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{{Short description|World governing body for croquet}}
{{Infobox Sport governing body
|assocname = World Croquet Federation
|logo = World Croquet Federation logo.png
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|sport = [[Croquet]]
|abbrev = WCF
|jurisdiction = International
|founded = {{Start date|1986}}
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|president = Jose Alvarez-Sala
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|secretary = Debbie Lines
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|url = https://worldcroquet.org/
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The '''World Croquet Federation (WCF)''' is the world governing body for [[croquet]]. Its primary objective is to make the various codes of the game "well-known, well-understood, well-respected and well-supported sports in countries throughout the world".<ref>{{cite web| url=https://worldcroquet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/WCFStatutes_v13.4.pdf |title=WCF Statutes, Effective Date 6/01/2022, Version 13.4 |website=worldcroquet.org |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref> To that end, it encourages, promotes and develops Golf Croquet and Association Croquet internationally at all levels. The WCF sanctions various croquet tournaments for both individuals and national teams, held worldwide, maintains world rankings for individuals and nations, and governs changes to the laws of Association Croquet and the rules of Golf Croquet.

The WCF was first formed in 1986 as a committee spearheaded by members of the English [[Croquet Association]], with the intention of holding a World Championship. The first General Meeting was held alongside the first World Championship in July 1989. At the outset, Australia, England, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, and the USA were Full Members, with Canada, France, Italy, Jersey, and South Africa as Observer Members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcroquet.org/about-the-wcf/the-history-of-the-wcf/ |title=Die Geschichte der WCF |website=worldcroquet.org |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref>

== Member Countries ==
Croquet-playing Nations must satisfy strict criteria prior to membership being accepted by the WCF.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcroquet.org/member-countries/|title=WCF Members|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref>

=== Full Members ===
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* {{flagdeco|Australia}} [[Australian Croquet Association|Australia]]
* {{flag|Canada}}
* {{flag|Egypt}}
* {{flagdeco|England}} [[Croquet Association|England]]
* {{flag|Germany}}
* {{flag|Republic of Ireland|name=Ireland}}
* {{flag|New Zealand}}
* {{flag|Scotland}}
* {{flag|South Africa}}
* {{flag|Spain}}
* {{flag|Sweden}}
* {{flagdeco|United States}} [[United States Croquet Association|United States]]
* {{flag|Wales}}
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=== Associate Members ===
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* {{flag|Czech Republic}}
* {{flag|Latvia}}
* {{flag|Mexico}}
* {{flag|Norway}}
* {{flag|Portugal}}
* {{flag|Switzerland}}
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=== Recognised Croquet Organisations ===
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* {{flag|Austria}}
* {{flag|Belgium}}
* {{flag|Greece|name=Corfu}}
* {{flag|Finland}}
* {{flag|Hong Kong}}
* {{flag|India}}
* {{flag|Iran}}
* {{flag|Japan}}
* {{flag|Jersey}}
* {{flag|Uruguay}}
{{div col end}}

