World Squash Junior Team Championships
junior team squash world championships
The World Squash Junior Team Championships are the junior world team championships of squash conducted by World Squash. It is held biennially. The men's team event was held unofficially from 1973 to 1979.
Men's team
The team event was started unofficially in April 1973 to coincide with the British Junior Open tournament which was held annually in Britain. Only four countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Sweden) took part in the event which was held at the courts of the National Westminster Bank Sports Ground in South London, playing for a shield presented by the bank.
The official men's world team championship tournament has been held since 1980. It has been won by 4 countries. The record number of countries participating in a single men's team tournament is 31, in the 2000 and the 2008 tournament held in Milan, Italy and Zürich, Switzerland respectively.
Women's team
The official women's world team championship tournament has been held since 1985. It has been won by 4 different countries.
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