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25-Oct - Finals:
Australia World Champions

[1] Australia  3-0  [4] France
David Palmer bt Thierry Lincou  9/0 9/3 6/9 9/5 (77m)
Anthony Ricketts bt Gregory Gaultier 9/4, 9/7, 2/9, 8/10, 9/0 (74m)
Paul Price bt Renan Lavigne  9/3, 9/3 (20m)

3rd/4th Play-off:
[2] England  3-0  [3] Egypt
Lee Beachill bt Karim Darwish  9/4, 9/3, 9/3
James Willstrop bt Mohamed Abbas  7/9, 9/2, 9/7, 9/1
Nick Matthew bt Wael Eh Hendy  9/7, 9/2

Ian McKenzie & Malcolm Willstrop from Vienna

24-Oct - Semi-Finals:


France are in the Final
Ian McKenzie reports on the semis

[1] Australia  3-0  [3] Egypt
David Palmer beat Karim Darwish 9/5 8/10 9/4 9/2 (70m)
Joseph Kneipp beat Mohamed Abbas 9/6 9/4 5/9 9/4 (75m)
Anthony Ricketts beat Amr Shabana 9/5 9/0 (17m)

[1] England  1-2  [4] France
Peter Nicol lost to Thierry Lincou 10/8, 4/9, 7/9, 2/9 (76m)
Lee Beachill lost to Gregory Gaultier 4/9, 9/7, 8/10, 9/1, 9/10 (105m)
Nick Matthew beat Jean-Michel Arcucci  9/1, 9/3, 9/2 (46m)

Full results & reports on the semis

23-Oct:
Quarter-Finals in Vienna
England survive ... somehow
The big guns finally came head to head in the last eight in Vienna, with Australia sailing past a weakened Hong Kong team, and Egypt battling past Wales in the first pair of matches. In the evening session France overcame Scotland, and Peter Nicol staged another miracle comeback against Jonathon Power to save England's skin ... Ian McKenzie reports from Vienna

[1] Australia 3-0 Hong Kong
     Anthony Ricketts bt Faheem Khan  9/1, 9/5, 9/5
     Joe Kneipp bt Dick Lau  9/3, 9/0
     Paul Price bt Roger Ngan  9/1, 9/4, 9/4
[3] Egypt 2-1 [7] Wales
     Karim Darwish lt Alex Gough  9/6, 2/9, 5/9, 1/9
     Amr Shabana bt David Evans  5/9, 9/4, 9/3, 9/6
     Mohammed Abbas bt Gavin Jones 9/2, 9/3, 9/3    
[4] France 2-1 [6] Scotland
    Thierry Lincou lt John White 1/9, 6/9, 7/9
    Gregory Gaultier bt Martin Heath  5/9, 9/4, 9/6, 9/1
    Renan Lavigne bt Peter O'Hara  9/1, 9/3, 9/3     
[2] England 2-1 [5] Canada
     Peter Nicol bt Jonathon Power 9/3, 9/2, 2/9, 4/9, 9/6
     Lee Beachill lt Graham Ryding  5/9, 8/10
     James Willstrop bt Shahier Razik  9/3, 5/9, 9/5, 9/3

22-Oct:
Hong Kong stride into last eight
While the top four seeds cruised into the quarter-finals as the knockout stage got under way in foggy Vienna, Hong Kong, the lowest ranked team in the last 16, stunned eighth seeds Malaysia to gatecrash the last eight ...

21-Oct:
Top Teams cruise into play-offs
All the top seeds won their pools with flawless records, and advanced to the last 16 in Vienna, with only Hong Kong upsetting the seedings to break into the top group ... Tuesday report

Report & full results from the pool stages ...

20-Oct:
EXCLUSIVE:
England nurse Nicol
Peter Nicol is being nursed through the opening phase of the World Team Championships in Vienna amid fears that he might not be fit enough to play ...
full story

Monday's Matches:
No upsets today, as all the matches went to seeding. The top teams are moving inexorably to their seeded positions for the knockout stages which start on Wednesday. Day TWO report

19-Oct:
Top seeds off to flyers,
Malaysia take control:
The top seeds all got off to flying starts in Vienna - Australia dropped 4 points against Japan, but Egypt went one better, losing just 3 points against Bermuda, while England and France cruised to opening victories.

Hong Kong created the only upset of the opening day with a 2-1 win over Finland, and New Zealand came close to upsetting Switzerland as Lars Harms came from behind to beat Glen Wilson in the top string, while eighth seeds Malaysia came out on top in their crucial group H clash with ninth-seeded Pakistan. Day ONE report

Play off Draws & Results (Excel)

Vienna Gallery
from Fritz Borchert

Full details from 2001