1976 Men's World Team Squash Championships

The 1976 Men's World Team Amateur Squash Championships was the fifth edition of the tournament. It was held at thirteen Midlands Clubs in England and took place from 4 to 13 May 1976. This was the first time in the tournament's history that a nation other than Australia became the champion. Great Britain, the runners-up for four consecutive tournaments dating back to 1967, finally became champions of the tournament.[1][2]
South Africa were barred from the competition.[3]

Men's World Team 1976
5th World Men's Team Championship
LocationEngland  The Midlands, England
Date(s)May 04–13, 1976
Results
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Runners-upPakistan Pakistan
Third placeAustralia Australia
← South Africa 1973 Canada 1977 →

Results

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Pool A

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Team One Team Two Score
  Australia   Egypt 2-1
  Australia   Sweden 3-0
  Australia   India 3-0
  Australia   United States 3-0
  Egypt   Sweden 2-1
  Egypt   India 3-0
  Egypt   United States 3-0
  Sweden   India 3-0
  Sweden   United States 3-0
  India   United States 2-1
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1   Australia Cam Nancarrow, Dean Williams, Steve Bowditch, Kevin Shawcross 4 4 0 8
2   Egypt Aladin Alouba, Sheriff Ali, Gamal Awad 4 3 1 6
3   Sweden Tarras Tovar, Mikael Hellstrom, Lars Kvant 4 2 2 4
4   India Raj Manchandra, Nikhil Senapati, Fali Madon 4 1 3 2
5   United States Bill Andruss, Peter Briggs, Gil Mateer, Tom Page 4 0 4 0

Nigeria withdrew from the Pool A & the tournament

Pool B

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Team One Team Two Score
  Great Britain   Pakistan 2-1
  Great Britain   New Zealand 3-0
  Great Britain   Canada 3-0
  Great Britain   Kuwait 3-0
  Pakistan   New Zealand 2-1
  Pakistan   Canada 3-0
  Pakistan   Kuwait 3-0
  New Zealand   Canada 3-0
  New Zealand   Kuwait 3-0
  Canada   Kuwait 3-0
Pos Nation Team P W L Pts
1   Great Britain Jonathan Leslie, Stuart Courtney, Philip Ayton, Ian Robinson 4 4 0 8
2   Pakistan Mohammad Saleem, Maqsood Ahmed, Atlas Khan 4 3 1 6
3   New Zealand Trevor Colyer, Howard Broun, Bruce Brownlee, Neven Barbour 4 2 2 4
4   Canada Jug Walia, Colin Adair, Victor Harding, Mike Desaulniers 4 1 3 2
5   Kuwait N Abdulla, M Suweldan, A Atiya 4 0 4 0

Final Pool

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Held at the Edgbaston Priory Club from May 11–13.

Team One Team Two Score Notes
  Great Britain   Pakistan 2-1 (result carried forward from Pool B)
  Great Britain   Australia 2-1
  Great Britain   Egypt 2-1
  Australia   Egypt 2-1 (result carried forward from Pool A)
  Pakistan   Australia 3-0
  Pakistan   Egypt 2-1
Pos Nation P W L Pts
1   Great Britain 3 3 0 6
2   Pakistan 3 2 1 4
3   Australia 3 1 2 2
4   Egypt 3 0 3 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Men's World Team Championship 1976" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-30.
  2. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. ^ "South Africa Barred". Trove.
  4. ^ "Upset in Squash". Trove.
Preceded by Squash World Team
(The Midlands) England

1976
Succeeded by