The 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships was the men's edition of the 2017, which serves as the world team championship for

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players. The event was held in

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, from November 26 to December 3, 2017. The tournament is organized by the

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and the

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. The Egyptian team won their fourth World Team Championships after beating

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in the final. Since there was no 3rd-place match,

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and

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both shared the bronze medal.

Participating Teams

A total of 24 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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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Leandro Romiglio Leandro Romiglio (born February 11, 1991, in Mar Del Plata) is an Argentine professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 103 in April 2010. Romiglio won the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games Fifteen ...

* Juan Pablo Roude *

Roberto Pezzota Robertino Pezzota (born March 10, 1983 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentinian professional squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), a ...

* Rodrigo Obegron ;

Ryan Cuskelly Ryan Cuskelly (born 15 July 1987 in Lismore) is a professional squash player who represents Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Austral ...

Cameron Pilley Cameron Pilley (born 27 October 1982) is a former professional squash player from Australia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in January 2011. Pilley was born in Grafton, New South Wales. From 2001 to 2005, he attended t ...

* Rex Hedrick *

Zac Alexander Zac Alexander (born 11 February 1989) is a professional squash (sport), squash player who represented Australia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 36 in September 2012 and has won a total of 26 PSA titles. Zac won a gold meda ...

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Aqeel Rehman Aqeel Rehman (born September 12, 1985) 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 Eastern A ...

Jakob Dirnberger Jakob Dirnberger (born May 7, 1980 in Hallein) 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 E ...

* Paul Mairinger * Lukas Windischberger ;

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Nick Sachvie Nicholas William Sachvie (born December 22, 1991) is a Canadian professional squash player. As of March 2018, he was ranked number 83 in the world. Sachvie attended Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant ...

* Andrew Schnell *

Shawn Delierre Shawn Adam Delierre (born May 25, 1982) is a professional squash player who represents Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and north ...

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* Daniel Mekbib * Jakub Solnický * Martin Švec * Ondřej Uherka ;

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 ...

Karim Abdel Gawad Karim Abdel Gawad (born July 30, 1991, in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who has represented Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in May 2017. In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squash Championshi ...

Ali Farag Ali Amr Farag (; born 22 April 1992) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He is the 2018–19, 2020–21 and 2021–22 World Champion, and is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Professional Squash Association (PSA). Education Farag ...

* Marwan ElShorbagy *

Ramy Ashour Ramy Mohamed Ashour (born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), known as Ramy Ashour (), is a retired professional squash player from Egypt, widely regarded as one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the youngest pla ...

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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 c ...

James Willstrop James Willstrop (born 15 August 1983) is an English professional squash player living in Yorkshire, England. He was born in North Walsham, Norfolk, England. Career Willstrop has a large build for a squash player, being and . He trains at P ...

Daryl Selby Daryl Selby (born 3 November 1982 in Harlow) is a former professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010. His sister is professional squash player Lauren Selby. He attende ...

Adrian Waller Adrian Waller (born 26 December 1989 in Enfield) is a professional squash player who represents England. Career Waller won British Junior National titles at various age categories before joining the PSA Tour. In 2017, he was part of the Engla ...

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Olli Tuominen Olli Tuominen (born 15 April 1979 in Helsinki) is a professional squash player who represented Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares la ...

* Matias Tuomi *

Miko Äijänen Miko Äijänen (born 18 July 1997 in Järvenpää Järvenpää (; sv, Träskända) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located on the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway track in Uusimaa region, some north of Helsinki. Neighbouring munici ...

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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 201 ...

Grégoire Marche Grégoire Marche (born 3 March 1990 in Valence, Drôme) is a professional squash player who represents France. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 14 in November 2019.Mathieu Castagnet Mathieu Castagnet (born 14 November 1986 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime) is a professional squash player who represented France. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2016. He reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 2 ...

Lucas Serme Lucas Serme (born 25 February 1992 in Créteil) is a professional squash player who represented France. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 32 in October 2018. He married Czech squash player Anna Klimundová, now known as Anna Se ...

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Simon Rösner Simon Rösner (born 5 November 1987 in Würzburg) is a German former professional squash player. He broke the Top 10 in the PSA World Rankings for the first time in November 2014, going on to become the highest-ranked male German player of all ...

* Raphael Kandra *

Valentin Rapp Valentin Rapp (born 16 September 1992 in Tettnang) is a German professional squash player. As of February 2021, he was ranked number 131 in the world ''In the World'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1969 and ...

* Rudi Rohrmüller ;

Max Lee Max Lee (born January 9, 1988, in Hong Kong) is a professional squash player who represents Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kon ...

Leo Au Leo Au (born Au Chun Ming; February 1, 1990 in Hong Kong) is a retired professional squash (sport), squash player who represented Hong Kong. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 20 in July 2018. On 5 May 2015, fourth seed Leo ...

* Yip Tsz Fung * Tang Ming Hong ;

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Saurav Ghosal Saurav Ghosal (born 10 August 1986, in Kolkata, West Bengal) is a professional squash player from India and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in April 2019. He completed his schooling at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy in Kolkat ...

Harinder Pal Sandhu Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (born 31 March 1989 in Chandigarh), known as Harinder Pal Sandhu, is an Indian professional squash (sport), squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 47 in April 2018. He was a part of the Ind ...

* Vikram Malhotra *

Mahesh Mangaonkar Mahesh Mangaonkar (born 23 March 1994 in Mumbai) is a professional squash player who represented India. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 44 in January 2015. He won the prestigious British Junior Open Under-15 category in 2009 ...

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* Mohamed Hasan * Rasool Al-Sultani * Hasanain Dakheel * Husham Al-Saadi ;

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* Drian Byrne *

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* Chris Binnie * Bruce Burrowes * Lewis Walters * Dane Schwier ;

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* Mohamad Nafiizwan Adnan *

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* Mohammad Syafiq Kamal * Muhammad Addeen Idrakie ;

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* Evan Williams * Ben Grindrod ;

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* Farhan Zaman * Amaad Fareed * Muhammad Asim Khan * Shahjahan Khan ;

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* Alan Clyne * Greg Lobban * Douglas Kempsell * Kevin Moran (squash player), Kevin Moran ; South Africa men's national squash team, South Africa * Thoboki Mohohlo * Christo Potgieter * Rodney Durbach * Gary Wheadon ; Spain men's national squash team, Spain * Borja Golán * Carlos Cornes * Iker Pajares * Bernat Jaume ; Switzerland men's national squash team, Switzerland * Nicolas Mueller * Dimitri Steinmann * Reiko Peter * Roman Allinckx ; United States men's national squash team, United States * Chris Gordon (squash player), Chris Gordon * Chris Hanson (squash player), Chris Hanson * Todd Harrity * Faraz Khan ; Wales men's national squash team, Wales * Peter Creed * David Haley (squash player), David Haley * Joel Makin * Emyr Evans

Group stage