Competition is scheduled to take place across men’s and women’s individual categories, as well as a men’s team event, between August 11 and 21.

The country has previously hosted the Men’s World Team Squash Championships, which took place in Marseille in 2017, as well as the Women’s World Team Championships, which were held in Paris in 2016.

WSF President Zena Wooldridge, OBE, paid tribute to FFSquash for planning a major tournament at short notice.

"On behalf of the WSF, I would like to extend sincere thanks to the French Squash Federation (FFSquash) for stepping in so enthusiastically to host this year’s Championships," said Wooldridge.

"Losing the last two years’ Championships to the pandemic has made the hosting of this year’s World Championships even more critical for the most talented young players to come together once again to compete for the most coveted titles in junior squash.

"France has a wonderful track record of hosting events of the highest quality and I’m sure it will attract a big entry.

"France has also produced some talented young players in recent years who are making huge strides on the world stage and I have no doubt they will be eager to impress on home ground."

The 2020 edition of the tournament had been due to take place in Gold Coast, Australia, while last year’s version was supposed to be held in Cairo, Egypt, but both fell victims to the coronavirus pandemic.

FFSquash President Julien Muller added: "It is both a great responsibility and a great challenge to organise this event in a few months, but one that we are enthusiastically undertaking.

"The development of squash among young people is a major priority of the federation.

"After two years of disruption caused by COVID-19, it was important to us to do everything to deliver this event and allow the best juniors from around the world to take part in these Championships.

"The FFSquash is thrilled to be hosting these Championships in Nancy and making it a great experience for players, spectators and volunteers.

"We also hope that this will be an opportunity to highlight squash in France as well as showing the best of France to the world."

Egyptians Mostafa Asal and Hania El-Hammamy are the defending men’s and women’s champions respectively, and are ranked fourth and third in the latest Professional Squash Association men’s and women’s singles rankings, which were released today.