Ninth seeds Canada and tenth seeds USA will compete in the quarter-finals of
the Men's World Junior Team Squash Championships after triumphs over
higher-seeded nations in the final qualifying ties in Chennai, India.

Canada, who finished in second place in Pool A behind unbeaten title-holders
and top seeds England, confirmed their place in the last eight with a 2-1 win
over eighth seeds Wales, with second string Brian Ernst achieving the
breakthrough for Canada with a nail-biting 9-6 8-10 8-10 9-5 9-3 win over
Welshman Jethro Binns.

The key tie for the USA was a 2-1 win over seventh seeds Netherlands, in
which American No1 Julian Illingworth followed up his 'giant-killing' success
in the individual event with a 10-8 6-9 9-6 9-0 over the Dutch No1 Dylan
Bennett, recent winner of three European Junior circuit titles. After
Netherlands squared the tie in the second match, their third string Tom
Hoevenaars took the opening game against Nicholas Chirls, but the American
came from behind to secure the second, then run through the rest of the match
without losing a point to win 3-9 10-8 9-0 9-0 and claim a memorable victory
for the delighted USA team.

The unluckiest team were 11th seeds New Zealand in Pool C: Despite beating
sixth seeds Mexico by a 2-1 margin, New Zealand finished their qualifying
run, like Mexico, with two tie wins. However, Mexico boasted eight match
wins to four losses (unlike New Zealand's 7-5 tally) and therefore finished
in second place in the Pool, ahead of New Zealand, with a place in the
quarter-finals.

The full quarter-final line-up is: [1] England v [5] India; [4] Egypt v [9]
Canada; [3] Australia v [10] USA; [2] Pakistan v [6] Mexico. The ties for
the 9/16 place play-offs are: Wales v Malaysia, Scotland v Switzerland, Hong
Kong v New Zealand, and Kuwait v Netherlands.

