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.
 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."
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Play-offs 1-12
Play-offs 13-20
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)
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Women's
World Junior Team Championships 2005
