2003 Men's World Team Squash Championships

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Men's World Team 2003
19th World Men's Team Championship
Location Flag of Austria.svg   Vienna, Austria
Date(s)October 19–25, 2003
Teams30 (from all the 5 confederations)
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runners-up Flag of France.svg France
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Third place Flag of England.svg England
  2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Pakistan.svg 2005  

The 2003 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2003 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Vienna, Austria and took place from October 19-25, 2003. [1] [2]

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Participating teams

A total of 30 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Bermuda, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Slovenia and South Korea it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Africa
(SFA)
America
(FPS)
Asia
(ASF)
Europe
(ESF)
Oceania
(OSF)
Map
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (Host Country)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ( Title Holder )
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Group stage results

Pool A

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Japan.svg Japan3-0
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Russia.svg Russia3-0
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Russia.svg Russia3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Germany.svg Germany3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Russia.svg Russia3-0
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Japan.svg Japan3-0
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (David Palmer, Anthony Ricketts, Paul Price)3306
2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Simon Frenz, Stefan Leifels, Oliver Post)3214
3 Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Kimihiko Sano, Takehide Nishio, Jun Matsumoto)3122
4 Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Alexei Severinov, Serguei Kostrykine, Maxim Shokin)3030

Pool B

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of England.svg England Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary3-0
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2-1
Flag of England.svg England Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand3-0
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary2-1
Flag of England.svg England Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland3-0
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary3-0
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of England.svg England (Lee Beachill, Nick Matthew, James Willstrop, Peter Nicol)3306
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Lars Harms, André Holderegger, Kevin Villiger, Marco Dätwyler)3214
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (Glen Wilson, Daniel Sharplin, Callum O'Brien, Oliver Johnston)3122
4 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (András Török, Márk Krajcsák, Sandor Fulop)3030

Pool C

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of France.svg France Flag of Austria.svg Austria3-0
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia3-0
Flag of France.svg France Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden3-0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia3-0
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1-2
Flag of France.svg France Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia3-0
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of France.svg France (Thierry Lincou, Grégory Gaultier, Renan Lavigne, Jean-Michel Arcucci)3306
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Christian Drakenberg, Henrik Lofvenborg, Joakim Karlsson, Badr Abdel Aziz)3214
3 Flag of Austria.svg Austria (Leopold Czaska, Clemens Wallishauser, David Huck, Andreas Fuchs)3122
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia (Damir Bezan, Klemen Gutman, Miha Kavas)3030

Pool D

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda3-0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of Finland.svg Finland2-1
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong3-0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Finland Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Flag of Finland.svg Finland3-0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda2-1
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (Karim Darwish, Amr Shabana, Mohammed Abbas, Wael El Hindi)3306
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (Farrukh Khan, Wong Waihang, Dick Lau, Roger Ngan)3214
3 Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Olli Tuominen, Hameed Ahmed, Matias Tuomi)3122
4 Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda (Nicholas Kyme, James Stout, Sam Stevens)3030

Pool E

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic3-0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands3-0
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands0-3
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (Jonathon Power, Graham Ryding, Shahier Razik, Viktor Berg)2204
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (Tommy Berden, Lucas Buit, Dylan Bennett, Michael Fiteni)2112
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (Jan Koukal, Martin Stepan, Pavel Sladecek)2020

Pool F

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea3-0
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of the United States.svg United States3-0
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea3-0
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa2-1
Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea3-0
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (Martin Heath, John White, Neil Frankland, Peter O'Hara)3306
2 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (Rodney Durbach, Craig van der Wath, Gregory La Mude)3214
3 Flag of the United States.svg United States (Preston Quick, Jamie Crombie, Tim Wyant, Damian Walker)3122
4 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Yong-Chun Chong, Dong-Woo Kim, Jaung-Gue Park)3030

Pool G

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico3-0
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland3-0
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait2-1
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland1-2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait3-0
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales (David Evans, Alex Gough, Gavin Jones)3306
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (Derek Ryan, John Rooney, Graeme Stewart, Niall Rooney)3214
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (Eric Gálvez, Jorge Baltazar, Armando Zarazua, Mauricio Sanchez)3122
4 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait (Abdullah Al-Muzayen, Bader Alhosaini, Ali Alramezi, Nasser Alramezi)3030

Pool H

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan2-1
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Flag of Italy.svg Italy3-0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Flag of Italy.svg Italy3-0
PosTeamPWLPts
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (Mohd Azlan Iskandar, Ong Beng Hee, Kelvin Ho, Timothy Arnold)2204
2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (Mansoor Zaman, Farrukh Zaman, Majid Khan)2112
3 Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Andrea Capella, Francesco Busi, Andrea Torricini)2020

Finals

Draw

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 0
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 Flag of France.svg France 0
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 0 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1
Flag of France.svg France 3 Flag of France.svg France 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 0 Flag of France.svg France 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Flag of England.svg England 1
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1
Flag of England.svg England 3 Flag of England.svg England 2
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 0

Third Place play off

Team OneTeam TwoScore
Flag of England.svg England Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3-0

Final

 2003 WSF World Team Championship 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
8th title
Team
David Palmer - Anthony Ricketts - Paul Price

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