2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 2007
21st WSF World Men's Team Championship
Location	Chennai, India
Date(s)	December 6–12, 2007
Teams	29 (from all the 5 confederations)
Website www.squashsite.co.uk/mwt07.htm
Results
Champions	England
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	France
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The 2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2007 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Chennai, India and took place from December 6 to December 12, 2007. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Squash Rackets Federation of India. The England team won his fourth World Team Championships beating the Australian team in the final.

Participating teams

A total of 29 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Chinese Taipei, Sri Lanka and Venezuela it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Africa (SFA)	America (FPS)	Asia (ASF)	Europe (ESF)	Oceania (OSF)	Map
Egypt  Kenya  South Africa	Bermuda  Canada  United States  Venezuela	Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  India (Host Country)  Japan  Kuwait  Malaysia  Pakistan  Sri Lanka	Austria  England (Title Holder)  France  Finland  Germany  Ireland  Netherlands  Russia  Scotland  Spain  Sweden  Wales	Australia  New Zealand

Seeds

1. Egypt (Semifinals)
2. England (Champion)
3. France (Semifinals)
4. Australia (Final)
5. Malaysia (Quarterfinals)
6. Canada (Quarterfinals)
7. Pakistan (Round of 16)
8. Netherlands (Quarterfinals)
9. Wales (Round of 16)
10. India (Quarterfinals)
11. Ireland (Round of 16)
12. South Africa (Quarterfinals)
13. New Zealand (Round of 16)
14. United States (Round of 16)
15. Hong Kong (Round of 16)
16. Germany (Round of 16)

Squads

Egypt Amr Shabana Karim Darwish Wael El Hindi Mohammed Abbas Germany Simon Rösner Tim Weber Moritz Dahmen Johannes Voit Finland Olli Tuominen Matias Tuomi Henrik Mustonen not held Russia Alexi Severinov Valery Litvinko Sergey Kostrykin not held

England Nick Matthew James Willstrop Lee Beachill Peter Barker Hong Kong Dick Lau Wei Hang Wong Max Lee Anson Kwong Spain Borja Golan David Vidal Alejandro Garbi Arturo Tomas

France Gregory Gaultier Thierry Lincou Renan Lavigne Julien Balbo United States Julian Illingworth Chris Gordon Jamie Crombie Richard Chin Japan Jun Matsumoto Takanori Shimizu Yuta Fukui Ken Okada Venezuela Francisco Valecillo Luis Hernandez Richard Prieto Juan Pablo Sanchez

Australia David Palmer Stewart Boswell Cameron Pilley Scott Arnold New Zealand Kashif Shuja Campbell Grayson Martin Knight Josh Greenfield Scotland Alan Clyne Harry Leitch Stuart Crowford Jamie Macauley

Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar Ong Beng Hee Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Muhd Asyraf Azan South Africa Steve Coppinger Adrian Hansen Jesse Engelbrecht Clinton Leeuw Kuwait Bader Al-Hussaini Abdullah Al Muzayen Mohammed Hajeyah Nasser Al Ramezi Sri Lanka Saman Tilakaratne Navin Samarasingh Anura Hewage Kavinda Cooray

Canada Jonathon Power Shahier Razik Matthew Giuffre Shawn Delierre Ireland Liam Kenny John Rooney Derek Ryan Arthur Gaskin Austria Aqeel Rehman Jakob Dirnberger Andreas Freudensprung Stefan Brauneis

Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan Mansoor Zaman Farhan Mehboob Yasir Butt India Saurav Ghosal Ritwik Bhattacharya Siddharth Suchde Gaurav Nandrajog Kenya Hardeep Reel Rajdeep Bains Hartaj Bains Otto Kwach Bermuda Chase Toogood Melrindo Caines Robert Maycock not held

Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema Dylan Bennett Tom Hoevenaars Piedro Schweertman Wales Alex Gough David Evans Jethro Binns Rob Sutherland Sweden Christian Drakenberg Rasmus Hult Gustav Detter Badr Abdel Aziz Chinese Taipei Chung-Yu Chang Hsuen-Chih Huang Kai-Han Chuang Ching-Han Chen

