India To Host 2018 World Junior Championships by Howard Harding 20 February 2017
- For the third time since 2002, India will host the WSF World Junior
Squash Championships after winning the rights from the World Squash
Federation to stage the 2018 event in Chennai.
The Men's & Women's World Junior Individual Championships will take
place at the Indian Squash Academy from 18-23 July, followed by the
biennial Men's World Junior Team Championship from 24- 29 July.
"Indian squash has had a history of conducting Mega squash events,"
said Debendranath Sarangi, President of the Squash Rackets Federation
of India (pictured below). "I am delighted that we have won the bid to
host the WSF World Junior Championships 2018. The Indian Squash Academy
in Chennai is a fantastic venue and we look forward to welcoming global
players to our Championships."
India first staged the men's individual and team events in 2002, then
both individual events together with the women's team championship in
2009 - in both years also in Chennai.
WSF President Jacques Fontaine added: "There have been World &
Asian Championships regularly staged in Chennai - the Indian Federation
provide excellent facilities as well as being great hosts. Taking this
important WSF Championship to India will open another chapter that we
look forward to."
Pakistan will look to defend the title they won for the fifth time in
the 2016 men's team championship in Poland - where India finished in
sixth place.
