Category: GC World Team Championship – Tier 2

Congratulations to Tier 2 Champions Sweden. 

The 2025 GC World Team Championship Tiers 2 and 3 were held between Tuesday 5 to Sunday 10 August 2025.

The Swedish team won the Tier 2 Championship and took home the Amir Ramsis Naguib Salver. This win provides them with a well-deserved return to Tier 1 in 2029.

Scotland won the Tier 3 Jose Alvarez-Sala Salver . They then went on to beat Switzerland in the Relegation match, and so are promoted into Tier 2 for next time.

For the full results please see: Croquet Scores 2025 WCF World Team Championship Tiers 2 & 3

The WCF would like to thank Croquet Network for commissioning a tournament report and to John Miles, from Canada, for writing it. Croquet Network - full tournament report

 

 

 

Format: Regulations, equipment, hours of play, practice arrangements

The format will be dependent on the number of teams entering. The split of teams into Tiers 2 and 3 which will be determined during the event, dependant on performance over the first few days.

Rules and Regulations:
Play will be in accordance with the 6th Edition of the WCF Rules of Golf Croquet, the Official Rulings and the WCF Event Regulations (version 5.2), the WCF Sports Regulations (version 9.5) and the WCF Refereeing Regulations (version 1.6), or whichever are the latest versions on the Invitation Date.  If later versions are subsequently published, application of any relevant amendments will need to be approved by both Members and the host.

Prior Day Practice:
Players wishing to practise before the Event starts will be welcome at SCCC between 2pm and 5pm on Monday, 4^th August, though some lawns may be unavailable at times for maintenance and hoops may not be set to tournament standards.

Hours of play:
Players should be available to start play at 9.30 am each day.  There are no floodlights at the club but at this time of year the light will be good enough to play until at least 8.00 pm and can continue until dusk. Daily practice will be available to players from 9.15 am each day on their allocated court and for 5 minutes before the first game of each match.

Balls: Dawson balls.

Hoops: Quadway, set to WCF Tournament standards

Key Personnel

Chairman of Organising Committee:  Clive Hayton
Tournament Director:  Richard Bilton
Tournament Manager:     John Low
WCF Event Lead: Roberts Stafeckis
SCCC representative:  Clive Hayton
Croquet England Representative:  Ian Lines

Livestreaming and Publicity

Livestreaming: Formal livestreaming by Croquet England has not been possible to arrange. We are hopeful that some informal streaming may be possible.

Useful Information - Socials, catering

Catering:
SCCC has a long-established tradition of providing good quality home cooked lunches with kitchen facilities in the club house and a team of volunteers who cater throughout the season.

Morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea would be available for sale to all players at all venues.

SCCC also has a bar that will be staffed throughout the Event.

Social Events:
It is expected that a social event will be arranged for the players one evening during the Event

Flags:
The relevant country flags will be flown at the club for the duration of the event.

Travel & Accommodation

Players, or their Member countries, will be responsible for the costs of and arranging travel to and from the club.

SCCC is easily accessible by train or car from London or Gatwick Airport.  SCCC is close to Brighton and Worthing which are large urban areas with a wide range of hotels, bed and breakfast and rental properties.  The area attracts a lot of visitors in the summer.  Players should be aware that early booking of accommodation is essential.

We anticipate that most players will stay in accommodation in the Brighton to Worthing area and so will be able to reach SCCC by public transport if they have not hired cars.  It is suggested that players find accommodation within 20 miles (32 km) of SCCC.

Player parking will be available in the club car-park but because this gets busy, car sharing is strongly encouraged.

News Items

Event Playing Regulations

GCWTC Regulations 2025 Tier 23 - version 24.6.25

Teams

Full team list pdf:  2025 WTC T2&3 Team Lists 20.7.25

The player bios and photos can be found in this file:
Who is playing in the WCF GC Teams Championship

Teams playing:

Canada
Czech Republic
Germany

Hong Kong

Latvia

Mexico

Norway

Portugal

Scotland

Sweden

Switzerland

Wales

Previous Winners

The Spanish team, winners of Tier 2 in 2021

On the top line you have from left to right Jose Alvarez-Sala, Rafael Romero and Basilio Iglesias, on the bottom also from left to right Andrés Alvarez-Sala, Jose Riva (the captain) and Manuel Álvarez-Sala.

Spain have been promoted into Tier 1 and so will not be competing in 2025.
Who will take the trophy and earn promotion into Tier 1 for 2029?

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