Women's Squash World Team Championship 2018
The 21st World Team Chess Championship women in squash ( English 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championship ) was held from 11 to 16 September 2018 in Dalian in the People's Republic of China instead. The tournament was organized by the Chinese Squash Federation and the World Squash Federation . It was the first world championship in squash that was held in China.
The defending champion was the Egyptian national team , which again secured the title. As in 2016 , the team met England in the final . Compared to 2016, the English women competed with the same players in a slightly different order, the Egyptians now had Nour El Tayeb in their squad instead of Omneya Abdel Kawy . The first game in the final was played by Nouran Gohar and Alison Waters , which Gohar won in 11: 9, 11: 9, 6:11, 7:11 and 11: 7. Since Raneem El Weleily following Laura Massaro with 11: 3, 11: 8, 9:11 and 11: 3 defeated, Egypt was already ahead of world champion. The game between El Tayeb and Sarah-Jane Perry was no longer played. The Egyptian squad also included the world number leader Nour El Sherbini , who did not make it to the final due to injury. With the English women Victoria Lust had not played in the final.
The national teams of Switzerland and Germany competed in the World Cup from German-speaking countries . Both missed qualifying for the quarter-finals as bottom of the group. In the consolation round, both teams then won, so that they met in the game for 13th place. The Swiss prevailed in the first two games with 3: 1 each, the third game was no longer played. In Switzerland the squad consisted of Cindy Merlo , Nadia Pfister , Gaby Huber and Celine Walser , in the German team of Franziska Hennes , Nele Hatschek , Saskia Beinhard and Annika Wiese .
Participating teams
A total of 16 teams from the five continental federations competed: Europe , Asia , America , Africa and Oceania .
| Europe | Asia | America | Africa | Oceania |
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 Germany
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 China
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 Canada
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 Egypt
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 Australia
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 England
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 Hong Kong
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 United States
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 South Africa
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 New Zealand
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 France
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 India
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 Finland
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 Japan
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 Switzerland
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 Malaysia
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mode
The participating teams were drawn into four groups according to their placement, the group size was 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 . In the tournament, all places were played with the exception of third place.
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 was independent of the order in which the players entered.
Results
Group stage
Group A
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
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| 1 |
Egypt ( El Sherbini , El Weleily , El Tayeb , Gohar ) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9-0 | 6th |
| 2 |
Canada ( Cornett , Letourneau , Naughton , Todd ) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5: 4 | 4th |
| 3 |
Australia ( Lobban , Nunn , Cardwell , Haydon ) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 4: 5 | 2 |
| 4th |
Germany ( Hennes , Hatschek , Beinhard , Wiese ) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 0 |
| Egypt | - | Australia | 3-0 |
| Canada | - | Germany | 3-0 |
| Egypt | - | Canada | 3-0 |
| Australia | - | Germany | 3-0 |
| Egypt | - | Germany | 3-0 |
| Canada | - | Australia | 2: 1 |
Group B
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
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| 1 |
England ( Massaro , Perry , Waters , Lust ) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9-0 | 6th |
| 2 |
New Zealand ( King , Landers-Murphy , Palmer , Watts ) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5: 4 | 4th |
| 3 |
Japan ( S. Watanabe , Kobayashi , Sugimoto , A. Watanabe ) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 4: 5 | 2 |
| 4th |
Finland ( Soini , Korhonen , Koskinen ) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 0 |
| England | - | Japan | 3-0 |
| New Zealand | - | Finland | 3-0 |
| England | - | New Zealand | 3-0 |
| Finland | - | Japan | 0: 3 |
| England | - | Finland | 3-0 |
| New Zealand | - | Japan | 2: 1 |
Group C
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
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| 1 |
United States ( Sobhy , Blatchford , Sedky , Sobhy ) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9-0 | 6th |
| 2 |
France ( Serme , Aumard , Villard , Alvès ) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6: 3 | 4th |
| 3 |
India ( Kuruvilla , Khanna , Mathivanan , Balamurukan ) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3: 6 | 2 |
| 4th |
China ( Li , Peng , He , Ying ) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 0 |
| United States | - | India | 3-0 |
| France | - | China | 3-0 |
| India | - | China | 3-0 |
| United States | - | France | 3-0 |
| United States | - | China | 3-0 |
| France | - | India | 3-0 |
Group D
| rank | country | Sp. | S. | N | Sp.-diff. | Points |
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| 1 |
Malaysia ( David , Subramaniam , Wee Wern , Azman ) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9-0 | 6th |
| 2 |
Hong Kong ( Au , Chan , Ho , Lee ) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6: 3 | 4th |
| 3 |
South Africa ( Fuller , Landman , Louw , Muller ) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3: 6 | 2 |
| 4th |
Switzerland ( Merlo , Pfister , Huber , Walser ) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0: 9 | 0 |
| Malaysia | - | South Africa | 3-0 |
| Hong Kong | - | Switzerland | 3-0 |
| Malaysia | - | Hong Kong | 3-0 |
| South Africa | - | Switzerland | 3-0 |
| Malaysia | - | Switzerland | 3-0 |
| Hong Kong | - | South Africa | 3-0 |
Final round
Main round
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Egypt
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3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 7th | New Zealand
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Egypt
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3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Hong Kong
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0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | United States
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2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Hong Kong
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3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Egypt
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3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | England
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2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | France
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3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 4th | Malaysia
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0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 6th | France
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1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | England
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3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 8th | Canada
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1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | England
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3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
final
| Egypt | final | England | |||||||||
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Team
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Date: September 16, 2018
Result : 2-0 |
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Places 5 to 8
| First round | Play for 5th place | |||||||||||
| 7th | New Zealand
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2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | United States
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3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | United States
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3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4th | Malaysia
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0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4th | Malaysia
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3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8th | Canada
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2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Game for 7th place | ||||||||||||
| 7th | New Zealand
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1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 8th | Canada
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3 | 3 | |||||||||
Consolation round
| First round | Second round | Play for 9th place | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Australia
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3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Finland
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0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Australia
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3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | India
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1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland
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1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | India
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3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Australia
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3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | South Africa
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0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | South Africa
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3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| China
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1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | South Africa
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3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Japan
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0 | 3 | 1 | Game for 11th place | ||||||||||||||
| Germany
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0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Japan
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3 | 3 | 11 | India
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3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Japan
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0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Seats 13 to 16
| First round | Game for 13th place | |||||||||||
| Finland
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1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Switzerland
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3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Switzerland
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3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Germany
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1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| China
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0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Germany
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3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Play for 15th place | ||||||||||||
| Finland
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3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| China
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0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Final placements
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Web links
- Official tournament website (English)
- Results on squashinfo.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ China To Host Historic Women's World Team Squash Championship. In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , April 27, 2018, accessed August 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Teams. In: wsfwomensteams.com. Accessed August 20, 2018 .