2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships

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Women's World Team 2008
16th WSF World Women's Team Championship
Logo Women's World Squash Team 2008.jpg
Location Flag of Egypt.svg   Cairo, Egypt
Date(s)November 30 - December 6, 2008
Teams19 (from all the 5 confederations)
Website
www.squashsite.co.uk/wwteams08.htm
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champions Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runners-up Flag of England.svg England
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Third place Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
←  2006 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2010  →

The 2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships was the women's edition of the 2008 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event was held in Cairo, Egypt from November 30 to December 6, 2008. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Egyptian Squash Association. The Egypt team won their first World Team Championships, beating the English team in the final.

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Participating teams

A total of 19 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For China, 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 (Host Country)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 		Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of England.svg  England ( Title Holder )
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Map of the participating nations WSF 2008 WomenTeams world map.png
Map of the participating nations

Seeds

  1. Flag of England.svg England (final)
  2. Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (champion)
  3. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (semifinals)
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of France.svg France (first round)

Squads

[1]

Group stage results

Finals

Draw

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
1 Flag of England.svg England 332
6 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 0 1 0
1 Flag of England.svg England 332
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1 0 0
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 332
9 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 0 1 0
1 Flag of England.svg England 0 32
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 32 3
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2 1 2
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 330
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1 31 Third place match
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 30 3
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0 1 0 3 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1 30
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3324 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 31 3

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[2]

 2008 WSF World Team Championship 
Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
1st title
Team
Omneya Abdel Kawy - Engy Kheirallah - Raneem El Weleily - Heba El Torky

Post-tournament team ranking

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WWTresults". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  2. ↑ "WWT NEWS". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
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