2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships

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2023 Men's World Squash Team
27th WSF World Men's Team Championship
Location Flag of New Zealand.svg Tauranga, New Zealand
VenueDevoy Squash & Fitness Centre
Date(s)11 – 17 December
Teams24
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg ChampionsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runners-upFlag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Third placeFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of France.svg  France
  2019
2024  

The 2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships was the 27th edition of world men's team championship for squash players. [1] The event was held at the Devoy Squash & Fitness Centre in Tauranga, New Zealand, from 11 to 17 December 2023. The tournament was sanctioned by the World Squash Federation and was the first to be held since 2019 because the 2021 edition had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Contents

Egypt retained the title defeating England in the final, it was Egypt's sixth success. [3] [4]

Participating teams

A total of 24 teams competed from all five confederations.

Results

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1Egypt2204 Ali Farag, Mazen Hesham, Youssef Soliman, Mostafa Asal
2Malaysia2112 Hafiz Zhafri, Ameeshenraj Chandaran, Sanjay Jeeva, Addeen Idrakie
3Ireland2020 Sam Buckley, Sean Conroy, Oisin Logan

Group B

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1England2204 Adrian Waller, Mohamed El Shorbagy, Patrick Rooney, Marwan El Shorbagy
2South Africa2112 Dewald Van Niekerk, Tristen Worth, Jean-Pierre Brits, Damian Groenewald
3Philippines2020 Robert Garcia, David William Pelino, Reymark Begornia, Jonathan Reyes

Group C

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1France2204 Grégoire Marche, Baptiste Masotti, Auguste Dussourd, Victor Crouin
2Australia2112 Joseph White, Rhys Dowling, Dylan Molinaro, Nicholas Calvert
3Netherlands2020 Rowan Damming, Samuel Gerrits, Thijs Roukens, Hjalmer Mols

Group D

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1Switzerland2204 Yannick Wilhelmi, Nicolas Müller, Robin Gadola, Dimitri Steinmann
2Nigeria2112 Babatunde Ajagbe, Onaopemipo Adegoke, Gabriel Olufunmilayo, Samuel Kehinde
3Japan2020 Shota Yasunari, Yujin Ikeda, Yuta Ando, Naoki Sone

Group E

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1United States2204 Andrew Douglas, Timothy Brownell, Shahjahan Khan, Spencer Lovejoy
2Czech Republic2112 Viktor Byrtus, Daniel Mekbib, Jakub Solnicky
3Cook Islands2020 Dylan Robert Russell, Brian Tapurau, Manu Priest, Joshua Simeon

Group F

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1Wales2204 Owain Taylor, Joel Makin, Emyr Evans, Elliott Morris
2New Zealand2112 Lwamba Chileshe, Temwa Chileshe, Elijah Thomas, Paul Coll
3Korea2020 Dong Hyun Ji, Hyeon Beom Kang, Dongjun Lee, Dong Min Lee

Group G

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1Scotland2204 Rory Stewart, Greg Lobban, Alasdair Prott, Alan Clyne
2Canada2112 David Baillargeon, Liam Marrison, Salaheldin Eltorgman, Brett Schille
3Samoa2020 Onesemo Old, Leo Fatialofa, Donald Geoffrey Marfleet

Group H

PosTeamPWLPtsPlayers
1Germany2204 Raphael Kandra, Simon Rösner, Yannik Omlor
2Hong Kong, China2112 Tang Ming Hong, Lau Tsz Kwan, Henry Leung, Wong Chi Him
3Tahiti2020 Laurent Loudier, Kevin Pons, Adrien Maury, Kamal Soussi

Second Round

Team 1Team 2Score
ScotlandHong Kong, China2–1
EnglandMalaysia2–0
SwitzerlandAustralia2–0
EgyptSouth Africa2–0
WalesCzech Republic2–0
FranceNigeria2–0
GermanyCanada2–0
United StatesNew Zealand2–1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final rankings

PositionTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of France.svg  France
5thFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
6thFlag of the United States.svg  United States
7thFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
8thFlag of Germany.svg  Germany

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