2005 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 2005

20th WSF World Men's Team Championship

Location

Islamabad, Pakistan

Date(s)

December 8 - 14, 2005

Teams

22 (from all the 5 confederations)

Website
www.squashtalk.com/worldmensteams/

Results

Champions

England

Runners-up

Egypt

Third place

France

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The 2005 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2005 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Islamabad, Pakistan and took place from December 8 to December 14, 2005. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Pakistan Squash Federation. The England team won his third World Team Championships beating the Egyptian team in the final.^[1]

Participating teams

A total of 22 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Iran, it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Africa (SFA)	America (FPS)	Asia (ASF)	Europe (ESF)	Oceania (OSF)	Map
Egypt South Africa	Canada United States	Hong Kong Iran India Kuwait Malaysia Pakistan (Host Country)	Austria England France Finland Germany Ireland Netherlands Scotland Spain Wales	Australia (Title Holder) New Zealand	Map of the participating nations

Seeds

England (champion)
Egypt (final)
France (semifinals)
Australia (quarterfinals)
Canada (semifinals)
Malaysia (quarterfinals)
Pakistan (quarterfinals)
Wales (quarterfinals)
Netherlands (round of 16)
India (round of 16)
New Zealand (first round)
South Africa (round of 16)

Squads

England

South Africa

Rodney Durbach
Michael Toothill
Rowan Smith
Clinton Leeuw

Kuwait

Abdullah Al Muzayen
Bader Al-Hussaini
Nasser Al Ramezi
Mohammed Hajeyah

Austria

Aqeel Rehman
Jakob Dirnberger
Stefan Brauneis
Andreas Freudensprung

Egypt

Amr Shabana
Karim Darwish
Mohammed Abbas
Wael El Hindi

New Zealand

Kashif Shuja
Callum O’Brien
Campbell Grayson
Martin Knight

Germany

Simon Rösner
Stefan Leifels
Simon Baker
Patrick Gaessler

Iran

Mohammed Hossein Sanaee
Majid Rohani
Paya Ahmed Abadi
Mohammad Hossein Jafari

France

India

Ireland

Liam Kenny
Arthur Gaskin
Neal Murphy
Brian Byrne

Australia

Netherlands

Laurens Jan Anjema
Dylan Bennett
Tom Hoevenaars
Marc Reus

Finland

Olli Tuominen
Matais Tuomi
Erno Teitti
Hameed Ahmed

United States

Preston Quick
Julian Illingworth
Chris Gordon
Beau River

Canada

Wales

Alex Gough
David Evans
Gavin Jones
Ricky Davies

Hong Kong

Wong Wai Hang
Dick Lau
Roger Ngan
Anson Kwong

Malaysia

Pakistan

Shahid Zaman
Mansoor Zaman
Farhan Mehboob
Safeerullah Ullah Khan

Scotland

Spain

Borja Golán
David Vidal
Iago Cornes
Alejandro Garbi

Group stage results

Pool A

England	3	-	0	Kuwait
South Africa	3	-	0	Austria

England	3	-	0	South Africa
Kuwait	3	-	0	Austria

England	3	-	0	Austria
South Africa	2	-	1	Kuwait

Rank	Nation	Match	Won	Lost	Points
1	England	3	3	0	6
2	South Africa	3	2	1	4
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	2
4	Austria	3	0	3	0

Pool B

Egypt	3	-	0	Germany
New Zealand	3	-	0	Iran

Egypt	3	-	0	New Zealand
Germany	3	-	0	Iran

Egypt	3	-	0	Iran
New Zealand	1	-	2	Germany

Rank	Nation	Match	Won	Lost	Points
1	Egypt	3	3	0	6
2	Germany	3	2	1	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	2
4	Iran	3	0	3	0

Pool C

France

Ireland

France

India

India

Ireland

Rank	Nation	Match	Won	Lost	Points
1	France	2	2	0	4
2	India	2	1	1	2
3	Ireland	2	0	2	0

Pool D

Australia	3	-	0	Finland
Netherlands	2	-	1	United States

Australia	3	-	0	Netherlands
Finland	2	-	1	United States

Australia	3	-	0	United States
Netherlands	2	-	1	Finland

Rank	Nation	Match	Won	Lost	Points
1	Australia	3	3	0	6
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	4
3	Finland	3	1	2	2
4	United States	3	0	3	0

Pool E

Canada

Hong Kong

Canada

Wales

Wales

Hong Kong

Rank	Nation	Match	Won	Lost	Points
1	Canada	2	2	0	4
2	Wales	2	1	1	2
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0

Pool F

Malaysia	2	-	1	Scotland
Pakistan	3	-	0	Spain

Malaysia	0	-	3	Pakistan
Scotland	3	-	0	Spain

Malaysia	2	-	1	Spain
Pakistan	2	-	1	Scotland

Rank	Nation	Match	Won	Lost	Points
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	6
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	4
3	Scotland	3	1	2	2
4	Spain	3	0	3	0

^[2]

