The 2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships was the women's edition of the 2008 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event was held in Cairo, Egypt from November 30 to December 6, 2008. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Egyptian Squash Association. The Egypt team won their first World Team Championships, beating the English team in the final.

Participating teams A total of 19 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For China, it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Africa(SFA)America(FPS)Asia(ASF)Europe(ESF)Oceania(OSF)Map

Seeds

Squads

England Jenny Duncalf Alison Waters Laura Lengthorn-Massaro Tania Bailey

France Camille Serme Célia Allamargot Maud Duplomb Coline Aumard

Hong Kong Annie Au Joey Chan Leung Shin Nga Liu Tsz Ling

Spain Elisabet Sadó Garriga Xisela Aranda Núñez Stela Carbonell Alicia Alvarez Riaza

Austria Birgit Coufal Pamela Pancis Sandra Polak Judith Gradnitzer

Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy Engy Kheirallah Raneem El Weleily Heba El Torky

Australia Kasey Brown Donna Urquhart Lisa Camilleri Amelia Pittock

Canada Alana Miller Runa Reta Tara Mullins Carolyn Russell

Japan Chinatsu Matsui Misaki Kobayashi Kozue Onizawa Yuki Omiya

Switzerland Gaby Schmohl Sara Guebey Jasmin Ballman Andrea Lanfranconi

New Zealand Shelley Kitchen Jaclyn Hawkes Louise Crome Joelle King

Ireland Madeline Perry Aisling Blake Laura Mylotte Tania Owens

United States Natalie Grainger Claire Rein-Weston Olivia Blatchford Hope Prockop

Italy Manuela Manetta Sonia Pasteris Chiara Ferrari Veronica Favero Camp

China Wu Zhznzhen Jiang Li Xiu Chen Ou Wei

Malaysia Nicol David Sharon Wee Delia Arnold Low Wee Wern

Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson Annelize Naudé Orla Noom Dagmar Vermeulen

Germany Kathrin Rohrmueller Pamela Hathway Sina Wall Not Used

South Africa Farrah Sterne Diana Argyle Siyoli Lusaseni Milnay Louw

Group stage results

Pool A

England 3 - 0 Hong Kong France 3 - 0 Austria England 3 - 0 Spain Hong Kong 3 - 0 Austria France 3 - 0 Spain England 3 - 0 Austria Hong Kong 2 - 1 Spain England 3 - 0 France Spain 3 - 0 Austria France 0 - 3 Hong Kong

Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 England 4 4 0 8 2 Hong Kong 4 3 1 6 3 France 4 2 2 4 4 Spain 4 1 3 2 5 Austria 4 0 4 0

Pool B

Egypt 2 - 1 Canada Australia 3 - 0 Switzerland Egypt 3 - 0 Japan Canada 3 - 0 Switzerland Australia 3 - 0 Japan Egypt 3 - 0 Switzerland Australia 2 - 1 Canada Japan 3 - 0 Switzerland Canada 3 - 0 Japan Egypt 3 - 0 Australia

Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 Egypt 4 4 0 8 2 Australia 4 3 1 6 3 Canada 4 2 2 4 4 Japan 4 1 3 2 5 Switzerland 4 0 4 0

Pool C

New Zealand 2 - 1 United States Ireland 3 - 0 China New Zealand 3 - 0 Italy United States 3 - 0 China Ireland 3 - 0 Italy New Zealand 3 - 0 China Ireland 3 - 0 United States Italy 3 - 0 China New Zealand 3 - 0 Ireland United States 2 - 1 Italy

Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 New Zealand 4 4 0 8 2 Ireland 4 3 1 6 3 United States 4 2 2 4 4 Italy 4 1 3 2 5 China 4 0 4 0

Pool D

Malaysia 3 - 0 South Africa Netherlands 3 - 0 Germany Malaysia 3 - 0 Germany Netherlands 2 - 1 South Africa Malaysia 3 - 0 Netherlands Germany 0 - 3 South Africa

Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 Malaysia 3 3 0 6 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 4 3 South Africa 3 1 2 2 4 Germany 3 0 3 0

Finals

Draw

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Team

Post-tournament team ranking

PositionTeamResult1st Egypt Champions2nd England Final3rd Malaysia Semi-final4th New Zealand Semi-final5th Ireland Quarter-final6th Australia Quarter-final7th Netherlands Quarter-final8th Hong Kong Quarter-final

PositionTeamResult9th South Africa Group Stage10th Canada Group Stage11th France Group Stage12th Japan Group Stage13th Germany Group Stage14th United States Group Stage15th Italy Group Stage16th Spain Group Stage

PositionTeamResult17th Switzerland Group Stage18th Austria Group Stage19th China Group Stage

See also World Team Squash Championships

References

External links Women's World Team Squash Championships 2008 SquashSite Website