2005 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 2005
20th WSF World Men's Team Championship
Location	Islamabad, Pakistan
Date	December 8 - 14, 2005
Teams	22 (from all the 5 confederations)
Website www.squashtalk.com/worldmensteams/
Results
Champions	England
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	France
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The 2005 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2005 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 Islamabad, Pakistan and took place from December 8 to December 14, 2005. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Pakistan Squash Federation. The England team won his third World Team Championships beating the Egyptian team in the final. ^[1]

Participating teams

A total of 22 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Iran, it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Africa (SFA)	America (FPS)	Asia (ASF)	Europe (ESF)	Oceania (OSF)	Map
Egypt   South Africa	Canada   United States	Hong Kong   Iran   India   Kuwait   Malaysia   Pakistan (Host Country)	Austria   England   France   Finland   Germany   Ireland   Netherlands   Scotland   Spain   Wales	Australia ( Title Holder )   New Zealand	Map of the participating nations

Seeds

1.   England (champion)
2.   Egypt (final)
3.   France (semifinals)
4.   Australia (quarterfinals)
5.   Canada (semifinals)
6.   Malaysia (quarterfinals)
7.   Pakistan (quarterfinals)
8.   Wales (quarterfinals)
9.   Netherlands (round of 16)
10.   India (round of 16)
11.   New Zealand (first round)
12.   South Africa (round of 16)

Squads

England James Willstrop Lee Beachill Peter Nicol Nick Matthew South Africa Rodney Durbach Michael Toothill Rowan Smith Clinton Leeuw Kuwait Abdullah Al Muzayen Bader Al-Hussaini Nasser Al Ramezi Mohammed Hajeyah Austria Aqeel Rehman Jakob Dirnberger Stefan Brauneis Andreas Freudensprung

Egypt Amr Shabana Karim Darwish Mohammed Abbas Wael El Hindi New Zealand Kashif Shuja Callum O’Brien Campbell Grayson Martin Knight Germany Simon Rösner Stefan Leifels Simon Baker Patrick Gaessler Iran Mohammed Hossein Sanaee Majid Rohani Paya Ahmed Abadi Mohammad Hossein Jafari

France Thierry Lincou Grégory Gaultier Renan Lavigne Jean-Michel Arcucci India Ritwik Bhattacharya Saurav Ghosal Siddharth Suchde Gaurav Nandrajog Ireland Liam Kenny Arthur Gaskin Neal Murphy Brian Byrne

Australia Anthony Ricketts Joseph Kneipp Stewart Boswell Cameron Pilley Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema Dylan Bennett Tom Hoevenaars Marc Reus Finland Olli Tuominen Matais Tuomi Erno Teitti Hameed Ahmed United States Preston Quick Julian Illingworth Chris Gordon Beau River

Canada Jonathon Power Graham Ryding Shahier Razik Matthew Giuffre Wales Alex Gough David Evans Gavin Jones Ricky Davies Hong Kong Wong Wai Hang Dick Lau Roger Ngan Anson Kwong

Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar Ong Beng Hee Timothy Arnold Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Pakistan Shahid Zaman Mansoor Zaman Farhan Mehboob Safeerullah Ullah Khan Scotland John White Harry Leitch Stuart Crawford Alan Clyne Spain Borja Golán David Vidal Iago Cornes Alejandro Garbi

Group stage results

Pool A England 3 - 0 Kuwait South Africa 3 - 0 Austria England 3 - 0 South Africa Kuwait 3 - 0 Austria England 3 - 0 Austria South Africa 2 - 1 Kuwait Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 England 3 3 0 6 2 South Africa 3 2 1 4 3 Kuwait 3 1 2 2 4 Austria 3 0 3 0

Pool B Egypt 3 - 0 Germany New Zealand 3 - 0 Iran Egypt 3 - 0 New Zealand Germany 3 - 0 Iran Egypt 3 - 0 Iran New Zealand 1 - 2 Germany Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Egypt 3 3 0 6 2 Germany 3 2 1 4 3 New Zealand 3 1 2 2 4 Iran 3 0 3 0

Pool C France 3 - 0 Ireland France 3 - 0 India India 2 - 1 Ireland Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 France 2 2 0 4 2 India 2 1 1 2 3 Ireland 2 0 2 0

Pool D Australia 3 - 0 Finland Netherlands 2 - 1 United States Australia 3 - 0 Netherlands Finland 2 - 1 United States Australia 3 - 0 United States Netherlands 2 - 1 Finland Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Australia 3 3 0 6 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 4 3 Finland 3 1 2 2 4 United States 3 0 3 0

Pool E Canada 3 - 0 Hong Kong Canada 3 - 0 Wales Wales 3 - 0 Hong Kong Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Canada 2 2 0 4 2 Wales 2 1 1 2 3 Hong Kong 2 0 2 0

Pool F Malaysia 2 - 1 Scotland Pakistan 3 - 0 Spain Malaysia 0 - 3 Pakistan Scotland 3 - 0 Spain Malaysia 2 - 1 Spain Pakistan 2 - 1 Scotland Rank Nation Match Won Lost Points 1 Pakistan 3 3 0 6 2 Malaysia 3 2 1 4 3 Scotland 3 1 2 2 4 Spain 3 0 3 0

