From 24 to October 25, 1986 the fifth European Cup was held in Turku, Finland. Thirteen countries participated. Switzerland is participating in this tournament for the first time in history. The WDF Europe Cup was sponsored by Scandinavia's oldest brewery Sinetrychoff the makers of "KOFF" beer.
The overall title goes to the quartet John Lowe, Eric Bristow, Dave Whitcombe & Cliff Lazarenko from England who take all titles and collect a total of 213 points. The silver is for host country Finland with 69 points. Scotland and Belgium are third with 49 points, Belgium has never finished this high. Sweden completes the top five with 41 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 213 points England
2 - 69 points Finland
3 - 49 points Belgium/ Scotland
5 - 41 points Sweden
6 - 36 points Wales
7 - 33 points Northern Ireland
8 - 24 points Norway
9 - 18 points Germany/ Switzerland
11 - 16 points Denmark
12 - 14 points France/ Netherlands