title: 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's pairs
text: # 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's pairs
  
  The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's pairs was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand, from 29 November tp 4 December 2016.
  
  The men's pairs gold medal went to Aaron Wilson and Brett Wilkie of Australia.
  
  ## Section tables
  
  ### Section 1
  
  | Team | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts | Shots |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Aaron Wilson, Brett Wilkie | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | +51 |
  | 2 | Sam Tolchard, Louis Ridout | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +72 |
  | 3 | Alex Marshall, Paul Foster | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | +43 |
  | 4 | James Po, Tony Cheung | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | +36 |
  | 5 | Malcolm De Sousa, Scott Ruderham | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | +19 |
  | 6 | Ryan Bester, Steve Santana | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | +10 |
  | 7 | Gerry Baker, Jason Evans | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −25 |
  | 8 | Samuela Tuikiligana, Kushal Pillay | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −36 |
  | 9 | Chia Tee Chiak, Christian Huang | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | −79 |
  | 10 | Loukas Paraskeva, Michael Jarvis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | −99 |
  
  ### Section 2
  
  | Team | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts | Shots |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mike Kernaghan, Shannon McIlroy | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | +94 |
  | 2 | Fairul Izwan Abd Muin, Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | +92 |
  | 3 | Gary Kelly, Ian McClure | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | +41 |
  | 4 | Jonathan Tomlinson, Marc Wyatt | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | +34 |
  | 5 | Aaron Zangl, Charlie Herbert | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | −1 |
  | 6 | Todd Priaulx, Matt Solway | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −38 |
  | 7 | Tzvika Hadar, Dan Slodownik | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −29 |
  | 8 | Derek Eldon, Tom Rogers | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | −68 |
  | 9 | John Christian, Ryan Dixon | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | −30 |
  | 10 | Sunil Bahadur, Naveet Rathi | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | −95 |
  
  ## Finals
  
  | Play Offs | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | Australia | bye | | | | | | |
  | | | | Australia | Australia | 17 | | | |
  | | | | Scotland | Scotland | 11 | | | |
  | Scotland | Scotland | 14 | Scotland | Scotland | 11 | | | |
  | Malaysia | Malaysia | 12 | | | | | | |
  | Malaysia | Malaysia | 12 | | | | Australia | Australia | 18 |
  | | | | | | | Ireland | Ireland | 7 |
  | England | England | 10 | | | | | | | Ireland | Ireland | 7 |
  | Ireland | Ireland | 17 | | | | | | |
  | Ireland | Ireland | 17 | Ireland | Ireland | 17 | | | |
  | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 10 | | | |
  | New Zealand | New Zealand | bye | New Zealand | New Zealand | 10 | | | |
  
  ## Results
  
  Men's pairs section 1 :
  
