The 5th WCF Golf Croquet World Championship
Venue: The National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Dates: 10-18 February 2002
Champion: Khaled Younis (Egypt)
Finalist: Salah Hassan (Egypt)
Results
DAY ONE SCORES
BLOCK 1
SALAH HASSAN defeats ALEXANDER KIRSTEN 7-3 7-1
SALAH HASSAN defeats BILL MARTIN 7-5 7-5
BLOCK 2
KHALID YOUNIS defeats LEN CANAVAN 7-2 7-5
KHALID YOUNIS defeats CHRIS SHEEN 6-7 7-5 7-4
BLOCK 3
STEPHEN MULLINER defeats MARION HOF 7-3 7-1
STEPHEN MULLINER defeats KEN SHIPLEY 7-2 7-3
BLOCK 4
YASSER ESMAT defeats DAVID UNDERHILL 7-4 7-3
YASSER ESMAT defeats TOM WESTON 7-2 7-3
BLOCK 5
WALID SALAH defeats SHERINE HAMDY 7-3 7-3
DEREK OLD defeats CHARLES von SCHMIEDER 7-4 7-5
DEREK OLD defeats ROY WARE 4-7 7-5 7-6
RICHARD KNAPP defeats DAVID BENT 6-7 7-6 7-3
BLOCK 6
REG BAMFORD defeats HASSAN GHONEIM 7-5 7-1
MOHAMMED KAMAL defeats NORMAN EATOUGH 7-1 7-5
MOHAMMED KAMAL defeats PETER JUST 7-2 7-6
SHERIF NAFEE defeats TONY HALL 7-3 7-2
BLOCK 7
ROBERT FULFORD defeats EDOARDO LUALDI 7-0 7-3
HISHAM ABDEL GAWAD defeats OWEN EDWARDS 7-4 6-7 7-3
HISHAM ABDEL GAWAD defeats BILL MEAD 7-3 7-2
MARK NAJARIAN defeats RANA ALALAMI 7-6 7-4
BLOCK 8
MIK MEHAS defeats KEVIN HAM 7-5 7-3
PAOLO DE PETRA defeats MIK MEHAS 7-6 2-7 7-3
SHERIF ABUSBAA defeats KEVIN HAM 7-2 5-7 7-3
BILL ARLISS defeats IVOR BRAND 7-5 7-2
DICK BRACKETT defeats IVOR BRAND 7-5 7-3
DAY TWO
BLOCK 1
SALAH HASSAN defeats JIM HOUSER 7-5 7-5
EVAN NEWELL defeats JIM HOUSER 7-4 7-4
BILL MARTIN defeats EVAN NEWELL 7-4 7-4
DON BECK defeats SALIB ERIAN 7-4 4-7 7-4
SALIB ERIAN defeats JIM HOUSER 7-3 7-3
SALIB ERIAN defeats ALEXANDER KIRSTEN 7-2 7-3
DON BECK defeats ALEXANDER KIRSTEN 7-3 6-7 7-3
BLOCK 2
KHALID YOUNIS defeats ADALAT SHOURAB 7-2 7-2
JOHN MOORE defeats ADALAT SHOURAB 7-1 7-0
JOHN MOORE defeats LEN CANAVAN 7-3 7-4
CHRIS SHEEN defeats JOHN MOORE 5-7 7-1 7-4
AHMED EL MAHDI defeats IHAB ABDELWAHAB 7-5 6-7 7-5
IHAB ABDELWAHAB defeats LEN CANAVAN 7-5 7-4
AHMED EL MAHDI defeats LEN CANAVAN 7-5 7-3
BLOCK 3
STEPHEN MULLINER defeats ANDREA PRAVETTONI 7-3 5-7 7-4
STEPHEN MULLINER defeats ROY GEE 7-4 6-7 7-3
SHERIF ABDELWAHAB defeats ROY GEE 7-5 7-5
SHERIF ABDELWAHAB defeats MARION HOF 7-2 7-2
SHERIF ABDELWAHAB defeats KEN SHIPLEY 7-3 5-7 7-5
JOHN JEFFREY defeats MARION HOF 7-4 7-6
ANDREA PRAVETTONI defeats MARION HOF 7-1 7-2
BLOCK 4
YASSER ESMAT defeats GIANNI LEONICINI 7-2 7-4
JACQUES FOURNIER defeats GIANNI LEONICINI 7-4 7-5
JACQUES FOURNIER defeats DAVID UNDERHILL 7-6 7-3
JACQUES FOURNIER defeats TOM WESTON 7-5 7-2
MOHAMED ANAN defeats GIANNI LEONICINI 7-1 7-4
MOHAMED ANAN defeats DAVID UNDERHILL 7-6 7-3
BILL BERNE defeats DAVID UNDERHILL 7-4 7-5
BILL BERNE defeats TOM WESTON 7-3 7-5
