# 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's singles

The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's singles was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North.
Leif Selby won the men's singles Gold.

## Section tables
### Pool 1

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Ryan Bester | 11 | 11 | 0 | 231 | 125 | 22 | +106 |
| 2 | Malcolm De Sousa | 11 | 9 | 2 | 208 | 151 | 18 | +57 |
| 3 | Gerry Baker | 11 | 8 | 3 | 206 | 173 | 16 | +33 |
| 4 | Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais | 11 | 8 | 3 | 205 | 179 | 16 | +26 |
| 5 | Robert Weale | 11 | 7 | 4 | 223 | 153 | 14 | +70 |
| 6 | Arun Kumar | 11 | 6 | 5 | 191 | 180 | 12 | +11 |
| 7 | Martin McHugh | 11 | 5 | 6 | 186 | 173 | 10 | +13 |
| 8 | Hommer N Mercado | 11 | 4 | 7 | 168 | 205 | 8 | -37 |
| 9 | Terence Lee | 11 | 3 | 8 | 157 | 205 | 6 | -48 |
| 10 | Graham Snyman | 11 | 3 | 8 | 152 | 211 | 6 | -59 |
| 11 | Mohd Salleh Mohd Huzaimi | 11 | 2 | 9 | 159 | 209 | 4 | -50 |
| 12 | Patrick Moraes Knight | 11 | 0 | 11 | 109 | 231 | 0 | -122 |

### Pool 2

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Leif Selby | 11 | 11 | 0 | 231 | 125 | 22 | +106 |
| 2 | Paul Foster | 11 | 9 | 2 | 227 | 142 | 18 | +85 |
| 3 | Shannon McIlroy | 11 | 9 | 2 | 216 | 166 | 18 | +50 |
| 4 | Kenta Hasebe | 11 | 8 | 3 | 215 | 152 | 16 | +63 |
| 5 | Jamie Chestney | 11 | 7 | 4 | 205 | 148 | 14 | +63 |
| 6 | Robin Chok | 11 | 5 | 6 | 187 | 190 | 10 | -3 |
| 7 | Tzvika Hadar | 11 | 5 | 6 | 165 | 179 | 10 | -14 |
| 8 | Nick Cole | 11 | 3 | 8 | 186 | 188 | 6 | -2 |
| 9 | Steve Nelson | 11 | 3 | 8 | 157 | 211 | 6 | -54 |
| 10 | Anuruk Rodmanee | 11 | 3 | 8 | 150 | 215 | 6 | -65 |
| 11 | Ritchie Hayden | 10 | 3 | 8 | 135 | 220 | 6 | -85 |
| 12 | Oabona Motladiile | 11 | 0 | 11 | 93 | 231 | 0 | -138 |

## Finals

| Play Offs | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| Leif Selby | Leif Selby | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Selby | Selby | 21 | | | |
| | | | McIlroy | McIlroy | 19 | | | |
| Shannon McIlroy | Shannon McIlroy | 21 | McIlroy | McIlroy | 19 | | | |
| Malcolm De Sousa | Malcolm De Sousa | 3 | | | | | | |
| Malcolm De Sousa | Malcolm De Sousa | 3 | | | | Selby | Selby | 21 |
| | | | | | | Bester | Bester | 19 |
| Ryan Bester | Ryan Bester | | | | | | | | Bester | Bester | 19 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Bester | Bester | 21 | | | |
| | | | Baker | Baker | 10 | | | |
| Gerry Baker | Gerry Baker | 21 | Baker | Baker | 10 | | | |
| Paul Foster | Paul Foster | 9 | | | | | | |

