Rotorua Croquet Club president Dorothy Dyson said the games were going well and the quality of competition was excellent.
"The level of competition is much higher than what we would ever have at club level," she said. "Some of it is extremely good to watch."
She said many people were stopping outside the croquet lawns at the Government Gardens to take in the action.
"The public has shown a lot of interest, particularly over the weekend when there was a lot of people around."
Egyptian youngster Marwan El Sabarouty, 21, who won both his matches in Rotorua yesterday, said he was really enjoying the tournament.
El Sabarouty finished second at the world under-21s in Christchurch recently, which earned him a spot at the World Golf Croquet Championships.
He said his goal at the tournament was to finish in the top four in his pool and make the top 32.
"I just want to get into the knockout stages and see how it goes."
He said all his family played croquet back home and that was what influenced him to take up the sport.
The other clubs hosting games this week include the Katikati, Whakatane and Mount Maunganui croquet clubs.
Golf croquet is different to association croquet, which is the other main discipline of the game. Golf croquet is a lot quicker than association croquet and has become popular in the last decade.
Apart from New Zealand, the other countries competing this week are Australia, Egypt, United States, England, Ireland, South Africa, Belgium, Sweden and Switzerland.
