08-Aug:
England seeded to reclaim
World Team Title
England have been named as top seeds for the WSF Men's World
Team Squash Championship later this month in Germany, according
to the draw revealed today by the World Squash Federation.
A record-equalling 32 nations will compete in the 2011
championship at the Ahorn-Sportpark in Paderborn, from 21-27
August.
England, led by world number one Nick Matthew, are four
times winners of the title since 1995. But in the 2009
championship in Denmark, the former champions finished a lowly
fourth after Matthew suffered an ankle injury during an early
qualifying tie against Germany.
The top seeds will again line up against hosts Germany, the 16th
seeds, in the Pool A qualifying group - with Spain and Ireland.
Egypt, winners of the title for the second time two years
ago, are the No2 seeds. Expected to be led by Ramy Ashour, the
world No2, Egypt will line up against 15th seeds New Zealand,
Hong Kong China and Sweden in Pool B.
France, runners-up in 2009, have been named as third
seeds and will head Pool C - while Australia, winners of
the title for a record eighth time in 2003, are the No4 seeds.
The 2011 World Team Championship, the 23rd staging of the
biennial event since 1967, will be held in Germany for the first
time. Christian Wulff, President of the Federal Republic of
Germany, is the Patron of the Championship.
Pool Fixtures
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POOL A: [1] England,
[16] Germany, Spain,
Ireland
POOL B: [2] Egypt,
[15] New Zealand,
Hong Kong China, Sweden
POOL C: [3] France,
[14] Netherlands,
Argentina, Korea
POOL D: [4] Australia,
[13] Finland, Colombia,
Bermuda
POOL E: [5] Malaysia,
[12] Pakistan, Denmark,
Austria
POOL F: [6] India,
[11] South Africa,
Kuwait, Hungary
POOL G: [7] Canada,
[10] Mexico, Scotland,
Namibia
POOL H: [8] USA, [9] Italy,
Switzerland, Ukraine
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Matthew
surprised by top seeding
“To be honest it was a bit of a surprise to awaken this morning
to the news that we were top seeds for Paderborn, the team and I
fully expected ourselves to be second seeds behind the defending
champions Egypt.
“Much like an individual tournament, the seeding doesn't really
count for anything, ut's how you perform on the day, and this
won't change anything in the way we prepare individually or as a
team."
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