2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships
The 21st World Team Championship for Men (English 2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships ) was held from December 6 to 12, 2007 in Chennai, India instead. A total of 29 teams competed.
The English team managed to successfully defend the title with a 2-1 win in the final over Australia. It was the fourth overall World Cup title for England after 1995, 1997 and 2005. In the final, Australia could initially take the lead after David Palmer won 3-2 against Nick Matthew. However, the two subsequent games won James Willstrop and Peter Barker 3-0 against Stewart Boswell and Cameron Pilley. For the English team also belonged Lee Beachill, which was not used in the final. On the Australian side put Scott Arnold from. Earlier, England had prevailed in the semi-final against France 2-1, while Australia defeated the Egyptian team 2-1. In the third place play- Egypt defeated the French 0-2: Grégory Gaultier and Thierry Lincou defeated Amr Shabana and Wael El Hindi, respectively 3-1.
The German team finished in 16th place. After a second place in Group A, all subsequent games were lost for the team. Austria clearly missed qualifying for the final round and finished at the end of the 24th Place. A Swiss team did not present himself.
Mode
The participating teams were in accordance with their translation in eight groups drawn against each other, the group size varied between three and four teams. Within the groups robin mode was played in the round, the top two teams reached the finals, which were held in the knockout system. In the tournament all the seats were played.
All teams consisted of at least three and at most five players that had to be reported in the order of their skill level. Three individual lots were denied per encounter. A team had won when their players were able to win two individual lots. The order of play of each lot was independent of the signaling sequence of the players.
Results
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Final round
Final
Team David Palmer Stewart Boswell Cameron Pilley Scott Arnold
Date: December 12, 2007 Location: Chennai
Result: 1:2
Team Nick Matthew James Willstrop Lee Beachill Peter Barker