2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Pairs

The 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's pairs will be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 10 September. There will be five venues; the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club, Club Helensvale, Paradise Point Club and Mudgeraba Club.^[1][2][3]

2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championships – Men's pairs
14th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Gold Coast, Australia
Date(s)	29 August to 10 September
Category	World Bowls Championship

The men's pairs is one of eight events that will determine the 2023 world champions.^[4]

Results

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Section tables

Section 1

Team	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	Daniel Salmon & Jarrad Breen	8	8	0	0	24	102
2	Aaron Wilson & Aaron Teys	8	7	0	1	21	99
3	Malcolm De Sousa & Derek Boswell	8	4	1	3	13	22
4	Anthony Loh Lee Kee Sin & Deepan Ramachandra	8	4	0	4	12	10
5	Elmer Abatayo & Rodel Labayo	8	4	0	4	12	4
6	Trevor Gow & Matt Bigg	8	4	0	4	12	-18
7	Peter Tonna & Wesley Hedges	8	1	2	5	5	-39
8	Ricardo Rubinat & Raul Pollet	8	1	1	6	4	-86
9	Avala Savaiinaea & Tasesa Tafeaga	8	1	0	7	3	-94

Section 2

Team	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	Gary Kelly & Adam McKeown	8	7	0	1	21	90
2	Putul Sonowal & Sunil Bahadur	8	7	0	1	21	56
3	Tony Cheung & Lee Ka Ho	8	6	1	1	19	48
4	Myles Hooper & Clive Robertson	8	5	0	3	15	25
5	Bob Schneider & Charlie Herbert	8	4	1	3	13	60
6	Wong Chi Hong & Cheong Pak Keong	8	3	0	5	9	-16
7	Michael Gabobewe & George Kieni	8	2	0	6	6	-39
8	Dorian Dumont & Guillaume Hertzog	8	1	0	7	3	-85
9	Terry Morgan & John Pooley	8	0	0	8	0	-139

Section 3

Team	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	John Bezear & Ryan Bester	8	6	0	2	20	87
2	Tony Grantham & Andrew Kelly	8	6	1	1	19	79
3	Ed Morris & Sam Tolchard	8	6	1	1	19	73
4	Uthen Ontong & Wattana Kadkhunthod	8	6	0	2	18	59
5	Maus Van Tol & Frank De Vries	8	3	0	5	9	-48
6	Serkan Akar & Ozkan Akar	8	3	0	5	90	-82
7	Lal Chand Prasad & Munesh Kumar	8	2	0	6	6	6
8	Christo Steenkamp & Schalk Van Wyk	8	2	0	6	6	-48
9	Takashi Ohira & Tetsuya Hirouchi	8	0	0	8	0	-126
10	Benson Kariuki Wambugu & Cephas Kimwaki Kimani	withdrew

Section 4

Team	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	Jason Banks & Iain McLean	9	9	0	0	27	88
2	Izzat Dzulkeple & Soufi Rusli	9	8	0	1	24	99
3	Aidan Zittersteijn & Taiki Paniani	9	6	0	3	18	53
4	Wayne Rittmuller & Niksa Benguric	9	6	0	3	18	45
5	Danny Alonim & Dani Slodownik	9	4	0	5	12	44
6	Manu Walo & Fred Koisen	9	4	0	5	12	4
7	Markus Merz & Beat Matti	9	3	0	6	9	-17
8	Olle Bäckgren & Pontus Palmkvist	9	3	0	6	9	-34
9	Keith Papani & Gregory Funaki	9	2	0	7	6	-103
10	Garry Tyrrell & Christopher Locke	9	0	0	9	0	-179

Finals

	Play Offs					Semifinals					Gold medal
	Wales		14
	Malaysia		15
						Malaysia		12
						Australia		23
	Scotland		2
	Australia		19
											Australia		11
											Ireland		19
	Ireland		16
	New Zealand		13
						Ireland		22
						Canada		6
	Canada		23
	India		7

Results

Men's pairs section 1 Round 1 (28 Aug)   Australia   Argentina 26–7   Wales   Philippines 15–10   Malta   Jersey 17–17   Singapore   Norfolk Island 21–10 Round 2 (29 Aug)   Singapore   Jersey 16–18   Wales   Malta 29–6   Australia   Philippines 27–9   Samoa   Argentina 13–21 Round 3 (29 Aug)   Samoa   Wales 8–23   Argentina   Jersey 1–32   Philippines   Norfolk Island 21–10   Malta   Singapore 15–9 Round 4 (30 Aug)   Norfolk Island   Malta 20–17   Jersey   Philippines 23–10   Argentina   Wales 4–26   Australia   Samoa 36–6 Round 5 (30 Aug)   Jersey   Australia 10–24   Norfolk Island   Samoa 25–6   Singapore   Argentina 20–14   Philippines   Malta 15–11 Round 6 (30 Aug)   Philippines   Singapore 15–16   Argentina   Norfolk Island 15–16   Samoa   Jersey 15–19   Wales   Australia 15–13 Round 7 (31 Aug)   Wales   Norfolk Island 23–8   Australia   Singapore 19–13   Malta   Samoa 10–18   Argentina   Philippines 11–26 Round 8 (31 Aug)   Malta   Argentina 18–18   Singapore   Samoa 28–13   Australia   Norfolk Island 19–12   Wales   Jersey 19–8 Round 9 (31 Aug)   Samoa   Philippines 8–19   Malta   Australia 12–19   Singapore   Wales 15–24   Norfolk Island   Jersey 17–14

