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1976 Men's World Team Squash Championships

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Men's World Team 1976
5th World Men's Team Championship
LocationEngland  The Midlands, England
Date(s)May 04–13, 1976
Results
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Runners-upPakistan Pakistan
Third placeAustralia Australia
← South Africa 1973
Canada 1977 →

The 1976 Men's World Team Amateur Squash Championships was the fifth edition of the tournament. It was held at thirteen Midlands Clubs in England and took place from 4 to 13 May 1976. This was the first time in the tournament's history that a nation other than Australia became the champion. Great Britain, the runners-up for four consecutive tournaments dating back to 1967, finally became champions of the tournament.[1][2]
South Africa were barred from the competition.[3]

Results

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Pool A

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Team One Team Two Score
Australia Australia Egypt Egypt 2-1
Australia Australia Sweden Sweden 3-0
Australia Australia India India 3-0
Australia Australia United States United States 3-0
Egypt Egypt Sweden Sweden 2-1
Egypt Egypt India India 3-0
Egypt Egypt United States United States 3-0
Sweden Sweden India India 3-0
Sweden Sweden United States United States 3-0
India India United States United States 2-1
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1 Australia Australia Cam Nancarrow, Dean Williams, Steve Bowditch, Kevin Shawcross 4 4 0 8
2 Egypt Egypt Aladin Alouba, Sheriff Ali, Gamal Awad 4 3 1 6
3 Sweden Sweden Tarras Tovar, Mikael Hellstrom, Lars Kvant 4 2 2 4
4 India India Raj Manchandra, Nikhil Senapati, Fali Madon 4 1 3 2
5 United States United States Bill Andruss, Peter Briggs, Gil Mateer, Tom Page 4 0 4 0

Nigeria withdrew from the Pool A & the tournament

Pool B

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Team One Team Two Score
United Kingdom Great Britain Pakistan Pakistan 2-1
United Kingdom Great Britain New Zealand New Zealand 3-0
United Kingdom Great Britain Canada Canada 3-0
United Kingdom Great Britain Kuwait Kuwait 3-0
Pakistan Pakistan New Zealand New Zealand 2-1
Pakistan Pakistan Canada Canada 3-0
Pakistan Pakistan Kuwait Kuwait 3-0
New Zealand New Zealand Canada Canada 3-0
New Zealand New Zealand Kuwait Kuwait 3-0
Canada Canada Kuwait Kuwait 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1 United Kingdom Great Britain Jonathan Leslie, Stuart Courtney, Philip Ayton, Ian Robinson 4 4 0 8
2 Pakistan Pakistan Mohammad Saleem, Maqsood Ahmed, Atlas Khan 4 3 1 6
3 New Zealand New Zealand Trevor Colyer, Howard Broun, Bruce Brownlee, Neven Barbour 4 2 2 4
4 Canada Canada Jug Walia, Colin Adair, Victor Harding, Mike Desaulniers 4 1 3 2
5 Kuwait Kuwait N Abdulla, M Suweldan, A Atiya 4 0 4 0

Final Pool

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Held at the Edgbaston Priory Club from May 11–13.

Team One Team Two Score Notes
United Kingdom Great Britain Pakistan Pakistan 2-1 (result carried forward from Pool B)
United Kingdom Great Britain Australia Australia 2-1
United Kingdom Great Britain Egypt Egypt 2-1
Australia Australia Egypt Egypt 2-1 (result carried forward from Pool A)
Pakistan Pakistan Australia Australia 3-0
Pakistan Pakistan Egypt Egypt 2-1
Pos Nation P W L Pts
1 United Kingdom Great Britain 3 3 0 6
2 Pakistan Pakistan 3 2 1 4
3 Australia Australia 3 1 2 2
4 Egypt Egypt 3 0 3 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Men's World Team Championship 1976" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-30.
  2. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. ^ "South Africa Barred". Trove.
  4. ^ "Upset in Squash". Trove.
Preceded by Squash World Team
(The Midlands) England

1976
Succeeded by