WSF World Team Squash Championships

Summary

The WSF World Team Squash Championships are an international squash competition organised by the World Squash Federation (WSF) and played between teams representing different nations. Countries enter teams of three or four players to represent them in the championships. In each round of the competition, teams face each other in a best-of-three singles matches contest. The competition is held once every two years, with the venue changing each time. Normally the men's and women's events are held in different years in two locations.[1][2]

WSF World Team Squash Championships
SportSquash
FoundedM : 1967
W : 1976
CountriesWSF members
ContinentInternational (WSF)
Most recent
champion(s)
M :  Egypt (6th title)
W :  Egypt (5th title)
Most titlesM :  Australia (8 titles)
W :  Australia (9 titles)
TV partner(s)WorldSquashTV
Official websiteWorld Squash Federation
WSF World Team Squash Championships Trophy

Men's edit

Past winners edit

Year Champions Runners-up Third-Place Fourth-Place Venue[3]
1967   Australia   Great Britain   New Zealand   South Africa   Melbourne, Australia
1969   Australia   Great Britain   South Africa   Pakistan   Birmingham, England
1971   Australia   Great Britain   Pakistan   Egypt   Palmerston North, New Zealand
1973   Australia   Great Britain   South Africa   New Zealand   Johannesburg, South Africa
1976   Great Britain   Pakistan   Australia   Egypt   Birmingham, England
1977   Pakistan   New Zealand   Egypt   Great Britain   Toronto, Canada
1979   Great Britain   Pakistan   Australia   Egypt   Brisbane, Australia
1981   Pakistan   Australia   Egypt   England   Stockholm, Sweden
1983   Pakistan   England   Australia   Egypt   Auckland, New Zealand
1985   Pakistan   New Zealand   Australia   England   Cairo, Egypt
1987   Pakistan   New Zealand   England   Australia   London, England
1989   Australia   Pakistan   England   New Zealand   Singapore
1991   Australia   England   Finland   Egypt   Helsinki, Finland
1993   Pakistan   Australia   England   Finland   Karachi, Pakistan
1995   England   Pakistan   Egypt   Australia   Cairo, Egypt
1997   England   Canada   Australia   Egypt   Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
1999   Egypt   Wales   England   Australia   Cairo, Egypt
2001   Australia   Egypt   England   Scotland   Melbourne, Australia
2003   Australia   France   England   Egypt   Vienna, Austria
2005   England   Egypt   France   Canada   Islamabad, Pakistan
2007   England   Australia   France   Egypt   Chennai, India
2009   Egypt   France   Australia   England   Odense, Denmark
2011   Egypt   England   Australia   France   Paderborn, Germany
2013   England   Egypt   France   Australia   Mulhouse, France
2015 Cancelled due to safety concerns [4]   Cairo, Egypt
2017   Egypt   England   Australia /   Hong Kong   Marseille, France
2019[5]   Egypt   England   France /   Wales   Washington, United States
2021 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2023   Egypt   England   France /    Switzerland   Tauranga, New Zealand

Summary of finalists edit

Source:[7]

Country Winners Runners-up
  Australia 8 3
  Pakistan 6 4
  Egypt 6 3
  England 5 6
  Great Britain 2 4
  New Zealand 0 3
  France 0 2
  Canada 0 1
  Wales 0 1

Women's edit

Past winners edit

Year Champions Runners-up Third-Place Venue[8]
1979   Great Britain   Australia   Ireland   Birmingham, England
1981   Australia   England   New Zealand   Toronto, Canada
1983   Australia   England   New Zealand   Perth, Australia
1985   England   New Zealand   Australia   Dublin, Ireland
1987   England   Australia   New Zealand   Auckland, New Zealand
1989   England   Australia   New Zealand   Warmond, Netherlands
1990   England   Australia   New Zealand   Sydney, Australia
1992   Australia   New Zealand   England   Vancouver, Canada
1994   Australia   England   South Africa   Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
1996   Australia   England   South Africa   Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
1998   Australia   England   New Zealand   Stuttgart, Germany
2000   England   Australia   New Zealand   Sheffield, England
2002   Australia   England   New Zealand   Odense, Denmark
2004   Australia   England   New Zealand   Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006   England   Egypt   Malaysia   Edmonton, Canada
2008   Egypt   England   Malaysia   Cairo, Egypt
2010   Australia   England   Malaysia   Palmerston North, New Zealand
2012   Egypt   England   Malaysia   Nîmes, France
2014   England   Malaysia   Egypt   Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
2016   Egypt   England   Hong Kong /   France   Paris, France
2018[9]   Egypt   England   Hong Kong /   France   Dalian, China
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[10]   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022   Egypt   United States   Malaysia /   England   Madinaty, Egypt

Summary of finalists edit

Source:[11]

Country Winners Runners-up
  Australia 9 5
  England 7 12
  Egypt 5 1
  Great Britain 1 0
  New Zealand 0 2
  Malaysia 0 1
  United States 0 1

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "World Men's Team Championship" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ^ "World Women's Team Championship" (PDF). worldsquash.org. p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ^ "World Men's Team Championship" (PDF). worldsquash.org. p. 63. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. ^ "SquashSite NEWS - Men's World Teams - Cancelled". Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  5. ^ "Day SEVEN : Finals Day and it's a 5th title for Egypt". World Squash Federation. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "WSF Men's World Team Squash Championships Cancelled". World Squash Federation. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  7. ^ "World Men's Team Championship" (PDF). worldsquash.org. pp. 58–59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  8. ^ "World Women's Team Championship" (PDF). worldsquash.org. p. 46. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  9. ^ "2018 Women : It's Egypt again in Dalian". World Squash Federation. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. ^ "2020 WSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS CANCELLED". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  11. ^ "World Women's Team Championship" (PDF). worldsquash.org. p. 41. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.