Squash World Team Championship 2007

The 21st World Team Championship for Men ( English 2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) was held from 6 to 12 December 2007, Chennai , India instead. A total of 29 teams competed.

The English team successfully defended their title with a 2-1 win in the final over Australia . It was the fourth world title for England after 1995, 1997 and 2005. In the final Australia was able to take the lead after David Palmer won 3-2 against Nick Matthew . However, James Willstrop and Peter Barker won the two subsequent games 3-0 against Stewart Boswell and Cameron Pilley . The English team also included Lee Beachill , who was not used in the final. On the Australian side, Scott suspended Arnold . England had previously defeated France 2-1 in the semi-finals , while Australia beat the Egyptian team 2-1. In the game for third place, Egypt lost 2-0 to the French: Grégory Gaultier and Thierry Lincou defeated Amr Shabana and Wael El Hindi 3-1 each.

The German team took 16th place. After a second place in Group A, all subsequent games were lost for the team. Austria clearly missed the qualification for the final round and finished in 24th place. A Swiss team did not compete.

mode

The participating teams were drawn into eight groups according to their placement, the group size varied between three and four teams. Within the groups, the game was played in round robin mode ; the two best-placed teams reached the final round, which was played in the knockout system . At the tournament all places were played out.

All teams consisted of a minimum of three and a maximum of five 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

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Egypt	3	3	0	6th
2	Germany	3	2	1	4th
3	Finland	3	1	2	2
4th	Russia	3	0	3	0

Egypt	-	Finland	3-0
Germany	-	Russia	3-0
Egypt	-	Germany	3-0
Finland	-	Russia	3-0
Egypt	-	Russia	3-0
Germany	-	Finland	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	England	2	2	0	4th
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	2
3	Spain	2	0	2	0

England	-	Hong Kong	3-0
England	-	Spain	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Spain	2: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	France	3	3	0	6th
2	United States	3	2	1	4th
3	Japan	3	1	2	2
4th	Venezuela	3	0	3	0

France	-	Japan	3-0
United States	-	Venezuela	3-0
France	-	United States	3-0
Japan	-	Venezuela	3-0
France	-	Venezuela	3-0
United States	-	Japan	2: 1

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Australia	2	2	0	4th
2	New Zealand	2	1	1	2
3	Scotland	2	0	2	0

New Zealand	-	Scotland	3-0
Australia	-	Scotland	3-0
Australia	-	New Zealand	3-0

Group E

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	6th
2	South Africa	3	2	1	4th
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	2
4th	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0

Malaysia	-	Kuwait	3-0
South Africa	-	Sri Lanka	3-0
Kuwait	-	Sri Lanka	3-0
Malaysia	-	South Africa	2: 1
Malaysia	-	Sri Lanka	3-0
South Africa	-	Kuwait	2: 1

Group F.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Canada	2	2	0	4th
2	Ireland	2	1	1	2
3	Austria	2	0	2	0

Ireland	-	Austria	3-0
Canada	-	Austria	3-0
Canada	-	Ireland	2: 1

Group G

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	6th
2	India	3	2	1	4th
3	Kenya	3	1	2	2
4th	Bermuda	3	0	3	0

Pakistan	-	Kenya	3-0
India	-	Bermuda	3-0
Pakistan	-	India	3-0
Kenya	-	Bermuda	3-0
Pakistan	-	Bermuda	3-0
India	-	Kenya	3-0

Group H.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Wales	3	3	0	6th
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	4th
3	Sweden	3	1	2	2
4th	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	0

Netherlands	-	Chinese Taipei	3-0
Wales	-	Sweden	3-0
Netherlands	-	Sweden	3-0
Wales	-	Chinese Taipei	3-0
Netherlands	-	Wales	1: 2
Sweden	-	Chinese Taipei	3-0

Final round

Round of 16							Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
A1	Egypt	3	3	2
B2	Hong Kong	0	0	0			A1	Egypt	3	3	2
H1	Wales	0	1	1			G2	India	0	0	0
G2	India	3	3	2										A1	Egypt	3	1	1
D1	Australia	3	3	2										D1	Australia	1	3	3
C2	United States	0	0	1			D1	Australia	3	3	2
F1	Canada	3	3	1			F1	Canada	0	1	0
E2	South Africa	0	0	2																	D1	Australia	3	0	0
E1	Malaysia	3	3	1																	B1	England	2	3	3
F2	Ireland	2	0	2			E1	Malaysia	0	1	1
C1	France	3	3	2			C1	France	3	3	2
D2	New Zealand	0	0	1										C1	France	0	0	2
G1	Pakistan	1	0	2										B1	England	3	3	0
H2	Netherlands	3	3	0			H2	Netherlands	1	0	0										3rd place match
A2	Germany	0	0	0			B1	England	3	3	2										A1	Egypt	1	1
B1	England	3	3	2																	C1	France	3	3

final

Australia	final	England
Team David Palmer Stewart Boswell Cameron Pilley Scott Arnold	Date: December 12, 2007 Location: Chennai David Palmer 11: 9, 11: 9, 7:11, 2:11, 11: 4 Nick Matthew Stewart Boswell 8:11, 7:11, 10:12 James Willstrop Cameron Pilley 6:11, 3:11, 8:11 Peter Barker Result: 1: 2	Team Nick Matthew James Willstrop Lee Beachill Peter Barker

Final placements

rank team 01.  England 02.  Australia 03.  France 04th  Egypt 05.  Malaysia 06th  Canada 07th  Netherlands 08th.  India

rank team 09.  Pakistan 10.  Wales 11.  South Africa 12.  Ireland 13.  New Zealand 14th  United States 15th  Hong Kong 16.  Germany

rank team 17th  Sweden 18th  Scotland 19th  Spain 20th  Japan 21st  Finland 22nd  Kuwait 23.  Kenya 24.  Austria

rank team 25th  Sri Lanka 26th  Bermuda 27.  Russia 28.  Venezuela 29  Chinese Taipei

Web links

• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ England retain World Team Title ( English ) Retrieved on April 10, 2013.