Liam Pitchford is back in an England shirt and there are debuts for Ella Pashley and Tianer Yu in a seven-strong England squad for the European Championships in Slovenia next month.

Pashley and Yu represented England at the European Team Championships last year, but this will be their first experience of an individual championships. They will join Tin-Tin Ho in the women’s competitions.

Pitchford is joined by Tom Jarvis, Connor Green and Sam Walker in the men’s competitions having missed last year’s European Team Championships in Croatia and the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships London 2026 earlier this year.

The competition in Ljubljana from 11 to 18 October features singles and doubles competitions. The Women’s Doubles will see Pashley & Yu combine, while Ho lines up with Wales’ Anna Hursey.

In the Men’s Doubles, Jarvis & Green team up again, having had success on the international circuit, including reaching the semi-finals of WTT Star Contender London last year. Pitchford & Walker will also compete as a pair.

In the Mixed, Green & Ho are another partnership to have had international success, including winning England’s first ever WTT Mixed title at WTT Feeder Dusseldorf in March. Walker & Yu complete the line-up in that event.