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PSA WORLD TOUR FINALS
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The prestigious PSA World Tour Finals will be held in Egypt for the
first time after an agreement was reached between the Professional
Squash Association (PSA) and title sponsors CIB to bring the world’s
leading squash players to the Wadi Degla Club in Cairo between the 8th
and 13th June for the season-ending tournament.
Having been successfully staged in Dubai
over the past three seasons at venues
such as the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Opera and
Emirates Golf Club, the CIB PSA World Tour
Finals will act as the season finale to the
2018/19 PSA World Tour campaign.
The CIB PSA World Tour Finals feature the
world’s top eight male and female players
and will be the third major professional
squash tournament to be held at the Wadi
Degla Club after it hosted the 2016 PSA
Men’s World Championships and the 2014
PSA Women’s World Championships.
“The PSA World Tour Finals always provide
a fitting climax to the PSA World Tour
season and we are excited to be staging
this season’s tournament in Cairo,” said
PSA Chairman and A. A. Turki Group of
Companies (ATCO) Chairman Ziad Al-Turki.
“With a number of the sport’s highest-ranking
players hailing from Egypt, squash already
has significant presence and popularity in
the country, and we hope to build on that by
holding the World Tour Finals there.
“I would like to thank both the Wadi Degla
Club and CIB for their support in staging
this event, and I look forward to watching
the action unfold in June.”
CIB Chief Executive and Board Member
Hussein Abaza, said: “We are delighted to
sponsor the PSA World Tour Finals and
remain committed to supporting world-class
squash in Egypt. We have been involved in a
number of major tournaments in the region
already this season and we will also serve
as title sponsor for the PSA Women’s World
Championships, which will bring the world’s
best back to the Great Pyramid of Giza,
one of the most iconic venues in sporting
history.
“Our sponsorship of the PSA World Tour
Finals will see us build on a successful
partnership with PSA, and I for one
cannot wait to see some of the greatest
athletes in world sport take to the court
in Cairo in June.”
Wadi Degla Squash Director, Karim Darwish,
said: “We are excited to be bringing the
PSA World Tour finals to Egypt for the
first time in the tournament’s history,
and I believe that the Wadi Degla Club will
provide the perfect venue for squash’s
season finale.
“The Wadi Degla Club is no stranger
to hosting the world’s biggest squash
tournaments and I look forward to
welcoming players to Cairo on June 8th
for what promises to be a thrilling week.
I would also like to thank CIB for their
support and look forward to working with
both them and PSA in the coming months.”
The six-day event will offer a total prize
purse of $320,000 split equally between
the men’s and women’s events. Players will
be split into two groups of four and will play
round-robin best-of-three matches in the
group stages, with the top two from each
group progressing to the knockout semifinals
and beyond.
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