Women's Final Day Results and final positions

Men's Final day results
and final positions

15-Jun, Finals:
Malaysia take women's title,
Pakistan retain the men's

Top seeds Malaysia beat hosts Hong Kong to take the women's title at Hong Kong Squash Centre, reclaiming the title as they avenged defeat at HK's hands in the semi-finals of the 2012 e, v/ent.

Women's Final:

  [1] Malaysia 2-0 [3] Hong Kong

        Nicol David 3-1 Joey Chan        11/3, 11/2, 7/11, 11/6
        Low Wee Wern 3-0 Liu Tsz Wing        11/2, 11/5, 11/7
        Delia Arnold v Tong Tsz-Wing                    not played

In the men's final defending champions Pakistan denied Malaysia a double as they came from one down to beat Malaysia 2-1, Farhan Mehboob taking the decider in straight games to give Pakistan their third straight title.

Men's Final:

[2] Pakistan 2-1 [3] Malaysia

Farhan Zaman 2-3 Nafiizwan Adnan  12/10,3/11,11/9,6/11,8/11
Nasir Iqbal 3-1 Ong Beng Hee               8/11, 11/8, 11/5, 11/7
Farhan Mehboob 3-0 Ivan Yuen                     11/7, 11/5, 11/6 

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Women's semis:

[1] Malaysia 2-0 [2] India
  Nicol David 3-0 Dipika Pallikal           11-5, 11-5, 11-8
  Delia Arnold 3-0 Anaka Alankamony  11-6, 11-1, 11-5

[3] Hong Kong 2-0 [4] Japan
  Joey Chan 3-0 Misaki Kobayashi         11-7, 11-7, 11-4
  Tong Tsz Wing 3-1 Satomi Watanabe  12-14, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7

The Indian Men’s team on the other hand were expected to go all the way but Saurav our no. 1 player was un-done by former world no. 7 Ong Beng Hee who put up such a displayed of sterling squash to which Saurav had no answer. Harinder Pal Singh lost in a heartbreaker going down 12-10 in the 5th game.

In the men's final Malaysia meet second seeds Pakistan, who beat Kuwait 2-0.

Men's Semis:

[3] Malaysia 2-0 [1] India
Ong Beng Hee 3-1 Saurav Ghosal      12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8
Ivan Yuen 3-2 Harinderpal Sandhu 0-11,11-8,11-6,10-12,12-10

[2] Pakistan 2-0 [5] Kuwait
Nasir Iqbal 3-1 Abdullah Almezayen  11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4
Farhan Mehboob 3-0 Ali B Alramezi              11-4, 11-4, 11-9
  

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Women's Pools

Women's Knockout

Men's Knockout

All four men's quarter-finals finished with 2-0 results at Hong Kong Squash Centre, with top seeds India, Malaysia and Pakistan joined in the semis by Kuwait, who had beaten hosts Hong Kong in the group stages.

Kuwait eased past Japan to reach the semis while Hong Kong lost out to Malaysia. India and Pakistan enjoyed comfortable wins over Singapore and Iran.

      Semi-Finals: India v Malaysia, Pakistan v Kuwait

There was better news for the hosts in the women's event where Hong Kong capitalised on their upset win over India yesterday to finish top of Pool B, setting up a semi-final against Japan, who finished runners-up to top seeds Malaysia in Pool A.

     Semi-Finals:  Malaysia v India, Hong Kong v Japan

 
Day Three full results

12-Jun, Day TWO:
Men's Quarters decided
as HK's women stun India

Day two of the Asian team champs in Hong Kong saw the men's pool matches completed, with India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Kuwait finishing top of their pools.

The women's pool matches continued with top seeds Malaysia taking a grip on Pool A while Hong Kong beat second seeds India 2-1 in Pool B.

Men's day two results

Quarters:  India v Singapore, Malaysia v Hong Kong,
                   Kuwait v Japan, Pakistan v Iran

Women's Day Two results

India's men through to Quarters
Cyrus Poncha reports

The Indian men’s won both their matches today at the Asian Team Championships in Hong Kong to secure the top position in its pool.

In the morning, India defeated Qatar 3-0 but after the strong performance from Harinder in the first match, Ahmad Mohammed Al-Tamimi played superbly against Saurav the Indian national champ. Al-Tamimi hit some amazing winners from all parts of the court, winning the 1st game and pushing Saurav to a tie breaker in the 4th game. Saurav’s speed and consistency was the deciding factor. Mahesh wrapped it up for a quick 3-0 victory.

In the evening, India defeated Philippines very easily 3-0. Saurav rested for the tie, giving Ravi Dixit his maiden cap at a senior team championship.

India will play Korea in the quarterfinals tomorrow.

The Indian women played hosts Hong Kong who came out all charged up backed by a vociferous crowd. Anaka Alankamony was leading 2-0 but was unable to convert her lead going down in 5 games.

Dipika Pallikal also squandered her advantage going down in 5 games. Dipika although favourite to win did not play upto expectations while Joey lifted her game beyond expectations.
Joshana won the ‘dead rubber’ 3-1.

Indian girls will play their remaining two pool matches tomorrow against China & Pakistan.
   

Men's Knockout Stage

Men's Pool Tables

Women's Pool Tables

Photos from Twitter

11-Jun, Day ONE:
HK's women off to winning start
but men falter against Kuwait

The first day of the men’s and women’s pool matches saw most of the favourites complete their expected victories.

Hong Kong Women’s Team beat Pakistan and China both 3-0,  and they will meet India at tomorrow in a crucial Pool B clash.

Top seeds Malaysia started off their Pool A matches with a 3-0 win over Korea, the fourth seeds who also lost 2-1 against Japan who now have hopes of a top four finish.

Women:
Pool A: Malaysia 3-0 Korea, Japan 2-1 Korea, Japan 2-1 Sri Lanka, Singapore 2-1 Sri Lanka.
Pool B: India 3-0 Iran, Hong Kong 3-0 China, Hong Kong 3-0 Pakistan, China 2-1 Iran.

In the men’s event top seeds India, Pakistan and Malaysia all won their opening matches but Hong Kong, the fourth seeds, lost out 2-1 to fifth seeded Kuwait.

Men:
Pool A: India 3-0 Iran, Qatar 2-1 Philippines
Pool B: Pakistan 3-0 Singapore, Korea 3-0 Macau
Pool C: Malaysia 3-0 Sri Lanka, Japan 2-1 Iraq
Pool D: Kuwait 2-1 Hong Kong, Taipei 2-1 China

Full Day One results

10-Jun: Photos from the Welcoming Reception at HK Cricket Club

Squads

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