Squash team world championship 1981

The 8th World Team Championship for Men ( English 1981 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) was held from September 24 to October 3, 1981 in Stockholm (Main Round) and other cities (preliminary round) Sweden instead. A total of 20 teams took part, which meant a new attendance record. With England , Scotland , Finland , Zimbabwe , Singapore , France , Norway , Monaco , the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany , a total of ten teams made their debut at a World Cup.

The defending champion was the United Kingdom , which as such no longer competed in world championships. Instead, England and Scotland were two separate teams. The Scots finished eighth, while England lost in the game for third place against the Federation of Arab Republics . World champion was Pakistan for the second time after 1977 , which defeated Australia 3-0 in the final. The team from the Federal Republic of Germany finished 16th on their debut.

mode

The participating teams competed in four groups. The group played in round robin mode , and the teams were divided into the finals according to their group placement. All places were played out. All teams consisted of a minimum of three and a maximum of four players who had to be reported in the order of their skill level. Three individual games were played per encounter. A team won if its players could win two of the individual games. The order in which the individual games were played was independent of the order in which the players entered.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	9-0	6th
2	United States	3	2	1	4: 5	4th
3	Canada	3	1	2	4: 5	2
4th	Singapore	3	0	3	1: 8	0

Pakistan	-	United States	3-0
Pakistan	-	Canada	3-0
Pakistan	-	Singapore	3-0
United States	-	Canada	2: 1
United States	-	Singapore	2: 1
Canada	-	Singapore	3-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Egypt	4th	4th	0	11: 1	8th
2	England	4th	3	1	10: 2	6th
3	Nigeria	4th	2	2	4: 8	4th
4th	BR Germany	4th	1	3	3: 9	2
5	Kuwait	4th	0	4th	2:10	0

FAR - England 2: 1 FAR - Nigeria 3-0 FAR - BR Germany 3-0 FAR - Kuwait 3-0 England - Nigeria 3-0

England - BR Germany 3-0 England - Kuwait 3-0 Nigeria - BR Germany 2: 1 Nigeria - Kuwait 2: 1 BR Germany - Kuwait 2: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	13: 2	10
2	Sweden	5	4th	1	13: 2	8th
3	Finland	5	3	2	8: 7	6th
4th	Netherlands	5	2	3	8: 7	4th
5	France	5	1	4th	3:12	2
6th	Norway	5	0	5	0:15	0

New Zealand - Sweden 2: 1 New Zealand - Finland 3-0 New Zealand - Netherlands 2: 1 New Zealand - France 3-0 New Zealand - Norway 3-0

Sweden - Finland 3-0 Sweden - Netherlands 3-0 Sweden - France 3-0 Sweden - Norway 3-0 Finland - Netherlands 2: 1

Finland - France 3-0 Finland - Norway 3-0 Netherlands - France 3-0 Netherlands - Norway 3-0 France - Norway 3-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Australia	4th	4th	0	12: 0	8th
2	Scotland	4th	3	1	7: 5	6th
3	Ireland	4th	2	2	6: 6	4th
4th	Zimbabwe	4th	1	3	5: 7	2
5	Monaco	4th	0	4th	0:12	0

Australia - Scotland 3-0 Australia - Ireland 3-0 Australia - Zimbabwe 3-0 Australia - Monaco 3-0 Scotland - Ireland 2: 1

Scotland - Zimbabwe 2: 1 Scotland - Monaco 3-0 Ireland - Zimbabwe 2: 1 Ireland - Monaco 3-0 Zimbabwe - Monaco 3-0

Main round

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	9-0	6th
2	Egypt	3	2	1	6: 3	4th
3	Sweden	3	1	2	3: 6	2
4th	Scotland	3	0	3	0: 9	0

Pakistan	-	Egypt	3-0
Pakistan	-	Sweden	3-0
Pakistan	-	Scotland	3-0
Egypt	-	Sweden	3-0
Egypt	-	Scotland	3-0
Sweden	-	Scotland	3-0

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Australia	3	3	0	7: 2	6th
2	England	3	2	1	6: 3	4th
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	5: 4	2
4th	United States	3	0	3	0: 9	0

Australia	-	England	2: 1
Australia	-	New Zealand	2: 1
Australia	-	United States	3-0
England	-	New Zealand	2: 1
England	-	United States	3-0
New Zealand	-	United States	3-0

final

Pakistan	final	Australia
Team Jahangir Khan Qamar Zaman Maqsood Ahmed	Date: October 3, 1981 Location: Stockholm Jahangir Khan 9-0, 7-4 Steve Bowditch Qamar Zaman 7: 9, 0: 9, 9: 5, 9: 0, 9: 2 Glen Brumby Maqsood Ahmed 9: 3, 9: 7, 9: 1 Greg Pollard Result : 3-0	Team Steve Bowditch Glen Brumby Greg Pollard Ross Thorne

Final placements

rank team 01.  Pakistan 02.  Australia 03.  Egypt 04th  England 05.  New Zealand 06th  Sweden 07th  United States 08th.  Scotland

rank team 09.  Canada 10.  Finland 11.  Zimbabwe 12.  Singapore 13.  Ireland 14th  Nigeria 15th  Netherlands 16.  BR Germany

rank team 17th  France 18th  Kuwait 19th  Norway 20th  Monaco

Web links

• World Men's Team Championship - History (PDF; 256 kB) on squashsite.co.uk (English)