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Venue | International Sports Complex, Satdobato |
Dates | 6–10 December 2019 |
Squash was contested at the 2019 South Asian Games. Squash competitions were held at the International Sports Complex, Satdobato, in Lalitpur, Nepal from 6 to 10 December 2019. [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | India (IND) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Pakistan (PAK) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Nepal (NEP)* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
5 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles [2] | Tayyab Aslam Pakistan | Harinder Pal Sandhu India | Abhay Singh India |
Farhan Mehboob Pakistan | |||
Women's singles [3] | Tanvi Khanna India | Sunayna Kuruvilla India | Faiza Zafar Pakistan |
Madina Zafar Pakistan | |||
Men's team [4] | Pakistan (PAK) Tayyab Aslam Farhan Mehboob Muhammad Asim Khan Amaad Fareed | India (IND) Harinder Pal Sandhu Abhay Singh Abhishek Dhruva Pradhan Abhishek Agarwal | Sri Lanka (SRI) Ravindu Laksiri Shamil Wakeel Drunvinka Manura Perara Nogoor Shaziff Mohammedu Hakeem |
Nepal (NEP) Arhanta Keshar Simha Amrit Thapa Magar Amir Bhlon Dipak Thapa | |||
Women's team [4] | India (IND) Tanvi Khanna Sunayna Kuruvilla Sanya Vats Urwashi Joshi | Pakistan (PAK) Madina Zafar Faiza Zafar Amna Fayyaz Moqaddas Ashraf | Sri Lanka (SRI) Mihiliya Methsarani Fathoum Issadeen Yeheni Vonara Karuppu Sameera Rukshana Deen |
Nepal (NEP) Krishna Thapa Bipana Bhlon Bhavana Sunuwar Swasthani Shrestha |
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