The 1976 Men's World Team Amateur Squash Championships was the fifth edition of the tournament. It was held at thirteen Midlands Clubs in England and took place from 4 to 13 May 1976. This was the first time in the tournament's history that a nation other than Australia became the champion. Great Britain, the runners-up for four consecutive tournaments dating back to 1967, finally became champions of the tournament.South Africa were barred from the competition.
Results
Pool A Team OneTeam TwoScore Australia Egypt 2-1 Australia Sweden 3-0 Australia India 3-0 Australia United States 3-0 Egypt Sweden 2-1 Egypt India 3-0 Egypt United States 3-0 Sweden India 3-0 Sweden United States 3-0 India United States 2-1
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts1 Australia Cam Nancarrow, Dean Williams, Steve Bowditch, Kevin Shawcross 4 4 0 82 Egypt Aladin Alouba, Sheriff Ali, Gamal Awad 4 3 1 63 Sweden Tarras Tovar, Mikael Hellstrom, Lars Kvant 4 2 2 44 India Raj Manchandra, Nikhil Senapati, Fali Madon 4 1 3 25 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 OneTeam TwoScore Great Britain Pakistan 2-1 Great Britain New Zealand 3-0 Great Britain Canada 3-0 Great Britain Kuwait 3-0 Pakistan New Zealand 2-1 Pakistan Canada 3-0 Pakistan Kuwait 3-0 New Zealand Canada 3-0 New Zealand Kuwait 3-0 Canada Kuwait 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts1 Great Britain Jonathan Leslie, Stuart Courtney, Philip Ayton, Ian Robinson 4 4 0 82 Pakistan Mohamed Saleem, Maqsood Ahmed, Atlas Khan 4 3 1 63 New Zealand Trevor Colyer, Howard Broun, Bruce Brownlee, Neven Barbour 4 2 2 44 Canada Jug Walia, Colin Adair, Victor Harding, Mike Desaulniers 4 1 3 25 Kuwait N Abdulla, M Suweldan, A Atiya 4 0 4 0
Final Pool Held at the Edgbaston Priory Club from May 11–13. Team OneTeam TwoScoreNotes Great Britain Pakistan 2-1 (result carried forward from Pool B) Great Britain Australia 2-1 Great Britain Egypt 2-1 Australia Egypt 2-1 (result carried forward from Pool A) Pakistan Australia 3-0 Pakistan Egypt 2-1
Pos Nation P W L Pts1 Great Britain 3 3 0 62 Pakistan 3 2 1 43 Australia 3 1 2 24 Egypt 3 0 3 0
See also World Team Squash Championships World Squash Federation World Open (squash)
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