1979 Men's World Team Squash Championships
Appearance
Men's World Team 1979 | |||
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7th World Men's Team Championship | |||
Location | Brisbane, Australia | ||
Date(s) | October 17–28, 1979 | ||
Results | |||
Champions | Great Britain | ||
Runners-up | Pakistan | ||
Third place | Australia | ||
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The 1979 Men's Stellar World Team Amateur Squash Championships were held in Brisbane in Australia and took place from October 17 to October 28, 1979.[1] This was the last World Amateur Championship before the game went open.[2][3]
Results
[edit]Pool A
[edit]Pos | Nation | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
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1 | Pakistan | Daulat Khan, Fahim Gul, Atlas Khan, Zahir Hussein Khan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Australia | Glen Brumby, Frank Donnelly, Ian Yeates, Ross Thorne | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
3 | Sweden | Lars Kvant, Mikael Hellstrom, Johan Stockenberg, Bosse Boström | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
4 | India | Anil Nayer, Raj Manchanda, Nikhil Senapati, Ananth Nayak | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | United States | Gil Mateer, Ned Edwards, Mark Alger, Jon Foster | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
6 | Ireland | Bernard O'Gorman, Richard Power, David Gotto, Ben Cranwell | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
7 | Hong Kong | Jacky Choy, Kai Ki Chan, Simon Swallow, Jabar Wasan | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Pool B
[edit]Pos | Nation | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
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1 | Great Britain | Jonathan Leslie, Phil Kenyon, Peter Verow, Andrew Dwyer | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Egypt | Allam Soliman, Magdi Saad, Mohammed Awad, Mohamed Badram | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
3 | New Zealand | Ross Norman, Craig Blackwood, Robin Espie, Neven Barbour | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Canada | Jug Walia, Todd Binns, Mark Gallagher, Mike Desaulniers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Nigeria | John Solomon, Friday Omoben, T Afolobi, Okanlowan Martins | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
6 | Malaysia | Tony Tiah, Sajaad Maniam, Khai Hock Ong, Jerry Loo | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
7 | Kuwait | Esam Al-Modaf, Tareq Al-Owayesh, Al-Ramzl Bader, J Ashkiniy | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team one | Team two | Score |
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Pakistan | Egypt | 2-1 |
Great Britain | Australia | 2-1 |
Third Place Play Off
[edit]Team one | Team two | Score |
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Australia | Egypt | 2-1 |
Final
[edit]Great Britain 3 |
FINAL Brisbane, Australia 27 October 1979 |
Pakistan 0 |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Association, Squash Rackets (1982). Squash Annual 1980-81. The Squash Rackets Association (no isbn).
- ^ "Men's World Team Championship 1979" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-30.
- ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ^ "Squash lead increases". Canberra Times. Trove. 24 October 1979.
- ^ "Brumby loses to a Houdini". Canberra Times. Trove. 21 October 1979.
- ^ "Results 1979". Sydney Morning Herald (page 16 of 16).