The 2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2006

World Team Squash Championships The WSF World Team Squash Championships are an international squash competition organised by the World Squash Federation (WSF) and played between teams representing different nations. Countries enter teams of three or four players to represent t ...

organized by the

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, which serves as the world team championship for

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players. The event were held at

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and took place from September 24 to September 30, 2006. The tournament was organized by the

and

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. The England team won his sixth World Team Championships beating the Egyptian team in the final.

Participating teams

A total of 16 teams competed from all the five confederations:

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Seeds

Squads

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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

Tania Bailey Tania Bailey (born 2 October 1979, in Stamford,) is a professional squash player from England. Career As a junior player, Bailey won the World Junior Championship in 1997 and captained the England team to World and European junior team titles. ...

Vicky Botwright Vicky Botwright (born 18 June 1977 in Manchester, United Kingdom) is a squash coach and former professional squash player from England. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in 2005. In 2008, she finished runner-up at the Worl ...

Jenny Duncalf Jennifer Duncalf (born 10 November 1982) is a former professional squash player from England. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in December 2009. Career Duncalf was born in Haarlem, Netherlands but was a pupil at Harrogate ...

Alison Waters Alison Waters (born 19 March 1984 in London) is a former professional squash player from England. Career As a junior player, Waters won her first major squash tournament – the British Under-12 title – at the age of nine-and-a-half. She ret ...

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Rebecca Chiu Chiu Wing Yin Rebecca (, born 24 November 1978 in Hong Kong), commonly known as Rebecca Chiu, is a female professional squash player from Hong Kong. Her highest world ranking is 13, achieved in October 2007. See also * Official Women's Squash W ...

Christina Mak Mak Pui Hin (; born 6 March 1978) is a squash player from Hong Kong, China who won a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. I ...

Annie Au Annie Au Wing Chi (; born February 9, 1989), known as Annie Au, is a former professional squash player who represented Hong Kong. Career Annie is a left-hander from Asia who has made a great impression as a junior. Not only winning British Ju ...

Joey Chan Joey Chan Ho-ling (; born May 20, 1988, in Hong Kong), known as Joey Chan, is a former professional squash player who represents Hong Kong. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 16 in May 2012. Career Chan joined the Tour in 20 ...

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Aisling Blake Aisling Blake, (born 23 July 1981) is a professional squash (sport), squash player who represented Ireland. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 22 in November 2010. References External links

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Laura Mylotte Laura Mylotte, (born 5 August 1975 in Birmingham) is a professional squash player who represented Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwe ...

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Madeline Perry Madeline Perry (born 11 February 1977 in Banbridge, Northern Ireland) is a former professional squash player from Northern Ireland. She was raised in Northern Ireland and lives in Philadelphia. In November 2006 at the World Open in Belfast, s ...

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* Pamela Pancis *

Birgit Coufal Birgit Coufal, (born June 21, 1985 in Vienna) is a professional squash player who represents Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eas ...

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Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Omneya Abdel Kawy Omneya Abdel Kawy ( ar, أمنية عبد القوي; born 15 August 1985, in Cairo) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. Career Omneya crowned a successful junior career in 2003 in her home city of Cairo when she became the first ...

Engy Kheirallah Engy Kheirallah is a professional squash player from Egypt. She was born on 5 December 1981. She was ranked 33 in May 2011 and reached a career high of no. 11 in July 2010. Engy came to the fore in 1999 when she, Omneya Abdel Kawy and Eman El Am ...

Raneem El Weleily Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily ( ar, رنيم محمد ياسر سعد الدين الوليلي; born 1 January 1989, in Alexandria, Egypt) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She has reached a career-high world ranki ...

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Melanie Jans Melanie Jans (born July 3, 1973) is a Canadian professional female squash player who represented Canada during her career. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 25 in March 1999 after having joined the Women's International Squash ...

Carolyn Russell Carolyn Russell (born May 18, 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian retired professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 40 in March 2007 after having joined the Women's International Squash Players Associati ...

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Isabelle Stoehr Isabelle Stoehr (born June 9, 1979, in Tours) is a professional squash player from France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas ...

Camille Serme Camille Serme (born 4 April 1989 in Créteil) is a former professional squash player from France. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in February 2017. Career As a junior player, Camille Serme won three European Junior Champi ...

* Soraya Renai *

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Nicol David Datuk Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983) is a retired female Malaysian professional squash player. Beginning in August 2006, David was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, finally ceding the ranking in Septembe ...

Sharon Wee Sharon Wee Ee Lin (born 5 October 1977 in Melaka) is a former professional squash player who represented Malaysia. Career During 2007 she reached the finals of four events and won her first WISPA title in November in the NSC Tour 10 No. 2 in K ...

Tricia Chuah Tricia Chuah, (born 31 October 1982 in Kuala Lumpur) is a professional squash player who represented Malaysia. Tricia grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and started playing squash at the start of her teens. At sixteen, she started to compete in ...

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Shelley Kitchen Shelley Celia Kitchen (born 2 December 1979, in Kaitaia, New Zealand) is a female professional squash player from New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysi ...

Jaclyn Hawkes Jaclyn Hawkes (born 3 December 1982 in Hong Kong) is a New Zealand professional squash (sport), squash player. Hawkes grew up in Hong Kong and lived there until she was 15 when she moved to New Zealand. She started playing squash aged five ...

Louise Crome Louise Crome (born 6 April 1978, in Waihi, New Zealand) is a former professional squash player from New Zealand. She toured for 3 years reaching a world ranking of 22. She was a member of the New Zealand Women's Team between 2004 - 2008 and wo ...

Joelle King Joelle King (born 30 September 1988) is a professional squash player who represents New Zealand. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014. Early life King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the ...

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Latasha Khan Latasha Khan (born January 20, 1973 in Seattle) is a professional female squash player who has represented the United States in international competition. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 18 in January 2000. She started to pl ...

* Meredeth Quick * Louise Hall *

Ivy Pochoda Ivy Claire Pochoda (born January 22, 1977) is an American novelist and former professional squash player. Pochoda grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she attended Saint Ann's School. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Education Pochoda holds ...

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* Nami Nishio * Chinatsu Matsui * Sachiko Shinta *

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Vanessa Atkinson Vanessa Louise Atkinson (born 10 March 1976 in Newcastle, England) is a former professional squash player from the Netherlands, who won the World Open in 2004 and reached the World No. 1 ranking in December 2005. Atkinson was born in England ...

Annelize Naudé Annelize Naudé (born 1 January 1977) is a Dutch professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in January 2006, and has won five WISPA tour titles as well as having been the runner-up nine times since 1996. ...

* Margriet Huisman *

Orla Noom Orla Noom, (born 2 November 1985 in Haarlem) is a Dutch professional squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided mat ...

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Amelia Pittock Amelia Martin (; born 25 July 1983) is an Australian professional squash (sport), squash player. Pittock was born in Mornington, Victoria. In 2006, Pittock finished runner-up in the mixed doubles event at the World Doubles Squash Championships ...

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Tenille Swartz Tenille Swartz, (born 13 May 1987 in Parys) is a professional squash player who represented South Africa. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 28 in April 2008. See also *Official Women's Squash World Ranking *WISPA Awards The ...

Claire Nitch Claire Nitch (born 7 August 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African squash player. Nitch reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in 1997. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''( Malay: Sukan ...

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* Daniela Schumann

Group stage results

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Finals

Draw

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Post-tournament team ranking

References

External links

Women's World Team Squash Championships 2006 Official Website
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