Women s World Team Squash Championship cancelled due to COVID-19 Friday, 22 January 2021
The postponed Women s World Team Squash Championship in Malaysia has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Squash Federation (WSF) event had been due to take place in December before being delayed to this year as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Organisers and the WSF had been looking at rescheduling the competition for either March or April before deciding to call it off.
Discussions were also held regarding the possibility of staging the World Junior Squash Championships, which had been set to be held in Gold Coast but has now been cancelled, alongside the team event.
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.