BLOCK 5
WALHID SALLAH defeats CHARLES VON SCHMIEDER 5-7 7-4 7-4
SHERINE HAMDY defeats DEREK OLD 7-6 7-4
ROY WARE defeats DAVID BENT 7-6 7-6
CHARLES VON SCHMIEDER defeats RICHARD KNAPP 6-7 7-4 7-5
RICHARD KNAPP defeats SHERINE HAMDY 3-7 7-2 7-6
BLOCK 6
REG BAMFORD defeats NORMAN EATOUGH 7-3 7-4
MOHAMMED KAMAL defeats HASSAN GHONEIM 7-4 6-7 7-3
NORMAN EATOUGH defeats SHERIFF NAFEE 7-3 4-7 7-4
SHERIF NAFEE defeats PETER JUST 7-2 7-6
NORMAN EATOUGH defeats TONY HALL 7-5 2-7 7-3
TONY HALL defeats HASSAN GHONEIM 7-4 7-4
BLOCK 7
ROBERT FULFORD defeats OWEN EDWARDS 7-1 7-6
ROBERT FULFORD defeats BILL MEAD 7-3 7-5
HISHAM ABDEL GAHAB defeats EDOARDO LUALDI 7-6 5-7 7-2
MARK NAJARIAN defeats BILL MEAD 7-3 7-6
OWEN EDWARDS defeats RANA ALALAMI 7-3 7-4
BLOCK 8
MIK MEHAS defeats DICK BRACKETT 7-4 7-1
MIK MEHAS defeats KEVIN HAM 7-3 7-2
PAOLO DE PETRA defeats SHERIF ABUSBAA 7-4 7-3
DICK BRACKETT defeats IVOR BRAND 7-5 7-3
IVOR BRAND defeats KEVIN HAM 7-6 7-1
BILL ARLISS defeats DICK BRACKETT 7-4 7-3
DAY THREE
BLOCK 1
SALAH HASSAN defeats DON BECK 7-4 7-6
EVAN NEWELL defeats SALIB ERIAN 7-5 2-7 7-5
JIM HOUSER defeats ALEXANDER KIRSTEN 7-2 7-5
JIM HOUSER defeats BILL MARTIN 7-5 3-7 7-3
BLOCK 2
KHALID YOUNIS defeats AHMED EL MAHDI 7-6 7-5
JOHN MOORE defeats IHAB ABDELWAHAB 7-4 2-7 7-3
IHAB ABELWAHAB defeats ADALAT SHOURAB 7-1 7-1
LEN CANAVAN defeats ADALAT SHOURAB 7-6 7-2
CHRIS SHEEN defeats ADALAT SHOURAB 7-1 7-3
BLOCK 3
SHERIF ABDELWAHAB defeats JOHN JEFFREY 7-2 7-2
ROY GEE defeats MARION HOF 7-0 7-2
KEN SHIPLEY defeats JOHN JEFFREY 7-6 4-7 7-4
ROY GEE defeats KEN SHIPLEY 6-7 7-2 7-3
BLOCK 4
JACQUES FOURNIER defeats MOHAMMED ENAN 7-4 6-7 7-6
YASSER ESMAT defeats BILL BERNE 5-7 7-5 7-4
JACQUES FOURNIER defeats BILL BERNE 7-4 4-7 7-3
MOHAMMED ENAN defeats TOM WESTON 7-2 7-6
DAVID UNDERHILL defeats GIANNI LEONCINI 7-6 5-7 7-5
TOM WESTON defeats GIANNI LEONCINI 7-6 7-6
BLOCK 5
DAVID BENT defeats DEREK OLD 5-7 7-3 7-2
WALID SALAH defeats RICHARD KNAPP 7-3 7-4
CHARLES VON SCHMIEDER defeats DAVID BENT 7-6 4-7 7-4
RICHARD KNAPP defeats ROY WARE 7-3 7-3
SHERINE HAMDY defeats CHARLES VONSCHMIEDER 6-7 7-6
7-5
SHERINE HAMDY defeats ROY WARE 7-2 7-5
BLOCK 6
REG BAMFORD defeats TONY HALL 7-3 7-3
MOHAMMED KAMAL defeats SHERIF NAFEE 5-7 7-5 7-4
TONY HALL defeats PETER JUST 7-5 7-4
HASSANN GHONEIN WITHDRAWS
BLOCK 7
ROBERT FULFORD defeats RANA ALALAMI 7-5 7-3
HISHAM ABDELGAWAD defeats MARK NAJARIAN 7-6 7-4
RANA ALALAMI defeats BILL MEAD 7-3 7-6
OWEN EDWARDS defeats EDOARDO LUALDI 7-4 7-5
EDUARDO LUALDI defeats BILL MEAD 5-7 7-4 7-2
BLOCK 8
SHERIF ABUSBAA defeats IVOR BRAND 7-4 6-7 7-2
MIK MEHAS defeats BILL ARLISS 7-3 7-4
IVOR BRAND defeats DICK BRACKETT 7-3 2-7 7-6
