1976 Men's World Team Squash Championships

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Men's World Team 1976
5th World Men's Team Championship
Location Flag of England.svg   The Midlands, England
Date(s)May 04–13, 1976
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champions Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runners-up Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Third place Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
  Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg 1973 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1977  

The 1976 Men's World Team Amateur Squash Championships was the fifth edition of the tournament. It was held at thirteen Midlands Clubs in England and took place from 4 to 13 May 1976. This was the first time in the tournament's history that a nation other than Australia became the champion. Great Britain, the runners-up for four consecutive tournaments dating back to 1967, finally became champions of the tournament. [1] [2]
South Africa were barred from the competition. [3]

Contents

Results

[4]

Pool A

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt2-1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of India.svg India3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden2-1
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of India.svg India3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of India.svg India3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of India.svg India Flag of the United States.svg United States2-1
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Cam Nancarrow, Dean Williams, Steve Bowditch, Kevin Shawcross 4408
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Aladin Alouba, Sheriff Ali, Gamal Awad 4316
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Tarras Tovar, Mikael Hellstrom, Lars Kvant 4224
4 Flag of India.svg India Raj Manchandra, Nikhil Senapati, Fali Madon 4132
5 Flag of the United States.svg United States Bill Andruss, Peter Briggs, Gil Mateer, Tom Page 4040

Nigeria withdrew from the Pool A & the tournament

Pool B

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan2-1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand3-0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3-0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2-1
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3-0
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Jonathan Leslie, Stuart Courtney, Philip Ayton, Ian Robinson 4408
2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Mohammad Saleem, Maqsood Ahmed, Atlas Khan 4316
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Trevor Colyer, Howard Broun, Bruce Brownlee, Neven Barbour 4224
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Jug Walia, Colin Adair, Victor Harding, Mike Desaulniers 4132
5 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait N Abdulla, M Suweldan, A Atiya 4040

Final Pool

Held at the Edgbaston Priory Club from May 11–13.

Team OneTeam TwoScoreNotes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan2-1(result carried forward from Pool B)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2-1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt2-1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt2-1(result carried forward from Pool A)
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt2-1
PosNationPWLPts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain3306
2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan3214
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3122
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3030

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(The Midlands) England

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