Squash World Team Championship 2019

The 26th World Team Championship for Men ( English 2019 Men's World Team Squash Championship ) was held from 15 to 21 December 2019 in Washington, DC in the United States instead. The tournament was organized by the US Squash Federation US Squash and the World Squash Federation . A total of 23 teams competed.

The winner of the last event in 2017 was Egypt , whose team started the tournament in top position. In a re-edition of the final from 2017, the Egyptian team prevailed again against England . In the first game, Karim Abdel Gawad defeated Declan James in five sets , before Ali Farag made Egypt's fifth title win prematurely with a 3-1 win over Adrian Waller .

The German team, consisting of Simon Rösner , Raphael Kandra , Valentin Rapp and Rudi Rohrmüller , was placed in fifth place and finished the tournament in sixth place. Switzerland entered the tournament with Dimitri Steinmann , Reiko Peter , Robin Gadola and Cédric Kuchen in 15th position and finished twelfth, their best result at a world championship to date.

mode

The participating teams were drawn into six groups according to their placement, the group size was three or four teams. The groups played in round robin mode , and the two best-placed teams reached the final round, which was played in a knockout system . At the tournament 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.

Participating teams

A total of 23 teams from the five continental federations competed: Europe , Asia , America , Africa and Oceania .

→ Main article : Squash World Team Championship 2019 / squad

Europe		Asia	America	Africa	Oceania
Germany	Scotland	Hong Kong	Argentina	Egypt	Australia
England	Switzerland	Kuwait	Jamaica	Nigeria	New Zealand
France	Spain	Malaysia	Colombia	South Africa
Ireland	Wales	Singapore	Canada
		South Korea	United States

Results

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Egypt	2	2	0	4th
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	2
3	United States	2	0	2	0

Egypt	-	United States	3-0
Egypt	-	Switzerland	3-0
United States	-	Switzerland	1: 2

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	England	3	3	0	6th
2	Wales	3	2	1	4th
3	Canada	3	1	2	2
4th	Nigeria	3	0	3	0

England	-	Canada	3-0
Wales	-	Nigeria	3-0
England	-	Wales	3-0
Canada	-	Nigeria	3-0
England	-	Nigeria	3-0
Wales	-	Canada	2: 1

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	France	3	3	0	6th
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	4th
3	Colombia	3	1	2	2
4th	South Korea	3	0	3	0

France	-	Colombia	3-0
Malaysia	-	South Korea	3-0
France	-	Malaysia	3-0
Colombia	-	South Korea	3-0
Malaysia	-	Colombia	2: 1
France	-	South Korea	3-0

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Scotland	3	3	0	6th
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	4th
3	Ireland	3	1	2	2
4th	Singapore	3	0	3	0

New Zealand	-	Ireland	3-0
Scotland	-	Singapore	3-0
New Zealand	-	Scotland	1: 2
Ireland	-	Singapore	3-0
Scotland	-	Ireland	3-0
New Zealand	-	Singapore	3-0

Group E

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Spain	3	3	0	6th
2	Germany	3	2	1	4th
3	Argentina	3	1	2	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	3	0

Spain	-	South Africa	3-0
Germany	-	Argentina	2: 1
Germany	-	Spain	1: 2
Argentina	-	South Africa	2: 1
Spain	-	Argentina	3-0
Germany	-	South Africa	3-0

Group F.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Hong Kong	3	3	0	6th
2	Australia	3	2	1	4th
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	2
4th	Jamaica	3	0	3	0

Hong Kong	-	Jamaica	3-0
Australia	-	Kuwait	2: 1
Hong Kong	-	Australia	2: 1
Jamaica	-	Kuwait	1: 2
Hong Kong	-	Kuwait	3-0
Australia	-	Jamaica	3-0