## Results

Men's singles section 1 :
| Round 1 – Nov 24 | | |
| Canada | Malaysia | 21–16 |
| Brunei | Philippines | 21–7 |
| Fiji | Namibia | 21–10 |
| Wales | Brazil | 21–12 |
| Jersey | China | 21–13 |
| Ireland | South Africa | 21–11 |
| Round 2 – Nov 24 | | |
| Fiji | Wales | 21–12 |
| Canada | Ireland | 21–12 |
| Philippines | China | 21–20 |
| South Africa | Malaysia | 21–7 |
| Jersey | Brunei | 21–15 |
| Namibia | Brazil | 21–12 |
| Round 3 – Nov 25 | | |
| Ireland | Brunei | 21–8 |
| Philippines | Brazil | 21–11 |
| Malaysia | Fiji | 21–18 |
| Canada | Namibia | 21–13 |
| South Africa | China | 21–3 |
| Wales | Jersey | 21–14 |
| Round 4 – Nov 25 | | |
| Fiji | Brunei | 21–8 |
| Philippines | Namibia | 21–3 |
| China | Ireland | 21–18 |
| Jersey | South Africa | 21–14 |
| Malaysia | Wales | 21–20 |
| Canada | Brazil | 21–7 |
| Round 5 – Nov 25 | | |
| Jersey | Malaysia | 21–14 |
| Wales | Ireland | 21–11 |
| Canada | China | 21–6 |
| South Africa | Brazil | 1-13 |
| Namibia | Brunei | 21–15 |
| Fiji | Philippines | 21–18 |
| Round 6 – Nov 26 | | |
| Canada | Philippines | 21–12 |
| Wales | China | 21–9 |
| Jersey | Brazil | 21–11 |
| South Africa | Fiji | 21–10 |
| Ireland | Namibia | 21–2 |
| Malaysia | Brunei | 21–14 |
| Round 7 – Nov 26 | | |
| Malaysia | Philippines | 21–9 |
| Canada | Fiji | 21–12 |
| China | Brazil | 21–2 |
| Wales | Namibia | 21–5 |
| Jersey | Ireland | 21–11 |
| South Africa | Brunei | 21–17 |
| Round 8 – Nov 27 | | |
| Fiji | China | 21–17 |
| Canada | South Africa | 21–13 |
| Wales | Brunei | 21–12 |
| Ireland | Brazil | 21–7 |
| Jersey | Philippines | 21–12 |
| Malaysia | Namibia | 21–13 |
| Round 9 – Nov 27 | | |
| South Africa | Wales | 21–20 |
| Philippines | Ireland | 21–14 |
| Malaysia | Brazil | 21–17 |
| Jersey | Fiji | 21–6 |
| Canada | Brunei | 21–11 |
| Namibia | China | 21–16 |
| Round 10 – Nov 28 | | |
| Malaysia | China | 21–10 |
| Wales | Philippines | 21–6 |
| Brunei | Brazil | 21–13 |
| South Africa | Namibia | 21–20 |
| Canada | Jersey | 21–5 |
| Ireland | Fiji | 21–19 |
| Round 11 – Nov 28 | | |
| Fiji | Brazil | 21–4 |
| Canada | Wales | 21–18 |
| China | Brunei | 21–17 |
| South Africa | Philippines | 21–20 |
| Malaysia | Ireland | 21–15 |
| Jersey | Namibia | 21–13 |
Men's singles section 2 :
| Round 1 – Nov 24 | | |
| Spain | Israel | 21–4 |
| Japan | United States | 21–8 |
| Thailand | Botswana | 21–16 |
| Australia | New Zealand | 21–11 |
| Scotland | England | 21–14 |
| Hong Kong | Zimbabwe | 21–7 |
| Round 2 – Nov 24 | | |
| Israel | Zimbabwe | 21–9 |
| Australia | Scotland | 21–19 |
| United States | Thailand | 21–11 |
| Japan | Botswana | 21–8 |
| Hong Kong | Spain | 21–12 |
| New Zealand | England | 21–15 |
| Round 3 – Nov 25 | | |
| England | Thailand | 21–14 |
| Spain | Botswana | 21–4 |
| Australia | Zimbabwe | 21–11 |
| New Zealand | Hong Kong | 21–4 |
| Scotland | Japan | 21–20 |
| Israel | United States | 21–6 |
| Round 4 – Nov 25 | | |
| Hong Kong | Botswana | 21–7 |
| Thailand | Zimbabwe | 21–16 |
| Japan | England | 21–17 |
| Scotland | United States | 21–11 |
| Australia | Israel | 21–10 |
| New Zealand | Spain | 21–18 |
| Round 5 – Nov 25 | | |
| Australia | United States | 21–10 |
| England | Israel | 21–10 |
| Scotland | Spain | 21–12 |
| Zimbabwe | Botswana | 21–13 |
| Hong Kong | Thailand | 21–19 |
| New Zealand | Japan | 21–15 |
| Round 6 – Nov 26 | | |
| New Zealand | Botswana | 21–13 |
| England | Hong Kong | 21–9 |
| Australia | Thailand | 21–4 |
| Scotland | Zimbabwe | 21–8 |
| Japan | Israel | 21–9 |
| Spain | United States | 21–12 |
| Round 7 – Nov 26 | | |
| Israel | Hong Kong | 21–18 |
| England | United States | 21–11 |
| Scotland | Thailand | 21–7 |
| Australia | Botswana | 21–4 |
| New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 21–14 |
| Japan | Spain | 21–19 |
| Round 8 – Nov 27 | | |
| Japan | Zimbabwe | 21–0 |
| Australia | Hong Kong | 21–16 |
| Scotland | New Zealand | 21–16 |
| Israel | Thailand | 21–11 |
| England | Spain | 21–11 |
| United States | Botswana | 21–16 |
| Round 9 – Nov 27 | | |
| Scotland | Israel | 21–11 |
| England | Botswana | 21–2 |
| Australia | Spain | 21–16 |
| Zimbabwe | United States | 21–19 |
| New Zealand | Thailand | 21–12 |
| Japan | Hong Kong | 21–19 |
| Round 10 – Nov 28 | | |
| Hong Kong | Scotland | 21–19 |
| New Zealand | United States | 21–17 |
| Australia | Japan | 21–12 |
| England | Zimbabwe | 21–7 |
| Israel | Botswana | 21–9 |
| Thailand | Spain | 21–15 |
| Round 11 – Nov 28 | | |
| United States | Hong Kong | 21–16 |
| Scotland | Botswana | 21–1 |
| Australia | England | 21–12 |
| Zimbabwe | Spain | 21–20 |
| Japan | Thailand | 21–9 |
| New Zealand | Israel | 21–16 |