<p>Egypt retained their title after upsetting favourites England 2-1 in a thrilling final played on the new blue all-glass showcourt at the Ahorn-Sportpark.<br /><br />Eighth seeds USA beat India, the sixth seeds, in the play-off for seventh place to record their best finish since 1983.<br /><br />National champion Sourav Ghosal lost the first singles 9-11 11-2 11-13 7-11 to Julian Illingworth in 50 minutes while Mahesh Mangaonkar waged a grim battle before losing 11-6 5-11 11-7 2-11 5-11 to Todd Harrity in 51 minutes.<br /><br />The third singles between Christopher Gordon and Harinder Pal Sandhu became redundant.<br />"With Gilly (Lane) still recovering from his back injury, we essentially played the whole tournament a man down," said USA coach Paul Assaiante.<br /><br />"We'd love to have had the luxury of being able to rest our players. But to beat India today was very special and Julian's win was especially impressive," he added.<br /><br />Fourth seeds Australia defeated third seeds France 2-1 to clinch the bronze medal while Malaysia beat Italy 2-1 to finish fifth in the tournament.<br /><br />The 23rd staging of the World Squash Federation event, hosted by Germany for the first time, featured a record 32 nations and more than 120 athletes.</p>
<p>Egypt retained their title after upsetting favourites England 2-1 in a thrilling final played on the new blue all-glass showcourt at the Ahorn-Sportpark.<br /><br />Eighth seeds USA beat India, the sixth seeds, in the play-off for seventh place to record their best finish since 1983.<br /><br />National champion Sourav Ghosal lost the first singles 9-11 11-2 11-13 7-11 to Julian Illingworth in 50 minutes while Mahesh Mangaonkar waged a grim battle before losing 11-6 5-11 11-7 2-11 5-11 to Todd Harrity in 51 minutes.<br /><br />The third singles between Christopher Gordon and Harinder Pal Sandhu became redundant.<br />"With Gilly (Lane) still recovering from his back injury, we essentially played the whole tournament a man down," said USA coach Paul Assaiante.<br /><br />"We'd love to have had the luxury of being able to rest our players. But to beat India today was very special and Julian's win was especially impressive," he added.<br /><br />Fourth seeds Australia defeated third seeds France 2-1 to clinch the bronze medal while Malaysia beat Italy 2-1 to finish fifth in the tournament.<br /><br />The 23rd staging of the World Squash Federation event, hosted by Germany for the first time, featured a record 32 nations and more than 120 athletes.</p>