Squash World Team Championship 1999

The 17th World Team Championship for Men ( English 1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) was held in 1999 in Cairo , Egypt instead. A total of 29 teams took part. Belgium and Kenya made their debut at a World Cup.

Defending champions England , world champions in 1995 and 1997, failed in this year's semi-finals against Wales . The Welsh team had never reached the semi-finals or the final before. In the preliminary round, Wales were previously defeated by both England and Egypt 3-0 each, but still reached the quarter-finals with a 2-1 win against Malaysia. The final opponent Egypt also made it into the final of a World Cup for the first time after defeating the Australian team in the semifinals . The hosts from Egypt finally defeated Wales 3-0 and won their first world title. England was third ahead of Australia.

The German team led by Simon Frenz , Florian Pößl , Oliver Kowalski and Hansi Seestaller took tenth place. Austria reached rank 21 with the line-up of Clemens Wallishauser , Gerhard Schedlbauer and David Huck . Switzerland finished the tournament with Reto Donatsch , André Holderegger and Lars Harms in 17th place.

mode

The participating teams competed in eight groups. These were divided according to the results of the 1997 World Cup , with the 16 best teams being drawn into groups A, B, C and D. Only these 16 teams played for the title. The group runners-up and thirds in groups C and D reached the placement games for places 9 to 16, together with the group fourths of groups A and B and the group winners of groups E and F. Places 17 to 24 were won by group winners of groups G and H, the runners-up and thirds in groups E and F and the last group in groups C and D. The last placed teams in groups E and F and the second, third and fourth in groups G and H played for places 25 to 32. Within the group , the three best-placed teams in groups A and B as well as played in round robin mode the winners of groups C and D made it 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	3	3	0	8: 1	6th
2	Egypt	3	2	1	7: 2	4th
3	Wales	3	1	2	2: 7	2
4th	Malaysia	3	0	3	1: 8	0

England	-	Egypt	2: 1
England	-	Wales	3-0
England	-	Malaysia	3-0
Egypt	-	Wales	3-0
Egypt	-	Malaysia	3-0
Wales	-	Malaysia	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Australia	3	3	0	9-0	6th
2	Canada	3	1	2	4: 5	2
3	Finland	3	1	2	3: 6	2
4th	Pakistan	3	1	2	2: 7	2

Australia	-	Canada	3-0
Australia	-	Finland	3-0
Australia	-	Pakistan	3-0
Canada	-	Finland	1: 2
Canada	-	Pakistan	3-0
Finland	-	Pakistan	1: 2

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	South Africa	3	3	0	9-0	6th
2	Sweden	3	2	1	5: 4	4th
3	Germany	3	1	2	4: 5	2
4th	Belgium	3	0	3	0: 9	0

South Africa	-	Sweden	3-0
South Africa	-	Germany	3-0
South Africa	-	Belgium	3-0
Sweden	-	Germany	2: 1
Sweden	-	Belgium	3-0
Germany	-	Belgium	3-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	France	3	3	0	8: 1	6th
2	Scotland	3	1	2	4: 5	2
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	3: 6	2
4th	Switzerland	3	1	2	3: 6	2

France	-	Scotland	2: 1
France	-	New Zealand	3-0
France	-	Switzerland	3-0
Scotland	-	Switzerland	1: 2
Scotland	-	New Zealand	2: 1
New Zealand	-	Switzerland	2: 1

Group E

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Denmark	3	3	0	7: 2	6th
2	Hong Kong	3	2	1	6: 3	4th
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	5: 4	2
4th	Japan	3	0	3	0: 9	0

Denmark	-	Hong Kong	2: 1
Denmark	-	Netherlands	2: 1
Denmark	-	Japan	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Netherlands	2: 1
Hong Kong	-	Japan	3-0
Netherlands	-	Japan	3-0

Group F.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Ireland	3	3	0	8: 1	6th
2	Austria	3	2	1	5: 4	4th
3	Spain	3	1	2	3: 6	2
4th	Nigeria	3	0	3	2: 7	0

Ireland	-	Austria	2: 1
Ireland	-	Spain	3-0
Ireland	-	Nigeria	3-0
Austria	-	Spain	2: 1
Austria	-	Nigeria	2: 1
Spain	-	Nigeria	2: 1

Group G

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	Argentina	1	1	0	3-0	2
2	Norway	1	0	1	0: 3	0

Argentina

-

Norway

3-0

Group H.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Sp.-diff.	Points
1	United States	3	2	0	6-0	4th
2	Kuwait	2	1	1	2: 4	2
3	Kenya	2	0	2	1: 5	0

United States	-	Kuwait	3-0
United States	-	Kenya	3-0
Kuwait	-	Kenya	2: 1

Quarter finals

England	-	France	3-0
Wales	-	Canada	2: 1
Egypt	-	Finland	3-0
Australia	-	South Africa	2: 1

Semifinals

Wales	-	England	2: 1
Egypt	-	Australia	3-0

final

Egypt	final	Wales
Team Ahmed Barada Omar Elborolossy Amir Wagih Amr Shabana	Date: September 22, 1999 Location: Cairo Ahmed Barada 9: 2, 9: 3, 4: 9, 0: 9, 9: 6 Alex Gough Omar Elborolossy 9: 6, 2: 9, 10: 8, 9: 4 David Evans Amr Shabana 9: 1, 9: 6 Greg Tippings Result : 3-0	Team Alex Gough David Evans Gavin Jones Greg Tippings

Final placements

rank team 01.  Egypt 02.  Wales 03.  England 04th  Australia 05.  Finland 06th  Canada 07th  France 08th.  South Africa

rank team 09.  Sweden 10.  Germany 11.  Malaysia 12.  Pakistan 13.  Ireland 14th  New Zealand 15th  Denmark 16.  Scotland

rank team 17th  Switzerland 18th  United States 19th  Netherlands 20th  Hong Kong 21st  Austria 22nd  Spain 23.  Argentina 24.  Belgium

rank team 25th  Nigeria 26th  Japan 27.  Kuwait 28.  Norway 29  Kenya

Web links

• World Men's Team Championship - History (PDF; 256 kB) on squashsite.co.uk (English)
• Reporting on squashtalk.com ( Memento from October 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)