Bowls at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
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Bowls is among the sports contested at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, held in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the twenty-second staging of lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games having featured in every Games bar 1966, and the fourth staging within Scotland specifically.
| Bowls at the 2026 Commonwealth Games | |
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Bowls pictogram | |
| Venue | SEC Centre, Glasgow |
| Dates | 23 July – 2 August 2026 |
| Competitors | 177 from 27 nations |
The competition is scheduled to take place between 23 July and 2 August 2026, with a reduced program, and for the first time in an indoor bowls format.[1] On 13 July 2026, the Organising committee announced an extra day of competition (scheduled for July 23rd) due the a larger number of entries than they originally planned.[2]
Schedule
The competition schedule was as follows:
| G | Group stage | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event |
Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sun 26 | Mon 27 | Tue 28 | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | Fri 31 | Sat 1 | Sun 2 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session → | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | ||||
| Men's singles | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's pairs | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Women's pairs | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parasport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's pairs B6–8 | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's pairs B6–8 | G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed pairs B2–3 | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||
Participating nations
A total of 27 CGA's have confirmed entrants into the bowls competition. The eight nations who will each bring six para bowlers, three male and three female, to the Games were named on 9 October 2025.[3][4][5]
Australia (14)
Botswana (6)
Canada (6)[6]
Cook Islands (6)
England (14)
Falkland Islands (6)
Fiji (6)
Guernsey (4)
India (6)
Isle of Man (4)
Jamaica (1)
Jersey (6)
Kenya (4)
Malaysia (8)
Malta (4)
Namibia (4)
New Zealand (14)
Niue (5)
Norfolk Island (6)
Northern Ireland (4)
Pakistan (2)
Scotland (14)
Singapore (6)
South Africa (12)
Tonga (4)
Wales (8)
Zambia (3)
