# 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's triples

The 2000 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's triples was held at Marks Park Bowling Club, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1 to 15 April 2000.
Andrew Curtain, Rowan Brassey and Peter Belliss of New Zealand won the gold medal.

## Qualifying round
### Section A

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Robert Marshall, Jim McIntyre & Willie Wood | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 235 | 111 | 18 | +124 |
| 2 | Martin McHugh, Ian McClure & Gary McCloy | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 132 | 16 | +66 |
| 3 | Mark Williams, Stephen Rees & Will Thomas | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 141 | 16 | +57 |
| 4 | Bruce Makkink, Bobby Donnelly & Neil Burkett | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 211 | 133 | 15 | +78 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 167 | 188 | 10 | -21 |
| 6 | Chris Grahame, Nick Watkins & James Covell | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 162 | 169 | 9 | -7 |
| 7 | Zambia | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 147 | 201 | 6 | -54 |
| 8 | Botswana | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 146 | 209 | 6 | -63 |
| 9 | Willie Lai, Adam Poynton & James Cheng | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 133 | 204 | 6 | -71 |
| 10 | Namibia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 177 | 200 | 5 | -23 |
| 11 | Argentina | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 135 | 221 | 5 | -86 |

### Section B

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Andrew Curtain, Rowan Brassey & Peter Belliss | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 105 | 22 | +127 |
| 2 | Adam Jeffery, Steve Glasson & Rex Johnston | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 202 | 152 | 18 | +50 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 164 | 16 | +47 |
| 4 | Moshe Renan, Chaim Shefer, George Kaminsky | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 211 | 142 | 14 | +69 |
| 5 | Stuart Airey, David Holt & Tony Allcock | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 214 | 153 | 14 | +61 |
| 6 | Swaziland | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 163 | 206 | 12 | -43 |
| 7 | Fiji | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 227 | 193 | 10 | +34 |
| 8 | Cyril Renouf, Frank Hambly & Lee Nixon | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 197 | 195 | 10 | +2 |
| 9 | Tom Stirrat, Doug McArthur & Joel Stearn | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 172 | 178 | 8 | -6 |
| 10 | Norfolk Island | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 225 | 4 | -88 |
| 11 | Singapore | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 116 | 236 | 2 | -120 |
| 12 | Dave Trebert, Dennis Baglin & Dave Lucas | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 123 | 256 | 2 | -133 |

## Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 16 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 13 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 13 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 23 |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 13 |
| Australia | Australia | 20 | Australia | Australia | 13 |
| Scotland | Scotland | 13 | | | |

