Squash is among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Birmingham, England. This will be the seventh staging of squash at the Commonwealth Games since its debut in 1998, and the second staging within England specifically.
| Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre |
| Dates | 29 July – 8 August 2022 |
| Competitors | 111 from 28 nations |
The competition is scheduled to take place between 29 July and 8 August 2022.[1]
Schedule
editThe competition schedule is as follows:[1]
| P | Preliminary matches | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event |
Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sun 31 | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | ||||||||||||
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| Session → | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | E | M | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | M | |||
| Men's singles | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's doubles | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Women's doubles | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
Venue
editThe competition will be held at the University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre,[2] where the hockey tournaments will also take place.[3]
Medal summary
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (England)
| Rank | CGA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  England* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Wales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  India | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 |  Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Paul Coll New Zealand
|
Joel Makin Wales
|
Saurav Ghosal India
|
| Women's singles |
Georgina Kennedy England
|
Hollie Naughton Canada
|
Sarah-Jane Perry England
|
| Men's doubles |
England James Willstrop Declan James |
England Adrian Waller Daryl Selby |
Scotland Greg Lobban Rory Stewart |
| Women's doubles |
New Zealand Joelle King Amanda Landers-Murphy |
England Sarah-Jane Perry Alison Waters |
Malaysia Rachel Arnold Aifa Azman |
| Mixed doubles |
New Zealand Joelle King Paul Coll |
England Alison Waters Adrian Waller |
India Dipika Pallikal Saurav Ghosal |
Participating nations
editThere were 28 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in squash with a total of 111 (64 men and 47 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[4]
Australia (8)
Barbados (5)
Bermuda (1)
Botswana (2)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Canada (4)
Cayman Islands (6)
England (9)
Fiji (1)
Ghana (2)
Gibraltar (1)
Guyana (4)
India (9)
Jamaica (2)
Kenya (2)
Malaysia (9)
Malta (4)
New Zealand (7)
Pakistan (4)
Papua New Guinea (3)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4)
Scotland (6)
Seychelles (1)
Sri Lanka (4)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Uganda (2)
Wales (5)
Zambia (2)
References
edit- ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "University welcomes Birmingham's Commonwealth Games bid success". University of Birmingham. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Venues | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM HOCKEY AND SQUASH CENTRE". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Squash Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.