# 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's fours

The 2000 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's fours was held at Marks Park Bowling Club, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1 to 15 April 2000.
Mark Williams, Robert Weale, Stephen Rees and Will Thomas of Wales won the gold medal.

## Qualifying round
### Section A

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Robert Marshall, George Sneddon, Jim McIntyre & Willie Wood | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | Russell Meyer, Paul Girdler, Rowan Brassey & Peter Belliss | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 (+46) |
| 3 | Anthony Carstairs, Willie Lai, Adam Poynton, James Cheng | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 (+28) |
| 4 | John Ottaway, Stuart Airey, David Holt & Andy Thomson | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 (+47) |
| 5 | Chris Grahame, Nick Watkins, Dave Anderson & Mark Sandford | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 (+12) |
| 6 | Yair Lieberthal, Moshe Renan, Chaim Shefer, George Kaminsky | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 (+1) |
| 7 | Malaysia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 (-8) |
| 8 | Fiji | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Botswana | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Zambia | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 (-50) |
| 11 | Argentina | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 (-84) |

### Section B

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Mark Williams, Robert Weale, Stephen Rees & Will Thomas | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | Bruce Makkink, Bobby Donnelly, Shaun Addinall & Neil Burkett | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Adam Jeffery, Mark Jacobsen, Brett Duprez & Rex Johnston | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Namibia | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 (+33) |
| 5 | Martin McHugh, Neil Booth, Ian McClure & Gary McCloy | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 (+32) |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Allan Quemard, Cyril Renouf, Frank Hambly & Lee Nixon | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Ian Ho, Barry Pickup, Jim Copeland +, Doug McArthur & Joel Stearn | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Norfolk Island | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Swaziland | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Gary Pitschou, Paul Ingrouille, Dennis Baglin & Dave Lucas | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 12 | Singapore | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
+ Replacement

## Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| Wales | Wales | 23 | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 19 | Wales | Wales | 21 |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | 12 |
| South Africa | South Africa | 20 | South Africa | South Africa | 12 |
| Scotland | Scotland | 8 | | | |

