Squash team world championship 1983
The 9th World Team Championship for Men ( English 1983 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) was held from 13 to 21 October 1983 in Auckland , New Zealand instead. As in the previous year, a total of 20 teams took part, with New Zealand's junior national team only playing as an unofficial participant. The team was allowed to participate in the group games of the preliminary round, but not in the main and final round. With Wales , Japan and Papua New Guinea , three teams made their debut at a World Cup.
The defending champion was Pakistan , who defended their title against England in the final . This was Pakistan's third title. Australia finished third ahead of the Federation of Arab Republics . A team from the German-speaking area did not compete.
mode
The participating teams competed in two groups. Within the group was played in round robin mode , the two best-placed teams moved into the main round, which was played in the same mode. The best two teams in the main round advanced to the semi-finals. This was carried out in the knockout system . 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 |
4th | 4th | 0 | 12: 0 | 8th |
| 2 |  New Zealand Juniors |
4th | 3 | 1 | 8: 4 | 6th |
| 3 |
 Canada
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4th | 2 | 2 | 7: 5 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Singapore
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 2:10 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Scotland
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4th | 0 | 4th | 1:11 | 0 |
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Group B
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England |
4th | 4th | 0 | 12: 0 | 8th |
| 2 |  United States |
4th | 3 | 1 | 9: 3 | 6th |
| 3 |
 Zimbabwe
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 6: 6 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Papua New Guinea
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 3: 9 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Kuwait
|
4th | 0 | 4th | 0:12 | 0 |
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Group C
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
4th | 4th | 0 | 12: 0 | 8th |
| 2 |  Sweden |
4th | 3 | 1 | 9: 3 | 6th |
| 3 |
 Wales
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 6: 6 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Malaysia
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 3: 9 | 2 |
| 5 |
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4th | 0 | 4th | 0:12 | 0 |
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Group D
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg){kind=small} Egypt |
4th | 4th | 0 | 11: 1 | 8th |
| 2 | New Zealand |
4th | 3 | 1 | 10: 2 | 6th |
| 3 |
 Ireland
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4th | 2 | 2 | 5: 7 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Finland
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 4: 8 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Japan
|
4th | 0 | 4th | 0:12 | 0 |
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Main round
Group A
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9-0 | 6th |
| 2 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6: 3 | 4th |
| 3 |
New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 2 | 2: 7 | 2 |
| 4th |
United States
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3 | 0 | 3 | 1: 8 | 0 |
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Group B
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 8: 1 | 6th |
| 2 | Egypt |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6: 3 | 4th |
| 3 |
Sweden
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3 | 1 | 2 | 4: 5 | 2 |
| 4th |
Canada
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 0 |
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Semifinals
| Pakistan |
- |
FAR |
3-0 |
| England |
- |
Australia |
3-0 |
final
| Pakistan | final | England | |||||||||
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Team
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Date: October 21, 1983
Result : 3-0 |
Team
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Final placements
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Web links
- World Men's Team Championship - History (PDF; 256 kB) on squashsite.co.uk (English)