Squash team world championship 1987

The 11th World Team Championship for Men ( English 1987 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) held from 17 to 31 October 1987 in London in the UK instead. A total of 27 teams took part, which was a new record. With Switzerland , Denmark and the first team from South America, Brazil , three teams made their debut at a World Cup.

The defending champion was Pakistan , which defended its title as in the previous World Championships. In the final, the Pakistani team defeated New Zealand again and secured their fifth team title. England defeated Australia in the game for third place, in return for their loss in the same game at the 1985 tournament . The team from the Federal Republic of Germany took 14th place. Switzerland finished 18th on its debut.

mode

The participating teams competed in four groups. The group played in round robin mode , and the two best-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals. This was carried out in the knockout system . All places were played out. For the first time in the history of the team championship, a qualification was held in advance. Here four teams competed in two groups. The group winners qualified directly for the world championship. The runners-up and thirds in the group played two more qualifying places in a play-off round.

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

qualification

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Spain	3	3	0	7: 2	6th
2	Italy	3	2	1	6: 3	4th
3	Belgium	3	1	2	5: 4	2
4th	Nigeria	3	0	3	0: 9	0

Italy	-	Belgium	2: 1
Spain	-	Nigeria	not started
Belgium	-	Nigeria	not started
Italy	-	Spain	1: 2
Italy	-	Nigeria	not started
Spain	-	Belgium	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Denmark	3	3	0	8: 1	6th
2	Norway	3	2	1	7: 2	4th
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	3: 6	2
4th	Monaco	3	0	3	0: 9	0

Denmark	-	Kuwait	3-0
Norway	-	Monaco	3-0
Denmark	-	Monaco	3-0
Norway	-	Kuwait	3-0
Kuwait	-	Monaco	3-0
Denmark	-	Norway	2: 1

Play-offs

Norway	-	Belgium	2: 1
Kuwait	-	Italy	2: 1

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Pakistan	5	5	0	15: 0	10
2	Sweden	5	4th	1	12: 3	8th
3	BR Germany	5	3	2	8: 7	6th
4th	Norway	5	2	3	5:10	4th
5	Greece	5	1	4th	3:12	2
6th	Malaysia	5	0	5	2:13	0

Pakistan - Sweden 3-0 Pakistan - BR Germany 3-0 Pakistan - Norway 3-0 Pakistan - Greece 3-0 Pakistan - Malaysia 3-0

Sweden - BR Germany 3-0 Sweden - Norway 3-0 Sweden - Greece 3-0 Sweden - Malaysia 3-0 BR Germany - Norway 2: 1

BR Germany - Greece 3-0 BR Germany - Malaysia 3-0 Norway - Greece 2: 1 Norway - Malaysia 2: 1 Greece - Malaysia 2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	15: 0	10
2	Canada	5	4th	1	10: 5	8th
3	Finland	5	3	2	9: 6	6th
4th	Wales	5	2	3	6: 9	4th
5	United States	5	1	4th	5:10	2
6th	Denmark	5	0	5	0:15	0

New Zealand - Canada 3-0 New Zealand - Finland 3-0 New Zealand - Wales 3-0 New Zealand - United States 3-0 New Zealand - Denmark 3-0

Canada - Finland 2: 1 Canada - Wales 2: 1 Canada - United States 3-0 Canada - Denmark 3-0 Finland - Wales 3-0

Finland - United States 2: 1 Finland - Denmark 3-0 Wales - United States 2: 1 Wales - Denmark 3-0 United States - Denmark 3-0

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Australia	5	5	0	15: 0	10
2	Singapore	5	4th	1	11: 4	8th
3	Netherlands	5	3	2	8: 7	6th
4th	France	5	2	3	6: 9	4th
5	Switzerland	5	1	4th	2:13	2
6th	Spain	5	0	5	3:12	0

Australia - Singapore 3-0 Australia - Netherlands 3-0 Australia - France 3-0 Australia - Switzerland 3-0 Australia - Spain 3-0

Singapore - Netherlands 2: 1 Singapore - France 3-0 Singapore - Switzerland 3-0 Singapore - Spain 3-0 Netherlands - France 2: 1

Netherlands - Switzerland 3-0 Netherlands - Spain 2: 1 France - Switzerland 3-0 France - Spain 2: 1 Switzerland - Spain 2: 1

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	England	5	5	0	15: 0	10
2	Egypt	5	4th	1	11: 4	8th
3	Scotland	5	3	2	8: 7	6th
4th	Ireland	5	2	3	7: 8	4th
5	Brazil	5	1	4th	4:11	2
6th	Kuwait	5	0	5	0:15	0

England - Egypt 3-0 England - Scotland 3-0 England - Ireland 3-0 England - Brazil 3-0 England - Kuwait 3-0

Egypt - Scotland 3-0 Egypt - Ireland 2: 1 Egypt - Brazil 3-0 Egypt - Kuwait 3-0 Scotland - Ireland 2: 1

Scotland - Brazil 3-0 Scotland - Kuwait 3-0 Ireland - Brazil 2: 1 Ireland - Kuwait 3-0 Brazil - Kuwait 3-0

Quarter finals

New Zealand	-	Egypt	3-0
England	-	Canada	3-0
Pakistan	-	Singapore	3-0
Australia	-	Sweden	3-0

Semifinals

New Zealand	-	England	2: 1
Pakistan	-	Australia	2: 1

final

Pakistan	final	New Zealand
Team Jansher Khan Jahangir Khan Umar Hayat Khan Qamar Zaman	Date: October 31, 1987 Location: London Jahangir Khan 9: 5, 9: 1, 9: 0 Stuart Davenport Jansher Khan 2: 9, 9: 0, 8:10, 9: 0, 9: 6 Ross Norman Umar Hayat Khan 9: 5, 9: 2, 9: 2 Stephen Cunningham Result : 3-0	Team Ross Norman Stuart Davenport Stephen Cunningham Rory Watt

Final placements

rank team 01.  Pakistan 02.  New Zealand 03.  England 04th  Australia 05.  Sweden 06th  Egypt 07th  Singapore 08th.  Canada

rank team 09.  Scotland 10.  Netherlands 11.  Finland 12.  France 13.  Wales 14th  BR Germany 15th  Ireland 16.  Norway

rank team 17th  Brazil 18th  Switzerland 19th  United States 20th  Spain 21st  Denmark 22nd  Greece 23.  Malaysia 24.  Kuwait

Web links

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