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European International Junior Team Tournament

The biennial Netherlands-based junior team chess tournament was open for U-21 players and drew some promising newbies from Western European countries who later became respected GMs (Keene, Mestel, Speelman). All in all there were 10 editions from 1957 till 1975. The event was also known as the "Youth Olympiad".

See the 1957-1975 medal table.

no.	host city	year	results	PGN
1.	The Hague	1957	Netherlands 16½; West Germany 15; England 11; The Hague 9; France 8½; Luxembourg 0
2.	The Hague	1959	West Germany 22½; Netherlands 19½; England 15½; Denmark 14; Norway 13½; Austria 12; Switzerland 10½; Belgium 5½
3.	The Hague	1961	West Germany 19; Netherlands 18; Norway 17; Denmark 16; England 15; Switzerland 13½; Austria 11; Belgium 2½
4.	The Hague	1963	Denmark 22½; West Germany 17½; Netherlands 17½; Norway 15½; Austria 15; England 14½; Switzerland 6½; Belgium 3
5.	The Hague	1965	Netherlands 20; England 20; West Germany 15; Denmark 14½; Norway 14; Switzerland 12½; Belgium 8; Austria 8
6.	The Hague	1967	England 21; West Germany 19½; Denmark 18½; Netherlands 16½; Switzerland 16; Austria 11; Luxembourg 5½; Belgium 4
7.	Zutphen	1969	West Germany 14½; England 11½; Netherlands 11½; Denmark 8½; Switzerland 8; Austria 6
8.	Zutphen	1971	England 19; West Germany 14; Netherlands 12½; Denmark 11½; Sweden 10½; Switzerland 10; OSBO 6½
9.	Doesburg	1973	West Germany 18½; England 17; Netherlands 16; Denmark 13½; Netherlands "B" 10½; Switzerland 8½
10.	The Hague	1975	England 37½, Netherlands 35½, Denmark 23½, West Germany 23½

Prepared by David McAlister and Nikolaas Verhulst.