2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships

The 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships was the women's edition of the 2012 World Team Squash Championships, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event was held in Nîmes, France from November 12 to 17, 2012. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the French Squash Federation. The Egypt team won their second World Team Championships, beating the English team in the final.^[1]

Women's World Team 2012
18th WSF World Women's Team Championship
Location	Nîmes, France
Date(s)	November 12–17, 2012
Teams	26 (from all the 5 confederations)
Website www.worldwomensquash-nimes2012.fr/en/
Results
Champions	Egypt
Runners-up	England
Third place	Malaysia
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Participating teams

A total of 26 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Argentina, Czech Republic, Namibia 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  Namibia  South Africa	Argentina  Canada  Colombia  Mexico  United States	China  Hong Kong  India  Japan  Malaysia  South Korea	Austria  Czech Republic  England  France (Host Country)  Germany  Ireland  Netherlands  Scotland  Spain  Wales	Australia (Title Holder)  New Zealand	Map of the participating nations

Seeds

1. England (final)
2. Egypt (champion)
3. Malaysia (semifinals)
4. Hong Kong (quarterfinals)
5. New Zealand (quarterfinals)
6. Australia (semifinals)
7. Ireland (quarterfinals)
8. Netherlands (round of 16)
9. France (round of 16)
10. India (quarterfinals)
11. Canada (round of 16)
12. United States (round of 16)
13. Czech Republic (round of 16)
14. South Africa (round of 16)
15. Wales (round of 16)
16. Mexico (round of 16)

Squads

England Laura Massaro Alison Waters Jenny Duncalf Sarah Kippax Mexico Samantha Terán Karla Urrutia Nayelly Hernández Monsserrat Castellanos South Korea Song Sun-mi Park Eun-Ok Yang Yeon-Soe Kim Ga-Hye

Egypt Raneem El Weleily Nour El Sherbini Nour El Tayeb Omneya Abdel Kawy Wales Tesni Evans Deon Saffery Hannah Davies Fiona Murphy Scotland Lisa Aitken Frania Gillen-Buchert Alex Clark Rosie Allen

Malaysia Nicol David Low Wee Wern Delia Arnold Siti Munirah Jusoh South Africa Siyoli Waters Diana Haynes Milnay Louw Cheyna Tucker China Li Dongjin Gu Jinyeu Xiu Chen Not Used Spain Marina De Juan Gallach Xisela Aranda Núñez Cristina Gómez Chantal Moros-Pitarch

Hong Kong Annie Au Joey Chan Liu Tsz-Ling Tong Tsz-Wing Czech Republic Lucie Fialová Olga Ertlová Anna Klimundova Kristyna Alexova Colombia Catalina Peláez Silvia Angulo Karol González Anna Porras Namibia Isabel Schnoor Adrianna Lambert Lucinda Rodrigues Ruth Hornickel

New Zealand Joelle King Jaclyn Hawkes Kylie Lindsay Amanda Landers-Murphy United States Natalie Grainger Kristen Lange Sabrina Sobhy Olivia Fiechter Japan Misaki Kobayashi Chinatsu Matsui Mayu Yamazaki Risa Sugimoto

Australia Rachael Grinham Donna Urquhart Melody Francis Sarah Cardwell Canada Samantha Cornett Alexandra Norman Susannah King Stephanie Edmison Austria Birgit Coufal Judith Gradnitzer Jacqueline Peychar Ines Winkler

Ireland Madeline Perry Aisling Blake Laura Mylotte Breanne Flynn India Dipika Pallikal Joshna Chinappa Anaka Alankamony Aparajitha Balamurukan Argentina Antonella Falcione Cecilia Cerquetti Fernanda Rocha Maria Bonilla

Netherlands Natalie Grinham Orla Noom Milou van der Heijden Milja Dorenbos France Camille Serme Coline Aumard Maud Duplomb Laura Pomportes Germany Pamela Hathway Franziska Hennes Annika Weise Caroline Sayegh

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Group stage

Pool A England 3 - 0 South Korea England 3 - 0 Mexico Mexico 2 - 1 South Korea Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 England 2 2 0 4 2 Mexico 2 1 1 2 3 South Korea 2 0 2 0

Pool B Egypt 3 - 0 Scotland Egypt 3 - 0 Wales Wales 3 - 0 Scotland Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 Egypt 2 2 0 4 2 Wales 2 1 1 2 3 Scotland 2 0 2 0

Pool C Malaysia 3 - 0 China South Africa 3 – 0 Spain Malaysia 3 - 0 South Africa China 2 – 1 Spain Malaysia 3 - 0 Spain South Africa 3 – 0 China Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 Malaysia 3 3 0 6 2 South Africa 3 2 1 4 3 China 3 1 2 2 4 Spain 3 0 3 0

Pool D Hong Kong 3 - 0 Colombia Czech Republic 3 – 0 Namibia Hong Kong 3 - 0 Czech Republic Colombia 3 – 0 Namibia Hong Kong 3 - 0 Namibia Czech Republic 3 – 0 Colombia Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 Hong Kong 3 3 0 6 2 Czech Republic 3 2 1 4 3 Colombia 3 1 2 2 4 Namibia 3 0 3 0

Pool E New Zealand 3 - 0 Japan New Zealand 3 - 0 United States United States 2 - 1 Japan Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 New Zealand 2 2 0 4 2 United States 2 1 1 2 3 Japan 2 0 2 0

Pool F Australia 3 - 0 Austria Australia 3 - 0 Canada Canada 3 - 0 Austria Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 Australia 2 2 0 4 2 Canada 2 1 1 2 3 Austria 2 0 2 0

