The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have today announced that the 2015 PSA World Squash Championship, the pinnacle event in the squash calendar, will take place in the American city of Bellevue, Washington, on the edge of Lake Washington, in November 2015.
A major suburb of Seattle, Bellevue will become the first American destination ever to host the sport's most prestigious competition as 112 of the world's best squash players converge on the Bellevue Pro Sports Club to battle it out for the right to win the $350,000 tournament and be crowned World Champion.
Bellevue will become the 24th city to host the tournament, only the third in North America after Toronto, Canada and Hamilton, Bermuda, in what will be the 37th staging of the week-long squash spectacular.
"We are delighted to confirm that the 2015 PSA World Squash Championship will take place in Bellevue and to welcome the city on-board as the latest world class destination to become associated with professional squash," said PSA CEO Alex Gough.
"The World Championship is the most prestigious title in squash and to be taking the sport's pinnacle event to an American audience for the first time in history is tremendously exciting for everyone involved.
"We are looking forward to working closely with all our partners in Bellevue over the coming year in preparation for what I am sure will be an exciting and demanding competition which will see the world's best players on display."
2015 PSA World Squash Championship tournament organiser Shabana Khan, Founder and CEO of YSKevents said; "We are very excited to be bringing the World Championship to the USA for the very first time and feel certain that Bellevue, Washington will prove to be a fitting venue for such a prestigious competition.
"We already enjoy a strong working relationship with the PSA and look forward to building yet further on that over the next year ahead of the 2015 World Squash Championship."
The 2015 World Squash Championship will take place in Bellevue, Washington in November 2015. The week-long event will take place at the city's Pro Sports Club. Exact tournament dates will be confirmed at a later date.
The 2014 World Squash Championship takes place in Qatar from November 14 - 21, the fourth time the Middle Eastern nation has hosted the pinnacle event in squash, when England's Nick Matthew will be trying to defend the title he won in Manchester in 2013.
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