India seeded 8th in Men's World Team Squash Championships

The Indian men’s squash team will depart tonight for the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship to be held in Mulhouse, France from 9-15 June 2013.

The 24th WSF Men’s World Team Championship is being hosted hosted by the Fédération Française de Squash. Teams from 31 nations – with representation from all five continents in the top sixteen alone – will contest the biennial championships which will be held in France for the first time in the event’s 46-year history.

The India team led by national champion Saurav Ghosal has been seeded 8th. The other members of the team are Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar & Ramit Tandon. Cyrus Poncha and Gautam Das will accompany the squad.

Defending champions Egypt are seeded to retain the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship title after a projected final meeting with former champions England, in what would be a repeat of the 2011 final.

The Indian team finished in 7th position in the 2011 event.

“We are certainly confident of doing better this year, we have a great mix of experience and youth in our squad”, said national coach Cyrus Poncha.

The full pool line-up is as follows (with seeding in brackets):Pool A: [1] Egypt, [16] Scotland, [17/20] Kuwait, [29/32] KenyaPool B: [2] England, [15] Canada, [17/20] Colombia, [29/32] NamibiaPool C: [3] France, [14] Pakistan, [17/20] Netherlands, [29/32] RussiaPool D: [4] Australia, [13] Mexico, [17/20] SwitzerlandPool E: [5] Malaysia, [12] New Zealand, [21/24] Botswana, [25/28] PolandPool F: [6] Germany, [11] USA, [21/24] Ireland, [25/28] Czech RepublicPool G: [7] South Africa, [10] Hong Kong China, [21/24] Austria, [25/28] JapanPool H: [8] India, [9] Finland, [21/24] Argentina, [25/28] Venezuela

India’s schedule is:9 June – Against Argentina at 18.30 (French Time)10 June – Against Finland at 15.00 (French Time)11 June – Against Venezuela at 15.00 (French Time)12 June onwards – Knock Out stage (schedule will be intimated earlier).