WASHINGTON DC: After 23 nations having competed, Egypt the defending champions, and England, the second seeds, qualified to play the 2019 final of the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship in Washington DC. The final will be the fourth successive final clash between the two dominant Squash countries.
The detailed results were as follows:
Semi-finals:
[1] EGYPT bt [11] WALES 2/1
Tarek Momen lost to Joel Makin 9-11, 15-13, 2-11, 11-4, 9-11 (76m)
Karim Abdel Gawad bt Peter Creed 12-10, 11-3, 11-7 (32m)
Mohamed Abouelghar bt Emyr Evans 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7 (51m)
[2] ENGLAND bt [3] FRANCE 2/1
Adrian Waller bt Gregoire Marche 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 4-11, 11-6 (75m)
James Willstrop lost to Gregory Gaultier 8-11, 5-11, 5-11 (43m)
Declan James bt Mathieu Castagnet 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 (48m)
5th – 8th place play-offs:
[5] GERMANY bt [9] SCOTLAND 2/0
Simon Rösner bt Greg Lobban 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 (40m)
Raphael Kandra bt Alan Clyne 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 (49m)
[4] NEW ZEALAND bt [8] SPAIN 2/0
Paul Coll bt Borja Golan 9-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-6 (60m)
Campbell Grayson bt Iker Pajares Bernabeu 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9 (55m)
13th – 16th place play-offs:
[12] USA bt [16] ARGENTINA 2/1
Todd Harrity bt Robertino Pezzota 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 (48m)
Andrew Douglas lost to Leandro Romiglio 6-11, 11-7, 12-14, 4-11 (63m)
Christopher Gordon bt Gonzalo Miranda 11-9, 11-4, 11-3 (33m)
[14] CANADA bt [21] KUWAIT 2/1
Shawn Delierre bt Ammar Altamimi 5-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-9 (50m)
Michael McCue lost to Abdullah Al Muzayen 5-11, 8-11, 8-11 (34m)
David Baillargeon bt Ali Alramezi 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 (27m)
17th – 20th place play-offs:
[17] JAMAICA bt [13] COLOMBIA 2/1
Christopher Binnie bt Juan Camilo Vargas 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 (34m)
Lewis Walters bt Ronald Palomino 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-5 (49m)
Bruce Burrowes lost to Erick Herrera 2-11, 6-11 (11m)
[18] IRELAND bt [19] SOUTH AFRICA 2/0
Sean Conroy bt Jean-Pierre Brits 11-7, 14-12, 9-11, 3-11, 11-4 (54m)
Arthur Gaskin bt Christo Potgieter 13-11, 11-8, 11-0 (30m)
9th place play-off:
[10] MALAYSIA bt [7] AUSTRALIA 2/0
Eain Yow Ng bt Cameron Pilley 12-14, 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4 (49m)
Ivan Yuen bt Rex Hedrick 13-11, 11-4, 11-8 (53m)
11th place play-off:
[6] HONG KONG CHINA bt [15] SWITZERLAND 3/0
Leo Au bt Dimitri Steinmann 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (37m)
Max Lee bt Reiko Peter 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9 (47m)
Yip Tsz Fung bt Cédric Kuchen 11-8, 11-6 (15m)
21st – 23rd place play-offs:
[23] NIGERIA bt [20] SINGAPORE 2/1
Babatunde Ajagbe bt Samuel Kang 11-9, 12-10, 0-11, 11-5 (37m)
Sodiq Taiwo bt Chua Man Tong 11-6, 12-10, 11-3 (28m)
Ehimen Ehalen lost to Brandon Tan 4-11, 9-11, 6-11 (22m)
The Fixture schedule on the Final day – 22nd December is as follows:
Final:
[1] EGYPT v [2] ENGLAND
3rd place:
[3] FRANCE & [11] WALES
5th place play-off:
[5] GERMANY v [4] NEW ZEALAND
7th place play-off:
[9] SCOTLAND v [8] SPAIN
13th place play-off:
[12] USA v [14] CANADA
15th place play-off:
[16] ARGENTINA v [21] KUWAIT
17th place play-off:
[17] JAMAICA v [18] IRELAND
19th place play-off:
[13] COLOMBIA v [19] SOUTH AFRICA
WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship continues tomorrow (December 20) at 11:00 local time (GMT-5)
