The 2005 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2005

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organized by the

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, which serves as the world team championship for

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players. The event were held in

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and took place from December 8 to December 14, 2005. The tournament was organized by the

and the Pakistan Squash Federation. The England team won his third World Team Championships beating the Egyptian team in the final.

Participating teams

A total of 22 teams competed from all the five confederations:

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and

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. For

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, it was their first participation at a world team championship.

Seeds

Squads

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England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

James Willstrop James Willstrop (born 15 August 1983) is an English professional squash player from Yorkshire who represented the England men's national squash team and is a former world number 1. Career Willstrop has a large build for a squash player, ...

* Lee Beachill *

Peter Nicol Peter Nicol (born 5 April 1973) is a former professional squash player from Scotland, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash. In 1998, while still competing for Scotland, he became the first player from the UK ...

Nick Matthew Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a ...

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Rodney Durbach Rodney Durbach (born 18 April 1972 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a professional squash player from South Africa. Durbach won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, partnering Natalie Grainger Natalie Grain ...

* Michael Toothill *

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* Clinton Leeuw ;

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* Abdullah Al Muzayen * Bader Al-Hussaini * Nasser Al Ramezi * Mohammed Hajeyah ;

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* Aqeel Rehman * Jakob Dirnberger * Stefan Brauneis * Andreas Freudensprung ;

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* Karim Darwish * Mohammed Abbas *

Wael El Hindi Wael Hatem El-Hendy (; born June 25, 1980, in Giza) is a professional squash player who represented Egypt. A Professional Squash Association (PSA) member since 1999, Wael El Hindi has long been regarded as one of Egypt's most talented players & ...

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Kashif Shuja Kashif Shuja, (; born 20 July 1979 in Abbottabad, Pakistan) is a New Zealand former professional squash player. Biography Kashif Shuja is a Pakistan-born Kiwi from Taupō, New Zealand. Kashif was national junior champion of Pakistan and repres ...

* Callum O’Brien *

Campbell Grayson Campbell Grayson (born 4 March 1986 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand retired professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 24 in February 2020. Early life and education Grayson first picked up tenn ...

* Martin Knight ;

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Simon Rösner Simon Rösner (born 5 November 1987) is a German former professional squash (sport), squash player. He broke into the Top 10 Official Men's Squash World Ranking, PSA World Rankings for the first time in November 2014, going on to become the high ...

* Stefan Leifels *

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* Patrick Gaessler ;

* Mohammed Hossein Sanaee * Majid Rohani * Paya Ahmed Abadi * Mohammad Hossein Jafari ;

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Thierry Lincou Thierry Lincou (born 2 April 1976, in La Réunion) is a retired professional squash player from France. He reached the World No. 1 ranking in January 2004. That year, Lincou won the World Open title, the Hong Kong Open and the Super Series Fi ...

Grégory Gaultier Grégory Gaultier (born 23 December 1982, in Épinal, France) is a former professional squash player from France. He has won the 2015 World Open Squash Championship, the British Open three times, in 2007, 2014 and 2017, the Qatar Classic in ...

Renan Lavigne Renan Lavigne (born 1 November 1974 in Longjumeau) is a professional squash (sport), squash player from France. Career statistics Listed below. PSA Titles (9) All Results for Renan Lavigne in PSA World's Tour tournament PSA Tour Finals (Ru ...

* Jean-Michel Arcucci ;

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Ritwik Bhattacharya Ritwik Bhattacharya (; born 14 October 1979 in Pathankot) is a squash player from India. The flag bearer of Indian Squash on Professional Squash Association tour, as an accomplished junior players he brought momentum in the Indian squash scene. ...

Saurav Ghosal Saurav Ghosal (; born 10 August 1986) is an Indian squash (sport), squash player. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 10 in April 2019. He won the first ever squash medal for India, a bronze in the singles and mixed doubles at the 202 ...

* Siddharth Suchde * Gaurav Nandrajog ;

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* Liam Kenny * Arthur Gaskin * Neal Murphy *

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* Anthony Ricketts * Joseph Kneipp * Stewart Boswell *

Cameron Pilley Cameron Pilley (born 27 October 1982) is an Australian former professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in January 2011. Pilley was born in Grafton, New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abb ...

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Laurens Jan Anjema Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1 December 1982 in The Hague) is a former professional squash player from the Netherlands. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9, after breaking the top 20 in January 2008. Career overview Laurens Jan An ...

* Dylan Bennett * Tom Hoevenaars * Marc Reus ;

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Olli Tuominen Olli Tuominen (born 15 April 1979 in Helsinki) is a professional squash player who represented Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the ...

* Matais Tuomi * Erno Teitti * Hameed Ahmed ;

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* Preston Quick *

Julian Illingworth Julian Illingworth (born January 30, 1984) is a retired American professional squash player. Illingworth first made an impression on the American junior circuit in 1998-1999 when he finished third in the country for boys under 16. Illingworth a ...

* Chris Gordon * Beau River ;

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* Graham Ryding *

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* Matthew Giuffre ;

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* Alex Gough *

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* Gavin Jones * Ricky Davies ;

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* Wong Wai Hang * Dick Lau * Roger Ngan * Anson Kwong ;

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Mohd Azlan Iskandar Mohamad Azlan bin Iskandar (born 1 June 1982, in Kuching, Sarawak), known as Mohd Azlan Iskandar, is a Malaysian former squash player. He has reached the World No. 10 ranking and won the Kuala Lumpur Open and the Malaysian Open. Early life ...

Ong Beng Hee Ong Beng Hee (; born 4 February 1980) is a Malaysian former professional squash player and coach. Between 2000 and 2006, he won four consecutive Asian Championship titles. In 2002 and 2006 he won gold medals at the Asian Games. He won 11 Profes ...

* Timothy Arnold *

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Shahid Zaman Shahid Zaman Khan (born August 12, 1982) is a Pakistani former professional squash (sport), squash player. He is a nephew of the 1975 World squash champion, Qamar Zaman, the famous master of the drop shots and deception. In 2004, he won his fir ...

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* Safeerullah Ullah Khan ;

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* John White *

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* Stuart Crawford *

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* Iago Cornes * Alejandro Garbi

Group stage results

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Finals

Draw

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Post-tournament team ranking

References

External links

World Team 2005 SquashTalk Website
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