## Results

Men's fours section A :
| Round 1 - 9 Apr | | |
| Hong Kong | Scotland | 21–18 |
| Canada | Israel | 19–16 |
| New Zealand | England | 14–13 |
| Malaysia | Fiji | 19–17 |
| Argentina | Zambia | 23–19 |
| Round 2 - 9 Apr | | |
| England | Scotland | 26–22 |
| Israel | Hong Kong | 21–15 |
| New Zealand | Canada | 21–16 |
| Malaysia | Argentina | 17–14 |
| Botswana | Zambia | 16–14 |
| Round 3 - 10 Apr | | |
| England | Israel | 21-12 |
| Hong Kong | Canada | 22-17 |
| Malaysia | Botswana | 19-19 |
| Scotland | New Zealand | 18-12 |
| Fiji | Argentina | 29-23 |
| Round 4 - 10 Apr | | |
| Fiji | England | 21-19 |
| Scotland | Malaysia | 29-10 |
| New Zealand | Argentina | 33-14 |
| Israel | Zambia | 22-12 |
| Canada | Botswana | 28-18 |
| Round 5 - 11 Apr | | |
| Scotland | Fiji | 27-16 |
| England | Argentina | 32-15 |
| Hong Kong | Botswana | 20-18 |
| New Zealand | Malaysia | 24-14 |
| Zambia | Canada | 15-10 |
| Round 6 - 11 Apr | | |
| Malaysia | England | 26-23 |
| Hong Kong | Fiji | 29-16 |
| New Zealand | Zambia | 29-12 |
| Israel | Botswana | 27-17 |
| Canada | Argentina | 31-11 |
| Round 7 - 12 Apr | | |
| Zambia | England | 25-11 |
| Scotland | Botswana | 31-13 |
| Malaysia | Hong Kong | 23-21 |
| New Zealand | Fiji | 22-19 |
| Israel | Argentina | 23-18 |
| Round 8 - 12 Apr | | |
| Scotland | Argentina | 28-16 |
| Hong Kong | Zambia | 18-13 |
| Botswana | New Zealand | 20-15 |
| Israel | Fiji | 22-19 |
| Canada | Malaysia | 23-22 |
| Round 9 - 12 Apr | | |
| England | Botswana | 23-14 |
| Scotland | Zambia | 28-17 |
| Hong Kong | Argentina | 24-13 |
| Malaysia | Israel | 30-16 |
| Canada | Fiji | 23-22 |
| Round 10 - 13 Apr | | |
| England | Hong Kong | 26-11 |
| Scotland | Canada | 20-12 |
| Argentina | Botswana | 28-15 |
| New Zealand | Israel | 24-17 |
| Fiji | Zambia | 20-12 |
| Round 11 - 13 Apr | | |
| England | Canada | 21-12 |
| Scotland | Israel | 15-15 |
| Hong Kong | New Zealand | 24-15 |
| Fiji | Botswana | 33-16 |
| Zambia | Malaysia | 22-21 |
Men's fours section B :
| Round 1 - 9 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Namibia | 20–12 |
| Wales | Swaziland | 29–11 |
| Australia | Ireland | 25–19 |
| United States | Guernsey | 28–24 |
| Jersey | Singapore | 21–12 |
| Zimbabwe | Norfolk Island | 17–16 |
| Round 2 - 9 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Guernsey | 22–12 |
| Namibia | Swaziland | 24–20 |
| Australia | Singapore | 31–10 |
| Wales | United States | 20–10 |
| Zimbabwe | Jersey | 23–16 |
| Ireland | Norfolk Island | 17–16 |
| Round 3 - 10 Apr | | |
| Guernsey | Swaziland | 23-21 |
| Wales | Namibia | 27-23 |
| Norfolk Island | Singapore | 28-12 |
| South Africa | United States | 23-9 |
| Jersey | Australia | 19-17 |
| Ireland | Zimbabwe | 29-11 |
| Round 4 - 10 Apr | | |
| Namibia | Guernsey | 24-15 |
| South Africa | Wales | 27-18 |
| Australia | Norfolk Island | 21-11 |
| Swaziland | United States | 31-23 |
| Ireland | Jersey | 23-17 |
| Zimbabwe | Singapore | 34-14 |
| Round 5 - 11 Apr | | |
| Wales | Guernsey | 22-13 |
| South Africa | Swaziland | 23-14 |
| Australia | Zimbabwe | 21-10 |
| Namibia | United States | 30-18 |
| Norfolk Island | Jersey | 18-18 |
| Ireland | Singapore | 30-12 |
| Round 6 - 12 Apr | | |
| Jersey | Guernsey | 25-17 |
| South Africa | Singapore | 35-9 |
| Namibia | Zimbabwe | 19-12 |
| United States | Argentina | 21-19 |
| Swaziland | Ireland | 22-20 |
| Wales | Norfolk Island | 27-6 |
| Round 7 - 12 Apr | | |
| Australia | Guernsey | 23-13 |
| South Africa | Jersey | 21-20 |
| Namibia | Norfolk Island | 23-21 |
| United States | Singapore | 24-14 |
| Zimbabwe | Swaziland | 28-7 |
| Wales | Ireland | 23-13 |
| Round 8 - 12 Apr | | |
| Guernsey | Singapore | 36-12 |
| Zimbabwe | South Africa | 22-20 |
| Namibia | Jersey | 23-16 |
| Swaziland | Norfolk Island | 18-18 |
| United States | Ireland | 27-18 |
| Wales | Australia | 15-15 |
| Round 9 - 13 Apr | | |
| Ireland | Guernsey | 24-12 |
| South Africa | Norfolk Island | 33-16 |
| Namibia | Singapore | 30-12 |
| Jersey | United States | 21-17 |
| Australia | Swaziland | 27-15 |
| Wales | Zimbabwe | 25-19 |
| Round 10 - 13 Apr | | |
| Zimbabwe | Guernsey | 21-16 |
| South Africa | Australia | 20-20 |
| Ireland | Namibia | 16-14 |
| Norfolk Island | United States | 21-13 |
| Jersey | Swaziland | 20-14 |
| Wales | Singapore | 21-9 |
| Round 11 - 13 Apr | | |
| Norfolk Island | Guernsey | 22-14 |
| Ireland | South Africa | 24-22 |
| Australia | Namibia | 30-19 |
| United States | Zimbabwe | 20-19 |
| Swaziland | Singapore | 29-11 |
| Wales | Jersey | 25-15 |