World Mens Team Championship 2011
At Paderborn, Germany (22/08/2011)

Egypt Clinch World Title After Thrilling Final while India finishes 8th.

Egypt sensationally retained their title in the WSF Men's World Team Squash Championship after upsetting favourites England 2/1 in a thrilling final in Paderborn, Germany. 

The 23rd staging of the World Squash Federation event - the first senior world championship since the IOC announcement that Squash is on the shortlist for Olympic inclusion in 2020 - has been taking place in Germany for the first time. 
The top two players in the world took to the court for the opening clash, with Egypt taking early honours when Ramy Ashour beat Nick Matthew, the world number one from Sheffield, 11-7, 11-9, 14-12. 

Londoner Peter Barker brought the top seeds back into contention when he overcame Ramy's older brother Hisham Mohamed Ashour 11-6, 11-9, 11-7. 

The decider featured second strings Karim Darwish and James Willstrop - a pair who have been opponents on a squash court since the world junior championships in 2000, with Englishman Willstrop boasting a 12-6 head to head advantage. 
There were some notable final finishes lower down the order. Eighth seeds USA beat India, the sixth seeds, in the play-off for seventh place to record their best finish since 1983. Squad number one Julian Illingworth put the underdogs in the driving seat by beating Saurav Ghosal, ranked five places higher, in four games. 

"With Gilly (Lane) still recovering from his back injury, we essentially played the whole tournament a man down," said team coach Paul Assaiante. "We'd love to have had the luxury of being able to rest our players. But to beat India today was very special and Julian's win was especially impressive." 

RESULTS: 

Final:
[2] EGYPT bt [1] ENGLAND 2/1
Ramy Ashour bt Nick Matthew 11-7, 11-9, 14-12 (61m)
Hisham Mohamed Ashour lost to Peter Barker 6-11, 9-11, 7-11 (50m)
Karim Darwish bt James Willstrop 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 11-4 (65m) 

Semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [4] AUSTRALIA 3/0
James Willstrop bt Cameron Pilley 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (43m)
Nick Matthew bt David Palmer 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 (58m)
Peter Barker bt Stewart Boswell 12-10, 11-8 (29m) 
[2] EGYPT bt [3] FRANCE 2/1
Karim Darwish lost to Thierry Lincou 7-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-4, 6-11 (70m)
Ramy Ashour bt Gregory Gaultier 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 (51m)
Mohamed El Shorbagy bt Mathieu Castagnet 14-12, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 (91m) 

7th place play-off:
[8] USA bt [6] INDIA 2/0
Julian Illingworth bt Saurav Ghosal 11-9, 2-11, 13-11, 11-7 (50m)
Todd Harrity bt Mahesh Mangaonkar 6-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-2, 11-5 (51m)
Christopher Gordon v Harinder Pal Sandhu (Match withdrawn) 

5th - 8th place play-offs:
[9] ITALY bt [6] INDIA 2/1
Marcus Berrett bt Siddharth Suchde 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-0 (40m)
Davide Bianchetti lost to Saurav Ghosal 5-11, 11-6, 7-11, 3-11 (51m)
Amr Ramsy Swelim bt Harinder Pal Sandhu 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8 (72m) 

Quarter-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [9] ITALY 2/1
[4] AUSTRALIA bt [6] INDIA 2/0
David Palmer bt Saurav Ghosal 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 (51m)
Cameron Pilley bt Siddharth Suchde 11-9, 11-8, 11-4 (50m)
Stewart Boswell v Harinder Pal Sandhu (Match withdrawn) 
[3] FRANCE bt [5] MALAYSIA 3/0
[2] EGYPT bt [8] USA 3/0

Pre Quarters round:
[6] INDIA bt [17/24] DENMARK 2/0
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Morten W Sorensen 11-6, 11-1, 11-8 (29m)
Saurav Ghosal bt Kristian Frost Olesen 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 (66m)
Siddharth Suchde v Rasmus Nielsen (Match withdrawn) 

Final Qualifying round:
[6] INDIA bt [11] SOUTH AFRICA 3/0
Siddharth Suchde bt Shaun le Roux 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-1, 11-6 (80m)
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Clinton Leeuw 12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 (83m)
Saurav Ghosal bt Stephen Coppinger 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (28m)

2nd qualifying round: 
[6] INDIA bt [17/24] KUWAIT 3/0
Saurav Ghosal bt Abdullah Al Muzayen 7-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-6 (39m)
Siddharth Suchde bt Ammar Al-Tamimi 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (30m)
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Ali Bader Al-Ramzi 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (24m) 

1ST Qualifying round:
[6] INDIA bt [25/32] HUNGARY 3/0
Siddharth Suchde bt Sandor Fulop 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 (30m)
Saurav Ghosal bt Marton Szaboky 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 (28m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Peter Hoffman 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (25m)

Men's World Team Squash Championship 2009
Odense, Denmark : 30/09/2009

RESULTS

Final:

[1] EGYPT bt [3] FRANCE 2/1

Karim Darwish lost to Gregory Gaultier 11-8, 5-11, 8-11, 2-11 (53m)

Ramy Ashour bt Renan Lavigne 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 (23m)

