Squash team world championship 1985
The 10th World Team Championship for Men ( English 1985 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) was held from 27 November to 5 December 1985 in Cairo , Egypt instead. As in the previous year, a total of 20 teams took part. With Spain and Greece , two teams made their debut at a World Cup.
The defending champion was Pakistan , which defended its title as in the previous World Cup. In the final, the Pakistani team defeated New Zealand this time , which meant Pakistan's fourth title win. Australia finished third ahead of England . The team from the Federal Republic of Germany took eighth place.
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 |  England |
4th | 4th | 0 | 11: 1 | 8th |
| 2 |  Singapore |
4th | 3 | 1 | 9: 3 | 6th |
| 3 |
 United States
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4th | 2 | 2 | 6: 6 | 4th |
| 4th |
 France
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 4: 8 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Kuwait
|
4th | 0 | 4th | 0:12 | 0 |
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Group B
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
4th | 4th | 0 | 12: 0 | 8th |
| 2 |  Canada |
4th | 3 | 1 | 8: 4 | 6th |
| 3 |
 Finland
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 7: 5 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Greece
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 3: 9 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Malaysia
|
4th | 0 | 4th | 0:12 | 0 |
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Group C
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Zealand |
4th | 4th | 0 | 11: 1 | 8th |
| 2 |  Egypt |
4th | 3 | 1 | 9: 3 | 6th |
| 3 |
 Netherlands
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 5: 7 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Ireland
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 5: 7 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Monaco
|
4th | 0 | 4th | 0:12 | 0 |
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Group D
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pakistan |
4th | 4th | 0 | 12: 0 | 8th |
| 2 |  BR Germany |
4th | 3 | 1 | 7: 5 | 6th |
| 3 |
 Sweden
|
4th | 2 | 2 | 7: 5 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Scotland
|
4th | 1 | 3 | 4: 8 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Spain
|
4th | 0 | 4th | 0:12 | 0 |
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Main round
Group A
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 8: 1 | 6th |
| 2 | England |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7: 2 | 4th |
| 3 |
Canada
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 3: 6 | 2 |
| 4th |
BR Germany
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 0 |
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Group B
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 8: 1 | 6th |
| 2 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7: 2 | 4th |
| 3 |
Singapore
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 2: 7 | 2 |
| 4th |
Egypt
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 1: 8 | 0 |
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Semifinals
| Pakistan |
- |
England |
3-0 |
| New Zealand |
- |
Australia |
2: 1 |
final
| Pakistan | final | New Zealand | |||||||||
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Team
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Date: December 5, 1985
Result: 2: 1 |
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)