Orfi & Asal Crowned 2026 World Champions On Historic Night

Egyptian duo Amina Orfi and Mostafa Asal have been crowned the 2026 CIB Palm Hills PSA World Champions after claiming respective wins over compatriots Nour ElSherbini and Youssef Ibrahim on a historic night of action at Golf Central Palm Hills in Giza, Egypt.

Orfi broke a number of records as she denied ElSherbini what would have been a record-breaking ninth PSA World Championship title. At the age of 18 years and 10 months, Orfi has become the youngest women's World Champion in history after overcoming ElSherbini by a 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 14-12 scoreline following 106 minutes of nail-biting action.

It was the longest women's World Championship match in history under the point-a-rally, first to 11 scoring format - and the eighth longest professional women's squash match of all time. Orfi - who eclipsed ElSherbini herself as the youngest woman to win the World Championships - also becomes the first woman to hold both the World Junior Championship and PSA World Championship titles at the same time.

The final win saw Orfi back up a 103-minute semi-final victory over world No.1 Hania El Hammamy, while it is her first major PSA trophy.

"I'm speechless, I worked so hard to get here," said Orfi after capturing her 12th PSA title.

"This will add so much to my confidence. I'm speechless, I worked so hard and had so many tough losses this season. Up until this tournament, I was satisfied with what I had done, but I knew I could do better.

"I knew there was going to be pressure on both of them [El Hammamy and ElSherbini], Hania being world No.1 and Nour being a title away from breaking the record. I knew I had the least pressure and I went for it. I'm just so happy."

Meanwhile, Asal has retained his title after a commanding victory over No.7 seed Youssef Ibrahim, winning 11-4, 11-1, 12-10.

Ibrahim was appearing in his maiden World Championship final after battling past No.2 seed Paul Coll and No.4 seed Karim Abdel Gawad in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, despite his impending shoulder surgery next week.

However, the match against Asal was a step too far for the 27-year-old, who was unable to live with the pace and accuracy of the world No.1. Asal now has two World Championship titles to his name, while it is the 29th PSA Squash Tour title of his career.

"It feels amazing to win the World Championships in front of your family and friends," Asal said afterwards.

"Credit to Youssef. To even be playing here with his shoulder injury, he's superhuman. He's a good friend of mine and we grew up together.

"It's so hard, I got edgy in the third game, the pressure was on for sure. It's never easy playing in Egypt to defend a world title. There's so much pressure playing in front of everyone here."

The PSA Squash Tour continues with the Diamond-level Quilter Cheviot British Open between May 30 - June 7, with the world's best players heading to The Rep Theatre in Birmingham for the penultimate major event of the season. All of the action will be shown live on SQUASHTV.