thygesen, Alexandra Bøje, Mette Poulsen, Amalie Magelund, Freja Ravn.

Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Natalia Perminova, Anastasiia Semenova, Mariia Golubeva.

Ekaterina Bolotova, Alina Davletova, Anastasiia Akchurina, Olga Morozova, Viktoriia Kozyreva, Nina Vislova.

Qi Xuefei, Marie Batomene, Yaelle Hoyaux, Léonice Huet.

Lea Palermo, Delphine Delrue, Anne Tran, Vimala Heriau, Margot Lambert, Juliette Moinard, Ophelia Casier.

Yvonne Li, Fabienne Deprez, Miranda Wilson, Ann-Kathrin Spöri.

Linda Efler, Isabel Herttrich, Lara Kaepplein, Kilasu Ostermeyer, Annabella Jaeger, Stine Küspert, Emma Moszczynski, Franziska Volkmann. 

For the teams of all participating teams, click here.