1967 Men's World Team Squash Championships

Men's World Team 1967
1st World Men's Team Championship
LocationSydney, Australia
Date9–15 August 1967
Results
Champions Australia
Runners-up Great Britain
Third place New Zealand

The 1967 Men's World Team Squash Championships was the inaugural edition of the tournament. It was held in Sydney, Australia, from 9 to 15 August 1967.[1][2]

Australia won the inaugural championships.[3] The defeated Great Britain in the round robin, which effectively sealed the gold medal.[4] Great Britain took silver from New Zealand by virtue of having a better winning games percentage.

Results

Team One Team Two Score
 Australia India3-0
 Great Britain South Africa2-1
 New Zealand South Africa2-1
 Australia Pakistan3-0
 Australia New Zealand3-0
 South Africa India3-0
 Great Britain India3-0
 Pakistan New Zealand2-1
 New Zealand India2-1
 South Africa Pakistan3-0
 Australia Great Britain3-0
 Great Britain Pakistan3-0
 Australia South Africa3-0
 New Zealand Great Britain2-1
 India Pakistan2-1
Pos Team Players P W L Pts
1 Australia(Geoff Hunt, Ken Hiscoe, Dick Carter, Cam Nancarrow)55010
2 Great Britain(Peter Stokes, Jonah Barrington, Mike Corby, David Brazier)5326
3 New Zealand(Charlie Waugh, Peter Dibley, Trevor Johnston, Don Burmeister)5326
4 South Africa(Dawie Botha, Doug Barrow, Graham Macdonald)5234
5 India(Anil Nayar, Sanjit Roy, Fali Madon, Dinshaw Firoze Pandole)5142
6 Pakistan(Muhammad Saleen, Khalid Azim Mir, Ala-Ud-Din)5142

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's World Team Championship 1967" (PDF). worldsquash.org). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  3. ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). The Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd Ltd. pp. 115–118. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
  4. ↑ "Squash victory". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 14 August 1967. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.