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Women's World Junior Team Championships 2005
27-31 July, Herentals, Belgium      Individuals

Team Event, 27-31 July
  

31-Jul:
Hong Kong take the title from Egypt
Quick reports by Steve Cubbins
  
Second seeds Hong Kong stunned defending champions Egypt in the final in Herentals with a 2-1 victory to give them their first Junior Women's Team title.

Chiu Ka Kei ...In the first match on court Joey Chan recovered from 2-8 down in first game against individual semi-finalist Sara Badr to take it 10-9, then came back from 0-6 in the second and took the third 9/0 to give Hong Kong an unexpected lead.

Individual champion Raneem El Weleily levelled the match with a 9/3, 9/3, 9/0 victory over over Annie Au to set up the decider.

Chiu Ka Kei, a 9/16 seed in the individual event, faced Egypt's Lina El Tannir, the 5/8 seed who had suffered a shock defeat in the second round. The Hong Kong girl took the first game 10/8, but fell behind as El Tannir rallied to take the next two 9/5, 9/6. But the final act saw Ka Kei claim the last two games 9/4, 9/3 to give Hong Kong a historic victory.



England claimed third place with a 2/1 win over the USA.

Full Results       

30-Jul:
Top seeds to contest the final

Top seeds Egypt and Hong Kong will contest the final of the World Junior Team championships in Herentals.

Egypt, the defending champions, cruised past England 3-0, while Hong Kong beat the USA 2-1.


29-Jul:
Egypt and Hong Kong Cruise,
England and USA recover pride
 
While top seeds Egypt and Hong Kong sailed through to the semi-finals of the Women's World Junior Team Championships in Belgium, England and the USA restored some pride lost earlier in the competition.

Top seeds and defending champions Egypt, led by individual champion Raneem El Weleily, beat Australia 3/0, a score repeated by second seeds Hong Kong against New Zealand.

England, having failed to get a single player through to the last 16 of the individuals for the first time, found themselves unexpectedly in the first round of the 1-12 playoffs, where they crushed Germany 3-0. The 2001 champions thus advanced to the quarter-finals to take on Canada, whose unexpected group win over fourth seeds USA had taken them into the quarter-finals. England won 2-1 to move into the semi-finals against Egypt.

Meanwhile the USA, stunned by their loss against Canada, beat France in the morning's first round and followed it up with a win over Malaysia, who were elevated to third seeds following their fine performances in the individual competition, to set up a semi-final against Hong Kong.




Detailed results

28-Jul:
Top three through to the quarters
as Canada upset neighbours USA
 
After two days of action in the pool stages, the scene is set for the knockout stage of the World Junior Team Championships.

Top seeds Egypt, Hong and Malaysia eased through their groups, although Malaysia recorded two 2/1 victories compared to the top two's clean sweep of  3/0s.

There was an upset in pool D, as Canada, who had dropped to 9th seeds after the individual event, beat neighbours USA 2-1 to clinch a quarter-final place.

"We were extremely well prepared for this match and confident we could win," said Canadian coach Jessica DiMauro. "The girls were very focused and played so well.

"We feel we can be a serious challenger to Germany or England in our next match."
 


Play-offs 1-12




 


Play-offs 13-20


Lily Lorentzen beats Annie Au ... in vain for the USA ...
 


Final Positions:

1. Hong Kong, 2. Egypt
3. England, 4. USA
5. Malaysia, 6. Canada
7. New Zealand, 8. Australia
9. France, 10. South Africa
11. Wales, 12. Germany
13. Netherlands, 14. Mexico
15. Japan, 16. Scotland
17. Belgium, 18. Switzerland
19. Ireland, 20. Finland

Full Play-off Results

Full Scores stage 2 (Excel)
Full Scores stage 1
(Excel)

Raneem El Weleily beats Rachael Willmott ... South African Voodoo ...
FINAL          
Egypt v Hong Kong Games Matches 1  2
Sara Badr   Joey Chan 9/10, 6/9, 0/9  0-3  
Raneem El Weleily   Annie Au 9/3, 9/3, 9/0  3-0  
Lina El Tannir   Chiu Ka Kei 8/10, 9/5, 9/6, 4/9, 3/9  2-3  
           
Full play-off results      
           
Semi Finals          
Egypt v England Games Matches 3  0
Raneem El Weleily   Rachel Wilmott 9/3, 9/1, 9/3  3-0  
Sara Badr   Fiona Moverley 9/4, 9/1, 9/2  3-0  
Lina El Tannir   Susie King 9/6, 9/4  2-0  
USA v Hong Kong Games Matches 1   2
Lily Lorentzen   Annie Au 9/2, 9/6, 9/1 3-0  
Kristen Lange   Joey Chan 3/9, 4/9, 0/9 0-3  
Amanda Siebert   Chiu Ka Kei 8/10, 2/9, 0/9 0-3  
 
QUARTER-FINALS          
Egypt v Australia Games Matches 3  0
Raneem El Weleily   Jessica Gillett 9/0 9/1 9/4  3-0  
Lina El Tannir   Larissa Huffer 9/6 9/4 9/2  3-0  
Sara Badr   Samantha Davies 10/8 9/0  2-0  
         
Hong Kong v New Zealand Games Matches 3  0
Annie Au   Kerry Wickett 9/0 9/2 9/1  3-0  
Chiu Ka Kei   Amanda Cranston 9/1 9/4 9/1  3-0  
Joey Chan   Jackie Laurenson 9/1 9/5  2-0  
         
Malaysia v USA Games Matches 1  2
Sally Looy   Lily Lorentzen 4/9 7/9 0/9  0-3  
Nabilla Ariffin   Emery Maine 9/2 9/1 9/3  3-0  
Low Wee Wern   Kristen Lange 4/9 7/9 9/3 9/4 6/9  2-3  
         
Canada v England Games Matches 1  2
Ashley Clackson   Rachel Wilmott 10/8 9/5 3/9 9/5  3-1  
Stephanie Edmison   Suzannah King 7/9 3/9 1/9  0-3  
Neha Kumar   Fiona Moverley 3/9 1/9 9/6 3/9  1-3  
 
Places 1-12, first round      
New Zealand v Wales Games Matches 2  1
Joelle King   Jessica Bevan 9/6 9/0 9/5  3-0  
Jackie Laurenson   Natalie Pritchard 5/9 6/9 2/9  0-3  
Kerry Wickett   Gemma Davies 9/3 9/2 10/8  3-0  
           
Australia v South-Africa Games Matches 2  1
Vanessa Pickerd   Tenille Swartz 0/9 2/9 4/9  0-3  
Larissa Huffer   Kathryn Blake 10/8 9/1 9/0  3-0  
Jessica Gillett   Mary-Ann Boden 9/3 9/1 9/0  3-0  
           
England v Germany Games Matches 3  0
Rachel Wilmott   Pamela Hathway 9/6 10/8 9/0  3-0  
Suzannah King   Eve Rixen 9/7 9/2 9/5  3-0  
Fiona Moverley   Sandra Kruger 9/4 6/9 9/5  2-1  
           
USA v France Games Matches 2  1
Lily Lorentzen   Camille Serme 3/9 9/2 9/1 9/2  3-1  
Amanda Siebert   Marjory Fosse 5/6 9/6 9/3 9/5  3-1  
Kristen Lange   Soraya Renai 6/9 4/9  0-2