WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2008

At the Scandic Hotel in Copenhagen in Denmark, the sixteenth edition of the WDF Europe Cup was played from 27 to 30 August 2008. The first edition of this tournament was also played in Copenhagen in 1978; this edition will complete the circle for the Danes. The tournament also marks a change in organizational terms. From 2008, "Little" Richard Ashdown from England and Jacques Nieuwlaat from the Netherlands are the new faces on stage. They replace Martin Fitzmaurice. Twenty-three countries are taking part in this edition with their men, 22 also bring the ladies. Spain returns to the European playing field for the first time since 1996. It will be the most open and surprising European Cup ever.

In the quarter finals of the 2008 pairs tournament Martin Adams & John Walton beat the Scottish duo Ross Montgomery & Mike Veitch 4-0. The three remaining quarterfinals all end in 4-1, the Swedes Magnus Caris & Markus Korhonen win the Scandinavian battle against the Finns Petri Korte & Vesa Nuutinen. Scotland with John Henderson & Paul Hanvidge also qualify for the semi-finals, they beat the Austrian pairs Franz Thaler & Alireza Ghafouri-Fard. Marco Kantele & Jarkko Komula complete the semi-final line up, beating Mark Webster & Martin Phillips from Wales.

In the semi-finals, the English are too strong for the duo from Sweden and the Finns win 4-1 against Scotland. This means that Marco Kantele and Jarkko Komula reach the final for the second consecutive edition. Yet they will also have to settle for silver for the second time in a row. Martin Adams & John Walton win the final 4 legs to 2. It is already the fourth time that a Finnish pair takes home the silver. England is now picking up the gold for the seventh time in the pairs. It is the third time that Martin Adams succeeds and also for the third time with a different pairs partner.

WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs

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Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2008

Øyvind Aasland

Martin Adams

Toni Alcinas

Bahadir Alev

Marco Apollonio

Pascal Barbezat

Nandor Bezzeg

Aegir Bjornsson

Michael Blair

Justin Broton

Daniel Brouwer

Zanis Buklovski

Patrick Bulen

Magnus Caris

Luca Catallo

Eddie Cull

Geert De Vos

Kristaps Deksnis

Dylan Duo

Gary Elliott

Vegar Elvevoll

Connie Finnan

Darryl Fitton

Alireza Ghafouri

David Glenn

Gregor Gorjup

Thorgeir Gudmundsson

Daryl Gurney

Romeo Gyalai

Paul Hanvidge

Gudjon Hauksson

John Henderson

Dirk Hespeels

Antonio Hibernon-Cano

Gareth Holt

Ronny Huybrechts

Petr Hynčica

Throsdur Ingimarsson

Vlastimil Jelinek

Frede Johansen

Stig Jorgensen

Aleksey Kadochnikov

Marko Kantele

Karsten Koch

Jarkko Komula

Markus Korhonen

Petri Korte

Oskars Kovalevskis

Preben Krabben

Andreas Krockel

Lev Kuzmichev

Jacques Langston

Daniel Larsson

Per Laursen

Oskar Lukasiak

Peter Maier

Igor Manturov

Martin McCloskey

Stephen McDonnell

David Miklas

Ross Montgomery

Kevin Munch

Vesa Nuutinen

Tony O'Shea

Dyson Parody

Martin Phillips

Leonard Pitman

Loris Polese

Andrei Ratnikov

Gunther Rimser

Fabian Roosenbrand

József Rucska

Jesus Sanchez

Peter Schonauer

Roman Schybal

Daniele Sergi

Pál Székely