1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 1999
17th World Men's Team Championship
Location	Egypt
Date(s)	September 17 - September 22, 1999
Results
Champions	Egypt
Runners-up	Wales
Third place	England

The 1999 Men's Al-Ahram World Team Squash Championships were held in Egypt and took place from September 17 until September 22, 1999.[1][2]

Seeds

1. England
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. Egypt
5. Wales
6. Pakistan
7. South Africa
8. France
9. Finland
10. Malaysia
11. Scotland
12. Germany
13. Sweden
14. New Zealand

Results

[3] [4] [5]

Pool A

Team one	Team two	Score
England	Wales	3-0
England	Egypt	2-1
England	Malaysia	3-0
Egypt	Malaysia	3-0
Egypt	Wales	3-0
Wales	Malaysia	2-1

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	England	Simon Parke, Paul Johnson, Chris Walker, Mark Cairns	3	3	0	6
2	Egypt	Amr Shabana, Ahmed Barada, Omar El Borolossy, Amir Wagih	3	2	1	4
2	Wales	Alex Gough, David Evans, Greg Tippings, Gareth Jones	3	1	2	2
4	Malaysia	Kenneth Low, Mohd Azlan Iskandar, Ong Beng Hee, Yap Kok Four	3	1	2	2

Pool B

Team one	Team two	Score
Australia	Finland	3-0
Australia	Pakistan	3-0
Australia	Canada	3-0
Canada	Pakistan	3-0
Pakistan	Finland	2-1
Finland	Canada	2-1

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Australia	Rodney Eyles, Paul Price, Dan Jenson, Anthony Hill	3	3	0	6
2	Canada	Graham Ryding, Shahier Razik, Kelly Patrick	3	1	2	2
2	Finland	Juha Raumolin, Olli Tuominen, Mika Monto, Ville Sistonen	3	1	2	2
4	Pakistan	Amjad Khan, Mansoor Zaman, Mir Zaman Gul, Shahid Zaman	3	1	2	2

Pool C

Team one	Team two	Score
South Africa	Belgium	3-0
South Africa	Germany	3-0
South Africa	Sweden	3-0
Sweden	Germany	2-1
Sweden	Belgium	3-0
Germany	Belgium	3-0

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	South Africa	Rodney Durbach, Glenn Whittaker, Craig van der Wath, Adrian Hansen	3	2	1	4
2	Sweden	Anders Thoren, Daniel Forslund, Johan Jungling, Christian Drakenberg	3	2	1	4
3	Germany	Simon Frenz, Florian Pössl, Oliver Kowalski, Hansi Seestaller	3	2	1	4
4	Belgium	Peter Pastijn, Wim Houbrechts, Nicolas Van Caesbroeck	3	0	3	0

Pool D

Team one	Team two	Score
France	Scotland	2-1
France	Switzerland	3-0
France	New Zealand	3-0
New Zealand	Switzerland	2-1
Switzerland	Scotland	2-1
Scotland	New Zealand	2-1

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	France	Thierry Lincou, Renan Lavigne, Jean-Michel Arcucci, Grégory Gaultier	3	3	0	6
2	Scotland*	John White, Neil Frankland, Stuart Cowie, David Heath	3	2	1	4
3	New Zealand	Paul Steel, Daniel Sharplin, George Crosby, Allan Crome	3	1	2	2
4	Switzerland	Andre Holderegger, Reto Donatsch, Lars Harms, Yurij Del Tenno	3	0	3	0

Note*
Scotland were missing the world champion Peter Nicol and world semi-finalist Martin Heath who both refused to play quoting lack of financial assistance.

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Wales	Canada	2-1
Australia	South Africa	2-1
England	France	3-0
Egypt	Finland	3-0

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Wales	England	2-1
Egypt	Australia	3-0

Third Place Play Off

Team one	Team two	Score
England	Australia	2-1

Final

Egypt 3	FINAL Cairo, Egypt 22 September 1999		Wales 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ahmed Barada Alex Gough 9 2 9 3 4 9 0 9 9 6   2 Omar El Borolossy David Evans 9 6 2 9 10 8 9 4     3 Amr Shabana Greg Tippings 9 1 9 6

References

1. "Men's World Team Championship 1999" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-30.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
3. "Men's World Team Championship 1999". Squash Info.
4. "results".
5. "The squash squad". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

Preceded by Malaysia 1997

Squash World Team Egypt 1999

Succeeded by Australia 2001

See also

• World Team Squash Championships
• World Squash Federation
• World Open (squash)