Tania Bailey, Vicky Botwright, Jenny Duncalf and Alison Waters have yet to concede a match or game in Canada.

With Botwright rested, Waters, Bailey and Duncalf needed less than an hour to beat 16th seeds Austria.

In Thursday's quarter-finals, England face sixth-seeded New Zealand. Victory would set up a likely semi-final with fourth seeds the Netherlands.

The win over Austria followed earlier victories over ninth seeds Ireland and Hong Kong, the eighth seeds.

Five-time winners of the title since 1985, England are expected to recapture the trophy they last won in 2000 in Sheffield.

WSF Women's World Team Squash Championship results:
Seedings in brackets

Pool A:(1) England bt (9) Ireland 3-0
Tania Bailey bt Aisling Blake 9-1 9-1 9-0
Vicky Botwright bt Laura Mylotte 9-1 9-0 9-1
Jenny Duncalf bt Eleanor Lapthorne 9-2 9-2 9-4

(1) England bt (8) Hong Kong 3-0
Alison Waters bt Joey Chan 9-4 9-0 9-3
Vicky Botwright bt Annie Au 9-0 9-1 9-1
Tania Bailey bt Christina Mak 9-1 9-1 9-0

(1) England bt (16) Austria 3-0
Alison Waters bt Theresa Gradnitzer 9-0 9-0 9-0
Tania Bailey bt Pamela Pancis 9-4 9-3 9-4
Jenny Duncalf bt Birgit Coufal 9-0 9-0 9-2

Final positions in Pool A:
1 England
2 Ireland
3 Hong Kong
4 Austria

Quarter-finals line-up:
(1) England v (6) New Zealand
(4) Netherlands v (9) Ireland
(3) Malaysia v (10) France
(2) Egypt v (12) South Africa