13/03/2021
PSA Event News
PSA Issues Provisional Calendar for Remainder of
2020-21 PSA World Tour Season
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has issued a provisional
calendar for the remainder of the 2020-21 PSA World Tour season which
will see the world’s best players compete at seven top-class tournaments
across three continents between March - July, 2021.
The CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open will be the first PSA World Tour
event of 2021 when it takes place at Cairo’s Black Ball Sporting Club
between March 12-25 with back-to-back men’s and women’s PSA Platinum
tournaments.
From there, Manchester’s National Squash Centre will host the Manchester
Open, PSA Silver tournament between April 19-25, before the tour heads
back to Egypt for the El Gouna International Squash Open, held between
May 20-28.
June will be a jam-packed month for the PSA World Tour, with three
tournaments scheduled. The inaugural Necker Mauritius Open presented by
Beachcomber will take place between June 1-5 following its postponement
from 2020, while the Allam British Open will see players compete at the
oldest tournament in professional squash between June 14-20.
At the end of the month, the CIB PSA World Tour Finals will take place
in Cairo, which is where the CIB Road to Egypt culminates. All PSA
Platinum title winners qualify for the CIB PSA World Tour Finals, with
remaining places being allocated to the highest ranked players on the
CIB Road to Egypt Standings, which are currently headed up by World
No.1s Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini.
The final tournament of the season will be the 2020-21 PSA Squash World
Championships presented by the Walter Family. Held in Chicago between
July 10-17, the PSA World Championships is the most prestigious
tournament in squash and will provide a climactic end to the current
campaign, with a total of $1,000,000 in total player compensation up for
grabs.
PSA World Tour Provisional Schedule: March 2021 - July 2021
CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open (Platinum): March 12-25 in Cairo, Egypt
Manchester Open (Silver): April 19-25 in Manchester, England
El Gouna International Squash Open (Platinum): May 20-28 in El Gouna,
Egypt
Necker Mauritius Open presented by Beachcomber (Gold): June 1-5 in Grand
Bay, Mauritius
Allam British Open (Platinum): June 14-20 in Hull, England
CIB PSA World Tour Finals: June 22-27 in Cairo, Egypt
2020-21 PSA Squash World Championships presented by the Walter Family:
July 10-17 in Chicago, United States
The calendar is subject to change and all tournaments will abide by
strict COVID-19 protocols with relation to health and safety,
international travel policies and social distancing guidelines. There
will be no fans on-site at certain tournaments until local situations
improve.
“After a lot of hard work behind the scenes and close discussions with
tournament promoters and our players, we are pleased to reveal our
provisional calendar for the rest of the 2020-21 PSA World Tour season,”
said PSA Chief Executive Alex Gough.
“The entirety of the 2020-21 season will have taken place against the
backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has fundamentally changed the
way the PSA has had to operate both the PSA World Tour and the PSA
Challenger Tour.
“If our provisional calendar comes to fruition, we will have staged 12
PSA World Tour events throughout the campaign in addition to around 50
PSA Challenger Tour events by the end of the season. While we are
naturally delighted to have overcome some significant hurdles to create
playing opportunities for our players, we are under no illusions that
the work stops here.
"While a number of unknowns are still at play - chief among those the
differing international travel policies between countries - we are
already liaising with our tournament promoters as we look to establish a
thriving professional circuit for the 2021-22 season. For now, I look
forward to watching the world’s best squash players in action over the
next few months in what promises to be a captivating end to this
campaign.”
Action from all tournaments on the PSA World Tour will be streamed live
on SQUASHTV and the official Facebook page of the PSA
World Tour (excluding Europe and Japan). Semi-finals and finals from
major PSA World Tour events will also be shown live via PSA’s contracted
broadcast partners.
For updates on the PSA World Tour, visit the official PSA website or
follow the association on Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram,
YouTube and
TikTok.
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