1979 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 1979
7th World Men's Team Championship
Location	Brisbane, Australia
Date(s)	October 17–28, 1979
Results
Champions	Great Britain
Runners-up	Pakistan
Third place	Australia
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The 1979 Men's Stellar World Team Amateur Squash Championships were held in Brisbane in Australia and took place from October 17 to October 28, 1979.^[1] This was the last World Amateur Championship before the game went open.^[2][3]

Results

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Pool A

Team One	Team Two	Score
Pakistan	Australia	2-1
Pakistan	Sweden	3-0
Pakistan	India	3-0
Pakistan	United States	3-0
Pakistan	Ireland	3-0
Pakistan	Hong Kong	3-0
Australia	Sweden	3-0
Australia	India	2-1
Australia	United States	3-0
Australia	Ireland	3-0
Australia	Hong Kong	3-0
Sweden	India	2-1
Sweden	United States	2-1
Sweden	Ireland	3-0
Sweden	Hong Kong	3-0
India	United States	3-0
India	Ireland	3-0
India	Hong Kong	3-0
United States	Ireland	2-1
United States	Hong Kong	3-0
Ireland	Hong Kong	3-0

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Pakistan	Daulat Khan, Fahim Gul, Atlas Khan, Zahir Hussein Khan	6	6	0	12
2	Australia	Glen Brumby, Frank Donnelly, Ian Yeates, Ross Thorne	6	5	1	10
3	Sweden	Lars Kvant, Mikael Hellstrom, Johan Stockenberg, Bo Bostrom	6	4	2	8
4	India	Anil Nayer, Raj Manchanda, Nikhil Senapati, Ananth Nayak	6	3	3	6
5	United States	Gil Mateer, Ned Edwards, Mark Alger, Jon Foster	6	2	4	4
6	Ireland	Bernard O'Gorman, Richard Power, David Gotto, Ben Cranwell	6	1	5	2
7	Hong Kong	Jacky Choy, Kai Ki Chan, Simon Swallow, Jabar Wasan	6	0	6	0

Pool B

Team One	Team Two	Score
Great Britain	Egypt	2-1
Great Britain	New Zealand	2-1
Great Britain	Canada	3-0
Great Britain	Nigeria	3-0
Great Britain	Malaysia	3-0
Great Britain	Kuwait	3-0
Egypt	New Zealand	2-1
Egypt	Canada	2-1
Egypt	Nigeria	3-0
Egypt	Malaysia	3-0
Egypt	Kuwait	3-0
New Zealand	Canada	3-0
New Zealand	Nigeria	3-0
New Zealand	Malaysia	3-0
New Zealand	Kuwait	3-0
Canada	Nigeria	2-1
Canada	Malaysia	3-0
Canada	Kuwait	3-0
Nigeria	Malaysia	3-0
Nigeria	Kuwait	3-0
Malaysia	Kuwait	3-0

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Great Britain	Jonathan Leslie, Phil Kenyon, Peter Verow, Andrew Dwyer	6	6	0	12
2	Egypt	Allam Soliman, Magdi Saad, Mohammed Awad, Mohamed Badram	6	5	1	10
3	New Zealand	Ross Norman, Craig Blackwood, Robin Espie, Neven Barbour	6	4	2	8
4	Canada	Jug Walia, Todd Binns, Mark Gallagher, Mike Desaulniers	6	3	3	6
5	Nigeria	John Solomon, Friday Omoben, T Afolobi, Okanlowan Martins	6	2	4	4
6	Malaysia	Tony Tiah, Sajaad Maniam, Khai Hock Ong, Jerry Loo	6	1	5	2
7	Kuwait	Esam Al-Modaf, Tareq Al-Owayesh, Al-Ramzl Bader, J Ashkiniy	6	0	6	0

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Pakistan	Egypt	2-1
Great Britain	Australia	2-1

Third Place Play Off

Team One	Team Two	Score
Australia	Egypt	2-1

Final

Great Britain 3	FINAL Brisbane, Australia 27 October 1979		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jonathan Leslie Atlas Khan 4 9 4 9 9 6 9 0 9 0   2 Phil Kenyon Daulat Khan 9 3 9 5 9 5       3 Peter Verow Fahim Gul 9 6 9 6 2 9 4 9 9 3

See also

• World Team Squash Championships
• World Squash Federation
• World Open (squash)

References

1. Association, Squash Rackets (1982). Squash Annual 1980-81. The Squash Rackets Association (no isbn).
2. "Men's World Team Championship 1979" (PDF). worldsquash.org.
3. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
4. "Squash lead increases". Trove.
5. "Brumby loses to a Houdini". Trove.
6. "Results 1979". Sydney Morning Herald (page 16 of 16).