WDF World Cup darts

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The WDF World Cup is a darts tournament held biennially since 1977. The tournament has a team championship, a pairs championship and a singles championship. All events have a men's competition, a women's competition (since 1983) and a youth competition (since 1999). The next World Cup is scheduled for October 10-13, 2007 to be held in the Netherlands.

The event used to be broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, but they ceased covering the tournament after the 1987 World Cup.

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[edit] Previous Winners

[edit] Overall World Cup Winners

  • 1977 Wales
  • 1979 England
  • 1981 England
  • 1983 England
  • 1985 England
  • 1987 England
  • 1989 England
  • 1991 England
  • 1993 Wales
  • 1995 England
  • 1997 Wales
  • 1999 England
  • 2001 England
  • 2003 England
  • 2005 Netherlands
  • 2007 Netherlands

Total Wins: 11 England, 3 Wales, 2 Netherlands.

[edit] Men's Team Event

  • 1977 Wales (Leighton Rees, Alan Evans, David Jones)
  • 1979 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Bill Lennard)
  • 1981 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Cliff Lazarenko)
  • 1983 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Deller, Dave Whitcombe)
  • 1985 USA (Tony Payne, Rick Ney, John Kramer, Dan Valletto)
  • 1987 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, Bob Anderson)
  • 1989 Canada (Bob Sinnaeve, Rick Bisaro, Tony Holyoak, Albert Anstey)
  • 1991 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Phil Taylor, Alan Warriner)
  • 1993 England (Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Kevin Kenny, Dave Askew)
  • 1995 England (Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham)
  • 1997 Wales (Eric Burden, Marshall James, Sean Palfrey, Martin Phillips)
  • 1999 England (Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn King)
  • 2001 England (Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn King, John Walton)
  • 2003 USA (Ray Carver, John Kuczynski, Bill Davis, George Walls)
  • 2005 Finland (Jarkko Komula, Ulf Ceder, Marko Pusa, Kim Viljanen)
  • 2007 England (Martin Adams, Steve Farmer, Tony O'Shea, John Walton)

[edit] Men's Singles Champions

  • 1977 Welsh Leighton Rees
  • 1979 ]American Nicky Virachkul
  • 1981 English John Lowe
  • 1983 English Eric Bristow
  • 1985 English Eric Bristow
  • 1987 English Eric Bristow
  • 1989 English Eric Bristow
  • 1991 English John Lowe
  • 1993 Dutch Roland Scholten
  • 1995 English Martin Adams
  • 1997 Dutch Raymond van Barneveld
  • 1999 Dutch Raymond van Barneveld
  • 2001 English Martin Adams
  • 2003 Dutch Raymond van Barneveld
  • 2005 Dutch Dick van Dijk
  • 2007 Welsh Mark Webster

[edit] Men's Pairs Champions

  • 1977 English Eric Bristow & John Lowe
  • 1979 English Eric Bristow & John Lowe
  • 1981 English Cliff Lazarenko & Tony Brown
  • 1983 English Eric Bristow & John Lowe
  • 1985 English Eric Bristow & John Lowe
  • 1987 English Eric Bristow & John Lowe
  • 1989 English Eric Bristow & John Lowe
  • 1991 Australian Keith Sullivan & Wayne Weening
  • 1993 Canadian John Part & Carl Mercer
  • 1995 English Martin Adams & Andy Fordham
  • 1997 Welsh Sean Palfrey & Martin Phillips
  • 1999 Welsh Ritchie Davies & Richie Herbert
  • 2001 English Andy Fordham & John Walton
  • 2003 English Martin Adams & Mervyn King
  • 2005 Dutch Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort
  • 2007 Dutch Mario Robbe & Joey ten Berge

[edit] Women's Singles Champions

  • 1983 ]American Sandy Reitan
  • 1985 English Linda Batten
  • 1987 Dutch Valery Maytum
  • 1989 ]American Eva Grigsby
  • 1991 New Zealander Jill McDonald
  • 1993 ]American Kathy Maloney
  • 1995 English Mandy Solomons
  • 1997 New Zealander Noeline Gear
  • 1999 English Trina Gulliver
  • 2001 Dutch Francisca Hoenselaar
  • 2003 English Trina Gulliver
  • 2005 English Clare Bywaters
  • 2007 Welsh Jan Robbins

[edit] Youth Singles Champions - Boys

  • 1999 ]Finnish Kim Viljanen
  • 2001 English Stephen Bunting
  • 2003 Dutch Jerry Hendriks
  • 2005 Dutch Jonny Nijs
  • 2007 Hungarian Tibor Tax

[edit] Youth Singles Champions - Girls

  • 1999 ]Australian Harrena Williamson
  • 2001 ]Australian Venus Johnson
  • 2003 English Kate Dando
  • 2005 Dutch Carla Molema
  • 2007 Swedish Linda Odén

[edit] Youth Mixed Pairs Champions

  • 1999 ]Australian Beau Anderson & Harrena Williamson
  • 2001 ]Sweden Markus Korhonen & Johanna Ehn
  • 2003 ]Australian Kyle Anderson & Kathleen Logue
  • 2005 Dutch Jonny Nijs & Carla Molema
  • 2007 Dutch Maarten Pape & Thea Kaaijk

[edit] Venues

  • 1977 London, England
  • 1979 Las Vegas, USA
  • 1981 Nelson, New Zealand
  • 1983 Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1985 Brisbane, Australia
  • 1987 Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1989 Toronto, Canada
  • 1991 Zandvoort, Netherlands
  • 1993 Las Vegas, USA
  • 1995 Basel, Switzerland
  • 1997 Perth, Australia
  • 1999 Durban, South Africa
  • 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2003 Epinal, France
  • 2005 Perth, Australia
  • 2007 Rosmalen, Netherlands

[edit] External links