1981 Men's World Team Squash Championships

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Men's World Team 1981
8th World Men's Team Championship
Location Flag of Sweden.svg   Sweden
Date(s)September 24 - October 3, 1981
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champions Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runners-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Third place Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1979 Flag of New Zealand.svg 1983  

The 1981 Men's World Team Squash Championships were held in Sweden and took place from September 24 until October 3, 1981. [1] [2]

Contents

Results

[3] [4]

Group 1 (Gävle)

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore3-0
Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore2-1
Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada2-1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore3-0
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed, Jahangir Khan, Qamar Zaman 3306
2 Flag of the United States.svg United States Bill Andruss, Ned Edwards, Ted Gross, Stu Goldstein 3214
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Doug Whittaker, Aziz Khan, Dale Styner, Marc Lalonde 3122
4 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Stewart Ballard, Woon Wai Ping, Zainal Abidin 3030

Group 2 (Malmö)

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco3-0
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland2-1
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe2-1
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco3-0
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe2-1
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco3-0
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco3-0
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Glen Brumby, Steve Bowditch, Greg Pollard, Ross Thorne 4408
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Chris Wilson, John McGhee, Gordon Blair 4316
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Gar Holohan, John Young, David Gotto, Ben Cranwell 4224
4 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe4132
5 Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco4040

Group 3 (Gothenburg)

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden2-1
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Finland.svg Finland3-0
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands2-1
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of France.svg France3-0
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Norway.svg Norway3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Finland.svg Finland3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of France.svg France3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Norway.svg Norway3-0
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands2-1
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Flag of France.svg France3-0
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Flag of Norway.svg Norway3-0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Flag of France.svg France3-0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Flag of Norway.svg Norway3-0
Flag of France.svg France Flag of Norway.svg Norway3-0
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Ross Norman, Bruce Brownlee, Craig Blackwood, Neven Barbour 55010
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Lars Kvant, Mikael Hellstrom, Peter Boström 5418
3 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Roger Jones, Harri Bucht, Markku Sainio, Kale Leskinen 5326
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Eric van der Pluijm, Fred Saarloos, Dirk-Jan Remijnse, Jacob Reminjse 5234
5 Flag of France.svg France Bernard Rougé, Clarence Clauss, Michel Baulac, K Roisse 5142
6 Flag of Norway.svg Norway Johan Abyholm, Pål-Eric Christophersen, Sigurd Hammerstad 5050

Group 4 (Linköping)

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of England.svg England2-1
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Germany.svg West Germany3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
Flag of England.svg England Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria3-0
Flag of England.svg England Flag of Germany.svg West Germany3-0
Flag of England.svg England Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Flag of Germany.svg West Germany2-1
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait2-1
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait2-1
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Ahmed Safwat, Aly Abdel Aziz, Magdi Saad 4408
2 Flag of England.svg England Gawain Briars, Phil Kenyon, Ian Robinson, John Le Lievre 4316
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria4224
4 Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Manfred Lang, Wolfgang Bücker, Manfred Herwig 4132
5 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait4040

Final Pool A (Stockholm)

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden3-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland3-0
PosNationPWLPts
1 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan3306
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3214
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden3122
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland3030

Final Pool B (Stockholm)

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2-1
Flag of England.svg England Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of England.svg England2-1
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of England.svg England Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2-1
PosNationPWLPts
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3306
2 Flag of England.svg England3214
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand3122
4 Flag of the United States.svg United States3030

Third Place Play Off (Stockholm)

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of England.svg England2-1

Final

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