The eighth edition of the World University Squash Championship would be hosted here from Sept 1 to 7 by the Squash and Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) in association with the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
This is the first time that this event is coming to India and when AIU bid for it, it decided to seek SRFI's assistance to host the competition, said championship director Major S Maniam.
The event is fully supported by the Tamil Nadu Government, he said.
In all, 45 entries including 18 women have come in from 11 countries besides hosts India.
The participating countries are Canada, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Slovenia, South Africa , United Kingdom and Czech Republic.
Nour Nasser El Tayeb is the highest ranked female (world no. 25) while Mazen Sabri, also from Egyptm is the highest ranked male (world no.34) in the event.
The Indian team comprises Ravi Dixit (world ranked 148), Maninder Pal Singh Sandhu, Hiteswar Singh Riar, Aparajitha Balamurukan (world ranked 109) and Sachika Ingale (world ranked 154).