Finals

Draw

Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

					1	England	3	3	2
	Germany	0	2	3	8	Wales	0	0	0
8	Wales	3	3	0						1	England	3	0	3
5	Canada	3	3	2						5	Canada	0	3	0
10	India	0	0	0	5	Canada	3	3	0
					4	Australia	1	1	2
															1	England	3	3
															2	Egypt	1	0
					3	France	3	1	3
9	Netherlands	0	2	0	7	Pakistan	1	3	1
7	Pakistan	3	3	2						3	France	0	3	1
6	Malaysia	3	3	0						2	Egypt	3	1	3
12	South Africa	0	0	3	6	Malaysia	1	0
					2	Egypt	3	3

Third place match
5	Canada	0	3	0
3	France	3	2	3

^[3]

Results

Quarter-finals

England
3

QUARTER FINAL
Islamabad, Pakistan
12 December 2005
Glass Court

Wales
0

		1	2	3
1	N°1 James Willstrop N°2 David Evans	9 4	9 7	9 4
2	N°3 Nick Matthew N°3 Ricky Davies	9 3	9 2	9 2
3	N°2 Lee Beachill N°1 Gavin Jones	9 0	9 5

Canada
2

QUARTER FINAL
Islamabad, Pakistan
12 December 2005
Glass Court

Australia
1

		1	2	3	4
1	N°1 Jonathon Power N°1 Anthony Ricketts	1 9	9 3	9 4	9 3
2	N°3 Shahier Razik N°3 Joseph Kneipp	1 9	9 7	9 1	9 5
3	N°2 Graham Ryding N°2 Stewart Boswell	3 9	7 9

France
2

QUARTER FINAL
Islamabad, Pakistan
12 December 2005
Glass Court

Pakistan
1

		1	2	3	4
1	N°1 Thierry Lincou N°1 Shahid Zaman	10 8	9 3	2 9	9 4
2	N°3 Renan Lavigne N°3 Farhan Mehboob	1 9	6 9	9 4	5 9
3	N°2 Grégory Gaultier N°2 Mansoor Zaman	9 2	7 9	9 4	9 1

Malaysia
0

QUARTER FINAL
Islamabad, Pakistan
12 December 2005
Glass Court

Egypt
2

		1	2	3	4
1	N°1 Mohd Azlan Iskandar N°1 Amr Shabana	0 9	10 8	7 9	4 9
2	N°3 Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan N°3 Mohammed Abbas	0 9	0 9	0 9
3	N°2 Ong Beng Hee N°2 Karim Darwish

Semi-finals

England
2

SEMI FINAL
Islamabad, Pakistan
13 December 2005
Glass Court

Canada
1

		1	2	3
1	N°2 Peter Nicol N°2 Graham Ryding	9 4	9 2	9 6
2	N°1 James Willstrop N°1 Jonathon Power	3 9	7 9	4 9
3	N°3 Nick Matthew N°3 Shahier Razik	10 8	9 2	9 0

France
1

SEMI FINAL
Islamabad, Pakistan
13 December 2005
Glass Court

Egypt
2

		1	2	3	4
1	N°2 Grégory Gaultier N°2 Karim Darwish	3 9	3 9	4 9
2	N°1 Thierry Lincou N°1 Amr Shabana	0 9	9 6	9 3	9 8
3	N°3 Renan Lavigne N°3 Wael El Hindi	9 3	4 9	6 9	6 9

Final

England
2

FINAL
Islamabad, Pakistan
14 December 2005
Glass Court

Egypt
0

		1	2	3	4
1	N°1 James Willstrop N°1 Amr Shabana	4 9	9 6	9 3	9 1
2	N°3 Peter Nicol N°3 Mohammed Abbas	9 0	9 2	9 1
3	N°2 Lee Beachill N°2 Karim Darwish

2005 WSF World Team Championship
Albanian: ENG 3rd title

Team
James Willstrop - Lee Beachill - Peter Nicol - Nick Matthew

Post-tournament team ranking

Position	Team	Result
1st	England	Champions
2nd	Egypt	Final
3rd	France	Semi-final
4th	Canada	Semi-final
5th	Australia	Quarter-final
6th	Malaysia	Quarter-final
7th	Pakistan	Quarter-final
8th	Wales	Quarter-final

Position	Team	Result
9th	South Africa	Round of 16
10th	Germany	Round of 16
11th	India	Round of 16
12th	Netherlands	Round of 16
13th	United States	Group Stage
14th	Scotland	Group Stage
15th	New Zealand	Group Stage
16th	Kuwait	Group Stage

Position	Team	Result
17th	Spain	Group Stage
18th	Finland	Group Stage
19th	Ireland	Group Stage
20th	Iran	Group Stage
21st	Hong Kong	Group Stage
22nd	Austria	Group Stage

^[4]

References

^ "England Clinch World Title In Pakistan". Squash Info. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "20th Worlds Mens Teams, Islamabad Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
^ "2005 World Mens Teams Squash, New Haven CT". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
^ "Championship Records | World Squash". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2013-08-24.