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)4–13 May, 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's World Team Championship 1976" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. ↑ "South Africa Barred". Trove.
  4. ↑ "Upset in Squash". Trove.
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