Chinese Taipei To Make Debut
In Malaysia World Junior Championship
Chinese Taipei
are set to make their debut in the 2019 WSF Women's World Junior Team
Squash Championship in Malaysia in August.
Hosted by the Squash
Rackets Association of Malaysia (SRAM) for the third time since
1993, the biennial World Squash Federation event will take place
at the National Squash Centre in the capital Kuala Lumpur
from 5-9 August, following the WSF Men's & Women's World Junior
Individual Championships from 30 July to 4 August.
18 nations will be competing
in the 2019 team championships: Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei,
Egypt, England, France, Hong Kong China, India, Ireland, Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa,
Sweden, Switzerland and USA.
Eight-time champions
Egypt will defend the title they won for a sixth successive time in
2017 in New Zealand (jubilant 2017 Egypt squad pictured above), where
2019 hosts Malaysia recorded their best-ever finish as runners-up.
The Women's World Junior
Team Championship will be celebrating its 18th edition since the
inaugural event in Ireland in 1985 when Australia emerged as the
first champions.
"We are thrilled to be host
to these young teams at our superb National Centre facilities at Bukit
Jalil,"
said Maniam Singaraveloo, Director, SRAM.
"And obviously we look
forward to a strong finish from the home team."
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