Tournament information | |
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Sport | Squash |
Established | 1996 |
Administrator | World Squash Federation |
Tournament format(s) | |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Egypt |
1st runners-up | Malaysia |
2nd runners-up | India |
The Squash World Cup is an international mixed team squash tournament. The first edition took place in 1996. [1]
The World Cup consists of two round robin pools, followed by a knockout stage national team squads of each country, represented by two men and two women, play ties of four matches against each other. All matches are played to a best of 5 games to 7 points. [2]
At 6-6, the game will still be played to 7 points. In the knockout stage, in the event of a draw the winning team will be decided by greater positive difference between games won and lost in a tie. [3]
Year | Host | Winners | Second Place | Third Place | Ref |
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1996 | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | Australia | England | ||
1999 | Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | England | Scotland | [4] | |
2011 | Chennai, India | Egypt | England | Australia | [5] |
2023 | Chennai, India | Egypt | Malaysia | India | [6] |
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