== World Champions (Singles) ==

=== <span class="anchor" id="Association Croquet World Championships Medalists"></span> Association Croquet ===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcroquet.org/world-championships/world-championship-roll-of-honour-tables/#AC-World-Singles-Champions|title=WCF AC World Championship|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up || Bronze Medals||Venue
|-
! 1989
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Joe Hogan
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Avery
| {{flagicon|IRE}} Colin Irwin, {{flagicon|ENG}} David Openshaw
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[The Hurlingham Club|The Hurlingham Club, London]]
|-
! 1990
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Saurin
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]], {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Stark
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[The Hurlingham Club|The Hurlingham Club, London]]
|-
! 1991
| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Walters
| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Openshaw
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Clarke, {{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Fulford
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[The Hurlingham Club|The Hurlingham Club, London]]
|-
! 1992
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Walters
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Bob Jackson, {{flagicon|ENG}} David Openshaw
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[International Tennis Hall of Fame|Newport, Rhode Island]]
|-
! 1994
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Clarke (croquet player)|Chris Clarke]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Comish, {{flagicon|NZL}} Aaron Westerby
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Carden, Cheshire]]
|-
! 1995
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Clarke (croquet player)|Chris Clarke]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Burridge, {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fontenay-le-Comte|Fontenay-le-Comte, Pays de la Loire]]
|-
! 1997
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]]
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane Davis, {{flagicon|ENG}} David Maugham
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bunbury, Western Australia]]
|-
! 2001
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Dennis Bulloch, {{flagicon|USA}} Jacques Fournier
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[The Hurlingham Club|The Hurlingham Club, London]]
|-
! 2002
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Toby Garrison
| {{flagicon|IRE}} Andrew Johnston, {{flagicon|NZL}} Brian Wislang
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wellington]]
|-
! 2005
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} James Death, {{flagicon|SCO}} Jonathan Kirby
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cheltenham|Cheltenham, Gloucestershire]]
|-
! 2008
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Clarke (croquet player)|Chris Clarke]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Fulford, {{flagicon|NZL}}  Aaron Westerby
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Christchurch|Christchurch, Canterbury]]
|-
! 2009
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Rothman]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Farthing, {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Fletcher
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
|-
!2012
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Fletcher
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Marcus Evans, {{flagicon|AUS}} Simon Hockey
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adelaide|Adelaide, South Australia]]
|-
!2013
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Fletcher
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Paddy Chapman
| {{flagicon|SAF}} Reg Bamford, {{flagicon|IRE}} Andrew Johnston
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[London]]
|-
! 2016
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} David Maloof
| {{flagicon|SAF}} Reg Bamford, {{flagicon|ENG}} David Maugham
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
|-
! 2018
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Paddy Chapman
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]], {{flagicon|ESP}} Jose Riva
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wellington]]
|-
!2020
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Matthew Essick
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Fletcher, {{flagicon|AUS}} Edward Wilson
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne|Melbourne, Victoria]]
|-
!2023
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Fulford (croquet player)|Robert Fulford]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} Matthew Essick
| {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Balding, {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Fletcher,
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[London]]
|}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Association Croquet Women's World Championships Medalists"></span> Women's Association Croquet ===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcroquet.org/world-championships/world-championship-roll-of-honour-tables/#AC-Womens-World-Champions|title=WCF Women's AC World Championship|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up || Bronze Medals || Venue
|-
!2012
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Clarke
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alison Sharpe
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chloe Aberley, {{flagicon|AUS}} Rosemary Landrebe
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cairnlea, Victoria]]
|-
!2015
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Miranda Chapman
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Gabrielle Higgins
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Clarke, {{flagicon|AUS}} Alison Sharpe
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nottingham, Nottinghamshire]]
|-
!2023
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Debbie Lines
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Gabrielle Higgins
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Clarke, {{flagicon|AUS}} Alison Sharpe
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Christchurch|Christchurch, Canterbury]]
|}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Golf Croquet World Championships Medalists"></span> Golf Croquet ===
{{main article|Golf Croquet World Championships}}
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcroquet.org/world-championships/world-championship-roll-of-honour-tables/#GC-World-Singles-Champions|title=WCF GC World Championship|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up || Bronze Medals|| Venue
|-
!1996
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Khalid Younis
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hisham Abousbaa
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Salah Hassan, {{flagicon|IRE}} Charlie von Schmieder
| Milan, Italy
|-
!1997
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Salah Hassan
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Walid Salah
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Nahed Hassan,  {{flagicon|EGY}}  Hani El-Shobaki
| Cairo, Egypt

|-
!1998
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Khalid Younis
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mik Mehas
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Yasser Esmat, {{flagicon|IRE}} Evan Newell
| Leamington Spa, England
|-
!2000
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Salah Hassan
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Yasser Esmat
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]], {{flagicon|EGY}} Walid Salah
| Cairo, Egypt
|-
!2002
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Khalid Younis
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Salah Hassan
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Yasser Esmat, {{flagicon|EGY}} Walid Salah
| West Palm Beach, USA
|-
!2004
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Nasr
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Dennis Bulloch
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]], {{flagicon|IRE}} Mark McInerney
| Southwick, England
|-
!2006
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Mohammed Nasr
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Salah Hassan
| {{flagicon|IRE}} Mark McInerney, {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]]
| Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
|-
!2008
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Nasr
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Clarke (croquet player)|Chris Clarke]], {{flagicon|EGY}} Mohammed Nasr
| Cape Town, South Africa
|-
!2011
| {{flagicon|IRE}} Mark McInerney
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hisham Abousbaa
|{{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Nasr, {{flagicon|NZL}} Hamish McIntosh
| Hurlingham, London, England
|-
!2013
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Nasr
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed El Mahdi, {{flagicon|EGY}} Hami Erian
| Cairo, Egypt
|-
!2015
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed El Mahdi
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hami Erian
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Clarke (croquet player)|Chris Clarke]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Mulliner]]
| Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand
|-
!2017
| {{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]]
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Nasr
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hami Erian, {{flagicon|NZL}} Felix Webby
| Melbourne, Australia
|-
!2019
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Rothman]]
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed Karem
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hami Erian, {{flagicon|NZL}} Josh Freeth
| Southwick, England
|-
!2022
| {{flagicon|USA}} Matthew Essick
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Fulford
|{{flagicon|SAF}} [[Reginald Bamford|Reg Bamford]], {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Fletcher
| Southwick, England
|-
!2024
| {{flagicon|USA}} Blake Fields
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Fletcher
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Euan Burridge, {{flagicon|EGY}} Khaled Kamel
| Chesapeake Bay, USA
|}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Golf Croquet Women's World Championships Medalists"></span> Women's Golf Croquet ===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcroquet.org/world-championships/world-championship-roll-of-honour-tables/#GC-Womens-World-Champions|title=WCF Women's GC World Championship|access-date=2021-12-23}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up || Bronze Medals || Venue
|-
!2005
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Nahed Hassan
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Iman El Faransawy
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Shereen Hamdy, {{flagicon|EGY}} Abeer Mostafa
| Cairo, Egypt
|-
!2007
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Iman El Faransawy
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Marwa Mostafa
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hemat Mostafa, {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Williams
| Dublin, Ireland
|-
!2009
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alix Verge
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Iman El Faransawy
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Clarke, {{flagicon|EGY}} Shaden Okasha
| Cairnlea, Victoria, Australia
|-
!2011
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Rachel Rowe
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Clarke
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Rosemary Graham, {{flagicon|EGY}} Marwa Mostafa
| Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand
|-
!2014
| {{flagicon|SAF}} Judith Hanekom
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Clarke
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Mona Hegazy, {{flagicon|EGY}} Abeer Mostafa
| Cairo, Egypt
|-
!2019
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Soha Mostafa
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Manal Khoudeir
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jenny Clarke, {{flagicon|EGY}} Iman El Faransawy
| Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
|-
!2023
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Gumbrell
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Rachel Gee
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Soha Mostafa, {{flagicon|EGY}} Maram Nabil
| Southwick, England
|}

