Editing Crokinole (section)

==World Crokinole Championship==
[[File:World Crokinole Championships in Tavistock, Ontario, Canada, June 5, 1999, held on a hockey rink with the ice removed.jpg|thumb|World Crokinole Championship 1999, in Tavistock, Ontario, Canada]]

The World Crokinole Championship (WCC) tournament has been held annually since 1999 on the first Saturday of June in [[Tavistock, Ontario]]. Tavistock was chosen as the host city because it was the home of Eckhardt Wettlaufer, the maker of the earliest known board. The tournament has seen registration from every Canadian province, several American states, [[Germany]], [[Australia]], [[Spain]] and the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/whatson-story/5901808-world-s-best-crokinole-players-in-tavistock-for-saturday-s-world-championship/ |title=World's best crokinole players in Tavistock for saturday's World Championship |work=New Hamburg Independent |date=27 May 2014 |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-date=18 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618052357/https://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/whatson-story/5901808-world-s-best-crokinole-players-in-tavistock-for-saturday-s-world-championship/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The WCC singles competition begins with a qualifying round in which competitors play 10 matches against randomly assigned opponents. The qualifying round is played in a large randomly determined competition. At the end of the opening round, the top 16 competitors move on to the playoffs. The top four in the playoffs advance to a final round robin to play each other, and the top two compete in the finals. The WCC doubles competition begins with a qualifying round of 8 matches against randomly assigned opponents with the top six teams advancing to a playoff round robin to determine the champions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tournament Schedule |url=http://worldcrokinole.com/tournament.html |work=WorldCrokinole.com |publisher=World Crokinole Championship |date=2017 |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=27 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727022500/http://www.worldcrokinole.com/tournament.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The WCC has multiple divisions, including a singles finger-shooting category for competitive players (adult singles), novices (recreational), and younger players (intermediate, 11–14 yrs; junior, 6–10 yrs), as well as a division for cue-shooters (cues singles). The WCC also awards a prize for the top 20-hole shooter in the qualifying round of competitive singles, recreational singles, cues singles, intermediate singles, and in the junior singles. The tournament also holds doubles divisions for competitive fingers-shooting (competitive doubles), novices (recreational doubles), younger players (youth doubles, 6–16yrs), and cues-shooting (cues doubles).
[[File:World Crokinole Championships 1999 TROPHIES.jpg|thumb|World Crokinole Championship 1999]]
The official board builder of the World Crokinole Championships is Jeremy Tracey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.traceyboards.com/about |title=About |work=TraceyBoards.com |date=2023 |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027000750/https://traceyboards.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>