## Results

Men's triples section A :
| Round 1 – 1 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Argentina | 30–8 |
| Zambia | Hong Kong | 22–7 |
| Wales | Ireland | 15–14 |
| Scotland | Malaysia | 33–13 |
| Canada | Namibia | 24–17 |
| Round 2 – 2 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Namibia | 16–15 |
| Hong Kong | Wales | 22–8 |
| Scotland | Botswana | 22–6 |
| Ireland | Argentina | 20–19 |
| Malaysia | Canada | 21–18 |
| Round 3 – 2 Apr | | |
| Wales | South Africa | 17–14 |
| Ireland | Hong Kong | 22–11 |
| Scotland | Namibia | 24–13 |
| Argentina | Zambia | 14–13 |
| Botswana | Malaysia | 27–14 |
| Round 4 – 3 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Hong Kong | 42–4 |
| Ireland | Zambia | 22–13 |
| Botswana | Namibia | 20–14 |
| Wales | Argentina | 27–11 |
| Scotland | Canada | 19–9 |
| Round 5 – 3 Apr | | |
| Ireland | South Africa | 21–11 |
| Wales | Zambia | 36–5 |
| Canada | Botswana | 24–14 |
| Hong Kong | Argentina | 19–10 |
| Malaysia | Namibia | 15–15 |
| Round 6 – 3 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Malaysia | 22–12 |
| Botswana | Argentina | 27–9 |
| Scotland | Zambia | 23–20 |
| Canada | Hong Kong | 17–15 |
| Ireland | Namibia | 26–14 |
| Round 7 – 4 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Botswana | 29–6 |
| Malaysia | Zambia | 23–9 |
| Namibia | Hong Kong | 25–10 |
| Scotland | Argentina | 34–11 |
| Wales | Canada | 21–15 |
| Round 8 – 5 Apr | | |
| Scotland | South Africa | 20–8 |
| Zambia | Canada | 18–13 |
| Malaysia | Hong Kong | 20–14 |
| Wales | Namibia | 20–14 |
| Ireland | Botswana | 27–8 |
| Round 9 – 5 Apr | | |
| Namibia | Zambia | 32–16 |
| Scotland | Hong Kong | 28–4 |
| Argentina | Malaysia | 20–20 |
| Wales | Botswana | 26–13 |
| Ireland | Canada | 17–13 |
| Round 10 – 6 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Canada | 14–14 |
| Zambia | Botswana | 16–15 |
| Argentina | Namibia | 20–16 |
| Malaysia | Wales | 21–15 |
| Scotland | Ireland | 20–14 |
| Round 11 – 6 Apr | | |
| South Africa | Namibia | 26–16 |
| Hong Kong | Botswana | 27–10 |
| Canada | Argentina | 15–13 |
| Wales | Scotland | 13–12 |
| Ireland | Malaysia | 15–8 |
Men's triples section B :
| Round 1 – 1 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Jersey | 21–11 |
| England | Israel | 21–14 |
| Guernsey | Singapore | 22–10 |
| Australia | Fiji | 16–14 |
| Zimbabwe | Norfolk Island | 18–13 |
| Swaziland | United States | 18–12 |
| Round 2 – 2 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | United States | 21–10 |
| Israel | Singapore | 29–8 |
| Zimbabwe | Fiji | 27–17 |
| Australia | Swaziland | 22–13 |
| England | Norfolk Island | 19–10 |
| Jersey | Guernsey | 20–12 |
| Round 3 – 2 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Guernsey | 23–7 |
| Zimbabwe | Israel | 18–12 |
| Norfolk Island | Fiji | 18–17 |
| Australia | United States | 18–17 |
| England | Singapore | 23–11 |
| Swaziland | Jersey | 19–14 |
| Round 4 – 3 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Singapore | 29–9 |
| Israel | Guernsey | 21–9 |
| Fiji | Swaziland | 30–9 |
| Australia | Norfolk Island | 18–15 |
| Zimbabwe | England | 19–15 |
| United States | Jersey | 17–14 |
| Round 5 – 3 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Norfolk Island | 20–8 |
| Israel | Swaziland | 30–8 |
| Fiji | Guernsey | 35–8 |
| Australia | Singapore | 21–9 |
| England | United States | 21–8 |
| Zimbabwe | Jersey | 25–14 |
| Round 6 – 4 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 22–9 |
| Israel | United States | 16–13 |
| Fiji | Singapore | 26–11 |
| Australia | Guernsey | 18–15 |
| England | Swaziland | 24–8 |
| Jersey | Norfolk Island | 21–14 |
| Round 7 – 4 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Swaziland | 23–7 |
| England | Guernsey | 31–6 |
| Australia | Zimbabwe | 22–9 |
| Israel | Norfolk Island | 21–7 |
| Jersey | Singapore | 25–10 |
| Fiji | United States | 27–13 |
| Round 8 – 5 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | England | 17–11 |
| Jersey | Fiji | 28–12 |
| United States | Norfolk Island | 33–6 |
| Australia | Israel | 13–12 |
| Zimbabwe | Guernsey | 30–5 |
| Swaziland | Singapore | 18–8 |
| Round 9 – 5 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Fiji | 18–14 |
| Israel | Jersey | 26–12 |
| Norfolk Island | Guernsey | 21–18 |
| England | Australia | 21–19 |
| Swaziland | Zimbabwe | 19–16 |
| United States | Singapore | 13–8 |
| Round 10 – 6 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Australia | 16–10 |
| Jersey | England | 17–14 |
| Swaziland | Guernsey | 25–10 |
| Israel | Fiji | 21–11 |
| Zimbabwe | United States | 18–14 |
| Singapore | Norfolk Island | 21–8 |
| Round 11 – 6 Apr | | |
| New Zealand | Israel | 22–9 |
| Fiji | England | 24–14 |
| United States | Guernsey | 22–11 |
| Australia | Jersey | 25–11 |
| Zimbabwe | Singapore | 22–11 |
| Swaziland | Norfolk Island | 19–17 |