BILL ARLISS defeats KEVIN HAM 7-3 6-7 7-5
PAOLO DE PETRA defeats DICK BRACKETT 7-4 7-6
PAOLO DE PETRA defeats KEVIN HAM 7-4 7-4
DAY FOUR
BLOCK 1
EVAN NEWELL defeats SALAH HASSAN 7-5 7-6
SALAH HASSAN defeats SALIB ERIAN 7-6 7-6
DON BECK defeats EVAN NEWELL 7-6 7-4
DON BECK defeats JIM HOUSER 7-5 7-6
BILL MARTIN defeats SALIB ERIAN 4-7 7-5 7-5
DON BECK defeats BILL MARTIN 7-5 6-7 7-4
BILL MARTIN defeats ALEXANDER KIRSTEN 7-3 7-2
BLOCK 2
KHALID YOUNIS defeats JOHN MOORE 7-1 7-4
KHALID YOUNIS defeats IHAB ABDELWAHAB 7-3 7-3
AHMED EL MAHDI defeats JOHN MOORE 7-2 3-7 7-1
AHMED EL MAHDI defeats ADALAT SHOURAB 7-1 7-0
IHAB ABDELWAHAB defeats CHRIS SHEEN 7-6 7-4
AHMED EL MAHDI defeats CHRIS SHEEN 7-2 7-4
CHRIS SHEEN defeats LEN CANAVAN 7-2 7-3
BLOCK 3
STEPHEN MULLINER defeats SHERIF ABDELWAHAB 7-6 2-7 7-3
STEPHEN MULLINER defeats JOHN JEFFREY 7-3 5-7 7-2
ANDREA PRAVETTONI defeats JOHN JEFFREY 7-4 7-5
ROY GEE defeats JOHN JEFFREY 7-5 7-2
ROY GEE defeats ANDREA PRAVETTONI 6-7 7-5 7-6
ANDREA PRAVETTONI defeats KEN SHIPLEY 7-6 7-5
KEN SHIPLEY defeats MARION HOF 7-4 7-5
BLOCK 4
YASSER ESMAT defeats JACQUES FOURNIER 7-3 7-6
YASSER ESMAT defeats MOHAMMED ENAN 7-4 4-7 7-6
MOHAMED ENAN defeats BILL BERNE 7-5 7-6
BILL BERNE defeats GIANNI LEONCINI 7-4 7-4
BILL BERNE defeats TOM WESTON 7-4 7-2
TOM WESTON defeats DAVID UNDERHILL 7-6 7-4
BLOCK 5
WALID SALAH defeats DEREK OLD 7-4 7-4
WALID SALAH defeats DAVID BENT 7-6 7-2
RICHARD KNAPP defeats DEREK OLD 7-4 7-6
CHARLES VON SCHMIEDER defeats DAVID BENT 7-6 4-7 7-4
SHERINE HAMDY defeats DAVID BENT 7-1 5-7 7-2
RICHARD KNAPP defeats SHERINE HAMDY 3-7 7-2 7-6
BLOCK 6
REG BAMFORD defeats MOHAMMED KAMAL 7-5 7-3
REG BAMFORD defeats SHERIF NAFEE 7-6 7-5
MOHAMED KAMAL defeats TONY HALL 7-3 7-4
REG BAMFORD defeats PETER JUST 7-5 7-2
BLOCK 7
HISHAM ABDEL GAHAD defeats ROBERT FULFORD 7-6 5-7 7-6
ROBERT FULFORD defeats MARK NAJARIAN 5-7 7-1 7-4
HISHAM ABDEL GAHAD defeats RANA ALALAMI 7-3 7-4
OWEN EDWARDS defeats MARK NAJARIAN 5-7 7-6 7-5
OWEN EDWARDS defeats BILL MEAD 7-3 5-7 7-5
EDOARDO LUALDI defeats MARK NAJARIAN 7-3 6-7 7-3
EDOARDO LUALDI defeats RANA ALALAMI 7-2 7-4
BLOCK 8
MIK MEHAS defeats SHERIF ABUSBAA 7-2 7-3
IVOR BRAND defeats MIK MEHAS 7-6 7-5
SHERIF ABUSBAA Defeats BILL ARLISS 7-4 7-6
IVOR BRAND defeats DICK BRACKETT 7-3 2-7 7-6
DICK BRACKETT defeats KEVIN HAM 7-3 7-2
PAOLO DE PETRA defeats IVOR BRAND 6-7 7-2 7-1
BILL ARLISS defeats PAOLO DE PETRA 4-7 7-6 7-5
Knock Out Stage
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarter-Final | Semi-final | Final | Winner |
| 1-Bill Arliss | Bill Arliss | |||||
| 2-Roy Gee | v | 3-Ahmed Almahdy | ||||
| 3-Ahmed Almahdy | v | Salah Hassan | ||||
| 4-Salah Hassan | ||||||
