2003 Men's World Team Squash Championships

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Men's World Team 2003
19th World Men's Team Championship
LocationAustria Vienna, Austria
Date(s)October 19–25, 2003
Teams30 (from all the 5 confederations)
Results
ChampionsAustralia Australia
Runners-upFrance France
Third placeEngland England
← 2001 Australia Pakistan 2005 →

The 2003 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2003 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 Vienna, Austria and took place from October 19-25, 2003.[1][2]

Participating teams

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A total of 30 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Bermuda, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Slovenia and South Korea it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Africa
(SFA)
America
(FPS)
Asia
(ASF)
Europe
(ESF)
Oceania
(OSF)
Map
 Egypt
 South Africa
 Bermuda
 Canada
 Mexico
 United States
 Hong Kong
 Japan
 Kuwait
 Malaysia
 Pakistan
 South Korea
 Austria (Host Country)
 Czech Republic
 England
 France
 Finland
 Germany
 Hungary
 Ireland
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Scotland
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Wales
 Australia (Title Holder)
 New Zealand

Group stage results

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Pool A

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Team One Team Two Score
Australia Australia Japan Japan 3-0
Germany Germany Russia Russia 3-0
Japan Japan Russia Russia 3-0
Australia Australia Germany Germany 3-0
Australia Australia Russia Russia 3-0
Germany Germany Japan Japan 3-0
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Australia Australia (David Palmer, Anthony Ricketts, Paul Price) 3 3 0 6
2 Germany Germany (Simon Frenz, Stefan Leifels, Oliver Post) 3 2 1 4
3 Japan Japan (Kimihiko Sano, Takehide Nishio, Jun Matsumoto) 3 1 2 2
4 Russia Russia (Alexei Severinov, Serguei Kostrykine, Maxim Shokin) 3 0 3 0

Pool B

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Team One Team Two Score
England England Hungary Hungary 3-0
Switzerland Switzerland New Zealand New Zealand 2-1
England England New Zealand New Zealand 3-0
Switzerland Switzerland Hungary Hungary 2-1
England England Switzerland Switzerland 3-0
New Zealand New Zealand Hungary Hungary 3-0
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 England England (Lee Beachill, Nick Matthew, James Willstrop, Peter Nicol) 3 3 0 6
2 Switzerland Switzerland (Lars Harms, André Holderegger, Kevin Villiger, Marco Dätwyler) 3 2 1 4
3 New Zealand New Zealand (Glen Wilson, Daniel Sharplin, Callum O'Brien, Oliver Johnston) 3 1 2 2
4 Hungary Hungary (András Török, Márk Krajcsák, Sandor Fulop) 3 0 3 0

Pool C

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Team One Team Two Score
France France Austria Austria 3-0
Austria Austria Slovenia Slovenia 3-0
France France Sweden Sweden 3-0
Sweden Sweden Slovenia Slovenia 3-0
Austria Austria Sweden Sweden 1-2
France France Slovenia Slovenia 3-0
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 France France (Thierry Lincou, Grégory Gaultier, Renan Lavigne, Jean-Michel Arcucci) 3 3 0 6
2 Sweden Sweden (Christian Drakenberg, Henrik Lofvenborg, Joakim Karlsson, Badr Abdel Aziz) 3 2 1 4
3 Austria Austria (Leopold Czaska, Clemens Wallishauser, David Huck, Andreas Fuchs) 3 1 2 2
4 Slovenia Slovenia (Damir Bezan, Klemen Gutman, Miha Kavas) 3 0 3 0

Pool D

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Team One Team Two Score
Egypt Egypt Bermuda Bermuda 3-0
Hong Kong Hong Kong Finland Finland 2-1
Egypt Egypt Hong Kong Hong Kong 3-0
Hong Kong Finland Bermuda Bermuda 3-0
Egypt Egypt Finland Finland 3-0
Hong Kong Hong Kong Bermuda Bermuda 2-1
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Egypt Egypt (Karim Darwish, Amr Shabana, Mohammed Abbas, Wael El Hindi) 3 3 0 6
2 Hong Kong Hong Kong (Farrukh Khan, Wong Waihang, Dick Lau, Roger Ngan) 3 2 1 4
3 Finland Finland (Olli Tuominen, Hameed Ahmed, Matias Tuomi) 3 1 2 2
4 Bermuda Bermuda (Nicholas Kyme, James Stout, Sam Stevens) 3 0 3 0

