# 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's fours

The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's fours was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 6–11 December 2016.
The men's fours gold medal was won by Blake Signal, Mike Kernaghan, Mike Nagy and Ali Forsyth of New Zealand.

## Section tables
### Section 1

| Team | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Blake Signal, Mike Kernaghan, Mike Nagy, Ali Forsyth | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +153 |
| 2 | Iain McLean, Paul Foster, Ronnie Duncan, Alex Marshall | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +43 |
| 3 | James Flower, Aaron Zangl, Scott Roberts, Charlie Herbert | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | −15 |
| 4 | Thinus Oelofse, Petrus Breitenbach, Rudi Jacobs, Jason Evans | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | −7 |
| 5 | Steve Harris, Robert Weale, Ross Owen, Marc Wyatt | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | +41 |
| 6 | James Po, Jason Choi, Raymond Ho, Terry Kung | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | −12 |
| 7 | Ryan Stadnyk, Steve McKerihen, Steven Santana, Cam Lefresne | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −11 |
| 8 | Arie Kremer, Dan Slodownik, Daniel Alonim, Tzvika Hadar | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −43 |
| 9 | Rajnesh Prasad, Samuela Tuikiligana, Semesa Naiseruvati, Arun Kumar | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | −60 |
| 10 | Haji Naim Brahim, Huziami Mohd Salleh, Md Ali Hj Bujang, PMS Chuchu | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | −89 |

### Section 2

| Team | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Martin McHugh, Neil Mulholland, Simon Martin, Ian McClure | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | +83 |
| 2 | Andrew Knapper, Louis Ridout, Robert Paxton, Sam Tolchard | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +97 |
| 3 | Aaron Wilson, Barrie Lester, Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +69 |
| 4 | Md Hizlee Abdul Rais, Syamil Syazwan Ramli, Zulhilmie Redzuan, Fairul Izwan Abd Muin | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | +43 |
| 5 | Denis Streak, Clive Robertson, Terry Bowes, Tom Craven | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | −17 |
| 6 | John Lowery, Michael Rive, Scott Ruderham, Greg Davis | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | −13 |
| 7 | Derek Eldon, Graham Cathcart, Nick Cole, Tom Rogers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −30 |
| 8 | Brent Pauling, Mitchell Graham, Tim Sheridan, John Christian | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | −44 |
| 9 | Hisaharu Satoh, Kenichi Emura, Koichi Sakamoto, Munehisa Miyazaki | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | −88 |
| 10 | Pang Hang Heck, Terrence Lee, Thomas Leong, Christian Huang | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | −100 |

## Finals

| Play Offs | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | bye | | | | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 20 | | | |
| | | | Scotland | Scotland | 3 | | | |
| Scotland | Scotland | 20 | Scotland | Scotland | 3 | | | |
| England | England | 10 | | | | | | |
| England | England | 10 | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 23 |
| | | | | | | Australia | Australia | 4 |
| Ireland | Ireland | bye | | | | | | | Australia | Australia | 4 |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 10 | | | |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 22 | | | |
| United States | United States | 12 | Australia | Australia | 22 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 21 | | | | | | |

## Results

Men's fours section 1 :
| Round 1 – 6 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Israel | 26–10 |
| Scotland | Hong Kong | 16–15 |
| South Africa | Fiji | 19–14 |
| Wales | Brunei | 31–6 |
| United States | Canada | 22–13 |
| Round 2 – 6 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Canada | 13–9 |
| Scotland | Brunei | 18–9 |
| South Africa | United States | 15–14 |
| Hong Kong | Wales | 22–17 |
| Israel | Fiji | 21–14 |
| Round 3 – 6 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Fiji | 25–5 |
| Scotland | Canada | 22–9 |
| South Africa | Brunei | 19–12 |
| Wales | United States | 23–10 |
| Hong Kong | Israel | 22–16 |
| Round 4 – 7 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Hong Kong | 20–8 |
| Scotland | Fiji | 20–11 |
| Wales | Israel | 24–13 |
| South Africa | Canada | 17–8 |
| United States | Brunei | 17–10 |
| Round 5 – 7 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | United States | 45–4 |
| Scotland | South Africa | 17–14 |
| Israel | Brunei | 21–9 |
| Canada | Hong Kong | 22–15 |
| Fiji | Wales | 20–16 |
| Round 6 – 7 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Brunei | 29–8 |
| Wales | South Africa | 20–17 |
| Hong Kong | Fiji | 18–10 |
| Israel | Canada | 16–15 |
| United States | Scotland | 15–14 |
| Round 7 – 8 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | South Africa | 36–4 |
| Scotland | Wales | 16–15 |
| United States | Israel | 20–14 |
| Canada | Fiji | 22–9 |
| Brunei | Hong Kong | 20–13 |
| Round 8 – 8 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Scotland | 23–17 |
| United States | Hong Kong | 17–12 |
| South Africa | Israel | 25–15 |
| Wales | Canada | 15–15 |
| Fiji | Brunei | 20–10 |
| Round 9 – 8 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Wales | 14–13 |
| Scotland | Israel | 24–10 |
| United States | Fiji | 27–15 |
| Hong Kong | South Africa | 17–16 |
| Canada | Brunei | 22–17 |
Men's fours section 2 :
| Round 1 – 6 Dec | | |
| England | Spain | 24–4 |
| Australia | Zimbabwe | 21–17 |
| Ireland | Singapore | 26–6 |
| Malaysia | Jersey | 20–12 |
| Japan | Norfolk Island | 18–15 |
| Round 2 – 6 Dec | | |
| England | Malaysia | 19–16 |
| Australia | Norfolk Island | 27–11 |
| Ireland | Jersey | 17–17 |
| Spain | Singapore | 14–11 |
| Zimbabwe | Japan | 18–10 |
| Round 3 – 6 Dec | | |
| England | Norfolk Island | 28–6 |
| Australia | Singapore | 17–11 |
| Ireland | Malaysia | 17–10 |
| Spain | Zimbabwe | 25–17 |
| Jersey | Japan | 23–11 |
| Round 4 – 7 Dec | | |
| England | Singapore | 35–3 |
| Australia | Spain | 16–14 |
| Ireland | Norfolk Island | 23–14 |
| Malaysia | Japan | 24–11 |
| Jersey | Zimbabwe | 20–13 |
| Round 5 – 7 Dec | | |
| England | Japan | 35–7 |
| Australia | Jersey | 32–9 |
| Ireland | Zimbabwe | 27–11 |
| Malaysia | Spain | 28–10 |
| Norfolk Island | Singapore | 12–12 |
| Round 6 – 7 Dec | | |
| England | Jersey | 21–22 |
| Australia | Malaysia | 19–13 |
| Ireland | Japan | 17–12 |
| Zimbabwe | Singapore | 17–15 |
| Norfolk Island | Spain | 24–16 |
| Round 7 – 8 Dec | | |
| Ireland | England | 28–10 |
| Australia | Japan | 27–6 |
| Malaysia | Singapore | 30–11 |
| Zimbabwe | Norfolk Island | 18–13 |
| Jersey | Spain | 19–12 |
| Round 8 – 8 Dec | | |
| Ireland | Australia | 21–14 |
| Malaysia | Norfolk Island | 21–19 |
| Zimbabwe | England | 16–14 |
| Jersey | Singapore | 19–12 |
| Spain | Japan | 24–9 |
| Round 9 – 8 Dec | | |
| Ireland | Spain | 14–13 |
| England | Australia | 16–14 |
| Zimbabwe | Malaysia | 19–18 |
| Norfolk Island | Jersey | 19–14 |
| Zimbabwe | Japan | 18–17 |