| Salah Hassan | ||||||
| 5-Sherif Abuasbaa | 5-Sherif Abuasbaa | |||||
| 6-John Moore | v | 5-Sherif Abuasbaa | ||||
| 7-Don Beck | v | Sherif Abuasbaa | ||||
| 8-Hisham Abdelgawad | ||||||
| Salah Hassan | ||||||
| 9-Evan Newell | 9-Evan Newell | |||||
| 10-Bill Berne | v | 11-Jacques Fournier | ||||
| 11-Jacques Fournier | v | Paolo de Petra | ||||
| 12-Paolo de Petra | ||||||
| World Champion | ||||||
| 13-Owen Edwards | 13-Owen Edwards | Yasser Esmat | 2002 | |||
| 14-charles Von Schmieder | v | 15-Mohamed Kamal | Khaled Younis | |||
| 15-Mohamed Kamal | v | Yasser Esmat | (Egypt) | |||
| 16-Yasser Esmat | ||||||
| 17-Sherif Nafee | 17-Sherif Nafee | |||||
| 18-Edoardo Luadi | v | 19-Sherif Abdelwahab | ||||
| 19-Sherif Abdelwahab | v | Khaled Younis | ||||
| 20-Khaled Younis | ||||||
| 21-Richard Knapp | 21-Richard Knapp | Khaled Younis | ||||
| 22-Bill Martin | v | 21-Richard Knapp | ||||
| 23-Mik Mehas | v | Reg Bamford | ||||
| 24-Reg Bamford | ||||||
| 25-Mohamed Anan | 25-Mohamed Anan | Khaled Younis | ||||
| 26-Norman Eatough | v | 25-Mohamed Anan | ||||
| 27-Robert Fulford | v | Walid Salah | ||||
| 28-Walid Salah | ||||||
| 29-Ihab Abdelwahab | 29-Ihab Abdelwahab | Walid Salah | ||||
| 30-Andrea Pravettoni | v | 29-Ihab Abdelwahab | ||||
| 31-Sherin Hamdy | v | Ihab Abdelwahab | ||||
| 32-Stephen Mulliner |
Final Finishing Order
1 Khalid Younis - Egypt
2 Salah Hassan - Egypt
3 Walid Salah - Egypt
4 Yasser Esmat - Egypt
5 Reg Bamford - South Africa
6 Sherif Abusbaa - Egypt
7 Paolo De Petra - Italy
8 Ihab Abdelwahab - USA
9 Ahmed El Mahdi - Egypt
10 Sherif Abdelwahab - USA
11 Stephen Mulliner - England
12 Mohamad Kamal - USA
13 Hisham Abdelgawad - Egypt
14 Mohammed Anan - Egypt
15 Richard Knapp - USA
16 Jacques Fournier - USA
17 Sherif Nafee - Egypt
18 Bill Martin - USA
19 Evan Newel - Ireland
20 Shereen Hamdy - Egypt
21 Robert Fulford - England
22 Charles von Schmieder - Ireland
23 Don Beck - England
24 Mik Mehas - USA
25 Bill Berne - USA
26 Roy Gee - USA
27 Andrea Pravettoni - Italy
28 Bill Arliss - England
29 John Moore - England
30 Owen Edwards (tie) - Australia
30 Norman Eatough (tie) - Switzerland
32 Edoardo Lualdi - Italy
33 Tom Weston - England
34 Salib Erian - Egypt
35 Bill Mead
36 Ivor Brand - England
37 Mark Najarian
38 Chris Sheen - England
39 Derek Old - England
40 Jim Houser
41 Tony Hall - Australia
42 John Jeffrey
43 David Underhill
44 Alexander Kirsten - Germany
45 Roy Ware - England
46 Len Canavan - USA
47 Ken Shipley
48 Gianni Leoncini - Italy
49 Peter Just - Sweden
50 Adelat Shourab - Egypt
51 Kevin Ham - Wales
52 Dick Brackett
53 Rana Alalami - Palestine
54 Marion Hof - Germany
55 David Bent
56 Hassan Ghoneim