2003 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 2003
19th World Men's Team Championship
Location	Vienna, Austria
Date(s)	October 19–25, 2003
Teams	30 (from all the 5 confederations)
Results
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	France
Third place	England
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The 2003 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2003 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 Vienna, Austria and took place from October 19 to October 25, 2003.

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Participating teams

A total of 30 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Bermuda, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Slovenia and South Korea it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Africa (SFA)	America (FPS)	Asia (ASF)	Europe (ESF)	Oceania (OSF)	Map
Egypt  South Africa	Bermuda  Canada  Mexico  United States	Hong Kong  Japan  Kuwait  Malaysia  Pakistan  South Korea	Austria (Host Country)  Czech Republic  England  France  Finland  Germany  Hungary  Ireland  Italy  Netherlands  Russia  Scotland  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Wales	Australia (Title Holder)  New Zealand

Group stage results

Pool A Team One Team Two Score Australia Japan 3-0 Germany Russia 3-0 Japan Russia 3-0 Australia Germany 3-0 Australia Russia 3-0 Germany Japan 3-0 Pos Team P W L Pts 1 Australia (David Palmer, Anthony Ricketts, Paul Price) 3 3 0 6 2 Germany (Simon Frenz, Stefan Leifels, Oliver Post) 3 2 1 4 3 Japan (Kimihiko Sano, Takehide Nishio, Jun Matsumoto) 3 1 2 2 4 Russia (Alexei Severinov, Serguei Kostrykine, Maxim Shokin) 3 0 3 0 Pool B Team One Team Two Score England Hungary 3-0 Switzerland New Zealand 2-1 England New Zealand 3-0 Switzerland Hungary 2-1 England Switzerland 3-0 New Zealand Hungary 3-0 Pos Team P W L Pts 1 England (Lee Beachill, Nick Matthew, James Willstrop, Peter Nicol) 3 3 0 6 2 Switzerland (Lars Harms, André Holderegger, Kevin Villiger, Marco Dätwyler) 3 2 1 4 3 New Zealand (Glen Wilson, Daniel Sharplin, Callum O'Brien, Oliver Johnston) 3 1 2 2 4 Hungary (András Török, Márk Krajcsák, Sandor Fulop) 3 0 3 0 Pool C Team One Team Two Score France Austria 3-0 Austria Slovenia 3-0 France Sweden 3-0 Sweden Slovenia 3-0 Austria Sweden 1-2 France Slovenia 3-0 Pos Team P W L Pts 1 France (Thierry Lincou, Gregory Gaultier, Renan Lavigne, Jean-Michel Arcucci) 3 3 0 6 2 Sweden (Christian Drakenberg, Henrik Lofvenborg, Joakim Karlsson, Badr Abdel Aziz) 3 2 1 4 3 Austria (Leopold Czaska, Clemens Wallishauser, David Huck) 3 1 2 2 4 Slovenia (Damir Bezan, Klemen Gutman, Miha Kavas) 3 0 3 0 Pool D Team One Team Two Score Egypt Bermuda 3-0 Hong Kong Finland 2-1 Egypt Hong Kong 3-0 Finland Bermuda 3-0 Egypt Finland 3-0 Hong Kong Bermuda 2-1 Pos Team P W L Pts 1 Egypt (Karim Darwish, Amr Shabana, Mohammed Abbas, Wael El Hindi) 3 3 0 6 2 Hong Kong (Farrukh Khan, Wong Waihang, Dick Lau, Roger Ngan) 3 2 1 4 3 Finland (Olli Tuominen, Hameed Ahmed, Matias Tuomi) 3 1 2 2 4 Bermuda (Nicholas Kyme, James Stout, Sam Stevens) 3 0 3 0 Pool E Team One Team Two Score Canada Czech Republic 3-0 Canada Netherlands 3-0 Czech Republic Netherlands 0-3 Pos Team P W L Pts 1 Canada (Jonathon Power, Graham Ryding, Shahier Razik, Viktor Berg) 2 2 0 4 2 Netherlands (Tommy Berden, Lucas Buit, Dylan Bennett, Michael Fiteni) 2 1 1 2 3 Czech Republic (Jan Koukal, Martin Stepan, Pavel Sladecek) 2 0 2 0 Pool F Team One Team Two Score Scotland South Korea 3-0 South Africa United States 3-0 Scotland United States 3-0 South Africa South Korea 3-0 Scotland South Africa 2-1 United States South Korea 3-0 Pos Team P W L Pts 1 Scotland (Martin Heath, John White, Neil Frankland, Peter O'Hara) 3 3 0 6 2 South Africa (Rodney Durbach, Craig van der Wath, Gregory La Mude) 3 2 1 4 3 United States (Preston Quick, Jamie Crombie, Tim Wyant, Damian Walker) 3 1 2 2 4 South Korea (Yong-Chun Chong, Dong-Woo Kim, Jaung-Gue Park) 3 0 3 0 Pool G Team One Team Two Score Wales Mexico 3-0 Ireland Kuwait 3-0 Wales Ireland 3-0 Mexico Kuwait 2-1 Mexico Ireland 1-2 Wales Kuwait 3-0

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Wales (David Evans, Alex Gough, Gavin Jones)	3	3	0	6
2	Ireland (Derek Ryan, John Rooney, Graeme Stewart, Niall Rooney)	3	2	1	4
3	Mexico (Eric Galvez, Jorge Baltazar, Armando Zarazua, Mauricio Sanchez)	3	1	2	2
4	Kuwait (Abdullah Al-Muzayen, Bader Alhosaini, Ali Alramezi, Nasser Alramezi)	3	0	3	0

Pool H

Team One	Team Two	Score
Malaysia	Pakistan	2-1
Pakistan	Italy	3-0
Malaysia	Italy	3-0

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Malaysia (Mohd Azlan Iskandar, Ong Beng Hee, Kelvin Ho, Timothy Arnold)	2	2	0	4
2	Pakistan (Mansoor Zaman, Farrukh Zaman, Majid Khan)	2	1	1	2
3	Italy (Andrea Capella, Francesco Busi, Aandrea Torricini)	2	0	2	0

Finals

Draw

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Egypt	3
		South Africa	0						Egypt	3
		Wales	3						Wales	0
		Germany	0													Egypt	0
		Australia	3													Australia	3
		Netherlands	0						Australia	3
		Hong Kong	2						Hong Kong	0
		Malaysia	1																				Australia	3
		Scotland	3																				France	0
		Switzerland	0						Scotland	1
		France	3						France	2
		Ireland	0													France	2
		Canada														England	1
		Sweden							Canada	1
		England	3						England	2
		Pakistan	0

Third Place play off

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Egypt	3-0

Final

Australia 3	FINAL Vienna, Austria 25 October 2003		France 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Palmer Thierry Lincou 9 0 9 3 6 9 9 5     2 Anthony Ricketts Gregory Gaultier 9 4 9 7 2 9 8 10 9 0   3 Paul Price Renan Lavigne 9 3 9 3

2003 WSF World Team Championship
Australia 8th title

See also

• World Team Squash Championships
• World Squash Federation
• World Open (squash)

References