Pool E

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Team One Team Two Score
Canada Canada Czech Republic Czech Republic 3-0
Canada Canada Netherlands Netherlands 3-0
Czech Republic Czech Republic Netherlands Netherlands 0-3
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Canada Canada (Jonathon Power, Graham Ryding, Shahier Razik, Viktor Berg) 2 2 0 4
2 Netherlands Netherlands (Tommy Berden, Lucas Buit, Dylan Bennett, Michael Fiteni) 2 1 1 2
3 Czech Republic Czech Republic (Jan Koukal, Martin Stepan, Pavel Sladecek) 2 0 2 0

Pool F

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Team One Team Two Score
Scotland Scotland South Korea South Korea 3-0
South Africa South Africa United States United States 3-0
Scotland Scotland United States United States 3-0
South Africa South Africa South Korea South Korea 3-0
Scotland Scotland South Africa South Africa 2-1
United States United States South Korea South Korea 3-0
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Scotland Scotland (Martin Heath, John White, Neil Frankland, Peter O'Hara) 3 3 0 6
2 South Africa South Africa (Rodney Durbach, Craig van der Wath, Gregory La Mude) 3 2 1 4
3 United States United States (Preston Quick, Jamie Crombie, Tim Wyant, Damian Walker) 3 1 2 2
4 South Korea South Korea (Yong-Chun Chong, Dong-Woo Kim, Jaung-Gue Park) 3 0 3 0

Pool G

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Team One Team Two Score
Wales Wales Mexico Mexico 3-0
Republic of Ireland Ireland Kuwait Kuwait 3-0
Wales Wales Republic of Ireland Ireland 3-0
Mexico Mexico Kuwait Kuwait 2-1
Mexico Mexico Republic of Ireland Ireland 1-2
Wales Wales Kuwait Kuwait 3-0

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Wales Wales (David Evans, Alex Gough, Gavin Jones) 3 3 0 6
2 Republic of Ireland Ireland (Derek Ryan, John Rooney, Graeme Stewart, Niall Rooney) 3 2 1 4
3 Mexico Mexico (Eric Gálvez, Jorge Baltazar, Armando Zarazua, Mauricio Sanchez) 3 1 2 2
4 Kuwait Kuwait (Abdullah Al-Muzayen, Bader Alhosaini, Ali Alramezi, Nasser Alramezi) 3 0 3 0

Pool H

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Team One Team Two Score
Malaysia Malaysia Pakistan Pakistan 2-1
Pakistan Pakistan Italy Italy 3-0
Malaysia Malaysia Italy Italy 3-0
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Malaysia Malaysia (Mohd Azlan Iskandar, Ong Beng Hee, Kelvin Ho, Timothy Arnold) 2 2 0 4
2 Pakistan Pakistan (Mansoor Zaman, Farrukh Zaman, Majid Khan) 2 1 1 2
3 Italy Italy (Andrea Capella, Francesco Busi, Andrea Torricini) 2 0 2 0

Finals

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Draw

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Egypt Egypt 3
South Africa South Africa 0 Egypt Egypt 3
Wales Wales 3 Wales Wales 0
Germany Germany 0 Egypt Egypt 0
Australia Australia 3 Australia Australia 3
Netherlands Netherlands 0 Australia Australia 3
Hong Kong Hong Kong 2 Hong Kong Hong Kong 0
Malaysia Malaysia 1 Australia Australia 3
Scotland Scotland 3 France France 0
Switzerland Switzerland 0 Scotland Scotland 1
France France 3 France France 2
Republic of Ireland Ireland 0 France France 2
Canada Canada England England 1
Sweden Sweden Canada Canada 1
England England 3 England England 2
Pakistan Pakistan 0

Third Place play off

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Team One Team Two Score
England England Egypt Egypt 3-0

Final

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 2003 WSF World Team Championship 

Australia
8th title
Team
David Palmer - Anthony Ricketts - Paul Price

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ricketts hangs on to give Aussies World Title". squashplayer.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Men's World Team Championship 2003". Squash Info.
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