1996 Women's World Team Squash Championships

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Women's World Team 1996
10th World Women's Team Championship
Location Flag of Malaysia.svg   Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Date(s)October 14–19, 1996
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runners-up Flag of England.svg England
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Third place Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
  Flag of Guernsey.svg 1994 Flag of Germany.svg 1998  

The 1996 Women's Perrier World Team Squash Championships were held in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and took place from October 14 until October 19, 1996. [1] [2]

Petaling Jaya City in Selangor, Malaysia

Petaling Jaya is a major Malaysian city originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur. It is located in the Petaling District of Selangor with an area of approximately 97.2 square kilometres (37.5 sq mi). Petaling Jaya was granted city status on 20 June 2006.

Malaysia Federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the world's 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. In the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries, with large numbers of endemic species.

Contents

Results

[3] [4]

First round

Pool A

DateTeam OneTeam TwoScore
Oct 14 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Oct 14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Germany.svg Germany3-0
Oct 15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa3-0
Oct 15 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Oct 16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Oct 16 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of Germany.svg Germany2-1
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Liz Irving, Michelle Martin, Sarah Fitzgerald, Carol Owens 3306
2 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Claire Nitch, Carla Venter, Angelique Clifton-Parks 3214
3 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Sabine Schöne, Sabine Baum, Silke Bartel 3122
4 Flag of the United States.svg United States Berkeley Belknap, Demer Holleran, Alicia McConnell, Ellie Pierce 3030

Pool B

DateTeam OneTeam TwoScore
Oct 14 Flag of England.svg England Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3-0
Oct 14 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands3-0
Oct 15 Flag of England.svg England Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands3-0
Oct 15 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3-0
Oct 16 Flag of England.svg England Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2-1
Oct 16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3-0
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of England.svg England Cassie Jackman, Suzanne Horner, Linda Charman, Fiona Geaves 3306
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Leilani Marsh, Jade Wilson, Philippa Beams, Sarah Cook 3214
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson, Denise Sommers, Daphne Jelgersma 3122
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Salma Shabana, Maha Zein, A Abu Oul 3003

Pool C

DateTeam OneTeam TwoScore
Oct 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia2-1
Oct 14 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland3-0
Oct 15 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia3-0
Oct 15 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada2-1
Oct 16 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia3-0
Oct 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland3-0
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Nina Taimiaho, Tuula Myllyniemi, Kia Paasivirta, Piia Karonen 3306
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Heather Wallace, Melanie Jans, Kelsey Soucheraux, Carolyn Russell 3214
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Louise Finnegan, Aisling McArdle, Olivia French, Madeline Perry 3122
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Carrie Yeo Heng Kooi, Leong Siu Lynn, Kuan Choy Lin 3033

Pool D

DateTeam OneTeam TwoScore
Oct 14 Flag of France.svg France Flag of Japan.svg Japan3-0
Oct 14 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong3-0
Oct 15 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of Japan.svg Japan3-0
Oct 15 Flag of France.svg France Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong2-1
Oct 16 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of France.svg France3-0
Oct 16 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of Japan.svg Japan2-1
PosNationTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Senga Macfie, Pamela Nimmo, Claire Waddell, Wendy Maitland 3306
2 Flag of France.svg France Corinne Castets, Isabelle Stoehr, Corinne Vézin 3214
3 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Dawn Olsen, Rebecca Chiu, Christina Mak 3122
4 Flag of Japan.svg Japan3003

Quarter finals

DateTeam OneTeam TwoScore
Oct 17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland3-0
Oct 17 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Germany.svg Germany2-1
Oct 17 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands2-1
Oct 17 Flag of England.svg England Flag of Finland.svg Finland3-0

Semi finals

DateTeam OneTeam TwoScore
Oct 18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand3-0
Oct 18 Flag of England.svg England Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa3-0

Third Place Play Off

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2-1

Final

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References

  1. "Women's World Team Championship 1996" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
  2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. "Finland Women's National team results". Squash Finland. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  4. "Squash News". Herald Scotland.
Preceded by
Guernsey
1994
Squash World Team
Malaysia

1996
Succeeded by
Germany
1998

See also

World Squash Federation international squash governing body

The World Squash Federation (WSF) is the international federation for squash, an indoor racquet sport which was formerly called "squash rackets." The WSF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the International Federation (IF) for squash, and is also a member of the SportAccord and the Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF).