Egypt Seeded To Reclaim Women's World Team Title In France by Howard Harding 14 November 2016
- Egypt are expected to reclaim the WSF Women's World Team Squash
Championship title next month in France according to the seedings
announced today by the World Squash Federation.
The 20th championships will be staged in the suburb of
Issy-les-Moulineaux and the French capital Paris from 28 November to 3
December.
17 nations will compete in the biennial World Squash Federation event,
which is hosted by the Fédération Française de Squash and will take
place at the historic Jeu De Paume and St Cloud Squash clubs, with
final stages being held on an all-glass court at the Palais Des Sports
Robert Charpentier.
Boasting three of the world's top four players, 2008 & 2012
champions Egypt are predicted to meet reigning champions England in the
final. England, seven times champions since 1985, won the 2014 title in
Canada after beating first-time finalists Malaysia. The runners-up
reached the climax after upsetting Egypt in the semi-finals.
Malaysia are the event's third seeds, ahead of fourth seeds Hong Kong
China. Hosts France, led by the current US and British Open champion
Camille Serme and bidding to reach the final for the first time in the
event's 37-year history, are the No.5 seeds.
Australia, the sixth seeds, will be bidding to win the title for a record 10th time.
Full Pool line-ups, including seedings:
Pool A: [1] EGYPT, [8] NEW ZEALAND, [9] INDIA, [13] JAPAN Pool B: [2] ENGLAND, [7] USA, [10] CANADA, [14] MEXICO Pool C: [3] MALAYSIA, [6] AUSTRALIA, [11] WALES, [16] AUSTRIA Pool D: [4] HONG KONG CHINA, [5] FRANCE, [12] NETHERLANDS, [15] GERMANY, [17] SPAIN
