World Junior Squash Championships

The World Junior Squash championships are the official junior tournament in the game of squash conducted by the World Squash Federation (WSF).[1] Entry is open to individuals aged 19 and below.[2][3] Since its inception the world juniors has been held biennially with the junior men (individual and team) held one year, junior women (individual and team) the following year.[4][5] The men's team event was held unofficially from 1973 to 1979.[6] The individuals event (for both men's and women's) are held annually starting from 2009 while the team event remains biennial.[4][5]

World Junior Open
Details
Event name	World Junior Squash Championships
Website wsfworldjuniors.com
Men's PSA World Tour
Most recent champion(s)	Mostafa Asal
Current	2019 Men's World Junior Squash Championships
Women's PSA World Tour
Most recent champion(s)	Hania El Hammamy
Current	2019 Women's World Junior Squash Championships

Squash
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Men's championship

Jansher Khan won World Junior Individual title in Brisbane 1986. He was only player in the history of squash world who was also World Open Champion same year.

Chris Dittmar was the runner-up for the individual championship in 1980 and 1982.

Individual

Year	Place	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final
1980	Kungälv	AUS	Peter Nance	AUS	Chris Dittmar	6–9, 9–7, 9–2, 9–6
1982	Kuala Lumpur	PAK	Sohail Qaiser	AUS	Chris Dittmar	3–9, 10–8, 9–4, 9–3
1984	Calgary	AUS	Chris Robertson	ENG	David Lloyd	9–0, 9–5, 9–0
1986	Brisbane	PAK	Jansher Khan	AUS	Rodney Eyles	9–3, 9–0, 9–2
1988	Edinburgh	ENG	Del Harris	AUS	Anthony Hill	9–6, 5–9, 7–9, 9–7, 9–2
1990	Paderborn	ENG	Simon Parke	ENG	David Campion	9–7, 9–4, 9–1
1992	Hong Kong	FIN	Juha Raumolin	CAN	Jonathon Power	5–9, 9–3, 9–7, 9–2
1994	Christchurch	EGY	Ahmed Barada	EGY	Omar El Borolossy	9–0, 7–9, 3–9, 9–3, 9–2
1996	Cairo	EGY	Ahmed Faizy	AUS	Stewart Boswell	9–6, 3–9, 9–7, 9–6
1998	Princeton	MAS	Ong Beng Hee	EGY	Wael El Hindi	7–9, 9–5, 9–0, 9–5
2000	Milan	EGY	Karim Darwish	FRA	Grégory Gaultier	9–1, 9–3, 9–7
2002	Chennai	ENG	James Willstrop	ENG	Peter Barker	9–0, 9–3, 9–1
2004	Islamabad	EGY	Ramy Ashour	PAK	Yasir Butt	9–5, 10–8, 9–3
2006	Palmerston North	EGY	Ramy Ashour	EGY	Omar Mosaad	9–1, 9–3, 9–1
2008	Zürich	EGY	Mohamed El Shorbagy	PAK	Aamir Atlas Khan	2–9, 9–3, 10–8, 9–4
2009	Chennai	EGY	Mohamed El Shorbagy	MAS	Ivan Yuen	11–9, 12–10, 11–2
2010	Quito	EGY	Amr Khaled Khalifa	EGY	Ali Farag	8–11, 11–9, 12–10, 11–7
2011	Herentals	EGY	Marwan El Shorbagy	EGY	Mohamed Abouelghar	11–6, 11–6, 11–8
2012	Doha	EGY	Marwan El Shorbagy	EGY	Mohamed Abouelghar	11–9, 7–11, 11–7, 11–8
2013	Wrocław	EGY	Karim El Hammamy	EGY	Fares Dessouky	11–8, 11–6, 6–11, 13–11
2014	Windhoek	PER	Diego Elías	EGY	Omar El Atmas	11–3, 11–2, 11–1
2015	Eindhoven[7]	PER	Diego Elías	EGY	Youssef Soliman	11–6, 11–9, 11–8
2016	Bielsko-Biała	MAS	Eain Yow Ng	EGY	Saadeldin Abouaish	11–3, 9–11 11–7, 11–5
2017	Tauranga	EGY	Marwan Tarek	FRA	Victor Crouin	11–9, 3–11, 11–6, 3–11, 11–2
2018	Chennai	EGY	Mostafa Asal	EGY	Marwan Tarek	11–7, 13–11, 11–4
2019	Kuala Lumpur	EGY	Mostafa Asal	EGY	Moustafa El Sirty	12–10, 11–3, 11–6
2020	Gold Coast	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[8]

Team

The team event was started unofficially in April 1973 to coincide with the British Junior Open tournament which was held annually in Britain. Only four countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Sweden) took part in the event which was held at the courts of the National Westminster Bank Sports Ground in South London, playing for a shield presented by the bank.[6]

