After two editions in Turkey, the European Cup will stay in Eastern Europe for 2014. Again, a young organization gets the responsibility for the nineteenth WDF Europe Cup; Romania. From 23 to 27 September, the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest is the royal setting for this Cup.
For the first time there are four ladies per team, until 2014 there were always two. This means that an extra day of play is added to the schedule. From now on, the teams will play over four days and the opening ceremony is the day before. Men from 30 countries come to the Romanian capital and 25 countries also bring their ladies. It was a very cosy and friendly European Cup. No debutants at this Cup, but Cyprus does return for the first time since 2000.
Only English duos remain on the last day of the tournament. Scott Mitchell & Scott Waites beat experienced pair Marko Kantele & Kim Viljanen in the quarterfinals and also win effortlessly without losing a leg from the Greeks Kostas Pantelidis & Giorgos Portokalis in the semi’s. Glen Durrant is paired with James Wilson and they have it a bit more difficult in terms of the quarterfinals. They need a seventh and deciding leg to set aside Colin McGarry & Barry Copeland from Northern Ireland. In the semi-finals, they then beat Ross Montgomery & Alan Soutar from Scotland 5-3.
The final will be a high-level match without too much pressure, because the English team cannot miss out on the overall title anymore. It is both Scott’s who win the last leg and take the gold 6-5. For Scott Waites the second time he does that, after the gold in 2010 with Martin Adams. For Scott Mitchell, it is his first WDF Europe Cup pairs gold. It is the ninth time that an English couple has claimed the title.