European Group B : 2006-2018

This tournament is for nations that are not at the top level but hopefully can one day achieve that. Some of them have benefited, others are no longer. Still, it gives them a chance to grow as players have the incentive to represent their nation at international level.

Of the countries listed, Austria has since ceased playing. Estonia and Latvia struggle and are not consistently playing as best I can ascertain. Germany is holding rather than growing. The rest - which is the majority - are doing well, having no doubt benefited from this tournament's existence.

It hasn't been played of late, seemingly due to the World Cup qualifiers. I think it could have been played anyway as these countries aren't going to make the WC but maybe resources would be stretched to much. It certainly needs to continue and hopefully a pathway to the European Cup, which is the next stage up.

The 2018 matches as WC qualifying games were covered here.

	EUROPEAN GROUP B
	YEAR	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	2006	Germany	Austria	Estonia
	2007	Serbia	Germany	Czech R
	2008	Italy	Germany	Czech R
	2009	Italy	Germany	Czech R
	'10 W	Serbia	Germany	Czech R
	'10 E	Russia	Ukraine	Latvia
	2011	Germany	Malta	Norway
	12/13	Russia	Italy	Serbia	Germany
	14/15	Serbia	Russia	Italy	Ukraine
	2018	Russia	Spain	Serbia