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 | |||
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| 16th WSF World Women's Team Championship | |||
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| Location |  Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Date(s) | November 30 - December 6, 2008 | ||
| Teams | 19 (from all the 5 confederations) | ||
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| Results | |||
 Champions | Egypt | ||
 Runners-up |  England | ||
 Third place |  Malaysia | ||
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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.
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America (FPS) |
Asia (ASF) |
Europe (ESF) |
Oceania (OSF) |
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Egypt (Host Country) South Africa |
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 China Hong Kong Japan Malaysia |
 Austria England (Title Holder) France Germany Ireland Italy Netherlands Spain Switzerland |
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 Map of the participating nations |
Seeds
- England (Final)
- Egypt (Champion)
- New Zealand (Semifinals)
- Malaysia (Semifinals)
- Netherlands (Quarterfinals)
- Ireland (Quarterfinals)
- Australia (Quarterfinals)
- France (First Round)
Squads
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Group stage results
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Finals
Draw
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| 1 | England
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| 6 | Ireland
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| 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
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Quarter Finals
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Semi Finals
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Final
England 1 |
FINAL Cairo, Egypt 6 December 2008 Glass Court |
Egypt 2 |
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| 2008 WSF World Team Championship |
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Egypt 1st title |
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| Omneya Abdel Kawy - Engy Kheirallah - Raneem El Weleily - Heba El Torky |
Post-tournament team ranking
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See also
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2013-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2013-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
| Preceded by Canada (Edmonton) 2006 |
Squash World Team Egypt (Cairo) 2008 |
Succeeded by New Zealand (Palmerston North) 2010 |
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