South African national squash team
| South Africa
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| Trainer | Richard Castle |
| Statistics at world championships | |
| First participation | 1967 |
| Participations total | 16 |
| best result | 3rd place (1969, 1973) |
| Eternal balance | 57:40 |
| Last update of the infobox: December 2019 | |
The South African squash national team is the entirety of the squash squash federation Squash South Africa . In it you will find South African athletes who represent their country in both individual and team competitions nationally and internationally in squash .
history
Men's
South Africa took part in the first edition of the World Cup in 1967 and finished the tournament in fourth place. Participations followed in 1969 and 1973 , before South Africa decided not to participate for a long time. The team reached third place both times, the best result to date. It was not until 1993 that the South African team was back in the field and achieved 13th place, the best possible result due to the mode. Since then, South Africa has always reached the last sixteen or quarter-finals, with two places five being the best and 19th place 2019 being the weakest.
Current squad
At the last World Cup in 2019 , the South African team consisted of the following players:
| rank | Surname | Date of birth | WRL | Calls | Victories | Defeats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jean-Pierre Brits | April 2, 1991 | 131 | 7th | 3 | 4th |
| 2. | Christo Potgieter | June 1, 1987 | 243 | 5 | 1 | 4th |
| 3. | Gary Wheadon | 1st February 1981 | 304 | 6th | 2 | 4th |
| 4th | Dylan Groenewald | June 29, 1995 | 308 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Balance sheet
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| year | venue | round | placement | Victories | Defeats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |
 Melbourne
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Group stage | 4th | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1969 |
 Birmingham
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Group stage | 3. | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1971 |  Palmerston North |
not participated | ||||||||
| 1973 |
 Johannesburg
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Group stage | 3. | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 1976 |
Birmingham |
not participated | ||||||||
| 1977 |
 Toronto
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| 1979 |
Brisbane
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| 1981 |
 Stockholm
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| 1983 |
Auckland
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| 1985 |
 Cairo
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| 1987 |
London
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| 1989 |
 Singapore
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| 1991 |
 Helsinki
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| 1993 |
 Karachi
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Group stage | 13. | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 1995 |
Cairo |
Quarter finals | 5. | 4th | 2 | |||||
| 1997 |
 Petaling Jaya
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Quarter finals | 5. | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1999 |
Cairo |
Quarter finals | 8th. | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 2001 |
Melbourne |
Quarter finals | 6th | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 2003 |
 Vienna
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Round of 16 | 10. | 4th | 3 | |||||
| 2005 |
Islamabad
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Round of 16 | 9. | 4th | 2 | |||||
| 2007 |
 Chennai
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Round of 16 | 11. | 4th | 3 | |||||
| 2009 |
 Odense
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Quarter finals | 6th | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 2011 |
 Paderborn
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Round of 16 | 13. | 3 | 4th | |||||
| 2013 |
 Mulhouse
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Quarter finals | 6th | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 2015 |
Cairo |
no event | ||||||||
| 2017 |
Marseille
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Group stage | 18th | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 2019 |
 Washington, DC
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Group stage | 19th | 2 | 5 | |||||
| total | 16/26 participations | 0 tracks | 57 | 40 | ||||||