It was a case of double revenge for Pakistan in the final of the World Junior Men’s Team Championship in Zurich, the biennial World Squash Federation championship being held for the first time in Switzerland. Read more »
Tomorrow on the World Junior Team final day, it will be defending champion Egypt and Pakistan who contest in the Team final. Both teams had very contrasting semi-final victories in Zurich. Read more »
India gate-crashed the semi-finals of the World Junior Men’s Team Championship in Zurich after a stunning quarter-final victory over fourth seeds France in the biennial World Squash Federation championship being held for the first time in Switzerland. Read more »
All the teams needed the rest day. It has been a long and hard tournament for everybody. But tomorrow it will get serious again.
Last sixteen line-up:
[1] EGYPT v [15] KUWAIT
[9] NEW ZEALAND v [10] CANADA
[3] ENGLAND v [13] SOUTH AFRICA
[6] MALAYSIA v [12] USA
[5] INDIA v [11] AUSTRALIA
[4] FRANCE v [14] SWITZERLAND
[7] GERMANY v [8] HONG KONG
[2] PAKISTAN v [17/24] FINLAND
17th - 31st place play-offs:
[16] WALES bye
[17/24] SPAIN v [25/31] BERMUDA
[17/24] DENMARK v [25/31] ECUADOR
[17/24] NETHERLANDS v [25/31] ITALY
[17/24] GUATEMALA v [25/31] VENEZUELA
[17/24] BELGIUM v [25/31] CHINA
[17/24] SWEDEN v [25/31] IRELAND
[17/24] CZECH REPUBLIC v [25/31] CAYMAN ISLANDS
Michael Müller (Tournament director)
After a full day of final qualifying action in the World Junior Men’s Team Championship in Zurich, New Zealand and Finland emerged as the only nations to produce upsets on the second day of the biennial World Squash Federation championship being held for the first time in Switzerland. Read more »
After the 17 Years old Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy took the World Juniors crown, the Championships keep going on with the team event. Starting with the pool stages - each pool being held at a different venue. “The idea of having the matches at different venues was unique and we hope, that it will be appreciated by all the Teams”, says Tournament director Michael Müller. After two days of pool action the competition reaches the knockout stage. In the first Pool matches all the favourites stayed on top. “Naturally we are delighted, that our Swiss Team had a good start and a victory over Italy”, Müller added.
Philipp Schaller
After despatching local hero Nicolas Mueller in a 67-marathon semi-final, second seed Mohamed El Shorbagy went on to upset Pakistan favourite Aamir Atlas Khan in the final of the World Junior Men’s Squash Championship in Zurich to keep the prestigious title in Egyptian hands for the third successive time. Read more »
The final of the World Junior Men’s Squash Championship in Zurich will be the clash predicted by the seedings - but Pakistan favourite Aamir Atlas Khan and Egypt’s second seed Mohamed El Shorbagy reached the climax of the biennial World Squash Federation championship, being staged for the first time in Switzerland, in contrasting styles. Read more »
Top seeds Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) and Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) will contest the world junior championship final in Zurich. Both had contrasting semi-finals wins at the Vitis Club. Khan won the all-Pakistani match against Waqar Mehboob 3:0 (9:1, 9:1, 9:6). To big was the gap between the to contenders and Khan managed to stay ahead all the time. Read more »
A Pakistani finalist in the World Junior Men’s Squash Championship in Zurich is assured after Waqar Mehboob, a 5/8 seed, upset fourth-seeded Frenchman Gregoire Marche in the quarter-finals of the biennial World Squash Federation championship being staged for the first time in Switzerland. Read more »
