The 1985 Men's World Team Squash Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt and took place from November 27 until December 05, 1985. Pakistan became the champion, after defeating New Zealand 2-1 in the finals.
Seeds
Results
Pool 1 Team oneTeam twoScore England Singapore 3-0 England United States 2-1 England France 3-0 England Kuwait 3-0 Singapore United States 3-0 Singapore France 3-0 Singapore Kuwait 3-0 United States France 2-1 United States Kuwait 3-0 France Kuwait 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts1 England Gawain Briars, Phil Kenyon, Hiddy Jahan, Jamie Hickox 4 4 0 82 Singapore Peter Hill, Zainal Abidin, Alex Tay, Anthony Chua 4 3 1 63 United States Ned Edwards, John Nimick, Mark Talbott, Azam Khan 4 2 2 44 France Philippe Signoret, Frédéric Canot, Michaël Palmstierna, Eric Claudel 4 1 3 25 Kuwait Mahmoud Al-Jazzaf, Tareq Al-Owayesh, Esam Al-Modaf 4 0 4 0
Pool 2 Team oneTeam twoScore Australia Canada 3-0 Australia Finland 3-0 Australia Greece 3-0 Australia Malaysia 3-0 Canada Finland 2-1 Canada Greece 3-0 Canada Malaysia 3-0 Finland Greece 3-0 Finland Malaysia 3-0 Greece Malaysia 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts1 Australia Dean Williams, Greg Pollard, Glen Brumby, Ross Thorne 4 4 0 82 Canada Steve Lawton, Dale Styner, Gary Waite, Jamie Crombie 4 3 1 63 Finland Sami Elopuro, Markku Sainio, Kale Leskinen, Matti Saarela 4 2 2 44 Greece Nikos Moustroufis, Panagiotis Vasiliou, Nicos Kouremenos 4 1 3 25 Malaysia Singaraveloo Maniam, Read Lan, Sam Lan Chong 4 0 4 0
Pool 3 Team oneTeam twoScore New Zealand Egypt 2-1 New Zealand Netherlands 3-0 New Zealand Ireland 3-0 New Zealand Monaco 3-0 Egypt Netherlands 3-0 Egypt Ireland 2-1 Egypt Monaco 3-0 Netherlands Ireland 2-1 Netherlands Monaco 3-0 Ireland Monaco 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts1 New Zealand Stuart Davenport, Ross Norman, Paul Viggers, Anthony McMurtrie 4 4 0 82 Egypt Ahmed Safwat, Gamal Awad, Magdi Saad, Gamal El Amir 4 3 1 63 Netherlands Ric Zandvliet, Hans Frieling, Eric van der Pluijm 4 2 2 44 Ireland David Gotto, Robert Forde, John McKay 4 1 3 25 Monaco L South, H Smith, Xavier Notari 4 0 4 0
Pool 4 Team oneTeam twoScore Pakistan West Germany 3-0 Pakistan Sweden 3-0 Pakistan Scotland 3-0 Pakistan Spain 3-0 West Germany Sweden 2-1 West Germany Scotland 2-1 West Germany Spain 3-0 Sweden Scotland 3-0 Sweden Spain 3-0 Scotland Spain 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts1 Pakistan Jahangir Khan, Umar Hayat Khan, Sohail Qaiser 4 4 0 82 West Germany Michael Ehlers, Carol Martini, Ralf Schuldt 4 3 1 63 Sweden Jan-Ulf Söderberg, Fredrik Johnson, Anders Wahlstedt, Jonas Gornerup 4 2 2 44 Scotland Mark Maclean, Chris McManus, Alan Thomson, Frank Ellis 4 1 3 25 Spain Pedro Riviere, Jose Luis De La Guardia, Santiago Nieto 4 0 4 0
Final Group A Team oneTeam twoScore New Zealand England 2-1 New Zealand West Germany 3-0 New Zealand Canada 3-0 England West Germany 3-0 England Canada 3-0 Canada West Germany 3-0
Pos Nation P W L Pts1 New Zealand 3 3 0 62 England 3 2 1 43 Canada 3 1 2 24 West Germany 3 0 3 0
Final Group B Team oneTeam twoScore Pakistan Egypt 3-0 Pakistan Australia 2-1 Pakistan Singapore 3-0 Australia Singapore 3-0 Australia Egypt 3-0 Egypt Singapore 1-2
Pos Nation P W L Pts1 Pakistan 3 3 0 62 Australia 3 2 1 43 Singapore 3 1 2 24 Egypt 3 0 3 0
Semi-finals Team oneTeam twoScore New Zealand Australia 2-1 Pakistan England 3-0
Third Place Play Off Team oneTeam twoScore Australia England 2-1
Final
References
See also World Team Squash Championships World Squash Federation World Open (squash)