Men's World Team 1969 | |||
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2nd World Men's Team Championship | |||
Location | The Midlands, England | ||
Date(s) | February 03–12, 1969 | ||
Results | |||
Champions | Australia | ||
Runners-up | Great Britain | ||
Third place | Pakistan | ||
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The 1969 Men's World Team Squash Championships were held in The Midlands, England and took place from February 3 to February 12, 1969. [1] [2]
Pos | Team | Players | P | W | L | Pts |
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1 | Australia | (Geoff Hunt, Ken Hiscoe, Dick Carter, Cam Nancarrow) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
2 | Great Britain | (Jonah Barrington, Mike Corby, Paul Millman, Don Innes) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Pakistan | (Gogi Alauddin, Aftab Jawaid, Sajjad Muneer, Mohammad Saleem) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
4 | South Africa | (Dawie Botha, Doug Barrow, Graham Macdonald, Derek Broom) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
5 | New Zealand | (Peter Dibley, Trevor Johnston, Don Burmeister, John Isaccs) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
6 | United Arab Republic | (Sherif Afifi, Kamal Zaghloul, Ibrahim Amin, Galal Allam) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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