2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships

The 2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships is 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 were held in Cairo, Egypt and took place 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 his first World Team Championships beating the English team in the final.

Women's World Team 2008
16th WSF World Women's Team Championship
Location Cairo, Egypt
Date(s)November 30 - December 6, 2008
Teams19 (from all the 5 confederations)
Website
www.squashsite.co.uk/wwteams08.htm
Results
Champions Egypt
Runners-up England
Third place Malaysia
← 2006 2010 →

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
 Egypt (Host Country)
 South Africa		  Canada
 United States		  China
 Hong Kong
 Japan
 Malaysia		  Austria
 England (Title Holder)
 France
 Germany
 Ireland
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Spain
  Switzerland		  Australia
 New Zealand
Map of the participating nations

Seeds
  1. England (Final)
  2. Egypt (Champion)
  3. New Zealand (Semifinals)
  4. Malaysia (Semifinals)
  5. Netherlands (Quarterfinals)
  6. Ireland (Quarterfinals)
  7. Australia (Quarterfinals)
  8. France (First Round)

Squads

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Group stage results

Finals

Draw
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 England 3 3 2
6 Ireland 0 1 0
1 England 3 3 2
3 New Zealand 1 0 0
3 New Zealand 3 3 2
9 Hong Kong 0 1 0
1 England 0 3 2
2 Egypt 3 2 3
7 Australia 2 1 2
4 Malaysia 3 3 0
4 Malaysia 1 3 1 Third place match
2 Egypt 3 0 3
5 Netherlands 0 1 0 3 New Zealand 1 3 0
2 Egypt 3 3 2 4 Malaysia 3 1 3

Results

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

[2]

 2008 WSF World Team Championship 

Egypt
1st title
Team
Omneya Abdel Kawy - Engy Kheirallah - Raneem El Weleily - Heba El Torky

Post-tournament team ranking
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See also
  • World Team Squash Championships

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2013-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2013-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Preceded by
Canada (Edmonton)
2006		 Squash World Team
Egypt (Cairo)
2008		 Succeeded by
New Zealand (Palmerston North) 2010
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