15 of the top 20 players in the world will compete in the 2015 WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship in Egypt next month.
Initial squads for the 25th biennial World Squash Federation championship, which will take place at the Al Ahly Club in Cairo from 12-18 December, have been confirmed today.
The seedings for the Championship are due to be released on 30 November, while final squad orders are submitted on the eve of the event.
Defending champions England will be led by world #2 Nick Matthew, supported by Daryl Selby (#16), James Willstrop (#24) and event debutant Chris Simpson (#23).
Hosts Egypt, however, boast a formidable four-man squad comprising players from within the world top 12 – featuring world #2 Mohamed Elshorbagy, #3 Ramy Ashour, #6 Omar Mosaad and #12 Tarek Momen.
Former champions Australia will present a line-up including two world top 20 players – Cameron Pilley (#19) and Ryan Cuskelly (#20) – while twice runners-up France have a line-up including two world top ten players, Gregory Gaultier (#3) and Mathieu Castagnet (#8).
Kuwait have withdrawn from the event following the suspension of their National Olympic Committee by the IOC as the opportunity to compete under the WSF flag was declined.
| Country | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGENTINA | Robertino Pezzota | Leandro Romiglio | Rodrigo Pezzota | Gonzalo Miranda |
| AUSTRALIA | Ryan Cuskelly | Cameron Pilley | Rex Hedrick | Steven Finitsis |
| AUSTRIA | Aqeel Rehman | Jakob Dirnberger | Florian Mader | Daniel Haider |
| CANADA | Shawn Delierre | Nicholas Sachvie | Michael McCue | Albert Shoihet |
| COLOMBIA | Miguel Angel Rodriguez | Andrés Herrera | Erick Herrera | Edgar Ramirez |
| EGYPT | Mohamed Elshorbagy | Ramy Ashour | Omar Mosaad | Tarek Momen |
| ENGLAND | Nick Matthew | Daryl Selby | Chris Simpson | James Willstrop |
| FINLAND | Olli Tuominen | Henrik Mustonen | Jaakko Vahamaa | Miko Äijänen |
| FRANCE | Gregory Gaultier | Mathieu Castagnet | Gregoire Marche | Lucas Serme |
| GERMANY | Simon Rösner | Raphael Kandra | Jens Schoor | Rudi Rohrmuller |
| HONG KONG CHINA | Max Lee | Leo Au | Tsz Fung Yip | Chi Him Wong |
| INDIA | Saurav Ghosal | Mahesh Mangaonkar | Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | Kush Kumar |
| IRAQ | Rassol Alsultani | Mohammed Hasan | Husham Abdulkareem Sabeh | Faisal Assim |
| MALAYSIA | Nafiizwan Adnan | Ivan Yuen | Sanjay Singh Chal | Mohd Syafiq Kamal |
| MEXICO | Cesar Salazar | Arturo Salazar | Eric Galvez | Alfredo Avila |
| NEW ZEALAND | Paul Coll | Campbell Grayson | Martin Knight | Evan Williams |
| PAKISTAN | Nasir Iqbal | Farhan Zaman | Danish Atlas Khan | Tayyab Aslam |
| QATAR | Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi | Syed Azlan Amjad | Abdulrahman Al-Malki | Abdulwahab Al-Ishaq |
| REPUBLIC OF KOREA | JaeJin Yoo | Ko Youngjo | Jong Myoung Park | Han Dong Ryu |
| SCOTLAND | Alan Clyne | Greg Lobban | Kevin Moran | Rory Stewart |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Stephen Coppinger | Shaun le Roux | Clinton Leeuw | Thoboki Mohohlo |
| SWITZERLAND | Nicolas Müller | Reiko Peter | Benjamin Fischer | Patrick Miescher |
| USA | Christopher Gordon | Todd Harrity | Chris Hanson | Faraz Khan |
