1976 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 1976
5th World Men's Team Championship
Location England  The Midlands, England
Date(s) May 04–13, 1976
Results
Champions United Kingdom Great Britain
Runners-up Pakistan Pakistan
Third place Australia Australia
 South Africa 1973 Canada 1977 

The 1976 Men's World Team Amateur Squash Championships were held at thirteen Midlands Clubs in England and took place from May 4 to May 13, 1976.[1][2]
South Africa were barred from the competition.[3]

Results

[4]

Pool A

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 Kevin Shawcross, Mike Donnelly, Leo Keppell, Lionel Robberds 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

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, John 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

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

References

  1. "Men's World Team Championship 1976" (PDF). worldsquash.org.
  2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. "South Africa Barred". Trove.
  4. "Upset in Squash". Trove.
Preceded by
(Johannesburg) South Africa
1973
Squash World Team
(The Midlands) England

1976
Succeeded by
(Toronto/Ottawa) Canada
1977
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