== World Champions (Teams) ==

=== <span class="anchor" id="Association Croquet World Team Championships Medalists"></span> Association Croquet ===

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan= "4" |Tier 1 ([[MacRobertson International Croquet Shield|MacRobertson Shield]])
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up !! Venue
|-
!2010
| {{flagicon|UK}} Great Britain
| {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand
| Various, England
|-
!2014
| {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand
| {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| Various, New Zealand
|-
!2017
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| Mission Hills, California, USA
|-
!2022
|{{flagicon|ENG}} England
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| Melbourne, Australia
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan= "4" |Tier 2.1
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up !! Venue
|-
!2010
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales
| {{flagicon|SAF}} South Africa
| Hurlingham, England
|-
!2014
| {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales
| Carrickmines, Ireland
|-
!2017
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland
| Sussex, England
|-
!2022
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales
| Budleigh Salterton, England
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan= "4" |Tier 2.2
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up !! Venue
|-
!2010
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada, {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain
| Eastbourne, England
|-
!2014
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
| Sussex, England
|-
!2017
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada
| Sussex, England
|-
!2022
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
| Budleigh Salterton, England
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan= "4" |Tier 3
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up !! Venue
|-
!2010
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
| Eastbourne, England
|-
!2014
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Germany
| Sussex, England
|-
!2017
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Germany
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic
| Sussex, England
|-
!2022
| {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Germany
| Budleigh Salterton, England
|}

=== <span class="anchor" id="Golf Croquet Men's World Team Championships Medalists"></span> Golf Croquet ===

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan= "4" |Tier 1
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up !! Venue
|-
!2012
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt
| {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand
| Johannesburg, South Africa
|-
!2016
| {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt
| Surbiton, England
|-
!2020
| {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt
| Nelson, New Zealand
|-
!2025
| {{flagicon|USA}} USA
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt
| Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan= "4" |Tier 2
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up !! Venue
|-
!2012
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Wales
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium
| Cairo, Egypt
|-
!2016
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain
| Bath, England
|-
!2021
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Spain
|{{flagicon|WAL}} Wales
| Cadiz, Spain
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan= "4" |Tier 3
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner Up !! Venue
|-
!2016
| {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
| Godalming, England
|-
!2022
|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico
|{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal
| Godalming, England
|}

=== National Associations ===
* [[Australian Croquet Association]]
* Croquet Canada
* [[Egyptian Croquet Federation]]
* [[Croquet Association]]
* [[Croquet Association of Ireland]]
* [[Croquet New Zealand]]
* [[Scottish Croquet Association]]
* [[South African Croquet Association]]
* [[Federación Española de Croquet]]
* [[United States Croquet Association]]
* Austrian Croquet Federation
* Asociace Českomoravského Kroketu
* Deutscher Krocket Bund
* Federazione Italiana Sport Croquet
* Croquet Association of Japan
* Latvijas kroketa federācija
* Norges Croquet Forbund
* Svenska krocketförbundet
* Association Suisse de Croquet
* Welsh Croquet Association
* Croquet Federation of Belgium
* Suomen Krokettiliitto
* Croquet Federation of India
* Jersey Croquet Club

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://worldcroquet.org/ World Croquet Federation]

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