Squash World Team Championship 2009

The 22nd World Team Championship for Men ( English 2009 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) was held from September 27 to October 3, 2009 in Odense , Denmark instead. A total of 28 teams competed.

The Egyptian team won the title for the first time since 1999. Karim Darwish , Amr Shabana , Ramy Ashour and Wael El Hindi did not lose a single game until the final . In the group stage they defeated Kuwait , Hong Kong and Serbia , in the final round Germany , Canada and Australia . The first game was only lost in the final against France when Karim Darwish lost to Grégory Gaultier with 11: 8, 5:11, 8:11 and 2:11 . Ramy Ashour managed to equalize with a safe 11: 3, 11: 4 and 11: 5 against Renan Lavigne , before Amr Shabana made it clear that Egypt won the title. In the decisive game he defeated Thierry Lincou with 11: 6, 7:11, 12:10 and 12:10. The French team beat Ireland and Denmark in the group stage without losing a game, as well as against the Netherlands and South Africa in the final round . In the semifinals, France prevailed somewhat surprisingly against defending champions England . Adrian Grant gave England the lead against Renan Lavigne, but James Willstrop and Peter Barker lost 3-1 to Grégory Gaultier and Thierry Lincou. Third was the Australian team led by David Palmer , Stewart Boswell , Cameron Pilley and Aaron Frankcomb , who beat England 2-1 in the game for third place.

The German team around Simon Rösner , Jens Schoor , Stefan Leifels and Raphael Kandra finished eleventh in the end. Austria around Aqeel Rehman , Jakob Dirnberger , Stefan Brauneis and Christian Coufal . A Swiss team did not take part in this World Cup.

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	Kuwait	3	2	1	4th
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	2
4th	Serbia	3	0	3	0

Egypt	-	Kuwait	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Serbia	3-0
Egypt	-	Hong Kong	3-0
Kuwait	-	Serbia	3-0
Egypt	-	Serbia	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Kuwait	1: 2

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	England	3	3	0	6th
2	Germany	3	2	1	4th
3	Austria	3	1	2	2
4th	Japan	3	0	3	0

England	-	Austria	3-0
Germany	-	Japan	3-0
England	-	Japan	3-0
Germany	-	Austria	3-0
England	-	Germany	2: 1
Austria	-	Japan	2: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	France	2	2	0	4th
2	Ireland	2	1	1	2
3	Denmark	2	0	2	0

Ireland	-	Denmark	3-0
France	-	Denmark	3-0
France	-	Ireland	3-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Australia	2	2	0	4th
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	2
3	Wales	2	0	2	0

Netherlands	-	Wales	2: 1
Australia	-	Wales	3-0
Australia	-	Netherlands	2: 1

Group E

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Malaysia	2	2	0	4th
2	United States	2	1	1	2
3	Finland	2	0	2	0

United States	-	Finland	2: 1
Malaysia	-	Finland	2: 1
Malaysia	-	United States	3-0

Group F.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	South Africa	3	3	0	6th
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	4th
3	Sweden	3	1	2	2
4th	Kenya	3	0	3	0

Pakistan	-	Kenya	3-0
South Africa	-	Sweden	2: 1
Pakistan	-	Sweden	3-0
South Africa	-	Kenya	3-0
Pakistan	-	South Africa	1: 2
Sweden	-	Kenya	3-0

Group G

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Canada	2	2	0	4th
2	New Zealand	2	1	1	2
3	Spain	2	0	2	0

New Zealand	-	Spain	2: 1
Canada	-	Spain	3-0
Canada	-	New Zealand	3-0

Group H.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Italy	3	3	0	6th
2	Scotland	3	2	1	4th
3	India	3	1	2	2
4th	Venezuela	3	0	3	0

Italy	-	Venezuela	3-0
India	-	Scotland	0: 3
Italy	-	Scotland	3-0
India	-	Venezuela	3-0
Italy	-	India	2: 1
Scotland	-	Venezuela	3-0

Final round

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

final

Egypt	final	France
Team Karim Darwish Amr Shabana Ramy Ashour Wael El Hindi	Date: October 3, 2009 Location: Odense Karim Darwish 11: 8, 5:11, 8:11, 2:11 Grégory Gaultier Ramy Ashour 11: 3, 11: 4, 11: 5 Renan Lavigne Amr Shabana 11: 6, 7:11, 12:10, 12:10 Thierry Lincou Result: 2: 1	Team Grégory Gaultier Thierry Lincou Renan Lavigne Julien Balbo

Final placements

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

rank team 09.  Malaysia 10.  New Zealand 11.  Germany 12.  United States 13.  Scotland 14th  Netherlands 15th  Kuwait 16.  Ireland

rank team 17th  Hong Kong 18th  India 19th  Finland 20th  Denmark 21st  Wales 22nd  Sweden 23.  Spain 24.  Austria

rank team 25th  Japan 26th  Kenya 27.  Serbia 28.  Venezuela

Web links

• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Dream Team makes it at last ( English ) Retrieved April 7 2012th