Pool G Ireland 3 - 0 Argentina Ireland 1 - 2 India India 3 - 0 Argentina Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 India 2 2 0 4 2 Ireland 2 1 1 2 3 Argentina 2 0 2 0

Pool H Netherlands 3 - 0 Germany Netherlands 1 - 2 France France 3 - 0 Germany Rank Nation Match Win Low Points 1 France 2 2 0 4 2 Netherlands 2 1 1 2 3 Germany 2 0 1 0

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Finals

Poster of Women's World Squash Team 2012

Draw

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	England	3	3
	15	Wales	0	0				1	England	3	3	2
	7	Ireland	3	3	2			7	Ireland	1	0	0
	9	France	2	2	0										1	England	0	3	3
	5	New Zealand	2	3	3										3	Malaysia	3	0	1
	11	Canada	3	1	0			5	New Zealand	0	1
	13	Czech Republic	0	0				3	Malaysia	3	3
	3	Malaysia	3	3																		1	England	3	1	2
	4	Hong Kong	0	3	3																	2	Egypt	2	3	3
	14	South Africa	3	2	2			4	Hong Kong	1	0	2
	12	United States	2	0	1			6	Australia	3	3	1
	6	Australia	3	3	2										6	Australia	1	0	1
	10	India	3	0	3										2	Egypt	3	3	2
	8	Netherlands	0	3	2			10	India	0	0	0
	16	Mexico	0	0	0			2	Egypt	3	3	2
	2	Egypt	3	3	2

Third place match
3	Malaysia	3	3	2
6	Australia	0	0	0

Results

Quarterfinals

England 3 QUARTER FINAL Nîmes, France 15 November 2012 Central Glass Court Ireland 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Laura Massaro N°1 Madeline Perry 7 11 11 2 11 8 11 9     2 N°2 Alison Waters N°2 Aisling Blake 11 7 11 3 11 3       3 N°3 Jenny Duncalf N°3 Breanne Flynn 11 3 11 2

New Zealand 0 QUARTER FINAL Nîmes, France 15 November 2012 Central Glass Court Malaysia 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Joelle King N°1 Nicol David 5 11 7 11 4 11       2 N°2 Jaclyn Hawkes N°2 Low Wee Wern 3 11 5 11 13 11 9 11     3 N°3 Amanda Landers-Murphy N°3 Delia Arnold

Hong Kong 1 QUARTER FINAL Nîmes, France 15 November 2012 Glass Court 1 Australia 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Annie Au N°1 Rachael Grinham 3 11 8 11 11 4 8 11     2 N°2 Joey Chan N°2 Donna Urquhart 5 11 6 11 8 11       3 N°3 Liu Tsz-Ling N°3 Sarah Cardwell 11 9 6 11 11 7

India 0 QUARTER FINAL Nîmes, France 15 November 2012 Glass Court 1 Egypt 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Dipika Pallikal N°1 Raneem El Weleily 14 16 4 11 7 11       2 N°2 Joshna Chinappa N°2 Nour El Sherbini 7 11 6 11 9 11       3 N°3 Anaka Alankamony N°3 Nour El Tayeb 6 11 3 11

Semifinals

England 2 SEMI FINAL Nîmes, France 16 November 2012 Central Glass Court Malaysia 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Laura Massaro N°1 Nicol David 5 11 6 11 8 11       2 N°3 Jenny Duncalf N°3 Delia Arnold 11 7 11 9 11 9       3 N°2 Alison Waters N°2 Low Wee Wern 11 6 7 11 11 9 11 5

Australia 0 SEMI FINAL Nîmes, France 16 November 2012 Central Glass Court Egypt 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 N°1 Rachael Grinham N°1 Raneem El Weleily 7 11 11 14 9 11 9 11     2 N°3 Melody Francis N°3 Nour El Tayeb 6 11 2 11 5 11       3 N°2 Donna Urquhart N°2 Nour El Sherbini 10 12 11 6 8 11

Final

England 1	FINAL Nîmes, France 17 November 2012 Central Glass Court		Egypt 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 N°2 Alison Waters N°2 Nour El Sherbini 11 5 8 11 9 11 11 3 11 5   2 N°1 Laura Massaro N°1 Raneem El Weleily 11 3 10 12 4 11 10 12     3 N°3 Jenny Duncalf N°3 Omneya Abdel Kawy 11 7 8 11 4 11 11 6 8 11

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2012 WSF World Team Championship
Egypt 2nd title

Team
Raneem El Weleily – Nour El Sherbini – Omneya Abdel Kawy – Nour El Tayeb

Post-tournament team ranking

Position Team Result 1st Egypt Champions 2nd England Final 3rd Malaysia Semifinal 4th Australia Semifinal 5th India Quarterfinal 6th Ireland Quarterfinal 7th New Zealand Quarterfinal 8th Hong Kong Quarterfinal

Position Team Result 9th France Round of 16 10th Netherlands Round of 16 11th South Africa Round of 16 12th Canada Round of 16 13th United States Round of 16 14th Czech Republic Round of 16 15th Wales Round of 16 16th Mexico Round of 16

Position Team Result 17th South Korea Group Stage 18th Japan Group Stage 19th Germany Group Stage 20th Colombia Group Stage 21st Scotland Group Stage 22nd China Group Stage 23rd Spain Group Stage 24th Argentina Group Stage

Position Team Result 25th Austria Group Stage 26th Namibia Group Stage

See also

• World Team Squash Championships