WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 1992

The eighth edition of the WDF Europe Cup was held in Kerava, Finland, from 22 to 25 October. After Turku in 1986, this is the second time that Finland has hosted a WDF Europe Cup. Fifteen countries participate. Initially, this WDF Europe Cup would be played in Granada, Spain, but the Spanish Darts Federation unfortunately had to give the organisation back to the WDF. The Finnish Darts Organization jumped in to help and to allow the tournament to continue. The question was again who could beat the favourite English team, this time the English had to do it for the first time without Eric Bristow.

In the pairs event both English pairs reached the semi-finals; Bob Anderson & John Lowe en Phil Taylor & Alan Warriner. One Scottish duo, Ronnie Sharp & Jamie Harvey and the strong Finnish pair Kexi Hainaharju & Aulis Nissinsen. The Finns confirmed their semi-final spot from a year earlier in the World Cup by beating the Scottish duo Jocky Wilson & Peter Johnstone in the second round and knocking out the strong Welsh pair Eric Burden & Martin Phillips from Wales in the quarterfinals.

In the first semi-final the Finns, supported by a lot of fans, took the win against the English duo Anderson & Lowe. The Finns qualified for the final 4-3. On the other side of the draw, there was an incident between Phil Taylor and the Scot Jamie Harvey. The Scottish pair went in front 2-0, when Phil Taylor reacted rather unprofessional and unsportsmanlike. When Taylor returned from the board, he walked straight up to Ronnie Sharp and made a few comments to the Scot. This happened twice and the Scottish team manager John Cook made the referee aware of this. Jamie Harvey was furious by the unsportsmanlike attitude of Taylor, but Ronnie Sharp had the most trouble with it. He was so impressed that he completely lost his throwing rhythm. As a result, the English came back to 2-1. But the incident was not done yet. Phil Taylor insisted his tricks and it came to an altercation between the world champion and Jamie Harvey and as a result, Alan Warriner interfered as well. Taylor refused to throw another dart, but the England team manager Olly Croft and Alan Warriner insisted that the game was continued. No one understood the attitude of Taylor and the joy was great when Jamie hurled the sixth leg and booked himself along with Ronnie Sharp a place in the final. Both Taylor and Warriner were playing at a very high level so this incident certainly was not needed. Olly Croft, after the game had a short but intense conversation with Taylor and the world number one went to apologize to Harvey and Sharp. An intervention of Croft showing clear results, because on the Sunday Taylor and Harvey were seen having a drink together. Remarkable fact is that this match is the only match Phil Taylor loses in his entire WDF Europe Cup career.

In the final Taylor even had a word of encouragement for the Scots against the Finnish duo Kexi Hainaharju & Aulis Nissinsen. An exciting final that was won for the television cameras by Ronnie Sharp & Jamie Harvey 4-3. This makes them the first Scottish couple ever to grab gold in the couples.

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Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 1992

Øyvind Aasland

Stefan Aebi

Bob Anderson

Mikael Armbladh

Roy Baillie

Eric Burden

Joel Chartier

Torben Christensen

Gaudenz Coray

Mitchell Crooks

Stephane Dalancon

Frans De Vooght

Flavio Donda

Per Eklund

Arild Folgerø

Finian Fox

Mauri Hakkala

Jamie Harvey

Bernd Hebecker

Kexi Heinaharju

Reydar Henningsson

Heikki Hermunen

Svein-Arne Hjelmeland

Jann Hoffmann

Paul Hoogenboom

Stein Jæger

Rickard Johansson

Peter Johnstone

Andreas Krockel

Bruno Ladovaz

Leo Laurens

Jean-Luc Leclercq

Edward Lineham

Peter Locke

John Lowe

Dermott McGuiness

Jack McKenna

Patrick Moylan

Aulis Nissinen

John-Joe O'Shea

Leif Øhrling

Kai Pfeiffer

Martin Phillips

Bruno Raes

Giorgio Sartor

Ronnie Sharp

Jean-Marc Siat

Per Skau

Pierre Steiner

Phil Taylor

Walter Tschudin

Geoff Tucker

Bert Vlaardingerbroek

Alan Warriner

Andree Welge

Jocky Wilson

Geoff Wylie

Hans Zeelenberg

Jean-Marie de Jonghe

Raymond van Barneveld

Callers Of WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 1992

Kimmo Koivunen

WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 1992