The official men's world team championship tournament has been held since 1980. It has been won by 4 countries. The record number of countries participating in a single men's team tournament is 31, in the 2000 and the 2008 tournament held in Milan, Italy and Zürich, Switzerland respectively.[6]

*	Unofficial championship^[a]

Year	Winner	Score in final	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1973	England	–	Sweden	Wales	Scotland
1974	England	–	South Africa	Scotland	Wales
1975	England	–	Egypt	Scotland	Wales
1976	England	–	Sweden	Scotland	Wales
1977	England	–	Sweden	Ireland	Wales
1978	Australia	–	Sweden	England	Pakistan
1979	Pakistan	–	England	Canada	Sweden
1980	Australia (1)	2–1	Pakistan (1)	New Zealand (1)	England (1)
1982	Pakistan (1)	2–1	Australia (1)	England (1)	New Zealand (1)
1984	Australia (2)	2–1	England (1)	Pakistan (1)	Canada (1)
1986	Australia (3)	3–0	England (2)	Pakistan (2)	Canada (2)
1988	Australia (4)	2–1	Pakistan (2)	England (2)	New Zealand (2)
1990	England (1)	2–1	Australia (2)	Pakistan (3)	Finland (1)
1992	Australia (5)	2–1	England (3)	Canada (1)	Egypt (1)
1994	Egypt (1)	3–0	England (4)	Finland (1)	Australia (1)
1996	England (2)	2–1	Egypt (1)	Pakistan (4)	Switzerland (1)
1998	England (3)	2–1	Egypt (2)	Pakistan (5)	France (1)
2000	England (4)	2–1	Egypt (3)	Pakistan (6)	France (2)
2002	Pakistan (2)	2–1	England (5)	Egypt (1)	Australia (2)
2004	Pakistan (3)	2–1	Egypt (4)	England (3)	Kuwait (1)
2006	Egypt (2)	2–1	Pakistan (3)	Malaysia (1)	England (2)
2008	Pakistan (4)	2–0	Egypt (5)	England (4)	India (1)
2010	Egypt (3)	2–1	Pakistan (4)	Canada (2)	England (3)
2012	Egypt (4)	2–0	Pakistan (5)	India (1)	England (4)
2014	Egypt (5)	2–0	Pakistan (6)	Spain (1)	Malaysia (1)
2016	Pakistan (5)	2–1	Egypt (6)	England (5) /  United States (1)
2018	Egypt (6)	2–0	England (6)	Czech Republic (1) /  United States (2)
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[9]

Women's championship

Nicol David is the first squash player to have won the individual World Junior title twice (1999 and 2001).

Nour El Sherbini holds the record with three world titles, including the youngest world junior champion at the age of 13.

Individual

The women's individual championship is the WSA Junior Tier 1 tournament and players who compete in the tournament will be awarded ranking points for the official "Rising Stars" rankings.[10]

Year	Venue	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final
1981	Ottawa	ENG	Lisa Opie	ENG	Martine Le Moignan	9–4, 9–6, 10–8
1983	Perth	AUS	Robyn Friday	AUS	Helen Paradeiser	10–8, 9–2, 9–3
1985	Dublin	ENG	Lucy Soutter	AUS	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	9–1, 9–1, 9–6
1987	Brighton	AUS	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	ENG	Donna Vardy	9–0, 9–6, 9–0
1989	Hamilton	ENG	Donna Vardy	NZL	Lynora Hati	9–2, 9–1, 9–3
1991	Bergen	ENG	Cassie Jackman	GER	Sabine Schöne	9–1, 4–9, 9–6, 6–9, 9–0
1993	Kuala Lumpur	AUS	Rachael Grinham	NZL	Sarah Cook	9–6, 5–9, 9–5, 9–1
1995	Sydney	NZL	Jade Wilson	AUS	Rachael Grinham	9–3, 9–4, 9–7
1997	Rio de Janeiro	ENG	Tania Bailey	FRA	Isabelle Stoehr	9–6, 9–1, 9–7
1999	Antwerp	MAS	Nicol David	MAS	Leong Siu Lynn	9–5, 9–3, 9–2
2001	Penang	MAS	Nicol David	EGY	Omneya Abdel Kawy	9–2, 9–4, 9–2
2003	Cairo	EGY	Omneya Abdel Kawy	EGY	Amnah El Trabolsy	9–0, 9–6, 9–4
2005	Herentals	EGY	Raneem El Weleily	IND	Joshna Chinappa	9–3, 9–4, 10–8
2007	Hong Kong	EGY	Raneem El Weleily	FRA	Camille Serme	9–2, 9–4, 5–9, 9–3
2009	Chennai	EGY	Nour El Sherbini	EGY	Nour El Tayeb	5–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–5
2010	Cologne	USA	Amanda Sobhy	EGY	Nour El Tayeb	3–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–7
2011	Boston	EGY	Nour El Tayeb	EGY	Nour El Sherbini	11–5, 3–11, 11–7, 11–8
2012	Doha	EGY	Nour El Sherbini	EGY	Yathreb Adel	10–12, 11–9, 11–5, 11–2
2013	Wrocław	EGY	Nour El Sherbini	EGY	Mariam Metwally	11–7, 16–14, 11–8
2014	Windhoek	EGY	Habiba Mohamed	EGY	Nouran Gohar	6–11, 11–2, 11–7, 11–6
2015	Eindhoven	EGY	Nouran Gohar	EGY	Habiba Mohamed	11–6, 7–11, 11–7, 17–15
2016	Bielsko-Biała	EGY	Nouran Gohar	EGY	Rowan Elaraby	11–5, 11–6, 11–7
2017	Tauranga	EGY	Rowan Elaraby	EGY	Hania El Hammamy	11–7, 11–9, 11–8
2018	Chennai	EGY	Rowan Elaraby	EGY	Hania El Hammamy	11–4, 11–9, 10–12, 11–9
2019	Kuala Lumpur	EGY	Hania El Hammamy	EGY	Jana Shiha	11–9, 11–6, 11–8
2020	Gold Coast	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[11]

