The official countdown has begun to our departure on Feb. 20th to Melbourne. The official list of players has been posted on the website, www.worldcroquet.org.

There are 13 countries participating:

• Australia (21 players)
• Egypt (22 players)
• England (3 players)
• New Zealand (11 players)
• South Africa (1 player)
• USA (5 players)
• Wales (2 players)
• Canada (1 player)
• Ireland (2 players)
• Norway (1 player)
• Spain (2 players)
• Sweden (1 player)
• Switzerland (1 player)

Once the Qualifying event and Under 21 tournaments are completed, prior to the start of this tournament, additional players who have qualified will be added to this list making a total of 80 players (approximately 71 men and 9 women).  Players will be divided into 8 blocks of 10 players each.

The Championship will be held at the Victorian Croquet Center which has 12 lawns along with an additional four venues (11 more lawns) located throughout the outskirts of Melbourne.

Daily results can be found at www.croquetscores.com beginning Feb. 24th.

Note, this is the 12th GC World Championships. The first was held in Milan, Italy in 1996.  It was held every year until 1998, then from 2000 - 2008 every 2 years, then 2011 - current every 2 years. Egyptian players have won it a total of 9 times!