The European Team Chess Championship 2025 will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from 4 to 15 October 2025. The event is the most important team competition in the European Chess Calendar, part of The Chess Calendar
After the technical meeting, the team pairings are now published. In the open section the top seeded team of Germany starts against Denmark. The Netherlands will play vs Bulgaria, while Hungary will meet the host Georgia.
In the women section Georgia 1 and Georgia 2 will play in the first round. Poland will start against Italy, Ukraine vs Austria, and the defending champions from Bulgaria against Czech republic.
Scroll down for the full team pairings of round 1 of ETCC.
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ETCC 2025, round 1 open
Round 1 on 2025/10/05 at 15:00
No.
Team
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Team
1
Germany
0
:
0
Denmark
2
Bulgaria
0
:
0
Netherlands
3
Hungary
0
:
0
Georgia 1
4
Slovakia
0
:
0
Azerbaijan
5
England
0
:
0
Sweden
6
Lithuania
0
:
0
Armenia
7
Serbia
0
:
0
Montenegro
8
Switzerland
0
:
0
Spain
9
Ukraine
0
:
0
Georgia 2
10
Moldova
0
:
0
Greece
11
France
0
:
0
Belgium
12
Finland
0
:
0
Slovenia
13
Poland
0
:
0
Iceland
14
Portugal
0
:
0
Czech Republic
15
Romania
0
:
0
Georgia 3
16
Faroe Islands
0
:
0
Croatia
17
Austria
0
:
0
Kosovo
18
Georgia 4
0
:
0
Turkiye
19
Israel
0
:
0
Scotland
20
Ireland
0
:
0
Italy
ETCC 2025, round 1 women
Round 1 on 2025/10/05 at 15:00
No.
Team
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Team
1
Georgia 1
0
:
0
Georgia 2
2
Italy
0
:
0
Poland
3
Ukraine
0
:
0
Austria
4
Slovenia
0
:
0
Azerbaijan
5
Bulgaria
0
:
0
Czech Republic
6
Georgia 3
0
:
0
Germany
7
Spain
0
:
0
Slovakia
8
Estonia
0
:
0
Armenia
9
France
0
:
0
Belgium
10
Montenegro
0
:
0
Switzerland
11
Serbia
0
:
0
Lithuania
12
Croatia
0
:
0
England
13
Hungary
0
:
0
Portugal
14
Iceland
0
:
0
Greece
15
Netherlands
0
:
0
Monaco
16
Sweden
0
:
0
Turkiye
17
Romania
0
:
0
Finland
18
Scotland
0
:
0
Israel