Team

Official women's world team championship tournaments has been held between 1985 and now. It has been won by 4 different countries. The record number of countries participating in a single tournament is 20, in the 2005 tournament held in Herentals, Belgium.[12]

Year	Winner	Score in final	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1985	Australia (1)	2–1	England (1)	New Zealand (1)	Scotland (1)
1987	England (1)	2–1	Australia (1)	New Zealand (2)	Canada (1)
1989	England (2)	–	Australia (2)	West Germany (1)	New Zealand (1)
1991	England (3)	3–0	Australia (3)	West Germany (2)	New Zealand (2)
1993	Australia (2)	2–1	New Zealand (1)	Egypt (1)	England (1)
1995	Australia (3)	2–1	England (2)	New Zealand (3)	Germany (1)
1997	England (4)	2–1	New Zealand (2)	Malaysia (1)	Belgium (1)
1999	Egypt (1)	2–1	England (3)	Malaysia (2)	Australia (1)
2001	England (5)	2–1	Malaysia (1)	Egypt (2)	United States (1)
2003	Egypt (2)	3–0	Australia (4)	England (1)	India (1)
2005	Hong Kong (1)	2–1	Egypt (2)	England (3)	United States (2)
2007	Egypt (3)	2–0	Malaysia (2)	New Zealand (4)	Hong Kong (1)
2009	Egypt (4)	2–0	Hong Kong (1)	India (1)	United States (3)
2011	Egypt (5)	2–1	United States (1)	Hong Kong (1)	India (3)
2013	Egypt (6)	2–0	United States (2)	Hong Kong (2)	England (2)
2015	Egypt (7)	2–0	United States (3)	England (4) /  Malaysia (3)
2017	Egypt (8)	2–0	Malaysia (3)	England (5) /  Hong Kong (4)
2019	Egypt (9)	2–0	Malaysia (4)	England (6) /  Hong Kong (5)

Statistics

Titles by country (Men)

Individual 14   Egypt 3   England 2   Australia 2   Malaysia 2   Pakistan 2   Peru 1   Finland

Team 6  Egypt 5  Australia 5  Pakistan 4  England

Titles by country (Women)

Individual 13   Egypt 5   England 3   Australia 2   Malaysia 1   New Zealand 1   United States

Team 9  Egypt 5  England 3  Australia 1  Hong Kong

See also

• World Junior Squash Circuit
• World Team Squash Championships
• World Open
• British Junior Open Squash

Notes

• ^a The men's team event was held unofficially from 1973 to 1979.

References

1. "Dipika Pallikal & Mohamed El Shorbagy Are Top World Junior Seeds". SquashInfo. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
2. "World Junior Team Champs". Squashplayer.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
3. "Relegations: Hopes Squashed". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
4. "Schoolgirl stuns squash world". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
5. "Dipika Pallikal & Mohamed El Shorbagy Are Top World Junior Seeds". SquashInfo.com. June 26, 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
6. "World Junior Men's Championship" (PDF). WSF. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
7. http://www.squash.nl/news/94515/Wereld-Jeugd-Kampioenschappen-2015-toegewezen-aan-Nederland
8. "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
9. "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
10. "Rising Stars". WISPA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
11. "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
12. "World Junior Women's Championship" (PDF). WSF. Retrieved 7 March 2010.

External links

• World Junior Championship 2016 host official website (in English and Polish)
• 2010 World Junior Squash Championships official site (in Spanish)
• World Squash Federation official website