Women’s Final : [1] Egypt 2-0 [2] USA
Amina Orfi 3-0 Caroline Fouts 11-3, 11-6, 11-4
Fayrouz Abouelkheir 3-0 Riya Navani 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
Nadien Elhammamy w/d Samantha Jaffe
Men’s Final : [1] Egypt 2-0 [4] Korea
Mohamed Zakaria 3-0 Joo Young Na 11-8, 11-9, 11-4
Marwan Asal 3-1 Kun Kim 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6
Marwan Abdelsalam w/d Jeong Uk Ryu
Double delight for Egypt as women and men win historic WSF World Junior Team Championships
Egypt enjoyed a perfect day in Houston as their women’s and men’s teams captured the 2024 WSF World Junior Team Championships, the first in squash history to feature the men’s and women’s events concurrently.
In the women’s final, the top seeds were once again devastating as Amina Orfi and Fayrouz Aboelkheir helped them win a staggering ninth consecutive title with victory over second seeds USA, while in the men’s final Mohamad Zakaria and Marwan Asal took down dark horses Republic of Korea as they won the title for the first time since 2016.
Egypt’s women’s coach Omneya Abdel Kawy said: “It feels great to get the titles in consecutive years. It’s a record for them and for me as a coach. We had the goal to do that and thanks to God it was mission accomplished!”
After watching their teammates win the women’s title, Egypt’s men were in similarly strong form against the first team from Republic of Korea ever to reach the final, taking their first title since 2018 when Marwan’s brother Mostafa was part of the squad that lifted the trophy in Chennai, India.
“I’m over the moon. As a coach, or player, it’s the first time I’ve won the trophy,” said Egypt coach Andrew Shoukry. “I’m thankful for everything and every moment that we had. It was a really tough week, in those early stages when lots of people were pointing at us saying ‘we’re not going to make it’ and ‘squash in Egypt has dropped’. But I had a feeling, deep inside, that we were going to make it,”
At the prize giving ceremony the medallists were joined by winners of the sportsmanship awards, given to athletes who had best exemplified the spirit of squash, with Brazil’s Laura Silva and Republic of Korea’s Joo Young Na winning the individual awards and Japan’s women and South Africa’s men winning the team awards.
Men’s Semis :
[4] Republic of Korea 2-0 [7] USA
Joo Young Na 3-0 Rustin Wiser 11-4, 11-3, 11-5
Jeong Uk Ryu 3-2 Alexander Dartnell 5-11, 11-8, 3-11, 12-10, 11-8
Kun Kim w/d Rishi Srivastava
[1] Egypt 2-0 [5] Colombia
Mohamad Zakaria 3-0 Juan Torres 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
Marwan Abdelsalam 3-0 Jose Santamaria 17-15, 11-8, 11-5
Marwan Assal w/d Juan Irisarri
Women’s Semis :
[1] Egypt 2-0 [5/6] Canada
Amina Orfi 3-0 Ocean Ma 11-9, 11-0, 11-2
Janna Swaify 3-0 Maria Min 11-5, 11-4, 11-8
Fayrouz Aboelkheir w/d Spring Ma
[2] USA 2-0 [4] Malaysia
Caroline Fouts 3-1 Thanusaa Uthrian 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4
Samantha Jaffe 3-0 Doyce Lee 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
Riya Navani w/d Whitney Wilson
Day Four : semi-finalists decided in Houston
A number of long-standing records fell on quarter-finals day at the 2024 WSF World Junior Team Championships at Houston Squash Club, USA – in the men’s event, Colombia and Republic of Korea reached the semi-finals for the first time, while in the women’s event Canada achieved a first semi-final since 1987.
Team USA also earned a national record medal haul, with the women’s and men’s teams guaranteed at least bronzes after quarter-final wins, to accompany the bronze medal won by Caroline Fouts in the individual event.
The women’s semis will feature the top three seeds Egypt, USA and Malaysia, with Canada joining them after victory over fourth seeds Hong Kong.
The men’s semis will see fourth seeds Korea take on the seventh-seeded hosts while favourites Egypt will meet fifth seeds Colombia.
Women’s Quarter-Finals :
[1] Egypt 2-0 [9/10] New Zealand
Nadien Elhammamy 3-0 Anabel Gemmell 11-6, 11-1, 11-0
Fayrouz Aboelkheir 3-0 Ella Lash 11-4, 11-3, 11-5
Janna Swaify w/d Ella Hill
[5/6] Canada 2-0 [4] Hong Kong
Spring Ma 3-0 Tsz Ching Cheung 11-7, 12-10, 11-4
Ocean Ma 3-0 Ena Kwong 11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10
Maria Min w/d Helen Tang
[3] Malaysia 2-1 [5/6] India
Whitney Wilson 3-0 Shameena Riaz 11-7, 11-3, 12-10
Thanusaa Uthrian 2-3 Anahat Singh 11-6, 13-15, 6-11, 11-5, 6-11
Doyce Lee 3-2 Nirupama Dubey 11-7, 7-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-3
[2] USA 3-0 [7/8] England
Riya Navani 3-0 Mariam Eissa 3-0: 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
Caroline Fouts 3-0 Amelie Haworth 11-2, 11-9, 11-4
Sam Jaffe 2-0 Emily Coulcher-Porter 11-9, 11-6
Men’s Quarter-Finals :
[7] USA 2-0 [13/16] South Africa
Rishi Srivastava 3-0 Connor Earl 11-5, 11-3, 11-4
Zane Patel 3-1 Luhann Groenewald 3-1: 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9
Alexander Dartnell w/d Devon Osborne
[4] Republic of Korea 2-1 [6] India
Seojin Oh 2-3 Yuvraj Wadhwani 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11
Joo Young Na 3-1 Shaurya Bawa 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6
Kun Kim 3-0 Arihant KS : 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
[5] Colombia 2-1 [3] Pakistan
Juan Irisarri 2-3 Abdullah Nawaz 8-11, 12-10, 11-9, 3-11, 7-11
Juan Torres 3-1 Hamza Khan 11-13, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3
Jose Santamaria 3-1 Muhammad Ammad 4-11 14-12 11-8 12-10
[1] Egypt 2-0 [8] England
Marwan Assal 3-1 Yusuf Sheikh 13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
Mohamad Zakaria 3-0 AbdAllah Eissa 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
Marwan Abdelsalam w/d Bailey Malik
Last 16 matches :
South Africa 2-0 Hong Kong, USA 2-1 Japan, Korea 3-0 New Zealand, India 2-0 Canada, Colombia 2-0 Kuwait, Pakistan 2-0 Australia, England 2-0 France, Egypt 2-0 Malaysia
Day Three : Egypt recover as quarter-finalists are decided
Following the Day Two shock defeat of Egypt’s men’s team against South Africa (they failed to get their lineup in on time and decided to rest their #1 string), the top seeds found themselves up against second seeds Malaysia in a last sixteen matchup. They prevailed 2-0 to give the quarter-final lineup a strange look!
Live Scoring Teams Draws & Results Streaming & Replays
Men’s Pools : top two through to last 16 draw
A : Egypt, South Africa, Switzerland
B : Malaysia, Hong Kong, Spain
C : Pakistan, New Zealand, Germany
D : Korea, Australia, Philippines
E : Colombia, Canada, Guyana
F : India, Brazil, Kuwait
G : USA, France, Ireland
H : England, Japan, Macau, Taipei
Women’s Pools : top two through to quarter-finals
A : Egypt, England, France, Germany
B : USA, Japan, New Zealand, Colombia
C : Malaysia, Canada, Scotland, South Africa
D : Hong Kong, India, Australia, Brazil, Taipei
