June 1, 2011-Following
an inspection of the planned facilities and hotel in Cairo, the World
Squash Federation (WSF) has confirmed that the 2012 WSF World Junior
Championships have been awarded to the Egyptian capital city.
The events feature the
World
Individual Under-19 titles for both men and women (7-12 July), followed
by the Men's Team Championship (13-18 July).
Egypt was the confirmed
host for
this year's WSF Women's World Junior Individual Championship - but the
civil unrest in the country at the end of January led to the WSF
relocating the event in Boston, USA.
Welcoming the latest
news, Egyptian
Squash Federation President Assem Khalifa said: "Egypt is always very
happy to host squash championships and I want to thank WSF for their
understanding in changing the year and giving us this opportunity after
the unexpected uprising.
"Our juniors will be
very pleased to
play a world championship in our country, and we also look forward to
welcoming players from around the world to the Land of the Pharaohs."
WSF Chief Executive
Andrew Shelley,
who had travelled to Cairo to finalise the arrangements, explained: "At
the time of our relocating the Women's World Juniors earlier this year,
we said that we wished to return to Egypt as soon as it was reasonable
to do so.
"Now we can make good
on that with
the expectation that the situation in the country will continue to
stabilise and that the superb hosts of so many world and other
international events will provide a memorable twelve days for the cream
of world juniors."