The 2017 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2017
World Squash Championships
The World Squash Championships are squash events for men and women organised by the Professional Squash Association. The men's event was first held in 1976 in London, England and the women's was inaugurated in 1976 in Brisbane, Australia.
Overv ...
, which serves as the individual world championship for
squash players. The event took place in
Manchester
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,
England
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from 8 to 17 December 2017.
Mohamed El Shorbagy
Mohamed ElShorbagy ( ar, محمد الشوربجي, born 12 January 1991 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, and is currently representing England. He reached ...
won his first World Championship title, defeating his brother
Marwan El Shorbagy in the final.
Prize money and ranking points
For 2017, the prize purse was $325,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:
Seeds
Draw and results
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 1
Section 2
See also
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World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
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2017 Women's World Squash Championship
References
External links
PSA World Championship page
{{World championships in 2017
World Squash Championships
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Squash tournaments in the United Kingdom
International sports competitions hosted by England
2017 in English sport
Sports competitions in Manchester
Men's World Open Squash