World Team Championship Line-Ups - & Kiwis Competing - Confirmed by Howard Harding 22 November 2015 - 15 of the top 20 players in the world will compete in the 2015 WSF Men's World Team Squash Championship in Egypt next month.
Initial squads for the 25th biennial World Squash Federation
championship, which will take place at the Al Ahly Club in Cairo from
12-18 December, have been confirmed today - as has the participation of
New Zealand, after earlier withdrawing from the Championship. The
seedings for the Championship are due to be released on 30 November,
while final squad orders are submitted on the eve of the event.
Defending champions England (pictured above after winning the 2013
title) will be led by world No.2 Nick Matthew, supported by Daryl Selby
(world No.16), James Willstrop (No.24) and event debutant Chris Simpson
(No.23).
Hosts Egypt, however, boast a formidable four-man squad comprising
players from within the world top 12 - featuring world No.1 Mohamed
Elshorbagy, No.3 Ramy Ashour, No.6 Omar Mosaad and No.12 Tarek Momen.
Former champions Australia will present a line-up including two world
top 20 players - Cameron Pilley (19) and Ryan Cuskelly (20) - while
twice runners-up France have a line-up including two world top ten
players, Gregory Gaultier (3) and Mathieu Castagnet (8).
Kuwait have withdrawn from the event following the suspension of their
National Olympic Committee by the IOC as the opportunity to compete
under the WSF flag was declined.
The full list of participating nations is: Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany,
Hong Kong China, India, Iraq, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New
Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar, Scotland, South Africa, Switzerland and USA.
Team squads:
ARGENTINA 1 Robertino Pezzota, 2 Leandro Romiglio, 3 Rodrigo Pezzota, 4 Gonzalo Miranda AUSTRALIA 1 Ryan Cuskelly, 2 Cameron Pilley, 3 Rex Hedrick, 4 Steven Finitsis AUSTRIA 1 Aqeel Rehman, 2 Jakob Dirnberger, 3 Florian Mader, 4 Daniel Haider CANADA 1 Shawn Delierre, 2 Nicholas Sachvie, 3 Michael McCue, 4 Albert Shoihet COLOMBIA 1 Miguel Angel Rodriguez, 2 Andrés Herrera, 3 Erick Herrera, 4 Edgar Ramirez EGYPT 1 Mohamed Elshorbagy, 2 Ramy Ashour, 3 Omar Mosaad, 4 Tarek Momen ENGLAND 1 Nick Matthew, 2 Daryl Selby, 3 Chris Simpson, 4 James Willstrop FINLAND 1 Olli Tuominen, 2 Henrik Mustonen, 3 Jaakko Vahamaa, 4 Miko Äijänen FRANCE 1 Gregory Gaultier, 2 Mathieu Castagnet, 3 Gregoire Marche, 4 Lucas Serme GERMANY 1 Simon Rösner, 2 Raphael Kandra, 3 Jens Schoor, 4 Rudi Rohrmuller HONG KONG CHINA 1 Max Lee, 2 Leo Au, 3 Tsz Fung Yip, 4 Chi Him Wong INDIA 1 Saurav Ghosal, 2 Mahesh Mangaonkar, 3 Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, 4 Kush Kumar IRAQ 1 Rassol Alsultani, 2 Mohammed Hasan, 3 Husham Abdulkareem Sabeh, 4 Faisal Assim MALAYSIA 1 Nafiizwan Adnan, 2 Ivan Yuen, 3 Sanjay Singh Chal, 4 Mohd Syafiq Kamal MEXICO 1 Cesar Salazar, 2 Arturo Salazar, 3 Eric Galvez, 4 Alfredo Avila NEW ZEALAND 1 Paul Coll, 2 Campbell Grayson, 3 Martin Knight, 4 Evan Williams PAKISTAN 1 Nasir Iqbal, 2 Farhan Zaman, 3 Danish Atlas Khan, 4 Tayyab Aslam QATAR 1 Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi, 2 Syed Azlan Amjad, 3 Abdulrahman Al-Malki, 4 Abdulwahab Al-Ishaq REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1 JaeJin Yoo, 2 Ko Youngjo, 3 Jong Myoung Park, 4 Han Dong Ryu SCOTLAND 1 Alan Clyne, 2 Greg Lobban, 3 Douglas Kempsell, 4 Kevin Moran SOUTH AFRICA 1 Stephen Coppinger, 2 Shaun le Roux, 3 Clinton Leeuw, 4 Thoboki Mohohlo SWITZERLAND 1 Nicolas Müller, 2 Reiko Peter, 3 Benjamin Fischer, 4 Patrick Miescher USA 1 Christopher Gordon, 2 Todd Harrity, 3 Chris Hanson, 4 Faraz Khan
