WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 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.

The globalization of darts was well developed in 2008. The last eight included no fewer than eight different nationalities. Northern Irishman Daryl Gurney wins 4-1 against the Danish ace Stig Jørgensen, Martin Adams from England beats German Andreas Kröckel with the same score line. Defending champion Mark Webster wins 4-2 against Scottish giant John Henderson. The fourth quarter final is the most exciting of all, in a deciding leg Fabian Roosenbrand from the Netherlands wins against the Norwegian Robert Wagner.

The semi-final is the final station for the Dutchman, he loses without a chance 4-0 against Daryl Gurney. In the other semi-final Mark Webster wins 4-2 against Martin Adams and so it remains possible for Webster to successfully defend his title. In the final, Webster is never in danger, he defeats Daryl Gurney 4-0.

This makes Mark Webster the third player in history to successfully defend his WDF Europe Cup singles title. John Lowe (1984 & 1986) and Phil Taylor (1990 & 1992) preceded him.

WDF Europe Cup Men Singles

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Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 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