WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 2018

From 26 to 29 September, the 21st edition of the WDF European Cup was held in the capital of Hungary, Budapest. In the men’s competition 38 different countries came to the oche, which is an absolute record for the WDF Europe Cup. Four countries left their ladies at home, but with 34 countries this edition is also a record breaker for the ladies. In the MOM Sports Centre an exciting tournament was played with some surprising winners. Ukraine is there for the first time, making it the 41st country to ever participate in a WDF Europe Cup.

Defending champion Richard Veenstra loses early in the tournament to Paul Hogan from England. Because he is the only former champion in the bracket, we immediately know that there will be a new singles champion. Roger Janssen from Belgium beats the Lithuanian Darius Labanauskas 5-3 in the quarterfinals. Pavel Jirkal from the Czech Republic wins with the same numbers from John O’Shea from Ireland. Both remaining English also lose in the quarterfinals and both 5-1. Nigel Heydon loses to Alan Soutar and Paul Hogan to the second Irishman in the last eight, Martin Heneghan.

Heneghan also defeats Roger Janssen in the semi-finals, again with big numbers, it ends 6-2. The other finalist is a surprising one. Alan Soutar loses the semi-final of the rather unknown Czech Pavel Jirkal 6-4. In the final, which can mainly be described as nervous, both players never get into their rhythm. It will certainly also have to do with the fact that the final is played two days after the semi-finals and both finalists have little experience on a big stage with cameras. It is Martin Heneghan who handles the circumstances best and wins 7-2. He takes gold for the second time in history in the WDF Europe Cup singles for Ireland after David Concannon four years ago.

WDF Europe Cup Men Singles

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Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 2018

John Agius

Alejandro Ameneiros

Daniel-Martins Amil

Tobias Anliker

George Anyfantis

Josep Arimany

Carlos Arola

Usyk Artem

Norbert Attard

Tom Becker

Stefan Bellmont

Roman Benischko

William Biggane

Andy Bless

Zanis Buklovski

Tom Burquel

Oleksii Bushui

Erdem Butuner

Euan Callander

Gavin Carlin

Iain Cash

Luca Catallo

Ulf Ceder

Mogens Christensen

Arunas Ciplys

Andrea Contino

Tony Dawkins

Daniel Day

John Desreumaux

Dylan Duo

Halgrímur Egilsson

Steve Eusebini

Oliver Ferenc

Pauli Finnala

David Francis

Adrian Frim

Sergio Garrido

Demetris Georgiou

Marios Georgiou

Chris Gilliland

Thorgeir Gudmundsson

Petur Rudrik Gudmundsson

Vitor Charrua

Aaron Hardy

Wayne Harrison

Andreas Harrysson

Lars Helsinghof

Martin Heneghan

Nigel Heydon

Paul Hogan

Ryan Hogarth

František Humpula

Krasimir Ivanov

Ugnius Jankúnas

Roger Janssen

Daniel Jensen

Pavel Jirkal

Laszlo Kadar

Aleksey Kadochnikov

Marko Kantele

Jan Kapaun

Oguzhan Kaya

Andy Keen

Paul Kelly

Nick Kenny

Martijn Kleermaker

Stig-Jarle Knudsen

Boris Koltsov

Ermos Korradou

Dejan Kovacevic

Raido Kruusvee

Frank Kunze

Darius Labanauskas

Jacques Labre

Chris Landman

Daniel Larsson

Mark Layton