RESULTS: Men's World Junior Team Squash Championships, Chennai, India

Final qualifying rounds:
Pool A:
[16]Switzerland bt [17]Ireland 2-1 (Marco Datwyler bt Brian Byrne 9-3, 9-0,
9-2; Manuel Grima lost to Arthur Gaskin 7-9, 5-9, 6-9; Diego Staub bt Dermot
MacNamara 9-4, 9-6, 9-4)
[9]Canada bt [8]Wales 2-1 (Matthew Serediak lost to Rob Sutherland 3-9, 1-9,
0-9; Brian Ernst bt Jethro Binns 9-6, 8-10, 8-10, 9-5, 9-3; Robin Clarke bt
Lewys Hurst 9-6, 9-1, 9-1)
[1]England bt [8]Wales 3-0 (James Willstrop bt Rob Sutherland 9-6, 9-4, 9-4;
Jon Harford bt Lewys Hurst 9-5, 9-1, 9-5; Ashley Flathers bt Peter Creed 9-4,
9-0, 9-3)
[9]Canada bt [16]Switzerland 2-1 (Matthew Serediak lost to Marco Datwyler
0-9, 0-9, 3-9; Brian Ernst bt Manuel Grima 2-9, 9-4, 9-1, 4-9, 9-7; Robin
Clarke bt Diego Staub 9-1, 10-8, 9-3)
[1]England bt [17]Ireland 3-0 (James Willstrop bt Brian Byrne 5-9, 9-1,
10-8, 9-2; Jon Harford bt Dermot MacNamara 9-3, 9-0, 10-8; Ashley Flathers bt
Ross Lillis 9-1, 9-3, 9-3)
[8]Wales bt [16]Switzerland 2-1 (Rob Sutherland lost to Marco Datwyler 4-9,
9-7, 1-9, 7-9; Jethro Binns bt Manuel Grima 9-6, 9-0, 9-1; Lewys Hurst bt
Diego Staub 9-4, 9-0, 9-5)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Canada, 3 Wales, 4 Switzerland, 5
Ireland
Pool B:
[2]Pakistan bt [7]Netherlands 3-0 (Khayal Muhammad bt Piedro Schweertman
9-1, 9-3, 9-1; Majid Khan bt Maarten Van Bavel 9-3, 10-8, 9-4; Safeerullah
Khan bt Tom Hoevenaars 9-0, 9-3, 9-0)
[10]USA bt [15]Hong Kong 2-1 (Julian Illingworth bt Dick Lau 9-3, 9-4, 9-1;
Christopher Gordon bt Patrick Choi 9-6, 10-9, 9-7; Nicholas Chirls lost to
Vincent Yu 7-9, 4-9, 2-9)
[15]Hong Kong bt [18]Zimbabwe 3-0 (Dick Lau bt Shaun Johnstone 9-3, 9-7,
9-0; Patrick Choi bt Patrick Stevens 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Vincent Yu bt Neil
Robertson 9-5, 9-4, 9-0)
[10]USA bt [7]Netherlands 2-1 (Julian Illingworth bt Dylan Bennett 10-8,
6-9, 9-6, 9-0; Christopher Gordon lost to Piedro Schweertman 4-9, 4-9, 3-9;
Nicholas Chirls bt Tom Hoevenaars 3-9, 10-8, 9-0, 9-0)
[2]Pakistan bt [18]Zimbabwe 2-1 (Khayal Muhammad bt Shaun Johnstone 9-1,
9-1, 9-4; Majid Khan bt Patrick Stevens 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Safeerullah Khan lost
to Daniel McElvaine 0-3 {Disqualified})
[7]Netherlands bt [15]Hong Kong 3-0 (Piedro Schweertman bt Dick Lau 6-9,
9-6, 10-8, 9-0; Maarten Van Bavel bt Patrick Choi 9-0, 8-10, 9-1, 9-3; Tom
Hoevenaars bt Vincent Yu 0-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-4)
Final positions: 1 Pakistan, 2 USA, 3 Netherlands, 4 Hong Kong, 5
Zimbabwe
Pool C:
[3]Australia bt [19]Kenya 3-0 (Jhie Gough bt Amar Shah 9-2, 9-4, 9-1; Aaron
Frankcomb bt Rohan Lyall 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; James Rogers bt Nadeem Sumar 9-0,
9-1, 9-1)
[6]Mexico bt [14]Kuwait 3-0 (Eric Galvez bt Bader Hussaini 9-5, 9-6, 9-0;
Jose Becerril bt Nasser Alramezi 9-2, 9-2, 9-1; Manuel Fregoso bt Ali
Alramezi 9-3, 9-5, 9-5)
[14]Kuwait bt [19]Kenya 3-0 (Bader Hussaini bt Amar Shah 9-0, 9-0, 9-1;
Nasser Alramezi bt Rahim Mohamed 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Salem Faiz Mohammad bt Nadeem
Sumar 9-0, 9-0, 9-1)
[11]New Zealand bt [6]Mexico 2-1 (Shaun Sansom lost to Eric Galvez 1-9, 4-9,
5-9; Oliver Johnston bt Manuel Fregoso 8-10, 9-2, 8-10, 9-2, 10-8; Martin
Knights bt Gibran Ruiz 9-1, 9-7, 9-4)
[14]Kuwait bt [11]New Zealand 2-1 (Bader Hussaini bt Shaun Sansom 9-7, 9-5,
9-3; Nasser Alramezi bt Oliver Johnston 10-9, 9-5, 9-3; Ali Alramezi lost to
Martin Knights 3-9, 2-9, 0-9)
[3]Australia bt [6]Mexico 2-1 (Jhie Gough lost to Eric Galvez 5-9, 5-9, 9-3,
9-5, 8-10; Aaron Frankcomb bt Jose Becerril 9-2, 9-2, 9-2; Luke Margan bt
Manuel Fregoso 9-3, 5-9, 9-6, 9-0)
Final positions: 1 Australia, 2 Mexico, 3 New Zealand, 4 Kuwait, 5
Kenya
Pool D:
[4]Egypt bt [5]India 2-1 (Moustafa Essam lost to Siddarth Suchde 9-7, 7-9,
4-9, 1-9; Ahmed Mohsen Hassan bt Saurav Ghosal 9-4, 7-9, 9-5, 5-9, 9-1;
Sherif Kamal bt Sahil Vora 9-6, 9-1, 9-5)
[13]Scotland bt [12]Malaysia 2-1 (Kristen Johnson bt Timothy Arnold 10-8,
9-6, 8-10, 4-9, 10-9; Harry Leitch lost to Wong Kim Lee 1-9, 7-9, 2-9; Ian
Murray bt Moh'd Nafzahizam 8-10, 9-6, 9-5, 1-9, 9-7)
[4]Egypt bt [12]Malaysia 3-0 (Moustafa Essam bt Wong Kim Lee 9-2, 9-2, 2-9,
6-9, 9-3; Ahmed Mohsen Hassan bt Moh'd Nafzahizam 9-2, 6-9, 9-1, 9-1; Sherif
Kamal bt Moh'd Shahril 9-0, 9-3, 10-9)
[5]India bt [13]Scotland 3-0 (Siddarth Suchde bt Kristen Johnson 9-1, 9-7,
5-9, 9-5; Saurav Ghosal bt Harry Leitch 9-2, 9-1, 3-9, 3-9, 9-3; Gaurav
Nandrajog bt Alistair Gorrie 9-2, 9-5, 9-5)
Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 India, 3 Scotland, 4 Malaysia