1985 Women's World Team Squash Championships

Women's World Team 1985
Women's World Team 1985
4th World Women's Team Championship
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Date	2 to 7 September 1985
Results
Champions	England
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Australia
	← 1983 1987 →

The 1985 Women's World Team Squash Championships (sponsored by 7 Up) were held in Dublin, Ireland from 2 to 7 September 1985.^[1]

The England team became the champions, defeating New Zealand 2-1.^[2]^[3]

Results

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First round

Pool 1

Team One	Team Two	Score
Australia	Canada	3-0
Australia	Zimbabwe	3-0
Canada	Zimbabwe	3-0

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Australia	Carin Clonda, Jan Miller, Diane Davis, Tracey Smith	2	2	0	4
2	Canada	Joyce Maycock, Diane Edge, Joanne Beckwith, Gail Pimm	2	1	1	2
3	Zimbabwe	S Bromhead, P Brown, W Loades	2	0	2	0

Pool 2

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Wales	3-0
England	Netherlands	3-0
England	Sweden	3-0
Netherlands	Wales	3-0
Netherlands	Sweden	3-0
Sweden	Wales	2-1

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	England	Martine Le Moignan, Lisa Opie, Alison Cumings, Lucy Soutter	3	3	0	6
2	Netherlands	Babette Hoogendoorn, Petra Zeevenhooven, Mariëtte Remijnse, Marjolein Houtsma	3	2	1	4
3	Sweden	Lena Fridén, Karin Due-Boje, Rene Mauritzon Susanne Nyberg	3	1	2	2
4	Wales	E Emmanuel, A Roberts, M Baxter, Sarah Fury	3	0	3	0

Pool 3

Team One	Team Two	Score
New Zealand	Scotland	3-0
New Zealand	Finland	3-0
New Zealand	West Germany	3-0
Scotland	Finland	3-0
Scotland	West Germany	3-0
Finland	West Germany	2-1

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	New Zealand	Susan Devoy, Robyn Blackwood, Donna Gurran, Jillian Oakley	3	3	0	6
2	Scotland	Heather Wallace, Alison Cruickshank, Audrey Cumberford, Shirley Brown	3	2	1	4
3	Finland	Tuula Myllyniemi, Katja Sauerwald, Nina Taimiaho, Mia Markkanen	3	1	2	2
4	West Germany	Barbara Hammerschmidt, Beate Müller, Eva Körschgen, I Daniel	3	0	3	0

Pool 4

Team One	Team Two	Score
Ireland	United States	3-0
Ireland	Hong Kong	3-0
United States	Hong Kong	3-0

Pos	Nation	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Ireland	Mary Byrne, Rebecca Best, Marjorie Burke, Barbara Lowans	2	2	0	4
2	United States	Karen Kelso, Nancy Gengler, Julie-Ann Harris, Nina Porter, Gail Ramsay	2	1	1	2
3	Hong Kong	Dawn Olsen, Julie Hawkes, T Brooke	2	0	2	0

Second round

Group A

Team One	Team Two	Score
New Zealand	Australia	3-0
New Zealand	Netherlands	2-1
New Zealand	United States	3-0
Australia	Netherlands	3-0
Australia	United States	3-0
United States	Netherlands	2-1

Pos	Nation	P	W	L	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	6
2	Australia	3	2	1	4
3	United States	3	1	2	2
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	0

Group B

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Ireland	3-0
England	Canada	2-1
England	Scotland	3-0
Ireland	Canada	2-1
Ireland	Scotland	2-1
Canada	Scotland	2-1

Pos	Nation	P	W	L	Pts
1	England	3	3	0	6
2	Ireland	3	2	1	4
3	Canada	3	1	2	2
4	Scotland	3	0	3	0

Semi finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Australia	3-0
New Zealand	Ireland	3-0

Third Place Play Off

Team One	Team Two	Score
Australia	Ireland	2-1

Final

England
2

FINAL
Dublin, Ireland
07 September 1985

New Zealand
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Martine Le Moignan Susan Devoy	9 3	1 9	2 9	8 10
2	Lucy Soutter Robyn Blackwood	9 5	9 7	9 2
3	Alison Cumings Donna Gurran	9 6	9 4	9 5

References

↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
↑ "Women's World Team Championship 1985" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
↑ "England into squash final". The Scotsman. 6 September 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 26 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Australian team for Dublin named". Trove.
↑ "Easy for Australia in squash defence". Canberra Times. Trove. 3 September 1985.

Preceded by

Australia
1983

Squash World Team
Ireland
1985

Succeeded by

New Zealand
1987

[1] "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[2] "Women's World Team Championship 1985" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.

[3] "England into squash final". The Scotsman. 6 September 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 26 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Australian team for Dublin named". Trove.

[5] "Easy for Australia in squash defence". Canberra Times. Trove. 3 September 1985.

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