Egypt Awarded 2015 World Junior Championships by Howard Harding 25 September 2014
- The title-holders will defend the WSF Women's World Junior Team
Squash Championship on home soil following the World Squash Federation
decision to award Egypt the right to host the 2015 Championships in
Cairo.
Egypt, winners of the biennial title for the fourth time in a row in Poland in 2013, last hosted the event in 2003.
The Men's &
Women's World Junior Individual Championships precede the Women's World
Junior Team Championship, and while Egypt won the female individual
championship again this year in Namibia, when Habiba Mohamed triumphed,
they will be keen also to regain the men's crown after the title went
to Peru's Diego Elias in Windhoek.
Welcoming the 2015
Championship to Cairo, subject to facility finalisation, Egyptian
Squash Federation President Assem Khalifa said: "We are proud of the
achievements of all our juniors and it will be our great pleasure for
them to have the opportunity to compete for the World Junior titles in
our own country.
"We are also delighted
to be able to welcome all the best young overseas players so that they
can experience Egyptian hospitality."
WSF President N
Ramachandran added: "Egypt not only has a rich and long tradition of
squash excellence but this is coupled with their formidable production
line of juniors. We are delighted that they will again be hosting a WSF
event and look forward to an excellent edition."
The planned dates are
25-30 July 2015 for the World Junior Individuals, followed by 31 July -
4 August for the Women's Junior Team Championship.
