| World Indoor Championships 1981 | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Series: | World Indoor Bowls Championships |
| Location: | Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire |
| Dates: | 24 February - 01 March, 1981. |
| Category: | World Indoor Championships |
| Prev: | 1980 |
| Next: | 1982 |
The 1981 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 24 February - 1 March 1981.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
David Bryant won his third consecutive title beating Ron Thomas in the final.
Group A results
| width=100 | Player 1 | width=100 | Player 2 | width=20 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | McKelvey | 21-13 | |||
| Thomas | Murtagh | 21-18 | |||
| Thomas | Duncalf | 21-9 | |||
| Thomas | Bryant | 21-16 | |||
| Bryant | McKelvey | 21-18 | |||
| Bryant | Duncalf | 21-19 | |||
| Bryant | Murtagh | 21-4 | |||
| McKelvey | Murtagh | 21-19 | |||
| McKelvey | Duncalf | 21-17 | |||
| Duncalf | Murtagh | 21-13 |
| width=20 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=20 | P | width=20 | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 0 |
| width=100 | Player 1 | width=100 | Player 2 | width=20 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell | Dang | 21-19 | |||
| Bell | Candelet | 21-3 | |||
| Bell | Douglas | 21-14 | |||
| Bell | Moran | 21-19 | |||
| Dang | Candelet | 21-14 | |||
| Dang | Douglas | 21-19 | |||
| Dang | Moran | 21-3 | |||
| Candelet | Moran | 21-16 | |||
| Douglas | Candelet | 21-9 | |||
| Douglas | Moran | 21-? |
| width=20 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=20 | P | width=20 | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 0 |