Women's Squash World Team Championship 2012

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The 18th World Team Chess Championship women ( English 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championship ) was held from 12 to 17 November 2012 in Nimes , France instead.

The Egyptian team won the title, defeating England 2-1 in the final . In the first game, Alison Waters defeated her opponent Nour El Sherbini 11: 5, 8:11, 9:11, 11: 3 and 11: 5. Then Raneem El Weleily equalized with a 3:11, 12:10, 11: 4 and 12:10 against Laura Massaro . In the decisive game Omneya Abdel Kawy prevailed in the fifth set with 11: 8 against Jenny Duncalf and thus secured Egypt the second title after 2008.

The German team finished 19th, Austria 25th. 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. 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 of play of the individual games is independent of the order in which the players register.

Results

Group stage

Group A

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	England ( Massaro , Waters , Duncalf , Kippax )	2	2	0	4th
2	Mexico ( Terán , Urrutia , Hernández , Castellanos )	2	1	1	2
3	South Korea ( Song , Park , Yang , Kim )	2	0	2	0

England	-	Mexico	3-0
England	-	South Korea	3-0
Mexico	-	South Korea	2: 1

Group B

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Egypt ( El Weleily , El Sherbini , El Tayeb , Kawy )	2	2	0	4th
2	Wales ( Evans , Saffery , Davies , Murphy )	2	1	1	2
3	Scotland ( Aitken , Gillen-Buchert , Clark , Allen )	2	0	2	0

Egypt	-	Wales	3-0
Egypt	-	Scotland	3-0
Wales	-	Scotland	3-0

Group C

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Malaysia ( David , Wee Wern , Arnold , Munirah Jusoh )	3	3	0	6th
2	South Africa ( Waters , Haynes , Louw , Tucker )	3	2	1	4th
3	People's Republic of China ( Li , Gu , Xiu )	3	1	2	2
4th	Spain ( Juan Gallach , Aranda , Gómez , Moros )	3	0	3	0

Malaysia	-	China	3-0
South Africa	-	Spain	3-0
Malaysia	-	Spain	3-0
South Africa	-	China	3-0
Malaysia	-	South Africa	3-0
China	-	Spain	2: 1

Group D

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Hong Kong ( Au , Chan , Liu , Tong )	3	3	0	6th
2	Czech Republic ( Fialová , Ertlová , Klimundová , Alexová )	3	2	1	4th
3	Colombia ( Peláez , Angulo , González , Porras )	3	1	2	2
4th	Namibia ( Schnoor , Lambert , Rodrigues , Hornickel )	3	0	3	0

Hong Kong	-	Colombia	3-0
Czech Republic	-	Namibia	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Namibia	3-0
Czech Republic	-	Colombia	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Czech Republic	3-0
Colombia	-	Namibia	3-0

Group E

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	New Zealand ( King , Hawkes , Lindsay , Landers-Murphy )	2	2	0	4th
2	United States ( Grainger , Lange , Sobhy , Fiechter )	2	1	1	2
3	Japan ( Kobayashi , Matsui , Yamazaki , Sugimoto )	2	0	2	0

New Zealand	-	United States	3-0
New Zealand	-	Japan	3-0
United States	-	Japan	2: 1

Group F.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	Australia ( Grinham , Urquhart , Francis , Cardwell )	2	2	0	4th
2	Canada ( Cornett , Norman , King , Edmison )	2	1	1	2
3	Austria ( Coufal , Gradnitzer , Peychär , Winkler )	2	0	2	0

Australia	-	Canada	3-0
Australia	-	Austria	3-0
Canada	-	Austria	3-0

Group G

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	India ( Pallikal , Chinappa , Alankamony , Balamurukan )	2	2	0	4th
2	Ireland ( Perry , Blake , Mylotte , Flynn )	2	1	1	2
3	Argentina ( Falcione , Cerquetti , Rocha , Bonilla )	2	0	2	0

Ireland	-	India	1: 2
Ireland	-	Argentina	3-0
India	-	Argentina	3-0

Group H.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	N	Points
1	France ( Serme , Aumard , Duplomb , Pomportes )	2	2	0	4th
2	Netherlands ( Grinham , Noom , van der Heijden , Dorenbos )	2	1	1	2
3	Germany ( Hathway , Hennes , Wiese , Sayegh )	2	0	2	0

Netherlands	-	France	1: 2
Netherlands	-	Germany	3-0
France	-	Germany	3-0

Final round

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

final

England	final	Egypt
Team Laura Massaro Alison Waters Jenny Duncalf Sarah Kippax	Date: November 17, 2012 Location: Nîmes Alison Waters 11: 5, 8:11, 9:11, 11: 3, 11: 5 Nour El Sherbini Laura Massaro 11: 3, 10:12, 4:11, 10:12 Raneem El Weleily Jenny Duncalf 11: 7, 8:11, 4:11, 11: 6, 8:11 Omneya Abdel Kawy Result: 1: 2	Team Raneem El Weleily Nour El Sherbini Nour El Tayeb Omneya Abdel Kawy

Final placements

rank team 01.  Egypt 02.  England 03.  Malaysia 04th  Australia 05.  India 06th  Ireland 07th  New Zealand 08th.  Hong Kong

rank team 09.  France 10.  Netherlands 11.  South Africa 12.  Canada 13.  United States 14th  Czech Republic 15th  Wales 16.  Mexico

rank team 17th  South Korea 18th  Japan 19th  Germany 20th  Colombia 21st  Scotland 22nd  People's Republic of China 23.  Spain 24.  Argentina

rank team 25th  Austria 26th  Namibia

Web links

• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)
• Results on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Egypt take the title in a thriller ( English ) Retrieved on April 5, 2012 Design.