# 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's singles

The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's singles will be held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand from 6–11 December 2016.
Shannon McIlroy from New Zealand won the men's singles gold medal.

## Section tables
### Section 1

| Team | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Ryan Bester | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +58 |
| 2 | Darren Burnett | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +52 |
| 3 | Aron Sherriff | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +39 |
| 4 | Kenta Hasebe | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | +22 |
| 5 | Sunil Bahadur | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | −5 |
| 6 | Malcolm De Sousa | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | −5 |
| 7 | Peter Bonsor | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −8 |
| 8 | Willem Esterhuizen | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −30 |
| 9 | Todd Priaulx | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | −54 |
| 10 | Johnny Ng | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | −69 |

### Section 2

| Team | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Shannon McIlroy | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | +64 |
| 2 | Jonathan Tomlinson | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | +42 |
| 3 | Fairus Jabal | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | +24 |
| 4 | Jamie Walker | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | +22 |
| 4 | Gary Kelly | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | +22 |
| 6 | Tony Cheung | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | −12 |
| 7 | Abdul Rahman bin Haji Omar | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −28 |
| 8 | Gerry Baker | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −32 |
| 9 | Ryan Dixon | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −33 |
| 10 | Loukas Paraskeva | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | −69 |

## Finals

| Play Offs | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| Bester | Bester | bye | | | | | | |
| | | | Bester | Bester | 21 | | | |
| | | | Burnett | Burnett | 20 | | | |
| Burnett | Burnett | 21 | Burnett | Burnett | 20 | | | |
| Jabal | Jabal | 13 | | | | | | |
| Jabal | Jabal | 13 | | | | Bester | Bester | 17 |
| | | | | | | McIlroy | McIlroy | 21 |
| Tomlinson | Tomlinson | 8 | | | | | | | McIlroy | McIlroy | 21 |
| Sherriff | Sherriff | 21 | | | | | | |
| Sherriff | Sherriff | 21 | Sherriff | Sherriff | 17 | | | |
| | | | McIlroy | McIlroy | 21 | | | |
| McIlroy | McIlroy | bye | McIlroy | McIlroy | 21 | | | |

## Results

Men's singles section 1 :
| Round 1 – 6 Dec | | |
| Canada | Scotland | 21–8 |
| Australia | Spain | 21–14 |
| Namibia | Japan | 21–20 |
| Jersey | India | 21–17 |
| Guernsey | Macau | 21–19 |
| Round 2 – 6 Dec | | |
| Canada | Japan | 21–19 |
| Australia | Jersey | 21–19 |
| Scotland | Macau | 21–5 |
| Namibia | Guernsey | 21–14 |
| Spain | India | 21–17 |
| Round 3 – 6 Dec | | |
| Canada | Jersey | 21–12 |
| Australia | Macau | 21–15 |
| Scotland | Spain | 21–17 |
| Japan | Guernsey | 21–13 |
| India | Namibia | 21–17 |
| Round 4 – 7 Dec | | |
| Canada | Macau | 21–7 |
| Scotland | Australia | 21–15 |
| Japan | India | 21–13 |
| Spain | Namibia | 21–18 |
| Jersey | Guernsey | 21–10 |
| Round 5 – 7 Dec | | |
| Australia | Namibia | 21–12 |
| Japan | Scotland | 21–18 |
| India | Canada | 21–20 |
| Guernsey | Spain | 21–12 |
| Macau | Jersey | 21–16 |
| Round 6 – 7 Dec | | |
| Canada | Namibia | 21–8 |
| Australia | Japan | 21–13 |
| Scotland | Jersey | 21–8 |
| Spain | Macau | 21–10 |
| India | Guernsey | 21–13 |
| Round 7 – 8 Dec | | |
| Canada | Guernsey | 21–11 |
| Scotland | Namibia | 21–11 |
| India | Australia | 21–18 |
| Japan | Macau | 21–9 |
| Jersey | Spain | 21–18 |
| Round 8 – 8 Dec | | |
| Canada | Spain | 21–18 |
| Scotland | India | 21–12 |
| Australia | Guernsey | 21–10 |
| Japan | Jersey | 21–20 |
| Namibia | Macau | 21–12 |
| Round 9 – 8 Dec | | |
| Scotland | Guernsey | 21–11 |
| Australia | Canada | 21–16 |
| Japan | Spain | 21–20 |
| India | Macau | 21–17 |
| Jersey | Namibia | 21–13 |
Men's singles section 2 :
| Round 1 – 6 Dec | | |
| Malaysia | Ireland | 21–14 |
| Wales | Brunei | 21–7 |
| New Zealand | Hong Kong | 21–17 |
| England | Norfolk Island | 21–5 |
| Cyprus | South Africa | 21–20 |
| Round 2 – 6 Dec | | |
| Malaysia | Cyprus | 21–9 |
| Wales | Hong Kong | 21–17 |
| New Zealand | Brunei | 21–10 |
| South Africa | Norfolk Island | 21–17 |
| Ireland | England | 21–10 |
| Round 3 – 6 Dec | | |
| Malaysia | England | 21–17 |
| Wales | South Africa | 21–17 |
| New Zealand | Cyprus | 21–19 |
| Hong Kong | Ireland | 21–15 |
| Norfolk Island | Brunei | 21–19 |
| Round 4 – 7 Dec | | |
| Wales | Ireland | 21–19 |
| New Zealand | England | 21–12 |
| Malaysia | Hong Kong | 21–15 |
| South Africa | Brunei | 21–13 |
| Cyprus | Norfolk Island | 21–18 |
| Round 5 – 7 Dec | | |
| Wales | England | 21–20 |
| South Africa | Malaysia | 21–13 |
| Hong Kong | Cyprus | 21–15 |
| Norfolk Island | New Zealand | 21–14 |
| Brunei | Ireland | 21–17 |
| Round 6 – 7 Dec | | |
| Wales | Norfolk Island | 21–9 |
| New Zealand | South Africa | 21–1 |
| Malaysia | Brunei | 21–13 |
| Ireland | Cyprus | 21–3 |
| England | Hong Kong | 21–11 |
| Round 7 – 8 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Wales | 21–17 |
| Malaysia | Norfolk Island | 21–10 |
| Ireland | South Africa | 21–10 |
| England | Cyprus | 21–5 |
| Hong Kong | Brunei | 21–17 |
| Round 8 – 8 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Malaysia | 21–7 |
| Wales | Cyprus | 21–14 |
| Ireland | Norfolk Island | 21–13 |
| Hong Kong | South Africa | 21–13 |
| Brunei | England | 21–8 |
| Round 9 – 8 Dec | | |
| New Zealand | Ireland | 21–14 |
| Wales | Malaysia | 21–19 |
| England | South Africa | 21–13 |
| Brunei | Cyprus | 21–9 |
| Norfolk Island | Hong Kong | 21–9 |