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