1967 Men's World Team Squash Championships

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Men's World Team 1967
1st World Men's Team Championship
Location Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Sydney, Australia
Date(s)August 9–15, 1967
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runners-upFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Third placeFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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The 1967 Men's World Team Squash Championships was the inaugural edition of the tournament. It was held in Sydney, Australia, from August 9 to 15, 1967. [1] [2]

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Australia won the inaugural championships. [3] The defeated Great Britain in the round robin, which effectively sealed the gold medal. [4] Grreat Britain took silver from New Zealand by virtue of having a better winning games percentage.

Results

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India 3-0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 2-1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 2-1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3-0
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Flag of India.svg  India 3-0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Flag of India.svg  India 3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2-1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of India.svg  India 2-1
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3-0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 3-0
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2-1
Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2-1
PosTeamPlayersPWLPts
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Geoff Hunt, Ken Hiscoe, Dick Carter, Cam Nancarrow)55010
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Peter Stokes, Jonah Barrington, Mike Corby, David Brazier)5326
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Charlie Waugh, Peter Dibley, Trevor Johnston, Don Burmeister)5326
4Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa (Dawie Botha, Doug Barrow, Graham Macdonald)5234
5Flag of India.svg  India (Anil Nayar, Sanjit Roy, Fali Madon, Dinshaw Firoze Pandole)5142
6Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (Muhammad Saleen, Khalid Azim Mir, Ala-Ud-Din)5142

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's World Team Championship 1967" (PDF). worldsquash.org). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-30.
  2. ↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). The Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd Ltd. pp. 115–118. ISBN   0-85112-270-1.
  4. ↑ "Squash victory" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 14 August 1967. Retrieved 9 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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