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World teams tournament special to SQUASHTALK From World Squash News in London JULY 30 2000

11th World Junior Men's Team Squash Championships, Milan, Italy

Final:
[2] ENGLAND bt [1] EGYPT 2-1 (3.Daryl Selby bt 3.Akram Youssif 9-6 3-9 10-8 9-0; 1.James Willstrop lost to 1.Kareem Darwish 10-8 2-9 10-8 8-10 2-9; 2.Phillip Barker bt 2.Mahmoud Abdel Kader 5-9 2-9 9-2 9-5 9-2)

3rd place play-off:
[4] PAKISTAN bt [7] FRANCE 2-1 (4.Majid Khan bt 3.Luc Ebrard 9-3 4-9 9-1 9-3; 1.Shahid Zaman lost to 1.Gregory Gaultier 8-10 7-9 0-9; 3.Farrukh Zaman bt 2.Cham Laravine 9-3 9-2 9-3)

5th place play-off:
[3] SPAIN bt [6] MALAYSIA 2-1 (3.Iago Cornes lost to 3.Kelvin Ho 9-7 5-9 1-9 4-9; 1.Alberto Manso bt 1.Azlan Iskandar 9-4 9-5 4-9 2-9 9-6; 2. Borja Golan bt 2.Marcus Yeap 9-0 9-0 9-2)

7th place play-off:
[8] WALES bt [5] CANADA 2-1 (3.Jay Abdul bt 4.David Yik 9-5 9-5 9-6;1.Scott Fitzgerald bt 1.Shawn De Lierre 9-0 9-1 9-1; 2.Ricky Davies lost to 2.Matthew Giuffre 3-9 9-5 7-9)

9th place play-off:
[11] SWITZERLAND bt [9] AUSTRALIA 2-1 (3.Kevin Villiger lost to 3.Matthew Sanders 3-9 8-10 9-7 9-5 4-9; 1.Yvain Badan bt 1.Cameron Pilley 3-9 3-9 9-6 9-5 10-8; 2.Marco Daetwyler bt 2.Simon Carruthers 9-3 9-2 2-9 2-9 10-8)

11th place play-off:
[12] NETHERLANDS bt [10] GERMANY 2-1 (3.Dylan Bennett lost to 4.Marco Scherer 5-9 9-6 3-9 2-9; 1.Laurens Jan Anjema bt 2.Martin Maierhofer 7-9 9-7 9-3 9-1; 2.Mark Reus bt 3.Jill Witt 9-4 9-1 6-9 9-4)

13th place play-off:
SCOTLAND bt COLOMBIA 3-0 (3.Steven Baker bt 3.Juan De Castilla 9-4 9-5 7-9 9-3; 1.Alistair Livingstone bt 1.Bernado Samper 9-6 6-9 9-6 9-3; 2.Iain Young bt 2.Esteban Espinal 9-0 9-3)

15th place play-off:
ZIMBABWE bt INDIA 3-0 (3.Samson Muhwati bt 3.Junaid Nathani 9-7 9-2 9-0; 1.Jesse Englbrecht bt 1.Bikram Uberoi 6-9 9-6 10-9 6-9 9-4; 2.Mark Tavener bt 2.Mihir Kapoor 2-9 9-1 9-0)

17th place play-off:
USA bt [16] ARGENTINA 2-1 (3.Julian Illingworth bt 3.Martin Easdale 9-7 9-7 9-2; 1.Richard Repetto lost to 1.Robertino Pezzota 9-7 9-4 4-9 4-9 7-9; 2.Pat Malloy bt 2.Gonzalo Tapiz 9-7 7-9 5-9 9-6 9-4)

19th place play-off:
[13] NEW ZEALAND bt FINLAND 3-0 (3.James Vincent bt 3.Janne Koskelin 9-2 2-9 9-4 9-5; 1.Jared Conning bt 1.Atte Penttila 9-1 9-8 10-8; 2.Callum O'Brien bt 2.Janne Jarvinen 9-8 9-2)

21st place play-off:
KUWAIT bt [14] IRELAND 2-1 (3.Ahmed Marzouq bt 3.Aidan Sharkey 9-4 1-9 3-9 9-3 9-7; 1.Mohammed Hajiyah lost to 6-9 9-10 3-9; 2.Ziad Al-Owayesh bt 2.Rory Gilligan 9-2 10-9 9-4)

23rd place play-off:
MEXICO bt [15] HONG KONG 2-1 (4.Jose Becerril lost to 3.Patrick Choi 9-5 8-10 0-9 7-9; 2.Gibran Ruiz bt 1.Michael Chiu 8-10 7-9 9-4 9-4 9-0; 3.Mauricio Sanchez bt 2.Dick Lau 7-9 9-0 9-6 9-4)

25th place play-off:
BRAZIL bt KENYA 3-0 (4.Paulo Amaral bt 3.Parminder Kalsi 9-1 9-2 9-6; 2.Vinicius Costa bt 1.Otto Kwach 9-3 9-7 9-7; 3.Gabriel Segalla bt 2.Chiraj Shah 9-4 9-5)

27th place play-off:
ITALY bt IRAN 2-1 (3.Paolo Buglioni bt 4. Vaheh Gagragolageya 9-2 9-4 9-0; 1.Marcello Di Venanzio lost to 1.Mohammed Sanaee 5-9 3-9 3-9; 2.Matteo Vaccari bt 2.Alireza Sanaeyi 9-7 9-0 9-6)

29th place play-off:
KOREA bt BERMUDA 2-1 (3.Dong-Woo Kim bt 4.Andrew Robinson 9-2 9-0 ; 1.Jung-Gyu Park bt 1.Michael Stout 9-0 9-7 9-1; 2.Seung-Joon Lee lost to 2.James Stout 9-7 6-9 4-9)

31st place: VENEZUELA

ENGLAND BEAT TOP SEEDS EGYPT TO RETAIN WORLD JUNIOR TITLE
In one of the longest and closest finals since the inaugural tournament in 1980, England defeated top seeds Egypt in the final of the Men's World Junior Team Squash Championships in Milan, Italy, to retain the title for the third successive time in their fourth consecutive final against Egypt. England's hero was 18-year-old Phillip Barker, the team's second string from Upminster in Essex, who fought back from 2-0 down in the deciding match against Egypt's Mahmoud Abdel Kader to clinch the title with a remarkable 5-9 2-9 9-2 9-5 9-2 victory in 75 minutes. England took the advantage in the opening match when third string Daryl Selby, 17, from Brentwood, also in Essex, wore down his opponent Akram Youssif to win 9-6 3-9 10-8 9-0 in 78 minutes. England's most courageous contribution was made by 16-year-old James Willstrop, who twice led against Egypt's Kareem Darwish - and had match-ball to win the championship in the fourth game - before eventually falling 8-10 9-2 8-10 10-8 9-2 in 89 minutes to the newly-crowned world junior individual champion who is two years older than the British junior champion from Pontefract in Yorkshire. Fourth seeds Pakistan beat seventh seeds France in the play-off for third place.

• Golestan Radwan: Egypt
• Tomas Barva, Czech Republic
• David Blick, Alaska USA
• Kim Tunney: Midwest USA
• Andre Maur: Atlanta USA
• Paul Ansdell: Massachusetts USA
  

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