2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Pairs Explained

2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championships – Men's pairs
Number:	14
Series:	World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location:	Gold Coast, Australia
Dates:	29 August to 10 September
Category:	World Bowls Championship

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]

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

width=20	Team	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		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		8	1	1	6	4	-86
9	Avala Savaiinaea & Tasesa Tafeaga	8	1	0	7	3	-94

Section 2

width=20	Team	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1	Gary Kelly & Adam McKeown	8	7	0	1	21	90
2	Putul Sonowal & Sunil Bahadur	8	7	0	1	21	56
3		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

width=20	Team	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		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		8	3	0	5	9	-48
6		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		withdrew

Section 4

width=20	Team	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		9	9	0	0	27	88
2		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		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		9	2	0	7	6	-103
10	Garry Tyrrell & Christopher Locke	9	0	0	9	0	-179

Results

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

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

Men's pairs section 3
width=150	width=150	width=50
Round 1 (28 Aug)
	+
	30–8
	9–32
	15–16
	31–11
Round 2 (29 Aug)
	16–24
	20–8
	14–18
	+
	15–18
Round 3 (29 Aug)
	10–25
	+
	8–27
	20–11
	12–18
Round 4 (30 Aug)
	8–29
	29–7
	+
	32–5
	24–15
Round 5 (30 Aug)
	16–16
	10–15
	+
	10–33
	10–20
Round 6 (30 Aug)
	13–17
	+
	6–32
	9–17
	25–5
Round 7 (31 Aug)
	21–14
	10–28
	14–19
	+
	18–13
Round 8 (31 Aug)
	+
	20–16
	8–23
	17–17
	10–26
Round 9 (31 Aug)
	14–22
	23–10
	10–25
	11–14
	+

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

+ Kenya forfeited

Notes and References

Web site: Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia . World Bowls . 25 March 2023.
Web site: 2020 World Bowls Championships to be postponed indefinitely . Bowls Australia . 17 March 2020 . 23 March 2023.
Web site: 2021 World Bowls Championships Gold Coast & Future World Championships . World Bowls . 15 May 2021.
Web site: 2023 World Bowls Championships Preview . Inside Bowls . 25 March 2023.
Web site: 2023 World Bowls Championships men's pairs results . Bowls Australia . 21 July 2023.