1979 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 1979
7th World Men's Team Championship
Location	Brisbane, Australia
Date(s)	October 17–28, 1979
Results
Champions	Great Britain
Runners-up	Pakistan
Third place	Australia
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The 1979 Men's Stellar World Team Amateur Squash Championships were held in Brisbane in Australia, and took place from October 17 to October 28, 1979. ^[1] This was the last World Amateur Championship before the game went open. ^{[2] [3]}

Results

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Pool A

Team one	Team two	Score
Pakistan	Australia	2-1
Pakistan	Sweden	3-0
Pakistan	India	3-0
Pakistan	United States	3-0
Pakistan	Ireland	3-0
Pakistan	Hong Kong	3-0
Australia	Sweden	3-0
Australia	India	2-1
Australia	United States	3-0
Australia	Ireland	3-0
Australia	Hong Kong	3-0
Sweden	India	2-1
Sweden	United States	2-1
Sweden	Ireland	3-0
Sweden	Hong Kong	3-0
India	United States	3-0
India	Ireland	3-0
India	Hong Kong	3-0
United States	Ireland	2-1
United States	Hong Kong	3-0
Ireland	Hong Kong	3-0

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Pakistan	Daulat Khan, Fahim Gul, Atlas Khan, Zahir Hussein Khan	6	6	0	12
2	Australia	Glen Brumby, Frank Donnelly, Ian Yeates, Ross Thorne	6	5	1	10
3	Sweden	Lars Kvant, Mikael Hellstrom, Johan Stockenberg, Bosse Boström	6	4	2	8
4	India	Anil Nayer, Raj Manchanda, Nikhil Senapati, Ananth Nayak	6	3	3	6
5	United States	Gil Mateer, Ned Edwards, Mark Alger, Jon Foster	6	2	4	4
6	Ireland	Bernard O'Gorman, Richard Power, David Gotto, Ben Cranwell	6	1	5	2
7	Hong Kong	Jacky Choy, Kai Ki Chan, Simon Swallow, Jabar Wasan	6	0	6	0

Pool B

Team one	Team two	Score
Great Britain	Egypt	2-1
Great Britain	New Zealand	2-1
Great Britain	Canada	3-0
Great Britain	Nigeria	3-0
Great Britain	Malaysia	3-0
Great Britain	Kuwait	3-0
Egypt	New Zealand	2-1
Egypt	Canada	2-1
Egypt	Nigeria	3-0
Egypt	Malaysia	3-0
Egypt	Kuwait	3-0
New Zealand	Canada	3-0
New Zealand	Nigeria	3-0
New Zealand	Malaysia	3-0
New Zealand	Kuwait	3-0
Canada	Nigeria	2-1
Canada	Malaysia	3-0
Canada	Kuwait	3-0
Nigeria	Malaysia	3-0
Nigeria	Kuwait	3-0
Malaysia	Kuwait	3-0

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Great Britain	Jonathan Leslie, Phil Kenyon, Peter Verow, Andrew Dwyer	6	6	0	12
2	Egypt	Allam Soliman, Magdi Saad, Mohammed Awad, Mohamed Badram	6	5	1	10
3	New Zealand	Ross Norman, Craig Blackwood, Robin Espie, Neven Barbour	6	4	2	8
4	Canada	Jug Walia, Todd Binns, Mark Gallagher, Mike Desaulniers	6	3	3	6
5	Nigeria	John Solomon, Friday Omoben, T Afolobi, Okanlowan Martins	6	2	4	4
6	Malaysia	Tony Tiah, Sajaad Maniam, Khai Hock Ong, Jerry Loo	6	1	5	2
7	Kuwait	Esam Al-Modaf, Tareq Al-Owayesh, Al-Ramzl Bader, J Ashkiniy	6	0	6	0

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Pakistan	Egypt	2-1
Great Britain	Australia	2-1

Third Place Play Off

Team one	Team two	Score
Australia	Egypt	2-1

Final

Great Britain 3	FINAL Brisbane, Australia 27 October 1979		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jonathan Leslie Atlas Khan 4 9 4 9 9 6 9 0 9 0   2 Phil Kenyon Daulat Khan 9 3 9 5 9 5       3 Peter Verow Fahim Gul 9 6 9 6 2 9 4 9 9 3

See also

• World Team Squash Championships
• World Squash Federation
• World Open (squash)

References

1. Association, Squash Rackets (1982). Squash Annual 1980-81. The Squash Rackets Association (no isbn).
2. "Men's World Team Championship 1979" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2016.
3. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
4. "Squash lead increases". Canberra Times. Trove. 24 October 1979.
5. "Brumby loses to a Houdini". Canberra Times. Trove. 21 October 1979.
6. "Results 1979". Sydney Morning Herald (page 16 of 16).

Preceded by Canada 1977

Squash World Team (Brisbane) Australia 1979

Succeeded by Sweden 1981