Final round

Main round

Round of 16							Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
							A1	Egypt	3	2	3
C2	Malaysia	0	0				E2	Germany	2	3	0
E2	Germany	3	3											A1	Egypt	2	3	3
F1	Hong Kong	2	0											B2	Wales	3	0	1
B2	Wales	3	3				B2	Wales	3	3
							D1	Scotland	0	0
																					A1	Egypt	3	3
																					B1	England	2	1
							C1	France	1	3	3
A2	Switzerland	1	2				E1	Spain	3	0	0
E1	Spain	3	3											C1	France	2	3	0
F2	Australia	3	0	1										B1	England	3	0	3
D2	New Zealand	0	3	3			D2	New Zealand	0	3	1
							B1	England	3	0	3

final

Egypt	final	England
Team Ali Farag Tarek Momen Karim Abdel Gawad Mohamed Abouelghar	Date: December 21, 2019 Location: Washington, DC Karim Abdel Gawad 9:11, 11: 4, 8:11, 11: 9, 12:10 Declan James Ali Farag 11: 6, 11: 6, 12:14, 11: 4 Adrian Waller Tarek Momen not carried out James Willstrop Result : 2-0	Team Adrian Waller James Willstrop Daryl Selby Declan James

Places 5 to 8

	First round							Play for 5th place
	E2	Germany	3	3
	D1	Scotland	0	1
								E2	Germany	0	2
								D2	New Zealand	3	3
	E1	Spain	1	1
	D2	New Zealand	3	3
								Game for 7th place
								D1	Scotland	2	3	3
								E1	Spain	3	1	0

Places 9 to 12

	First round							Play for 9th place
	C2	Malaysia	3	3	2
	F1	Hong Kong	1	1	0
								C2	Malaysia	3	3
								F2	Australia	2	0
	A2	Switzerland	3	2	0
	F2	Australia	0	3	3
								Game for 11th place
								F1	Hong Kong	3	3	2
								A2	Switzerland	0	2	0

Places 13 to 23

First round							Second round							Third round							Game for 13th place
							A3	United States	3	3	2
D4	Singapore	3	0	0			F4	Jamaica	0	0	0
F4	Jamaica	0	3	3										A3	United States	3	1	3
E3	Argentina	3	3											E3	Argentina	1	3	0
B4	Nigeria	1	2				E3	Argentina	3	3
							C3	Colombia	0	2
																					A3	United States	3	3
																					B3	Canada	1	0
							D3	Ireland	0	2	0
							F3	Kuwait	3	3	2
														F3	Kuwait	1	3	0
E4	South Africa	3	3											B3	Canada	3	0	3
C4	South Korea	0	2				E4	South Africa	1	3	0									Play for 15th place
							B3	Canada	3	0	3										E3	Argentina	1	0
																					F3	Kuwait	3	3

Seats 17 to 20

	First round							Game for 17th place
	F4	Jamaica	3	3	0
	C3	Colombia	0	1	2
								F4	Jamaica	0	2
								D3	Ireland	3	3
	D3	Ireland	3	3
	E4	South Africa	2	0
								Game for 19th place
								C3	Colombia	1	3	1
								E4	South Africa	3	1	3

Seats 21 to 23

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
21st	Nigeria	2	2	0	4th
22nd	South Korea	2	1	1	2
23	Singapore	2	0	2	0

Nigeria	-	South Korea	2: 1
Singapore	-	Nigeria	1: 2
Singapore	-	South Korea	1: 2

Final placements

rank team 01.  Egypt 02.  England 03.  France  Wales 05.  New Zealand 06th  Germany 07th  Scotland 08th.  Spain

rank team 09.  Malaysia 10.  Australia 11.  Hong Kong 12.  Switzerland 13.  United States 14th  Canada 15th  Kuwait 16.  Argentina

rank team 17th  Ireland 18th  Jamaica 19th  South Africa 20th  Colombia 21st  Nigeria 22nd  South Korea 23.  Singapore

Web links

• Official tournament website (English)
• Results on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Egypt seeded to retain WSF Men's World Team Championship crown. In: wsfworldteams.com. December 2, 2019, accessed December 3, 2019 . 
2. ^ Egypt beat England to retain the title. In: wsfworldteams.com. December 22, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Germany finishes Team World Cup in sixth place. In: dsqv.de. German Squash Association , December 22, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .