2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championships
2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championships
14th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Gold Coast, Australia
Date(s)	29 August to 10 September
	Website; official website
Category	World Bowls Championship
← 2020	2025 →

The 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship is the 14th edition of the World Bowls Championship, held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 10 September.^[1]^[2]

The event was long-awaited by the sport because the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[3] resulting in a seven-year wait since the last championships in 2016. Consequently, the Championships will now be held every two years.^[4]

There are five venues; the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club, Club Helensvale, Paradise Point Club and Mudgeraba Club.

There are eight events that determine the 2023 world champions, the men's singles, doubles, triples and fours and the women's singles, doubles, triples and fours and in addition there are two overall team winners, who receive the Leonard and Taylor trophies respectively.^[5] The finals were broadcast live on Fox Sports (Australia), Kayo Sports and Sky Sport (New Zealand).

Participating teams

There were 43 nations/associations competing at 2023 Championships, although only eight countries are represented in all of the events and Kenya pulled out before the tournament started.^[6]^[5]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Member nations
Australia (hosts) Argentina Botswana Brazil Canada Cook Islands Cyprus Czech Republic England Falkland Islands Fiji France Guernsey Hong Kong, China India Ireland Israel Japan Jersey Kenya Macao, China Malaysia Malta Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Philippines Samoa Scotland Singapore South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey United States Wales Zimbabwe

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
Men's singles details	Ryan Bester	Gary Kelly	Iain McLean	Aaron Wilson
Men's pairs details	Gary Kelly Adam McKeown	Aaron Wilson Aaron Teys	John Bezear Ryan Bester	Idham Amin Ramlan Izzat Dzulkeple
Men's triples details	Corey Wedlock Aron Sherriff Carl Healey	Paul Foster Derek Oliver Alex Marshall	Louis Ridout Nick Brett Jamie Walker	Stuart Bennett Ian McClure Martin McHugh
Men's fours details	Corey Wedlock Aaron Teys Carl Healey Aron Sherriff	Jason Banks Derek Oliver Paul Foster Alex Marshall	Stuart Bennett Adam McKeown Ian McClure Martin McHugh	Tony Grantham Chris Le Lievre Lance Pascoe Sheldon Bagrie-Howley
Men's team	Australia	Ireland	Scotland	N/A
Women's singles details	Tayla Bruce	Kelly McKerihen	Katherine Rednall	Ellen Ryan
Women's pairs details	Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi Aleena Nawawi	Rebecca Rixon Connie-Leigh Rixon	Sophie Tolchard Amy Pharaoh	Emma McIntyre Claire Anderson
Women's triples details	Dawn Hayman Lynsey Clarke Kelsey Cottrell	Tayla Bruce Val Smith Leeane Poulson	Joanna Cooper Baylee van Steijn Emma Boyd	Sophie McIntyre Shauna O'Neill Chloe Wilson
Women's fours details	Sophie Tolchard Jamie-Lea Marshall Lorraine Kuhler Amy Pharaoh	Kristina Krstic Dawn Hayman Lynsey Clarke Kelsey Cottrell	Carla Banks Claire Anderson Stacey McDougall Caroline Brown	Leeane Poulson Selina Goddard Val Smith Katelyn Inch
Women's team	New Zealand	England	Australia	N/A

Results

Men's team (W.M.Leonard Trophy)

	Team	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	Australia	20+2	18+4	18+6	20+6	94
2	Ireland	20+4	20+6	18+2	20+2	92
3	Scotland	18+2	20	20+4	20+4	88
4	Malaysia	20	18+2	20	14	74 (+333)
5	England	20	16	20+2	16	74 (+298)
6	Canada	18+6	20+2	16	12	74 (+228)
7	New Zealand	18	18	14	20+2	72
8	Wales	16	20	16	18	70
9	India	16	18	16	14	64 (+204)
10	Hong Kong China	18	16	12	18	64 (+145)
11	United States	12	12	20	18	62 (+195)
12	Cook Islands	14	16	14	18	62 (+96)
13	South Africa	14	14	16	16	60 (+170)
14	Jersey	16	16	14	14	60 (+13)
15	Thailand	10	14	18	14	56
16	Israel	12	12	12	16	52
17	Fiji	14	8	14	12	48
18	Zimbabwe	10	14	12	8	44
19	Philippines	12	12	10	8	42 (+0)
20	Singapore	12	14	6	10	42 (-40)
21	Japan	16	4	18	4	42 (-59)
22	Norfolk Island	10	10	10	10	40
23	Namibia	8	6	8	16	38
24	Malta	4	8	12	12	36
25	Botswana	8	8	10	8	34 (-139)
26	Macao China	4	10	8	12	34 (-150)
27	Papua New Guinea	6	10	8	6	30 (-169)
28	Argentina	8	6	6	10	30 (-276)
29	France	6	6	10	6	28 (-243)
30	Turkey	4	10	4	10	28 (-438)
31	Switzerland	6	8	6	6	26
32	Samoa	4	4	8	8	24
33	Netherlands	10	12	0	0	22
34	Niue	4	4	6	6	20
35	Czech Republic	14	0	0	0	14
36	Sweden	4	6	0	0	10 (-97)
37	Spain	6	4	0	0	10 (-199)
38	Guernsey	8	0	0	0	8 (-1)
39	Falkland Islands	4	4	0	0	8 (-276)
40	Cyprus	4	0	0	0	4 (-65)
41	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	0	4 (-123)
42	Brazil	4	0	0	0	4 (-149)

Women's team (Taylor Trophy)

	Team	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	New Zealand	20+6	20	20+4	20+2	92
2	England	20+2	20+2	20	20+6	90
3	Australia	20+2	16	20+6	20+4	88
4	Canada	20+4	12	18+2	18	74 (+207)
5	Malaysia	14	20+6	18	16	74 (+157)
6	Scotland	16	18+2	16	20+2	74 (+145)
7	South Africa	18	16	18	18	70
8	Hong Kong China	18	12	16	18	64
9	Wales	12	18	14	18	62
10	Philippines	14	16	12	16	58 (+119)
11	India	6	16	20	16	58 (+85)
12	Norfolk Island	10	20	14	12	56 (+89)
13	Ireland	4	18	18+2	14	56 (+52)
14	Malta	4	18+4	14	16	56 (+27)
15	United States	16	14	16	10	56 (+22)
16	Cook Islands	14	14	12	12	52
17	Thailand	12	12	12	14	50 (+28)
18	Jersey	12	8	16	14	50 (+10)
19	Fiji	16	10	12	12	50 (-33)
20	Zimbabwe	16	14	8	6	44
21	Singapore	10	10	10	10	40 (-37)
22	Japan	12	4	10	14	40 (-82)
23	Switzerland	18	6	6	10	40 (-145)
24	Argentina	4	10	8	12	34 (-257)
25	Turkey	8	8	10	8	34 (-416)
26	Botswana	4	10	10	8	32 (-237)
27	Papua New Guinea	8	8	8	8	32 (-248
28	Niue	8	6	6	10	30
29	Guernsey	14	14	0	0	28
30	Israel	6	0	14	0	20
31	Sri Lanka	18	0	0	0	18
32	Netherlands	8	8	0	0	16 (-63)
33	Namibia	4	12	0	0	16 (-84)
34	France	10	6	0	0	16 (-104)
35	Macao China	6	6	0	0	12
36	Cyprus	10	0	0	0	10
37	Spain	6	0	0	0	6
38	Falkland Islands	4	0	0	0	4 (-62)
39	Brazil	4	0	0	0	4 (-90)
40	Samoa	4	0	0	0	4 (-123)

Para overall team (inaugural title)

	Team	Men's Pairs	Women's Pairs	Mixed VI Pairs	Total
1	Australia	20+6	18+2	18+6	70
2	Scotland	16	16+4	16+2	54
3	New Zealand	14	20+6	12	52
4	South Africa	20+4	0	20+4	48
5	England	16	10+2	14+2	44
6	Hong Kong China	18+2	12	10	42
7	Thailand	14	14	0	28
8	Singapore	18+2	0	0	20
9	South Korea	12	0	0	12 (-30)
10	Wales	12	0	0	12 (-45)
11	Japan	10	0	0	10

Medal tally (no trophy/medals awarded) (excluding team medals)

	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	5	2	3	10
2	New Zealand	2	1	2	5
3	Ireland	1	1	3	5
4	Canada	1	1	2	4
5	England	1	0	4	5
6	Malaysia	1	0	1	2
7	Scotland	0	3	4	7
8	South Africa	0	2	0	2
9	Malta	0	1	0	1
10	Hong Kong China	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1

References

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[1] "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[2] "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[3] "2020 World Bowls Championships to be postponed indefinitely". Bowls Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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[6] "Competing countries". World Bowls official site. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[7] "2023 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS SQUAD ANNOUNCED". Bowls Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

[8] "BIRMINGHAM 2022 STARS LEAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BID". Bowls England. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

[9] "TEAM FOR WORLD BOWLS ANNOUNCED". irish Bowls Association. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

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Cue & mind sports	Chess open women Draughts open women Darts PDC WDF Snooker open women
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