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Finals

Draw

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								1	England	3	3	2
		Germany	0	2	3			8	Wales	0	0	0
	8	Wales	3	3	0										1	England	3	0	3
	5	Canada	3	3	2										5	Canada	0	3	0
	10	India	0	0	0			5	Canada	3	3	0
								4	Australia	1	1	2
																						1	England	3	3
																						2	Egypt	1	0
								3	France	3	1	3
	9	Netherlands	0	2	0			7	Pakistan	1	3	1
	7	Pakistan	3	3	2										3	France	0	3	1
	6	Malaysia	3	3	0										2	Egypt	3	1	3
	12	South Africa	0	0	3			6	Malaysia	1	0
								2	Egypt	3	3

Third place match
5	Canada	0	3	0
3	France	3	2	3

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Results

Quarter-finals

England 3 QUARTER FINAL Islamabad, Pakistan 12 December 2005 Glass Court Wales 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 James Willstrop N°2 David Evans 9 4 9 7 9 4       2 N°3 Nick Matthew N°3 Ricky Davies 9 3 9 2 9 2       3 N°2 Lee Beachill N°1 Gavin Jones 9 0 9 5

Canada 2 QUARTER FINAL Islamabad, Pakistan 12 December 2005 Glass Court Australia 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Jonathon Power N°1 Anthony Ricketts 1 9 9 3 9 4 9 3     2 N°3 Shahier Razik N°3 Joseph Kneipp 1 9 9 7 9 1 9 5     3 N°2 Graham Ryding N°2 Stewart Boswell 3 9 7 9

France 2 QUARTER FINAL Islamabad, Pakistan 12 December 2005 Glass Court Pakistan 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Thierry Lincou N°1 Shahid Zaman 10 8 9 3 2 9 9 4     2 N°3 Renan Lavigne N°3 Farhan Mehboob 1 9 6 9 9 4 5 9     3 N°2 Grégory Gaultier N°2 Mansoor Zaman 9 2 7 9 9 4 9 1

Malaysia 0 QUARTER FINAL Islamabad, Pakistan 12 December 2005 Glass Court Egypt 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Mohd Azlan Iskandar N°1 Amr Shabana 0 9 10 8 7 9 4 9     2 N°3 Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan N°3 Mohammed Abbas 0 9 0 9 0 9       3 N°2 Ong Beng Hee N°2 Karim Darwish

Semi-finals

England 2 SEMI FINAL Islamabad, Pakistan 13 December 2005 Glass Court Canada 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°2 Peter Nicol N°2 Graham Ryding 9 4 9 2 9 6       2 N°1 James Willstrop N°1 Jonathon Power 3 9 7 9 4 9       3 N°3 Nick Matthew N°3 Shahier Razik 10 8 9 2 9 0

France 1 SEMI FINAL Islamabad, Pakistan 13 December 2005 Glass Court Egypt 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°2 Grégory Gaultier N°2 Karim Darwish 3 9 3 9 4 9       2 N°1 Thierry Lincou N°1 Amr Shabana 0 9 9 6 9 3 9 8     3 N°3 Renan Lavigne N°3 Wael El Hindi 9 3 4 9 6 9 6 9

Final

England 2	FINAL Islamabad, Pakistan 14 December 2005 Glass Court		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 James Willstrop N°1 Amr Shabana 4 9 9 6 9 3 9 1     2 N°3 Peter Nicol N°3 Mohammed Abbas 9 0 9 2 9 1       3 N°2 Lee Beachill N°2 Karim Darwish

2005 WSF World Team Championship
England 3rd title

Team
James Willstrop - Lee Beachill - Peter Nicol - Nick Matthew

Post-tournament team ranking

Position Team Result 1st England Champions 2nd Egypt Final 3rd France Semi-final 4th Canada Semi-final 5th Australia Quarter-final 6th Malaysia Quarter-final 7th Pakistan Quarter-final 8th Wales Quarter-final

Position Team Result 9th South Africa Round of 16 10th Germany Round of 16 11th India Round of 16 12th Netherlands Round of 16 13th United States Group Stage 14th Scotland Group Stage 15th New Zealand Group Stage 16th Kuwait Group Stage

Position Team Result 17th Spain Group Stage 18th Finland Group Stage 19th Ireland Group Stage 20th Iran Group Stage 21st Hong Kong Group Stage 22nd Austria Group Stage

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See also

• World Team Squash Championships
• World Squash Federation
• 2005 Men's World Open Squash Championship

References

1. "England Clinch World Title In Pakistan". Squash Info. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
2. "20th Worlds Mens Teams, Islamabad Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
3. "2005 World Mens Teams Squash, New Haven CT". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
4. "Championship Records | World Squash". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2013-08-24.

External links

• World Team 2005 SquashTalk Website

Preceded by Austria (Vienna) 2003

Squash World Team Pakistan (Islamabad) 2005

Succeeded by India (Chennai) 2007