New Zealand upset 8th seeds Canada in the VDC Dental-Care WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship to ensure a last eight finish in the biennial World Squash Federation event for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n
The ninth seeds, who finished in 18th place in the 2014 championship in Namibia, are led by Jamie Oakley, the 18-year-old son of Kiwi squash legend Susan Devoy, the four-time world champion.<\/p>\n
Oakley put the underdogs into the lead when he beat Michael Mehl in straight games at Enjoy Squash in the Polish city of Bielsko-Bia\u0142a – but Canada struck back when Matthew Henderson overcame Kiwi Finn Trimble in a tense 49-minute battle which went the full distance.<\/p>\n
Scott Galloway clinched the decider for New Zealand by beating Rahul Sehrawat 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 to put his team through to the quarter-finals, where they will face favourites Egypt.<\/p>\n
Australia also claimed an unexpected place in the last eight after seeing off South Africa. The No.10 seeds, now guaranteed a top eight finish for the first time for 14 years, line up against second seeds and fellow former champions Pakistan for a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Hosts Poland celebrated their first ever win in the championship with a 2\/1 victory over Zimbabwe. The 20th seeds then went down to Switzerland, the No.14 seeds, and now face Argentina in the 17th-20th place play-offs.
RESULTS: VDC Dental-Care WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship, Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, Poland<\/p>\n
1st – 12th place play-offs:
[1] EGYPT bye<\/p>\n
[9] NEW ZEALAND bt [8] CANADA 2\/1
Jamie Oakley bt Michael Mehl 11-6, 13-11, 11-7 (36m)
Finn Trimble lost to Matthew Henderson 11-2, 13-15, 11-5, 11-13, 11-13 (49m)
Scott Galloway bt Rahul Sehrawat 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 (31m)<\/p>\n
[5] ENGLAND bt [11] HONG KONG CHINA 2\/0
Charlie Lee bt Ng Ka Yiu 11-8, 11-2, 11-7 (27m)
Adam Corcoran bt Harley Lam 11-8, 11-4, 11-2 (35m)<\/p>\n
[4] INDIA bye<\/p>\n
[3] FRANCE bye<\/p>\n
[6] USA bt [12] JORDAN 2\/1
Andrew Douglas lost to Mohammad Al Sarraj 4-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12 (61m)
Samuel Scherl bt Ibrahim Abdulaban 11-3, 12-10, 11-5 (27m)
Spencer Lovejoy bt Hamza Alzubaidi 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (38m)<\/p>\n
[10] AUSTRALIA bt [17] SOUTH AFRICA 2\/1
Alex Eustace bt Richard-John Kuhn 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 (40m)
Joseph White bt Adam Shean 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-9 (52m)
Alex Oswald lost to Callan Mackenzie Hall 7-11, 9-11 (18m)<\/p>\n
[2] PAKISTAN bye<\/p>\n
13th – 21st place play-offs:
[14] SWITZERLAND bye<\/p>\n
[21] POLAND bt [20] ZIMBABWE 2\/1
Maksymilian Wielgus bt Callum Lawton 11-9, 11-8, 11-9
Filip Jarota bt Nicholas Joughin 12-14, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-2
Mateusz Osojca lost to Luke Mannion 8-11, 9-11<\/p>\n
[18] ARGENTINA bye
[16] ISRAEL bye
[7] MALAYSIA bye
[13] GUATEMALA bye
[19] SPAIN bye
[15] GERMANY bye<\/p>\n
13th – 20th place play-offs:
[14] SWITZERLAND bt [21] POLAND 2\/1
Roman Allinckx bt Mateusz Osojca 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
Luca Zatti lost to Filip Jarota w\/o
Christoph Zust bt Mateusz Szewczyk 11-2, 11-7, 11-4<\/p>\n
[16] ISRAEL bt [18] ARGENTINA 2\/1
Nadav Raziel bt Juan Barreyro 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5
Yotam Peled lost to Matías Kupferberg 9-11, 7-11, 15-13, 11-7, 1-11
Ido Burstein bt Rodrigo Bonzo 11-5, 11-5, 11-5<\/p>\n
[7] MALAYSIA bt [13] GUATEMALA 2\/0
Eain Yow Ng bt Junior Enríquez Franco 11-0, 11-4, 11-4
Marcus Sim Wei Jie bt Roberto Urruela Bowen 11-2, 11-4, 11-3<\/p>\n
[19] SPAIN bt [15] GERMANY 2\/0
Nilo Vidal bt Tobias Weggen 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
Enrique Garcia bt Loïc Hennard 11-9, 15-13, 6-11, 5-11, 12-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Zealand upset 8th seeds Canada in the VDC Dental-Care WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship to ensure a last eight finish in the biennial World Squash Federation event for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[466,13269,17458,612],"class_list":["post-28308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-squash","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-squash-news","tag-vdc-dental-care-wsf-mens-world-junior-team-squash-championship","tag-world-squash-federation"],"yoast_head":"\n