Top Seeds All Advance to Medal Round
Aug 24, 2004, By Howard Harding; SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2004;

[team draw/results]

The top four seeds sailed through the qualifying rounds of the PIA Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship in Pakistan unbeaten - but fourth seeds Germany survived a marathon battle against Australia, the ninth seeds, before coming through 2/1 at the new Mushaf Squash Complex in Islamabad.

With the tie poised at one-all, Australia's second string Ryan Cuskelly twice pulled level in his match against the German, but Jens Schoor ultimately triumphed 9-0 7-9 9-0 8-10 9-5 in 77 minutes to ensure that Germany topped Pool D.

Wales beat Switzerland 3-0 to finish second in Pool A behind firm favourites Pakistan, while second seeds Egypt defeated 11th seeds Netherlands 3-0 to ensure the No1 spot in Pool B. A 3-0 win over Iran made sure that third seeds England finished as leaders in Pool C.

India, the fifth seeds, clinched top place in Pool E after wins over New Zealand and Singapore - while the Pool F prize went to sixth seeds Kuwait, who wrapped up their action in the qualifying rounds with a 3-0 victory over seventh seeds Canada.

The event now moves in to the knockout stage, with the top 12 countries competing in the last sixteen on Wednesday, followed by quarter-finals on Thursday, semi-finals on Friday and the final on Saturday.

RESULTS: PIA Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship, Islamabad, Pakistan

2nd qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[12] WALES bt [13/18] SWITZERLAND 3-0 (Lewys Hurst bt Kevin Brechbuhl 9-0, 9-6, 3-9, 10-8; Rob Wilkins bt Cyrill Ortuer 9-6, 5-9, 9-6, 9-4; Peter Creed bt Nicolas Muller 9-2, 9-1, 9-4)
Final positions: 1 Pakistan, 2 Wales, 3 Switzerland

Pool B:
[13/18] MEXICO bt [19/22] KENYA 3-0 (Cesar Salazar bt Amar Shah 9-0, 9-2, 9-2; Edmundo Garcia bt Poojan Dodhia 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Jesus Pena bt Chiraag Shah 9-2, 9-3, 9-1)
[2] EGYPT bt [11] NETHERLANDS 3-0 (Mahmoud Adel bt Sebastiaan Weenink 9-4, 10-8, 9-0; Ahmed El Swaify bt Bastiaan Meulenbelt 9-7, 9-0, 9-1; Omar Abu Zid bt Martijn Kock 9-6, 1-9, 9-0, 9-2)
Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 Mexico, 3 Netherlands, 4 Kenya

Pool C:
[10] MALAYSIA bt [13/18] USA 2-1 (Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan lost to Christopher Gordon 7-9, 8-10, 3-9; Elvinn Keo bt Joseph Raho 9-7, 9-4, 9-1; Muhammad Azfar Azan bt Garnett Booth 4-9, 9-3, 9-2, 8-10, 9-0)
[3] ENGLAND bt [19/22] IRAN 3-0 (James Wright bt Masud Ekhlas 9-0, 9-4, 9-1; Joel Hinds bt Mohammad Jafari 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Tom Richards bt Mohammad Jahri 9-1, 9-1, 9-2)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Malaysia, 3 USA, 4 Iran

Pool D:
[4] GERMANY bt [9] AUSTRALIA 2-1 (Simon Rosner bt Matthew Karwalski 9-1, 9-7, 6-9, 9-5; Matthias Maierhofer lost to Steven Robinson 9-6, 5-9, 3-9, 9-7, 6-9; Jens Schoor bt Ryan Cuskelly 9-0, 7-9, 9-0, 8-10, 9-5)
Final positions: 1 Germany, 2 Australia, 3 Scotland

Pool E:
[19/22] SINGAPORE bt [13/18] IRELAND 3-0 (Vivian Rhamanan bt Samuel Olwill 9-3, 10-9, 9-2; Richard Hill bt Fearghal Field 9-4, 9-1, 9-6; Kenneth Chan bt Niall Caheny 6-9, 9-7, 9-1, 5-9, 9-1)
[5] INDIA bt [8] NEW ZEALAND 3-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Campbell Grayson 9-2, 10-9, 9-2; Sandeep Jangra bt Michael Bill 9-3, 9-4, 9-3; Vikas Jangra bt Whaiora Moeke 9-3, 9-0, 9-7)
[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [13/18] IRELAND 3-0 (Campbell Grayson bt Samuel Olwill 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Reece Williams bt Brian Healy 9-4, 9-6, 10-8; Whaiora Moeke bt Niall Caheny 9-0, 9-0, 9-1)
[5] INDIA bt [19/22] SINGAPORE 2-1 (Saurav Ghosal bt Kenneth Chan 9-3, 9-3, 9-4; Harinder Pal Singh bt Marcus Phua 9-0, 9-1, 9-7; Sandeep Jangra lost to Richard Hill 1-9, 7-9, 9-7, 5-9)
Final positions: 1 India, 2 New Zealand, 3 Singapore, 4 Ireland

Pool F:
[6] KUWAIT bt [13/18] HONG KONG 3-0 (Abdul Khalid Mazayin bt Dick Lau 9-4, 10-8, 7-9, 2-9, 9-1; Sulaiman Al Khamees bt Raymond Chui 9-5, 9-4, 9-6; Ali B Al-Ramzi bt Anson Kwong 9-0, 9-1, 9-7)
[7] CANADA bt [19/22] ZIMBABWE 3-0 (Robin Clarke bt Craig Heath 9-2, 9-3, 9-0; Daniel Sibley bt Mark Assaraf 9-2, 9-0, 9-5; Michael Auer bt Casper Coetzee 9-5, 9-5, 9-6)
[13/18] HONG KONG bt [19/22] ZIMBABWE 3-0 (Dick Lau bt Craig Heath 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Ho Fai Chui bt Deepesh Patel 9-1, 9-3, 9-4; Anson Kwong bt Casper Coetzee 9-6, 9-6, 9-1)
[6] KUWAIT bt [7] CANADA 3-0 (Abdul Khalid Mazayin bt Robin Clarke 9-7, 9-5, 9-3; Salem F Mohammed bt Daniel Sibley 9-5, 9-2, 9-2; Ali B Al-Ramzi bt Michael Auer 9-1, 9-0, 9-3)
Final positions: 1 Kuwait, 2 Canada, 3 Hong Kong, 4 Zimbabwe

Last sixteen line-up:   [See draw]
[1] Pakistan bye
[7] Canada v [13/18] Mexico
[4] Germany bye
[6] Kuwait v [10] Malaysia
[5] India v [9] Australia
[3] England bye
[8] New Zealand

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