The 2nd WCF Golf Croquet World Championship
Venue: Cairo, Egypt
Dates: 3-10 October 1997
Champion: Salah Hassan (Egypt)
Finalist: Walid Salah (Egypt)
Knock-out Results
First Round
K. Younis (Egypt) beat G. Marcora (Italy)+4 +5;
G. Donati (Italy) beat P. Payne (Switzerland) -2 -4 +2;
W. Salah (Egypt) beat A. Pravettoni (Italy) +5 +5;
C. Von Schmieder (Ireland) beat R. Al-Alami (Palestine) +2 -2 +3;
S. Eryan (Egypt) beat M. Power (Ireland) +5 +6;
N. Hassan (Egypt) beat J, Shorten (Ireland) +3 +1;
M. Najarian (USA) beat G. Tomes (South Africa) +1 +5;
M. Kamal (USA) beat N. Al-Shanti (Palestine) +6 +3;
I. Abdelwahab (USA) beat S. Curry (Qualifier) +4 -7 +6;
S. Abdelwahab (USA) beat R. Brand (WCF wild card) +4 +2:
H. El-Shobaki (Egypt) beat A. Hutchinson (Qualifier) +3 +5;
I. Brand (WCF wiid card) beat M. Burrow (Jersey) -3 +2 +2;
K. El-Haj (Palestine) beat F. Rogerson (Ireland) +1 +2:
S. Hassan (Egypt) beat E. Dymock (England) +1 +2;
A. Hamdi (Egypt; beat S. Miles (England), +3 +1:
H. Abousbaa (Egvptt beat S. Jones (England) +4 +5.
Second Round
K. Younis beat G. Donati +5 +2;
W. Salah beat C. Von Schmieder +2 +2;
N. Hassan beat S. Eryan +5 -1 +2;
M. Najarian beat M. Kama! +2 +1;
S. Abdelwahab beat I. Abdelwahab +2 +4;
H. El-Shobaki beat I. Brand +2 +5:
S. Hassan beat K. El-Haj +5 +6;
A. Hamdi beat H. Abousbaa -3 +3 +1.
Quarter-Finals
W. Salah beat K. Younis +1 -1 +4;
N. Hassan beat M. Najarian +4 +2;
H. El-Shobaki beat S. Abdelwahab +2 +2;
S. Hassan beat A. Hamdi -2 +4 +2.
Semi-Finals
W. Saiah beat N, Hassan +2 +2;
S. Hassan beat H. El-Shobaki -3 +2, +4
Final
S. Hassan beat W. Salah -2 +3 +2 +1