1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 1999
17th World Men's Team Championship
Location  Egypt
Date(s)September 17 - September 22, 1999
Results
Champions Egypt
Runners-up Wales
Third place England

The 1999 Men's Al-Ahram World Team Squash Championships were held in Egypt and took place from September 17 until September 22, 1999.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. England
  2. Australia
  3. Canada
  4. Egypt
  5. Wales
  6. Pakistan
  7. South Africa
  8. France
  9. Finland
  10. Malaysia
  11. Scotland
  12. Germany
  13. Sweden
  14. New Zealand

Results

[3][4][5]

Pool A

Team one Team two Score
England Wales 3-0
England Egypt 2-1
England Malaysia 3-0
Egypt Malaysia 3-0
Egypt Wales 3-0
Wales Malaysia 2-1
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1 England Simon Parke, Paul Johnson, Chris Walker, Mark Cairns 3 3 0 6
2 Egypt Amr Shabana, Ahmed Barada, Omar El Borolossy, Amir Wagih 3 2 1 4
2 Wales Alex Gough, David Evans, Greg Tippings, Gareth Jones 3 1 2 2
4 Malaysia Kenneth Low, Mohd Azlan Iskandar, Ong Beng Hee, Yap Kok Four 3 1 2 2

Pool B

Team one Team two Score
Australia Finland 3-0
Australia Pakistan 3-0
Australia Canada 3-0
Canada Pakistan 3-0
Pakistan Finland 2-1
Finland Canada 2-1
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1 Australia Rodney Eyles, Paul Price, Dan Jenson, Anthony Hill 3 3 0 6
2 Canada Graham Ryding, Shahier Razik, Kelly Patrick 3 1 2 2
2 Finland Juha Raumolin, Olli Tuominen, Mika Monto, Ville Sistonen 3 1 2 2
4 Pakistan Amjad Khan, Mansoor Zaman, Mir Zaman Gul, Shahid Zaman 3 1 2 2

Pool C

Team one Team two Score
South Africa Belgium 3-0
South Africa Germany 3-0
South Africa Sweden 3-0
Sweden Germany 2-1
Sweden Belgium 3-0
Germany Belgium 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1 South Africa Rodney Durbach, Glenn Whittaker, Craig van der Wath, Adrian Hansen 3 2 1 4
2 Sweden Anders Thoren, Daniel Forslund, Johan Jungling, Christian Drakenberg 3 2 1 4
3 Germany Simon Frenz, Florian Pössl, Oliver Kowalski, Hansi Seestaller 3 2 1 4
4 Belgium Peter Pastijn, Wim Houbrechts, Nicolas Van Caesbroeck 3 0 3 0

Pool D

Team one Team two Score
France Scotland 2-1
France Switzerland 3-0
France New Zealand 3-0
New Zealand Switzerland 2-1
Switzerland Scotland 2-1
Scotland New Zealand 2-1
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1 France Thierry Lincou, Renan Lavigne, Jean-Michel Arcucci, Grégory Gaultier 3 3 0 6
2 Scotland* John White, Neil Frankland, Stuart Cowie, David Heath 3 2 1 4
3 New Zealand Paul Steel, Daniel Sharplin, George Crosby, Allan Crome 3 1 2 2
4 Switzerland Andre Holderegger, Reto Donatsch, Lars Harms, Yurij Del Tenno 3 0 3 0

Note*
Scotland were missing the world champion Peter Nicol and world semi-finalist Martin Heath who both refused to play quoting lack of financial assistance.

Quarter-finals

Team one Team two Score
Wales Canada 2-1
Australia South Africa 2-1
England France 3-0
Egypt Finland 3-0

Semi-finals

Team one Team two Score
Wales England 2-1
Egypt Australia 3-0

Third Place Play Off

Team one Team two Score
England Australia 2-1

Final

References

  1. ^ "Men's World Team Championship 1999" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-30.
  2. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. ^ "Men's World Team Championship 1999". Squash Info.
  4. ^ "results".
  5. ^ "The squash squad". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

See also