The 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships was the women's edition of the 2022

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

, which serves as the world team championship for

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players. The event, held at the Madinaty Sports Club in

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, took place from 10 to 16 December 2022. The tournament was organised by the

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. The Egypt team won its fifth World Team Championships, beating the United States team in the final. England and Malaysia won bronze medals. Two teams made debuts at the championship, with Chinese Taipei and Ukraine appearing for the first time. After the tournament, Japan's

Satomi Watanabe is a Japanese professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of number 9 in the world during April 2025. Career Watanabe has won multiple junior and professional PSA tournaments and has represented Japan internationally. ...

was named Tournament MVP after winning all of her matches, while South Africa were named Team of the Tournament.

Participating teams

17 teams competed in these world championships from all of the five confederations:

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Squads

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* Alex Haydon *

Jessica Turnbull Jessica van der Walt, (née Turnbull (born 23 June 1995) is an Australian female squash player. She reached a career high ranking of 56 in the world during January 2024. Jessica was also part of the 2017 PSA World Tour. After marrying she pl ...

* Donna Lobban * Sarah Cardwell ;

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

* Nicole Bunyan *

Hollie Naughton Hollie Naughton (born October 21, 1994) is a Canadian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 16 in January 2022. In 2016, she won her first Canadian Nationals title. Career Naughton won a silver medal ...

* Nikki Todd *

Samantha Cornett Samantha Jean Lardner Cornett (born February 4, 1991) is a Canadian retired professional squash player. She is from Deep River, Ontario. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 23 in February 2018. She has won 4 Canadian National Ch ...

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Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

* Yi-Hsuan Lee *

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* Wei-Ting Huang * Yi-Chun Wu ;

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

* Nour El Sherbini *

Nour El Tayeb Nour El Tayeb (; born 8 March 1993) is a former professional squash player who represented Egypt. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3, in March 2018. Career The highlight of her junior career was reaching the final of the Wo ...

Nouran Gohar Nouran Ahmed Gohar (; born 30 September 1997) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. She is the 2023–24 world champion and a three-times world team champion. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in July 2020. Ca ...

* Hania El Hammamy ;

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* Jasmine Hutton * Lucy Turmel *

Sarah-Jane Perry Sarah-Jane Catherine Perry (born 15 May 1990) is a professional squash player who represents England and Great Britain. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in July 2020. Biography Perry was educated at Kenilworth School, ...

* Julianne Courtice ;

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

* Emilia Korhonen * Emilia Soini *

Riina Koskinen Riina Koskinen (born 17 April 1997) is a Finnish female professional squash player. During the 2018 PSA World Tour Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number) * One of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ...

* Maarit Ekholm-Mangaonkar ;

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

* Coline Aumard *

Énora Villard Énora Villard (born 27 October 1993 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French professional squash player. As of February 2022, she was ranked number 37 in the world. Career In 2018, she was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 ...

Mélissa Alves Mélissa Alves (born 29 December 1993) is a French professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of number 18 in the world during December 2024. Career In 2018, she was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at th ...

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Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

* Maya Weishar * Sharon Sinclair * Katerina Tycova * Saskia Beinhard ;

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

* Tomato Ho * Chan Sin Yuk *

Lee Ka Yi Lee Ka Yi (born 25 November 1993), is a Hong Kong professional squash player. As of December 2022, she was ranked number 43 in the world. Career She has competed in many professional PSA World Tour and PSA World Series tournaments. She was ch ...

* Tong Tsz Wing ;

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

* Akari Midorikawa * Erisa Sano Herring * Risa Sugimoto *

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Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

Aifa Azman Aifa Azman (born 18 December 2001) is a Malaysian professional squash player. In November 2022, she achieved her career-high ranking of World No. 21. She was ranked world No. 35, as of September 2024. Career Azman won the 2018 Malaysian Squ ...

Rachel Arnold Rachel Mae Arnold (born 16 April 1996) is a Malaysian squash player who represents Malaysia women's national squash team. She reached a career high ranking of number 17 in the world during December 2024. She is the youngest daughter of former ...

* Chan Yiwen * Yee Xin Ying ;

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Lisa Aitken Lisa Aitken (born 16 February 1990) is a professional squash player who represents Scotland. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 21 in December 2022. Career In March 2025, Aitken won her 7th PSA title after securing victory i ...

Georgia Adderley Georgia Adderley (born 8 January 2001) is a Scottish female professional squash player. She reached a career high PSA ranking of number 24 in the world during November 2024. Career Adderley reached her highest career singles ranking to dat ...

Alison Thomson Alison Thomson (born 3 May 1996 in Twickenham) is a Scottish professional squash player. She achieved a career-high ranking of 65 in September 2017. As of January 2020, she was ranked number 2 in Scotland and 73 in the world, and has competed in ...

* Katriona Allen ;

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* Hayley Ward * Lizelle Muller * Cheyna Wood ;

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Céline Walser Céline Walser (born 31 May 1998 in Liestal Liestal (, Standard ), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, south of Basel. Liestal is an industr ...

* Cindy Merlo * Ambre Allinckx *

Nadia Pfister Nadia Pfister (born 18 September 1995) is a Swiss professional squash player. Pfister reached a career high ranking of 58 in the world during February 2022. Career Pfister has represented Switzerland internationally at the European Squash T ...

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* Anastasiia Kostiukovay * Milena Velychko * Anastasiia Krykun * Daria Vlasenko ;

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Amanda Sobhy Amanda Sobhy (born June 29, 1993) is an American squash player. A five-time national champion, she was the first U.S.-born player to reach the top five in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. She reached a career-high world ...

Olivia Fiechter Olivia Weaver (née Fiechter; born 15 September 1995) is an American professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of number 4 in the world during May 2024. Career Weaver played at the junior level for Team USA as a teenager, ...

Olivia Clyne Olivia Clyne, (née Blatchford; born January 23, 1993) is a retired United States professional squash player. Career Blatchford's junior accomplishments included winning the British Junior Open Girls under-15 event in 2007. She competed in th ...

Sabrina Sobhy Sabrina Sobhy, (born December 30, 1996) is an American professional squash player who represents the United States. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in September 2023. Biography Sobhy is class of 2019 at Harvard Univers ...

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Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

Emily Whitlock Emily Whitlock, (born 15 February 1994) is a professional squash player who represents Wales. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in November 2017. Career Whitlock made solid progress up the world rankings, capturing thr ...

* Lowri Roberts * Stacey Gooding * Elin Harlow

Results

Group stage

Pool A ;10 December ;11 December ;12 December ;13 December Pool B ;10 December ;11 December ;12 December ;13 December Pool C ;10 December ;11 December ;12 December ;13 December Pool D ;10 December ;11 December ;12 December ;13 December

Quarter-finals

Semi finals

Final

Final standings

References

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