Group stage results

Pool A Egypt 3 - 0 Finland Germany 3 - 0 Russia Egypt 3 - 0 Germany Finland 3 - 0 Russia Egypt 3 - 0 Russia Germany 2 - 1 Finland Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Egypt 3 3 0 6 2 Germany 3 2 1 4 3 Finland 3 1 2 2 4 Russia 3 0 3 0

Pool B Hong Kong 2 - 1 Spain England 3 - 0 Spain England 3 - 0 Hong Kong Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 England 2 2 0 4 2 Hong Kong 2 1 1 2 3 Spain 2 0 2 0

Pool C France 3 - 0 Japan United States 3 - 0 Venezuela France 3 - 0 United States Japan 3 - 0 Venezuela France 3 - 0 Venezuela United States 3 - 0 Japan Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 France 3 3 0 6 2 United States 3 2 1 4 3 Japan 3 1 2 2 4 Venezuela 3 0 3 0

Pool D New Zealand 3 - 0 Scotland Australia 3 - 0 Scotland Australia 3 - 0 New Zealand Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Australia 2 2 0 4 2 New Zealand 2 1 1 2 3 Scotland 2 0 2 0

Pool E Malaysia 3 - 0 Kuwait South Africa 3 - 0 Sri Lanka Malaysia 2 - 1 South Africa Kuwait 3 - 0 Sri Lanka Malaysia 3 - 0 Sri Lanka South Africa 2 - 1 Kuwait Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Malaysia 3 3 0 6 2 South Africa 3 2 1 4 3 Kuwait 3 1 2 2 4 Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0

Pool F Ireland 3 - 0 Austria Canada 3 - 0 Austria Canada 2 - 1 Ireland Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Canada 2 2 0 4 2 Ireland 2 1 1 2 3 Austria 2 0 2 0

Pool G Pakistan 3 - 0 Kenya India 3 - 0 Bermuda Pakistan 3 - 0 India Kenya 3 - 0 Bermuda Pakistan 3 - 0 Bermuda India 3 - 0 Kenya Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Pakistan 3 3 0 6 2 India 3 2 1 4 3 Kenya 3 1 2 2 4 Bermuda 3 0 3 0

Pool H Netherlands 3 - 0 Sweden Wales - Chinese Taipei Netherlands 1 - 2 Wales Sweden 3 - 0 Chinese Taipei Netherlands 3 - 0 Chinese Taipei Wales 3 - 0 Sweden Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Wales 3 3 0 6 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 4 3 Sweden 3 1 2 2 4 Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 0

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Finals

Draw

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Egypt	3	3	2
	15	Hong Kong	0	0	0			1	Egypt	3	3	2
	9	Wales	0	1	1			10	India	0	0	0
	10	India	3	3	2										1	Egypt	3	1	1
	4	Australia	3	3	2										4	Australia	1	3	3
	14	United States	0	0	1			4	Australia	3	3	2
	6	Canada	3	3	1			6	Canada	0	1	0
	12	South Africa	0	0	2																	4	Australia	3	0	0
	11	Ireland	2	0	2																	2	England	2	3	3
	5	Malaysia	3	3	1			5	Malaysia	0	1	1
	13	New Zealand	0	0	1			3	France	3	3	2
	3	France	3	3	2										3	France	0	0	2
	8	Netherlands	3	3	0										2	England	3	3	0
	7	Pakistan	1	0	2			8	Netherlands	1	0	0
	16	Germany	0	0	0			2	England	3	3	2
	2	England	3	3	3

Third place match
1	Egypt	1	1
3	France	3	3

Results

Quarter Finals

Egypt 3 QUARTER FINAL Chennai, India 10 December 2007 Glass Court India 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°2 Wael El Hindi N°2 Ritwik Bhattacharya 13 11 11 4 11 8       2 N°1 Amr Shabana N°1 Saurav Ghosal 11 5 11 8 11 9       3 N°3 Mohammed Abbas N°3 Siddarth Suchde 11 6 11 8

