Seedings for Men's World Team

The 2005 championships, which will be staged in Islamabad from 8-14 December, will feature teams representing 22 countries. Team lineup
The teams will be playing initially in six qualifying pools, before the top two teams in each pool progress to have a tilt at the title in the knockout stage of the tournament, while the remaining teams play off for places 13-22.

The pool line-ups (with seeding in brackets) are:

Pool A: [1] England, [12] South Africa, [13/18] Kuwait, [19/22] Austria

Pool B: [2] Egypt, [11] New Zealand, [13/18] Germany, [19/22] Iran

Pool C: [3] France, [10] India, [13/18] Ireland

Pool D: [4] Australia, [9] Netherlands, [13/18] Finland, [19/22] USA

Pool E: [5] Canada, [8] Wales, [13/18] Hong Kong

Pool F: [6] Malaysia, [7] Pakistan, [13/18] Scotland, [19/22] Spain