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

Events at the 2023 World Bowls Championship
Singles	men	women
Pairs	men	women
Triples	men	women
Fours	men	women

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

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

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