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World Junior Championships 2017 – Team Event
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24.07.2017
2017 TEAMS DRAWS
The pools have been decided for the Women’s World Junior Team Championship. Unsurprisingly Egypt, winners for the last five editions – are top seeds, with Malaysia seeded to meet them in the final, which would break a sequence of three Egypt v USA finals.
Ireland have drawn Hong Kong, USA and Korea. The team event starts on Tuesday 25th July. Remember New Zealand is 11 hours ahead of Irish time.
The 2nd day for the team event saw Ireland play 2 matches. The first was vs Korea. This was a good match with Ellie McVeigh having a super match vs Dong Ju Song. Ellie was 2 games down and came back strongly to level the match. The 5th went to the wire, 10-9 to Song and then she won it. Great game from Ellie. The match score overall was 3-0 to Korea.
In the 2nd match of the day Ireland played 4th seeds Hong Kong, who are very strong. Hong Kong proved too strong and won the match 3-0. In the play offs on Thursday Ireland Play South Africa for 12th place.
Ireland played the USA in their first match. The USA are 5th seeds, so a tough match for Ireland which they lost 3-0. It was a special day for Laura Neill, as it was her 1st Junior cap for Ireland. Congratulations Laura.
Ireland play Korea on Wednesday @ 11am (midnight Tuesday night Irish time). Watch it LIVE HERE – https://www.wsfworldjuniors.com/2017-live/