WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2000

The twelfth WDF Europe Cup was held in Veldhoven from 11 to 14 October. The Netherlands will host the WDF Europe Cup for the second time after The Hague in 1984. 21 Countries participate in the men's competition, 19 in the women's competition. For the first time since 1992, this means a decline in the number of participating countries. There are a lot of spectators present at this edition. This is undoubtedly due to the high expectations of the host country. There is a darts hype in the Netherlands since the World Championship titles of Raymond van Barneveld in 1998 and 1999.

Due to the disappointing number of countries, the group phase this year was not very exciting, nor was it surprising. Only in group H with Finland, Scotland and Sweden a victim of reputation would fall. Because all teams in that group win one game, the leg difference is decisive and the Swedes are out.

In the quarterfinals are the countries you can expect there. Scotland beats Wales 9-2. Host nation Netherlands is also far too strong for their southern neighbours and they take 9-3 revenge for the defeat of two years ago against the Belgiums. England also wins with a big maegin against the Danes who win four legs. The final quarterfinals is the most exciting. The Finnish quartet defeats the Northern Irish in a seventeenth and deciding leg.

Both semi-finals made sure everyone stayed on the edge of their seat. Raymond van Barneveld, Co Stompe, Frans Harmsen & Arjan Moen competed against the Scottish foursome Gary Anderson, Bob Taylor, Mike Veitch & Alan Brown on behalf of the Netherlands. In the seventeenth and final leg, it is the Netherlands that takes the win for its home crowd. The other semi-final also goes the full distance. Team England with Mervyn King, Kevin Painter, Martin Adams & Ted Hankey have their hands full with the Finnish quartet Ulf Ceder, Jarkko Komula, Marko Pusa & Kim Viljanen. However, the English also prevail in the last leg.

The final will not only decide on the gold in the team tournament, but also which country will take off with the overall title. It will be a disappointing final, at least for the neutral viewer and the Dutch fans. England is far too strong and wins 9-3, taking the team title for the tenth time. It is also for the sixth time in a row.

WDF Europe Cup Men Teams

About WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2000

Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2000

Godfrey Abela

Martin Adams

Gary Anderson

Arnold Anderwald

Mikael Armbladh

Nandor Bezzeg

Marco Blesing

Tanguy Borra

Attila Boszok

Daniel Bottelbergs

Michel Boulet

Cyril Brosse

Alan Brown

Brian Buur

Des Byrne

Robbie Cannell

Alan Carlisle

Joe Caruana

Ulf Ceder

Paris Chloros

Emmanuel Ciantar

Gaudenz Coray

Gwen Cornec

Mitchell Crooks

Roland Csermely

Ritchie Davies

Floros Economou

John Elder

Luca Falseti

Demetris Georgiou

Charles Ghiller

Gordon Gregory

Ted Hankey

Frans Harmsen

Richard Herbert

Robert Hughes

Per-Otto Jakobsen

Frede Johansen

Stig Jorgensen

Jason Kavanagh

Mervyn King

Jarkko Komula

Ermos Korradou

Per Laursen

Dennis McCarthy

Sean McGowan

John Michael

Arjan Moen

Christos Padazopoulos

Kevin Painter

Sergio Pettarini

Martin Phillips

Loris Polese

Attila Port

Marko Pusa

Colin Rice

Ronny Rohr

Michael Rosenauer

Laurent Saillour

Vidar Samuelsen

John Sandåker

Peter Schonauer

Paul Sertin

Tomas Seyler

Arne Sivertsen

Peter Sjoberg

Co Stompé

Mensur Suljovic

Bob Taylor

Franz Thaler

George Trypiniotis

Axel Tschinkowitz

Walter Tschudin

Chris Van den Bergh

Mike Veitch

Kim Viljanen

Sergei Vodicar