Se anuncia la composición de los distintos grupos que competirán en el II Campeonato del Mundo de Croquet GC por países
18-4-2016
2nd GC World Team Championship
The Croquet Association will host the second Golf Croquet World Team Championship in May 2016. A website dedicated to the whole event can be found at http://www.gcwtc2016.org.uk/.
Tier 1
The Tier 1 championship will be held at the Surbiton Croquet Club in south-west London from Sunday 15 May to Saturday 21 May 2016. Eight teams will contest the title won by Egypt in November 2012 when they defeated New Zealand in the final at the Johannesburg Country Club in South Africa. In addition to the teams representing Egypt and New Zealand, the other countries represented will be England, Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, the United States of America and Wales (the winners of the 2012 Tier 2 competition). Details of the selected squads and teams may be found at Tier 1 and teams. The format of the Competition may be found at GC World Team Championship format. Following the passing of the Team Seeeing Date on 17 April 2016, the team seedings and blocks are as follows:
| Seed |
Team |
Average |
| |
|
grade |
| Block A |
|
| 1 |
Egypt |
2,716 |
| 3 |
USA |
2,504 |
| 6 |
Ireland |
2,336 |
| 8 |
Sweden |
2,291 |
| |
|
|
| Block B |
|
| 2 |
New Zealand |
2,590 |
| 4 |
South Africa |
2,460 |
| 5 |
England |
2,457 |
| 7 |
Wales |
2,317 |
Tier 2
The Tier 2 championship will be held from Sunday 15 May to Friday 20 May 2016 at Bath Croquet Club and Camerton & Peasdown Croquet Club. These two clubs are about 7 miles (11 kilometres) apart in south-west England. The competing teams were announced on 1 November 2015 as: Australia, Belgium, Czech-Moravian Republic, Germany, Latvia, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland. Details of the selected squads and teams may be found at Tier 2 squads and teams. The format of the Competition may be found at GC World Team Championship format. Following the passing of the Team Seeeing Date on 17 April 2016, the team seedings and blocks are as follows:
| Seed |
Team |
Average |
| |
|
grade |
| Block A |
|
| 1 |
Australia |
2,343 |
| 3 |
Germany |
2,091 |
| 6 |
Czech Republic |
1,992 |
| 8 |
Switzerland |
1,800 |
| |
|
|
| Block B |
|
| 2 |
Spain |
2,137 |
| 4 |
Latvia |
2,065 |
| 5 |
Belgium |
2,010 |
| 7 |
Scotland |
1,923 |
