The 2016 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2016
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 ...
, which serves as the individual world championship for
squash
Squash most often refers to:
* Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets
* Squash (plant), the fruit of vines of the genus ''Cucurbita''
Squash may also refer to: Sports
* Squash (professional wrestling), an extr ...
players. The event took place in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
,
Egypt
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from 27 October to 6 November 2016.
Karim Abdel Gawad
Karim Abdel Gawad (; born 30 July 1991) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He is a former world individual champion and world number 1 and a three-times world team champion.
Career
In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squas ...
won his first World Championship title, defeating
Ramy Ashour
Ramy Mohamed Ashour (; born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), is a retired professional squash player from Egypt. Widely considered as one of the greatest squash players of all time, having won three World titles in 2008, 2012 and 2014. He b ...
in the final.
Prize money and ranking points
For 2016, 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
*
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 ...
*
2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship
References
External links
PSA World Championship page
{{World championships in 2016
World Squash Championships
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Squash tournaments in Egypt
International sports competitions hosted by Egypt
2016 in Egyptian sport
Sports competitions in Cairo