The 2-0 victory over shock semi-finalists United States takes Pakistan into an unprecedented eighth consecutive final - whilst the 2-1 win over former champions England puts Egypt, the favourites, in line for a record four titles in a row and sixth overall.

In the first semi, England's Harry Falconer was two points away from winning the opening game before Marwan Tarek Abdelhamid took the lead 12-10.

The Egyptian was in control thereafter, rounding off the match 11-6, 11-5 to give Egypt the upper hand.

A tough second match between the teams' top players saw Charlie Lee take the first game against Egypt's individual championship runner-up Saadeldin Abouaish.

The Egyptian picked up his game to take the next two to reclaim the lead.

The Englishman had the upper hand from the start of the fourth, however, leading 4-0, 7-4 and then 10-6.

Abouaish managed to save those game balls and one more at 10-11 before Lee finally clinched it 13-11 to draw level.

The momentum was with Abouaish from the outset of the decider, and although Lee fought his way back to seven-all the Egyptian pulled away again, taking the match 6-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-13, 11-8 after 68 minutes.

"That was a really good match," said the Egyptian number one.

"I thought I was unlucky not to close it out in the fourth having come back like that, but managed to hold my concentration in the fifth."

In the other semi, Samuel Scherl carried on where he left off 24 hours earlier when he steered sixth seeds USA to an historic place in the last four after a shock win over third seeds France.

The 17-year-old from New Jersey took the opening game against Pakistan's Abbas Shoukat - but the 18-year-old from Peshawar bounced back to win 10-12, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 to put Pakistan in the lead.

In the second top string match, USA's Andrew Douglas lost to Pakistani Israr Ahmed 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 to put Pakistan into their historic final.