Women's World Team 1979 | |||
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1st World Women's Team Championship | |||
Location | England | ||
Date(s) | March 15–20, 1979 | ||
Results | |||
Champions | Great Britain | ||
Runners-up | Australia | ||
Third place | Ireland | ||
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The 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships were held in England and took place from March 15 until March 20, 1979. [1] [2]
Pos | Nation | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
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1 | Great Britain | Sue Cogswell, Angela Smith, Teresa Lawes, Barbara Diggens, Jayne Ashton, Lesley Moore | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
2 | Australia | Barbara Wall, Vicki Hoffman, Sue King, Rhonda Thorne, Anne Smith | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Ireland | Geraldine Barniville, Dororthy Armstrong, Barbara Sanderson, Irene Hewitt | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Canada | Shelagh Murray, Elaine Hinnegan, Ann Thompson, Penny Glover, Kay Widmer, Sue Pexman, Barbara Savage | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Sweden | Katarina Due-Boje, Tina Dahl, Agneta Samuelson, Eva Lundqvist | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
6 | United States | Mariann Greenberg, Carol Weymuller, Ginny Akabane, Barbara Maltby, Diana Nyad | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Great Britain 3 | FINAL Edgbaston Priory, Birmingham, England 20 March 1979 | Australia 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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