Egypt are expected to win the Hoe Hin White Flower Ointment
World Junior Women's Squash Championships next month in Hong
Kong according to the interim Team event seedings which are
announced today (Monday) by the World Squash Federation (WSF).
The 2007 Hoe Hin White Flower Ointment World
Junior Women's Squash Championships take place from 01-11
August, the team championship following the individual event.
Favourites to retain the title they won in
2003 for the second time, Egypt lost to Hong Kong in the 2005
final in Belgium.
Led by reigning world junior champion Raneem
El Weleily, Egypt are expected to face hosts Hong Kong - named
as second seeds - in the 2007 final.
New Zealand, who last made the top four in
1997, are the No3 seeds, while 2001 runners-up Malaysia are
named as fourth seeds.
England and Australia - nations with five
and three titles each, respectively, since the inaugural competition
in 1985 - are expected to finish outside the top four in Hong
Kong. England are seeded five, ahead of sixth-placed France,
seventh-placed USA and eight-placed Australia.
The full interim seeding list is:
[1] Egypt, [2] Hong Kong, [3] New Zealand,
[4] Malaysia, [5] England, [6] France, [7] USA, [8] Australia,
[9] Germany, [10] Canada, [11] Netherlands, [12] India, [13]
South Africa, [14] Switzerland, [15] Japan, [16] South Korea,
[17] Singapore, [18] Zimbabwe, and [19] China.
The final seedings will be confirmed on semi-finals
day of the Individual championship.
China, South Korea and Zimbabwe will make
their debuts in the 2007 Championships.
