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Please find below an updated player list.

Alexandre Denizot from Spain withdrew on 7th January 2025. He has been replaced by Krystof Dusek of the Czech Republic.

Alfonso Morales from Spain withdraw on 24th January 2025. He has been replaced by Nehemiah McFrederick of the USA.

Saif Hatem and Mohsen Elyamany, both from Egypt, withdrew on 24th March. They have been replaced by Evan Rogers (USA) and Trevor Louw (USA).

Player List as at 31st March 2025 (and replacement list)

Age Restriction! Members and Players are reminded that all entrants must comply with the age restriction.
Sports Regulations - Clause 5.1.5.  A player may compete in an Event subject to a maximum age limit if their age does not exceed the limit on the preceding 31st December.

So, anybody who is 20 or younger on 31st December 2024 may compete. Anyone who turns 21 prior to that date, may not.

Please find below an updated player list.

Alexandre Denizot from Spain withdrew on 7th January 2025. He has been replaced by Krystof Dusek of the Czech Republic.

Alfonso Morales from Spain withdraw on 24th January 2025. He has been replaced by Nehemiah McFrederick of the USA.

Player List as at 3rd February 2025 (and replacement list)

Age Restriction! Members and Players are reminded that all entrants must comply with the age restriction.
Sports Regulations - Clause 5.1.5.  A player may compete in an Event subject to a maximum age limit if their age does not exceed the limit on the preceding 31st December.

So, anybody who is 20 or younger on 31st December 2024 may compete. Anyone who turns 21 prior to that date, may not.

The 2025 GC Under 21 World Championship is due to be held at the Sarasota Croquet Club, Florida, USA between 14-18 April 2025.

The Closing date for this Championship was 15th November 2024.
There are no entry fees applicable for this event.

Additional to the 12 Ranking Places already announced, are 12 Membership Places. 4 Membership Places were not allocated and so there are 4 Replacement Ranking Places allocated.

Please see the complete list of 28 players can be downloaded here: 2025 WCF Under 21 GC World Championship - Player List as at 16.11.24 (and replacement list)
Members are recommended to download this file to check the number of places they have been awarded, and to advise their players.

Please note the players on the Replacement List are NOT in the event.

Player Information and Bio’s: these are now due and Players should have been emailed a request to complete this by their relevant Member.

Withdrawals: There is no cut-off date for this event and no qualifier. Any player who needs to withdraw should notify their relevant Member and the WCF Secretary-General as soon as they can.

The 2025 GC Under 21 World Championship is due to be held at the Sarasota Croquet Club, Florida, USA between 14-18 April 2025.

The Allocation date for this Championship was 1st October 2024.

The Management Committee have reviewed the 34 entries received, and in consultation with the hosts, have agreed to increase the capacity from 24 to 28.

Ranking Places: 12 Ranking Places have been awarded to the players in the file below, based on the Initial Ranking List dated end of 1st October 2024. This is based on their Max DG ranking over 12 months as per Sports Regulations Appendix 2, clause 2.3.

Player List

Announcement Date U21 breakdown and RRL

Members are recommended to download this file to check the number of places they have been awarded, and to advise their players.

There are no entry fees applicable for this event.

Player Information and Bio’s: these will be requested shortly after the Closing Date.

Member Places notification: Members should send the Secretary-General the names of players to be nominated for their Member Places by 15th November 2024 at the latest. Some Members have already notified the names of their nominees - please note that these can be changed up to the above deadline.

Withdrawals: There is no cut-off date for this event and no qualifier. Any player who needs to withdraw should notify their relevant Member and the WCF Secretary-General as soon as they can.

The 2024 WCF GC World Championship will be live streamed on the USCA YouTube Channel: “rdilley USCA Croquet”.  The livestream will begin on Tuesday 10/22 thru Saturday 10/26 (Finals), and times are available on the channel.  We invite all persons interested in croquet to subscribe and enjoy the content that is possible by the support of our USCA Members and channel sponsor Oakley Woods Croquet.

First session

Following a withdrawal on 13th October 2024, the latest list of players, can be found here:

2024 GC World Championship - Player list 13th October 2024

Qualifier
There are now 7 places available from the Qualifier.

Withdrawals
If for any reason a player cannot now take up their place, please notify the Secretary-General as soon as possible.

The cut-off date for this event was 2nd September. Any withdrawals after this date will be filled by extra places going through from the Qualifier.