Second seeds Pakistan upset favourites and defending champions England 2-1 in today's (Saturday) final of the Men's World Junior Team Squash Championships in India to lift the title for first time since 1982.

The dramatic climax at the Tamil Nadu Squash Academy in Chennai ended
England's unbroken reign as world junior champions since 1996 - and also
marked the country's second world title loss in less than 24 hours following
the dethronement in Belgium of Peter Nicol as World Open champion.

England took a swift lead in the final when team No1 James Willstrop, the
newly-crowned world individual champion from Yorkshire playing his 13th match in ten days, quickly saw off Pakistan's Khayal Muhammad for the loss of only three points! The remarkable 6' 5" teenager - head and shoulders over all his opposition in all respects - has failed to drop a game throughout both the individual and team event.

English No3 Jon Harford, with a strapped right thigh, started slowly against
Khalid Atlas. But the slow start saw Khan win the first quite game easily,
then the match 9-4 9-7 9-5 to level the tie. "The leg was not a contributory
problem, Jon was just too tense and made mistakes at vital points," said
England coach David Campion.

The deciding match pitched England's Peter Barker, runner-up to Willstrop in
the individual final, against the Pakistan No2 Majid Khan, loser to Barker in
straight games in the semi-finals.

Khan easily dominated, then won, the first game as Barker seemed to be
feeling his way back into a tough match. The lead gave the Pakistani huge
confidence while Barker became increasingly irritable, later losing the
second 9-3. The third game was much tighter and Barker fought well but Khan
was now inspired and unstoppable, playing some delightful attacking shots.
Barker led at 7-6 but Khan claimed two more winners and, on his second match ball, sealed an emotional 9-2 9-3 9-7 victory for a 2-1 Pakistan win.
Pandemonium ensued as all the Pakistan camp surged onto court.

Fittingly, Pakistan's World Squash Federation (WSF) President Jahangir Khan
handed over the medals and trophy to an ecstatic Pakistan team - and a very
sombre England.

Fourth seeds Egypt beat Australia 2-1 in a seedings upset in the play-off for
third place, while hosts India finished a marvellous 5th - ten places higher
than their best ever finish in 1992. USA beat Canada 2-1 to finish in a
best-ever 7th place.

RESULTS: Men's World Junior Team Squash Championships, Chennai, India

Final:
[2]Pakistan bt [1]England 2-1 (Khayal Muhammad lost to James Willstrop 2-9,
0-9, 1-9; Khalid Atlas bt Jon Harford 9-4, 9-7, 9-5; Majid Khan bt Peter
Barker 9-2, 9-3, 9-7)
3rd place play-off:
[4]Egypt bt [3]Australia 2-1 (Moustafa Essam bt Jhie Gough 9-3, 9-6, 9-1;
Sherif Moustafa Kamal lost to Luke Margan 2-9, 9-2, 6-9, 6-9; Ahmed Mohsen
Hassan bt Aaron Frankcomb 6-9, 9-1, 9-7, 9-6)
5th place play-off:
[5]India bt [6]Mexico 3-0 (Siddarth Suchde bt Jose Becerril 10-8, 9-0, 9-1;
Gaurav Nandrajog bt Gibran Ruiz 4-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-8; Saurav Ghosal bt Manuel
Fregoso 9-5, 2-9, 9-7, 9-0)
7th place play-off:
[10]USA bt [9]Canada 2-1 (Julian Illingworth bt Matthew Serediak 9-5, 9-0,
9-2; Nicholas Chirls lost to Robin Clarke 9-1, 7-9, 1-9, 7-9; Christopher
Gordon bt Brian Ernst 9-3, 9-5, 9-10, 10-8)
9th place play-off:
[12]Malaysia bt [14]Kuwait bt 2-1 (Timothy Arnold lost to Bader Hussaini
0-9, 0-9, 9-6, 4-9; Moh'd Nafzahizam bt Ali Alramezi 5-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-1; Wong
Kim Lee bt Nasser Alramezi 9-5, 9-4, 9-0)
11th place play-off:
[11]New Zealand bt [16]Switzerland 2-1 (Shaun Sansom lost to Marco Datwyler
2-9, 5-9, 0-9; Martin Knights bt Diego Staub 9-7, 9-0, 9-1; Oliver Johnston
bt Manuel Grima 9-2, 10-8, 9-1)
13th place play-off:
[7]Netherlands bt [8]Wales 2-1 (Dylan Bennett lost to Rob Sutherland 9-1,
2-9, 3-9, 0-9; Maarten Van Bavel bt Lewys Hurst 9-4, 9-0, 9-2; Piedro
Schweertman bt Jethro Binns 9-1, 5-9, 9-3, 9-4)
15th place play-off:
[15]Hong Kong bt [13]Scotland 2-1 (Dick Lau bt Harry Leitch 8-10, 9-4, 9-2,
9-1; Vincent Yu bt Alistair Gorrie 9-7, 7-9, 9-1, 9-7; Patrick Choi lost to
Ian Murray 1-9, 9-7, 1-9, 0-9)
17th - 19th place play-off:
[18]Zimbabwe bt [19]Kenya 3-0 (Shaun Johnstone bt Amar Shah 9-1, 9-5, 9-1;
Daniel McElvaine bt Rohan Lyall 9-4, 9-1, 9-1; Neil Robertson bt Rahim
Mohamed 9-1, 7-9, 9-6, 9-0)
Final positions: 17 Ireland; 18 Zimbabwe; 19 Kenya