For the third time, India will be the host for the Squash World Cup, which is scheduled to take place at the SDAT Stadium in Chennai from December 9 – 14, 2025. This is a mixed team event with 12 nations participating. All 12 national teams will have two men and women players each, who will compete in pairs, along with four best-of-five games. The 2025 season is the fifth edition of the World Cup.
In the 2024 edition, India qualified for the semi-finals and got its first-ever bronze medal. The 2025 event will see younger and enthusiastic youth squash players. In the women’s singles event, young star Anahat Singh and veteran Joshna Chinappa will lead the category. Meanwhile, the men’s singles event will be led by Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar. Saurav Ghosal, who won a bronze medal in 2024, will be absent from this year’s tournament.
Squash World Cup 2025 Format
The 12 participating teams have been distributed into four groups of three teams. Only two teams from each group will then qualify for the knockout stage. From there, the eight teams will then compete against each other in a knockout format, starting with the quarterfinals and later ending with the finals.
Meanwhile, in case of a tie, four matches will be played in which each and every player from the teams will fight against an opponent competing for the best of 5 games and for 7 points. With every win, a team will get two points in the first and one point in the second male and female matches.
In case a draw happens in knockout matches, the winning team will then be decided by the greater positive difference from the games won and lost in a tie.
Group Division for Squash World Cup 2025
Group A – Hong Kong, South Africa, South Korea
Group B – India, Brazil, Switzerland
Group C – Malaysia, Australia, Poland
Group D – Japan, Egypt, Iran
Where to Watch?
All matches of the event will be available live on the World Squash official Website, worldsquash.tv, and on the website of the Olympic Channel, the events official partner.
Indian Squad for Squash World Cup 2025
Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh, Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar
India Schedule for Squad World Cup 2025
December 09 – India Vs Switzerland – 6:00 PM IST
December 11- India Vs Brazil – 2:30 PM IST
December 12 – Quarterfinals
December 13 – Semi-finals
December 14 – Final
