{"id":5613,"date":"2025-11-05T21:32:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=5613"},"modified":"2025-11-05T21:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:32:30","slug":"egypt-and-malaysia-spearhead-squash-world-cup-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/egypt-and-malaysia-spearhead-squash-world-cup-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt and Malaysia spearhead Squash World Cup cast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defending champions Egypt and losing finalists Malaysia will once again spearhead the 12-team Squash World Cup in Chennai from December 9-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All five of World Squash&#8217;s Continental Federations will be represented at this year&#8217;s Squash World Cup, a mixed-gender competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the last edition, in 2023, Egypt claimed the title in an exciting come-from-behind victory against Malaysia<strong><u> <\/u><\/strong>in&nbsp;front of a sell-out crowd at Express Avenue Mall, in Chennaio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosts India, the losing semi-finalists two years ago will join Malaysia, Iran, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong China as the Asian representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa will be represented by Egypt and South Africa while Europe by Poland and Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oceania will be represented by Australia and Panamericana by Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will see squads of two men and two women playing ties of four matches against each other, with each match being best-of-five games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was relaunched in 2023, with a number of innovative changes brought in, including scoring games to seven and sudden death tiebreaks when scores are at 6-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This format will remain place for the fifth edition of the Squash World Cup, with fans praising the fast-paced nature of the scoring and the equal balance between male and female players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025 Squash World Cup Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oceania: <\/strong>Australia<br><strong>Pan America: <\/strong>Brazil<br><strong>Africa: <\/strong>Egypt, South Africa<br><strong>Asia: <\/strong>Hong Kong China, India, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Korea<br><strong>Europe: <\/strong>Poland, Switzerland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champions Egypt and losing finalists Malaysia will once again spearhead the 12-team Squash World Cup in 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