WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2006

Ennis in Ireland is the beautiful setting for the fifteenth edition of the WDF Europe Cup darts. Played at the Lynch West County Hotel from September 21-23. It is the second time that Ireland organizes the WDF Europe Cup. Bundoran was host in 1996. Nineteen countries send their best men and women to Ireland to compete. It would be a historic edition for the men because the English quartet falls of the podium in the overall standings for the first time in history. Turkey joined the WDF Europe Cup family for the first time in 2006.

Only Finland has two pairs left in the quarterfinals in 2006. Marco Kantele & Jarkko Komula also advance to the semi-finals. They beat the Swedish duo Goran Klemme & Johan Engstrom 4-0. All other quarterfinals ended in 4-3. Vincent van der Voort & Jelle Klaasen beat Oyvind Aasland & Robert Wagner from Norway. Northern Ireland's John Elder & Paul Watton beat Finns Ulf Ceder & Vesa Nuutinen. The final semi-finalists are from Scotland, Paul Hanvidge & Paul McGimpsey beat Martin Phillips and Wayne Warren from Wales.

The semi-finals are a lot less exciting; the Finns easily win 4-1 against the Dutch duo and the Scots also only lose one leg against the Northern Irish. The final is not one for the histriy books. Paul Hanvidge & Paul McGimpsey win 4-0 against Finland’s Marco Kantele & Jarkko Komula in a one-sided match.

It is the second time that Scotland wins gold in the pairs tournament after Jamie Harvey and Ronnie Sharp in 1992. Also then, a Finnish pairs was beaten in the final. Finland already takes silver for the third time this year, it still waits for the first gold.

WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs

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Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2006

Øyvind Aasland

Martin Adams

Ercument Akyollu

Gary Anderson

Marco Apollonio

Bela Balogh

Nandor Bezzeg

Aegir Bjornsson

Michael Blair

Cyril Blot

Attila Boszok

Michel Boulet

Chris Braekevelt

Brian Buur

Brian Cathcart

Ulf Ceder

Rune David

Geert De Vos

Kurt Delahousse

Pavel Drtil

John Elder

Johan Engström

Steve Farmer

Magnus Gardarsson

Christophe Gayral

Brendan Grace

Garrett Gray

Shaun Greatbatch

Thorgeir Gudmundsson

Paul Hanvidge

Dirk Hespeels

Kenneth Hogvall

Robert Hughes

Throsdur Ingimarsson

Ken-Rune Jorgensen

Marko Kantele

Jelle Klaasen

Goran Klemme

Jarkko Komula

Roman Konchikov

Andreas Krockel

Lev Kuzmichev

Daniel Larsson

Per Laursen

Michael Leclercq

Luigi Marino

Anto McCracken

Paul McGimpsey

Stanislav Megerya

David Miklas

Miloslav Navratil

Vesa Nuutinen

Aodhagan O'Neill

Tony O'Shea

Anders Pedersen

Martin Phillips

Loris Polese

Marko Puls

Andrei Ratnikov

Colin Rice

Peter Sonderby

Co Stompé

Levente Szekely

Bora Temizsoy

Emre Toros

Petr Tous

Ayhan Turali

Mike Veitch

Robert Wagner

Wayne Warren

Paul Watton

Mark Webster

Karsten Wieggrebe

Stefano Zanone

Niels de Ruiter

Vincent van der Voort

Callers Of WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2006