Amr Shabana bt Thierry Lincou 11-6, 7-11, 12-10, 12-10 (66m)

Semi-finals:

[1] EGYPT bt [4] AUSTRALIA 3/0

Ramy Ashour bt Cameron Pilley 13-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9 (60m)

Karim Darwish bt David Palmer 11-6, 4-11, 14-16, 11-8, 11-5 (86m)

Amr Shabana bt Stewart Boswell 12-10, 11-7 (20m)

[3] FRANCE bt [2] ENGLAND 2/1

Renan Lavigne lost to Adrian Grant 11-9, 5-11, 4-11, 3-11 (52m)

Gregory Gaultier bt James Willstrop 12-10, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10 (76m)

Thierry Lincou bt Peter Barker 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 (60m)

Play-Offs :

17th place play-off:

[16] HONG KONG bt [9] INDIA 2/1

Leo Au bt Gaurav Nandrajog 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (45m)

Dick Lau bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 5-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6 (57m)

Max Lee lost to Harinder Pal Sandhu 6-11, 11-9, 8-11 (27m)

[9] INDIA bt [17/24] DENMARK 2/1

Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Rasmus Nielsen 4-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 (52m)

Harinder Pal Sandhu lost to Kristian Frost Olesen 10-12, 9-11, 2-11 (45m)

Gaurav Nandrajog bt Kim Povlsen 12-10, 11-3, 11-6 (30m)

[9] INDIA bt [17/24] AUSTRIA 2/1

Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Jakob Dirnberger 11-5, 13-11, 11-9 (27m)

Ritwik Bhattacharya lost to Aqeel Rehman 8-11, 9-11, 9-11 (30m)

Gaurav Nandrajog bt Stefan Brauneis 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (24m)

Final Qualifying Round : 

Pool H:

[8] ITALY bt [9] INDIA 2/1

Jose Facchini bt Gaurav Nandrajog 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (32m)

Davide Bianchetti bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 13-11, 11-7, 11-8 (35m)

Amr Swelim lost to Harinder Pal Sandhu 9-11, 9-11, 9-11 (42m)

Qualifying Round : 

Pool H:

[17/24] SCOTLAND bt [9] INDIA 3/0

Alan Clyne bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (29m)

Chris Small bt Gaurav Nandrajog 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (43m)

Stuart Crawford bt Harinder Pal Sandhu 12-10, 11-4, 11-6 (30m)

[9] INDIA bt VENEZUELA 3/0

Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Juan Pablo Rothie 11-8, 12-10, 11-8 (23m)

Gaurav Nandrajog bt Gabriel Teran 11-1, 11-3, 11-5 (16m)

Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Juan Pablo Sanchez 11-5, 11-3, 11-1 (18m) 

Source Squash Player site UK: http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/resultspage.asp?Key=2287 

21st ICL World Men's Team Squash Championship 2007
At Chennai, India (12/12/2007)

The winning England team with their trophies

Final: England bt Australia 2-1 
Nick Mathews lost to David Palmer 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 4-11; 
James Willstrop bt Stewart Boswell 11-6, 11-7, 12-10; 
Peter Barker bt Cameron Pilley 11-6, 11-4, 11-8).

Classification matches: 3-4: France bt Egypt 2-0 // 5-6: Malaysia bt Canada 2-0 // 

7-8: Netherlands bt India 2-0 
Laurens Jan Anjema bt Saurav Ghosal 11-10 (3-1), 11-4, 11-4; 
Dylan Bennett bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-6, 11-4, 11-7

Semifinals : Australia bt Egypt 2-1 //  England bt France 2-1 

Classification matches: 5-8: Malaysia bt Netherlands 3-0; Canada bt India 2-1.

Quarterfinals : Egypt bt India 3-0 
Wael Elhendy bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-0 (3-1), 11-4, 11-8; 
Amr Shabana bt Saurav Ghosal 11-5, 11-8, 11-9; 
Mohammed Abbas bt Siddarth Suchde 11-6, 11-8); 

Qualifying Rounds: 
India bt Wales 3-0 
Ritwik Bhattacharya bt David Evans 11-6, 11-10 (3-1), 11-7; 
Saurav Ghosal bt Alex Gough 10-11 (2-4), 11-7, 11-3, concd; 
Siddarth Suchde bt Jethro Binns 11-8, 7-11, 11-2).

India bt Kenya 3-0 
Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Hardeep Reel 11-4, 13-11, 12-10; 
Gaurav Nandrajog bt Oho Kwach 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; 
Siddharth Suchde bt Hartaj Bains 11-0, 11-4, 11-3

Pakistan bt India 3-0 
Farhan Mehboob bt Siddharth Suchde 8-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-5; 
Amir Atlas Khan bt Saurav Ghosal 12-10, 11-6, 11-13, 6-11, 11-9; 
Mansoor Zaman bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-6, 11-9, 11-3

India bt Bermuda 3-0
Gaurav Nandrajog bt Robert Maycock 11-3, 11-10(4-2), 11-8;
Saurav Ghosal bt Chase Toogood 11-3, 11-5, 11-4;
Siddharth Suchde bt Mel Cairnes 11-1, 11-2, 11-5;