Coronavirus forces WSF to postpone World Junior Squash
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April 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The 2021 World Junior Squash Championships â originally scheduled to take place in August 2021 in Egypt â has been postponed due to the ongoing impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Besides boysâ individual events, girls individual and team championships were also scheduled. The World Junior Squash Championships is considered as the most prestigious squash tournament.
The decision has been made by the Word Squash Federation (WSF) Board of Directors following the recommendation of the WSF Junior Commission.
âWhilst we are naturally disappointed to postpone the World Junior, the situation surrounding international travel as well as health and safety issues made us postpone the tournament as that was a logical choice,â said WSF Chief Executive William Louis-Marie.
2020 WSF World Championship Events Cancelled
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The World Squash Federation (WSF) and the Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia (SRAM) regret to announce that the 2020 WSF Women’s World Team Squash Championship – which was originally scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur in December before being postponed until 2021 – has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, the WSF can confirm that the 2020 WSF World Junior Squash Championships – which had been postponed from its original dates on the Gold Coast in July, 2020 – will no longer go ahead.
The WSF had been working closely with SRAM to find alternative dates in March and April for the Women’s World Team Championship following the postponement from December, and the two organisations were also in discussions to hold the postponed World Junior Championships alongside the team championships.