The top eight seeds will contest the quarter-finals of the WSF Women’s World Junior Team Championship in Poland after predicted results in the final qualifying round of the biennial World Squash Federation event at the Hasta La Vista Club in the historic city of Wroclaw.

Canada made sure of an improvement on their ninth place finish in the previous championship in the USA in 2011 when they beat No10 seeds France in the final tie in Pool B.

But after Hollie Naughton put the seventh seeds ahead with an 11-7, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7 win over Lea van der Zwalmen, it was a courageous performance by 17-year-old Alyssa Mehta that saw the second string recover from 2/0 down to defeat French opponent Oceane Wadoux 7-11, 4-11, 14-12, 11-5, 11-4 to put the result beyond France’s reach.

Canada finished in second place in the pool, behind second seeds USA, 3/0 winners over Czech Republic.

Egypt, the favourites going for a record fourth title in a row, disappointed the local crowd with a 3/0 win over hosts Polandto top Pool A.

A close trans-Tasman showdown saw eighth seeds New Zealand edge out ninth seeds Australia 2/1 to take second place in the Pool – Kiwis Rebecca Barnett and Abbie Palmer clinching straight games wins after Jessica Turnbull put Australia ahead when she survived a close five-game marathon over 15-year-old Eleanor Epke.

RESULTS: WSF World Junior Team Championship, Wroclaw, Poland

Final qualifying round – Pool A (all ties played in team order 1, 2, 3):
[1] EGYPT bt [13/16] POLAND 3/0
Nour El Sherbini bt Natalia Ryfa 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
Mariam Ibrahim Metwally bt Klaudia Borek 11-4, 11-2, 11-4
Habiba Mohamed Ahmed Alymohmed bt Julia Chudzicka 11-1, 11-5, 11-5

[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [9] AUSTRALIA 2/1
Eleanor Epke lost to Jessica Turnbull 11-5, 10-12, 10-12, 12-10, 4-11
Rebecca Barnett bt Grace McErvale 11-3, 11-1, 11-3
Abbie Palmer bt Natalie Newton 11-3, 11-8, 11-7

Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 New Zealand, 3 Australia, 4 Poland

Pool B:
[2] USA bt [13/16] CZECH REPUBLIC 3/0
Olivia Fiechter bt Karolina Holinkova 11-2, 11-7, 11-2
Reeham Sedky bt Kristyna Alexova 11-3, 11-7, 11-5
Maria Elena Ubina bt Barbora Krejcova 11-4, 11-3, 11-5

[7] CANADA bt [10] FRANCE 3/0
Hollie Naughton bt Lea van der Zwalmen 11-7, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7
Alyssa Mehta bt Oceane Wadoux 7-11, 4-11, 14-12, 11-5, 11-4
Chloe Chemtob bt Laura Gamblin 13-11, 11-6, 15-13

Final positions: 1 USA, 2 Canada, 3 France, 4 Czech Republic

Pool C:
[3] ENGLAND bt [13/16] SOUTH AFRICA 3/0
Victoria Temple Murray bt Megan Page 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
Lucy Beecroft bt Kacey-Leigh Dodd 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
Lily Taylor bt Bianca Brown 11-7, 11-5, 11-2

[6] INDIA bt [11] JAPAN 3/0
Harshit Kaur Jawanda bt Risa Sugimoto 11-6, 11-3, 5-11, 11-4
Lakshya Ragavendran bt Satomi Watanabe 11-5, 11-7, 10-12, 14-12
Sachika Ingale bt Momoka Nakahira 11-9, 11-8, 11-4

Final positions: 1 England, 2 India, 3 South Africa, 4 Japan

Pool D:
[4] HONG KONG CHINA bt [13/16] GERMANY 3/0
Ho Ka Po bt Saskia Beinhard 11-1, 11-2, 11-1
Pansy Chan bt Ramona Bauer 11-5, 11-1, 11-1
Choi Uen Shan bt Mareike Omlor 11-4, 11-4, 11-8

[5] MALAYSIA bt [12] COLOMBIA 3/0
Vanessa Raj bt Laura Tovar Perez 13-15, 12-10, 11-7, 11-5
Celine Yeap bt Maria Paula Tovar 11-3, 11-2, 11-4
Sivasangari Subramaniam bt Natalia Londono 11-7, 11-4, 11-7

Final positions: 1 Hong Kong China, 2 Malaysia, 3 Germany, 4 Colombia

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] EGYPT v [7] CANADA
[4] HONG KONG CHINA v [6] INDIA
[3] ENGLAND v [5] MALAYSIA
[2] USA v [8] NEW ZEALAND

9th – 16th place play-offs:
[9] AUSTRALIA v [13/16] CZECH REPUBLIC
[13/16] GERMANY v [11] JAPAN
[13/16] SOUTH AFRICA v [12] COLOMBIA
[10] FRANCE v [13/16] POLAND

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