Australia 3 QUARTER FINAL Chennai, India 10 December 2007 Glass Court Canada 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°2 Stewart Boswell N°2 Matthew Giuffre 11 4 11 8 11 4       2 N°1 David Palmer N°1 Shahier Razik 10 12 11 7 11 6 11 6     3 N°3 Cameron Pilley N°3 Shawn Delierre 11 3 11 7

Malaysia 0 QUARTER FINAL Chennai, India 10 December 2007 Glass Court France 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°2 Ong Beng Hee N°2 Thierry Lincou 9 11 6 11 10 12       2 N°1 Mohd Azlan Iskandar N°1 Gregory Gaultier 8 11 7 11 11 9 7 11     3 N°3 Muhd Asyraf Azan N°3 Renan Lavigne 8 11 12 10 5 11

Netherlands 0 QUARTER FINAL Chennai, India 10 December 2007 Glass Court England 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°2 Tom Hoevenaars N°2 James Willstrop 6 11 7 11 11 9 8 11     2 N°1 Laurens Jan Anjema N°1 Nick Matthew 6 11 6 11 9 11       3 N°3 Piedro Schweertman N°3 Peter Barker 4 11 2 11

Semi Finals

Egypt 1 SEMI FINAL Chennai, India 11 December 2007 Glass Court Australia 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°3 Mohammed Abbas N°3 Cameron Pilley 7 11 11 7 11 4 11 8     2 N°1 Amr Shabana N°1 David Palmer 8 11 6 11 11 6 6 11     3 N°2 Karim Darwish N°2 Stewart Boswell 7 11 11 7 9 11 8 11

France 1 SEMI FINAL Chennai, India 11 December 2007 Glass Court England 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°3 Peter Barker N°3 Renan Lavigne 11 6 11 6 11 6       2 N°1 Nick Matthew N°1 Gregory Gaultier 11 3 11 6 11 4       3 N°2 James Willstrop N°2 Thierry Lincou 10 12 8 11

Final

Australia 1	FINAL Chennai, India 12 December 2007 Glass Court		England 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 David Palmer N°1 Nick Matthew 11 9 11 9 7 11 2 11 11 4   2 N°2 Stewart Boswell N°2 James Willstrop 8 11 7 11 10 12       3 N°3 Cameron Pilley N°3 Peter Barker 6 11 3 11 8 11

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2007 WSF World Team Championship
England 4th title

Team
Nick Matthew - James Willstrop - Lee Beachill - Peter Barker

Post-tournament team ranking

Position Team Result 1st England Champions 2nd Australia Final 3rd France Semi Final 4th Egypt Semi Final 5th Malaysia Quarter Final 6th Canada Quarter Final 7th Netherlands Quarter Final 8th India Quarter Final

Position Team Result 9th Pakistan Round of 16 10th Wales Round of 16 11th South Africa Round of 16 12th Ireland Round of 16 13th New Zealand Round of 16 14th United States Round of 16 15th Hong Kong Round of 16 16th Germany Round of 16

Position Team Result 17th Sweden Group Stage 18th Scotland Group Stage 19th Spain Group Stage 20th Japan Group Stage 21st Finland Group Stage 22nd Kuwait Group Stage 23rd Kenya Group Stage 24th Austria Group Stage

Position Team Result 25th Sri Lanka Group Stage 26th Bermuda Group Stage 27th Russia Group Stage 28th Venezuela Group Stage 29th Chinese Taipei Group Stage

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See also

• World Team Squash Championships
• World Squash Federation
• 2007 Men's World Open Squash Championship

References

1. http://www.squashsite.co.uk/mwt07-results.htm
2. http://www.squashsite.co.uk/mwt07.htm
3. http://www.worldsquash.org/ws/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mens-Team-Open.pdf

External links

• SquashSite World Team 2007 Official Website