Men's pairs section 2 Round 1 (28 Aug)   Ireland   Macau 22–6   Hong Kong   France 22–6   Zimbabwe   United States 14–12   India   Spain 29–14 Round 2 (29 Aug)   India   United States 16–15   Hong Kong   Zimbabwe 18–11   Ireland   France 29–11   Botswana   Macau 17–19 Round 3 (29 Aug)   Botswana   Hong Kong 12–15   Macau   United States 8–30   France   Spain 12–0   Zimbabwe   India 9–22 Round 4 (30 Aug)   Spain   Zimbabwe 5–35   United States   France 20–9   Macau   Hong Kong 13–18   Ireland   Botswana 27–12 Round 5 (30 Aug)   United States   Ireland 10–17   Spain   Botswana 9–31   India   Macau 25–15   France   Zimbabwe 13–20 Round 6 (30 Aug)   France   India 16–25   Macau   Spain 21–11   Botswana   United States 8–41   Hong Kong   Ireland 14–11 Round 7 (31 Aug)   Hong Kong   Spain 33–12   Ireland   India 14–12   Zimbabwe   Botswana 22–9   Macau   France 32–4 Round 8 (31 Aug)   Zimbabwe   Macau 17–14   India   Botswana 17–14   Ireland   Spain 32–7   Hong Kong   United States 14–14 Round 9 (31 Aug)   Botswana   France 19–11   Zimbabwe   Ireland 14–24   India   Hong Kong 17–10   Spain   United States 9–13

Men's pairs section 3 Round 1 (28 Aug)   New Zealand   Kenya +   England   Netherlands 30–8   Japan   Canada 9–32   Fiji   Namibia 15–16   Thailand   Turkey 31–11 Round 2 (29 Aug)   Namibia   Canada 16–24   England   Japan 20–8   Netherlands   New Zealand 14–18   Kenya   Turkey +   Fiji   Thailand 15–18 Round 3 (29 Aug)   Turkey   England 10–25   Canada   Kenya +   Netherlands   Fiji 8–27   Namibia   Japan 20–11   New Zealand   Thailand 12–18 Round 4 (30 Aug)   Japan   Fiji 8–29   Canada   Netherlands 29–7   Kenya   England +   New Zealand   Turkey 32–5   Thailand   Namibia 24–15 Round 5 (30 Aug)   New Zealand   Canada 16–16   Fiji   Turkey 10–15   Kenya   Namibia +   Japan   Netherlands 10–33   Thailand   England 10–20 Round 6 (30 Aug)   Namibia   Netherlands 13–17   Fiji   Kenya +   Turkey   Canada 6–32   England   New Zealand 9–17   Thailand   Japan 25–5 Round 7 (31 Aug)   England   Fiji 21–14   Namibia   New Zealand 10–28   Japan   Turkey 14–19   Netherlands   Kenya +   Canada   Thailand 18–13 Round 8 (31 Aug)   Japan   Kenya +   Turkey   Namibia 20–16   Fiji   New Zealand 8–23   Canada   England 17–17   Netherlands   Thailand 10–26 Round 9 (31 Aug)   Turkey   Netherlands 14–22   New Zealand   Japan 23–10   Namibia   England 10–25   Fiji   Canada 11–14   Thailand   Kenya +

Men's pairs section 4 Round 1 (28 Aug)   Scotland   Sweden 18–12   Malaysia   Cook Islands 19–14   Niue   South Africa 11–32   Israel   Falkland Islands 33–3    Switzerland   Papua New Guinea 13–22 Round 2 (29 Aug)   Falkland Islands   South Africa 7–29   Malaysia   Niue 35–8   Cook Islands   Scotland 13–24   Sweden   Papua New Guinea 9–29   Israel    Switzerland 26–7 Round 3 (29 Aug)   Papua New Guinea   Malaysia 6–21   South Africa   Sweden 17–14   Cook Islands   Israel 16–12   Falkland Islands   Niue 12–17   Scotland    Switzerland 19–12 Round 4 (30 Aug)   Niue   Israel 9–32   South Africa   Cook Islands 16–12   Sweden   Malaysia 9–28   Scotland   Papua New Guinea 21–15    Switzerland   Falkland Islands 31–3 Round 5 (30 Aug)   Scotland   South Africa 16–11   Israel   Papua New Guinea 20–12   Sweden   Falkland Islands 29–8   Niue   Cook Islands 11–23    Switzerland   Malaysia 11–24 Round 6 (30 Aug)   Falkland Islands   Cook Islands 10–25   Israel   Sweden 14–20   Papua New Guinea   South Africa 12–18   Malaysia   Scotland 15–19    Switzerland   Niue 19–8 Round 7 (31 Aug)   Malaysia   Israel 22–13   Falkland Islands   Scotland 11–39   Niue   Papua New Guinea 11–16   Cook Islands   Sweden 26–5   South Africa    Switzerland 9–17 Round 8 (31 Aug)   Niue   Sweden 20–19   Papua New Guinea   Falkland Islands 28–9   Israel   Scotland 12–23   South Africa   Malaysia 13–17   Cook Islands    Switzerland 18–11 Round 9 (31 Aug)   Papua New Guinea   Cook Islands 5–19   Scotland   Niue 22–12   Falkland Islands   Malaysia 8–19   Israel   South Africa 12–18    Switzerland   Sweden 8–17

+ Kenya forfeited

References

1. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
2. "2020 World Bowls Championships to be postponed indefinitely". Bowls Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
3. "2021 World Bowls Championships Gold Coast & Future World Championships" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
4. "2023 World Bowls Championships Preview". Inside Bowls. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
5. "2023 World Bowls Championships men's pairs results". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2023.