  | Round 1 – 29 Nov | | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Canada | Singapore | 22–14 |
  | England | Jersey | 28–11 |
  | Australia | South Africa | 17–11 |
  | Scotland | Cyprus | 30–10 |
  | Hong Kong | Fiji | 19–14 |
  | Round 2 – 29 Nov | | |
  | Scotland | Singapore | 20–17 |
  | Hong Kong | Canada | 19–14 |
  | South Africa | England | 16–15 |
  | Australia | Jersey | 14–14 |
  | Fiji | Cyprus | 18–15 |
  | Round 3 – 29 Nov | | |
  | Hong Kong | Cyprus | 24–10 |
  | South Africa | Singapore | 22–10 |
  | Canada | Jersey | 16–12 |
  | England | Fiji | 19–8 |
  | Australia | Scotland | 16–11 |
  | Round 4 – 30 Nov | | |
  | England | Hong Kong | 18–16 |
  | Scotland | Canada | 16–14 |
  | Singapore | Australia | 16–15 |
  | Fiji | South Africa | 22–11 |
  | Jersey | Cyprus | 19–10 |
  | Round 5 – 30 Nov | | |
  | England | Canada | 19–9 |
  | Australia | Fiji | 19–10 |
  | Scotland | Jersey | 21–9 |
  | South Africa | Cyprus | 29–16 |
  | Hong Kong | Singapore | 23–7 |
  | Round 6 – 30 Nov | | |
  | Scotland | South Africa | 16–12 |
  | England | Cyprus | 27–8 |
  | Australia | Hong Kong | 24–13 |
  | Jersey | Singapore | 32–9 |
  | Brunei | Zimbabwe | 21–12 |
  | Round 7 – 1 Dec | | |
  | Australia | England | 16–15 |
  | Hong Kong | Scotland | 22–18 |
  | Canada | Cyprus | 16–12 |
  | Jersey | South Africa | 24–12 |
  | Fiji | Singapore | 24–13 |
  | Round 8 – 1 Dec | | |
  | Australia | Cyprus | 26–13 |
  | England | Singapore | 24–13 |
  | Scotland | Fiji | 24–9 |
  | Jersey | Hong Kong | 18–11 |
  | Canada | South Africa | 21–15 |
  | Round 9 – 1 Dec | | |
  | Australia | Canada | 21–14 |
  | England | Scotland | 15–11 |
  | Hong Kong | South Africa | 23–11 |
  | Jersey | Fiji | 15–14 |
  | Singapore | Cyprus | 19–15 |
  
  Men's pairs section 2 :
  
  | Round 1 – 29 Nov | | |
  | - | - | - |
  | United States | India | 28–15 |
  | Israel | Norfolk Island | 18–16 |
  | Wales | Guernsey | 23–9 |
  | Ireland | Spain | 27–8 |
  | New Zealand | Malaysia | 12–11 |
  | Round 2 – 29 Nov | | |
  | United States | Spain | 26–10 |
  | India | New Zealand | 17–13 |
  | Wales | Israel | 32–10 |
  | Guernsey | Norfolk Island | 20–10 |
  | Malaysia | Ireland | 21–10 |
  | Round 3 – 29 Nov | | |
  | New Zealand | Ireland | 23–13 |
  | Wales | United States | 21–17 |
  | Norfolk Island | India | 29–9 |
  | Malaysia | Israel | 16–15 |
  | Guernsey | Spain | 15–15 |
  | Round 4 – 30 Nov | | |
  | United States | Guernsey | 14–12 |
  | Malaysia | Wales | 23–9 |
  | New Zealand | Israel | 24–8 |
  | Ireland | Norfolk Island | 26–11 |
  | Spain | India | 22–11 |
  | Round 5 – 30 Nov | | |
  | Israel | India | 20–11 |
  | Malaysia | Guernsey | 33–9 |
  | Spain | Norfolk Island | 17–16 |
  | Wales | Ireland | 18–10 |
  | New Zealand | United States | 24–10 |
  | Round 6 – 30 Nov | | |
  | Wales | Spain | 15–13 |
  | Malaysia | India | 24–12 |
  | New Zealand | Guernsey | 20–5 |
  | United States | Norfolk Island | 16–9 |
  | Ireland | Israel | 23–12 |
  | Round 7 – 1 Dec | | |
  | Malaysia | United States | 30–8 |
  | New Zealand | Spain | 27–10 |
  | Norfolk Island | Wales | 14–11 |
  | Ireland | India | 31–12 |
  | Guernsey | Israel | 17–15 |
  | Round 8 – 1 Dec | | |
  | New Zealand | Norfolk Island | 28–11 |
  | Malaysia | Spain | 17–9 |
  | Ireland | Guernsey | 16–15 |
  | United States | Israel | 22–16 |
  | Wales | India | 18–9 |
  | Round 9 – 1 Dec | | |
  | New Zealand | Wales | 21–13 |
  | Malaysia | Norfolk Island | 18–17 |
  | Ireland | United States | 18–13 |
  | Guernsey | India | 18–12 |
  | Israel | Spain | 28–10 |
  