WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2006

Ennis in Ireland is the beautiful setting for the fifteenth edition of the WDF Europe Cup darts. Played at the Lynch West County Hotel from September 21-23. It is the second time that Ireland organizes the WDF Europe Cup. Bundoran was host in 1996. Nineteen countries send their best men and women to Ireland to compete. It would be a historic edition for the men because the English quartet falls of the podium in the overall standings for the first time in history. Turkey joined the WDF Europe Cup family for the first time in 2006.

In 2006, four groups were again made, of which the best two countries advance to the quarterfinals. The biggest surprise is the elimination of Wales in the group phase, they do not get further than fourth place in an otherwise strong group, which also includes the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic. Other than that there are few surprises in the group phase.

In the quarterfinals, England beats Sweden 9-4, Scotland defeats the Danes 9-6 and the Netherlands wins with the same score line against Norway. The most exciting match is between Northern Ireland and Finland, where a seventeenth and deciding leg must make the decision. It is the Northern Irish who triumph and send the Finns home.

The Dutch quartet Vincent van der Voort, Co Stompé, Jelle Klaasen & Niels de Ruiter compete against Brian Cathcart, John Elder, Paul Watton & Michael Blair from Northern Ireland. The Dutch are still a size too big for the Northern Irish and win 9-5. In the other semi-final it is incredibly exciting. Steve Farmer, Martin Adams, Shaun Greatbatch & Tony O'Shea from England take on Gary Anderson, Paul Hanvidge, Mike Veitch & Paul McGimpsey from Scotland. It is 8-8 and in a seventeenth leg it is Scotland that eventually goes to the final.

In the final, not only the gold in the team tournament is on the line, but the overall WDF Europe Cup is also at stake. The winner of this competition may lift that cup above their head. The final is not very exciting, the Netherlands takes the lead early on and they will never relinquish it. A resounding 9-2 is the end result. And so, the Dutch foursome, Vincent van der Voort, Co Stompé, Jelle Klaasen & Niels de Ruiter, this year for the first time in years without Raymond van Barneveld, take gold in the team event.

WDF Europe Cup Men Teams

About WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2006

Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2006

Øyvind Aasland

Martin Adams

Ercument Akyollu

Gary Anderson

Marco Apollonio

Bela Balogh

Nandor Bezzeg

Aegir Bjornsson

Michael Blair

Cyril Blot

Attila Boszok

Michel Boulet

Chris Braekevelt

Brian Buur

Brian Cathcart

Ulf Ceder

Rune David

Geert De Vos

Kurt Delahousse

Pavel Drtil

John Elder

Johan Engström

Steve Farmer

Magnus Gardarsson

Christophe Gayral

Brendan Grace

Garrett Gray

Shaun Greatbatch

Thorgeir Gudmundsson

Paul Hanvidge

Dirk Hespeels

Kenneth Hogvall

Robert Hughes

Throsdur Ingimarsson

Ken-Rune Jorgensen

Marko Kantele

Jelle Klaasen

Goran Klemme

Jarkko Komula

Roman Konchikov

Andreas Krockel

Lev Kuzmichev

Daniel Larsson

Per Laursen

Michael Leclercq

Luigi Marino

Anto McCracken

Paul McGimpsey

Stanislav Megerya

David Miklas

Miloslav Navratil

Vesa Nuutinen

Aodhagan O'Neill

Tony O'Shea

Anders Pedersen

Martin Phillips

Loris Polese

Marko Puls

Andrei Ratnikov

Colin Rice

Peter Sonderby

Co Stompé

Levente Szekely

Bora Temizsoy

Emre Toros

Petr Tous

Ayhan Turali

Mike Veitch

Robert Wagner

Wayne Warren

Paul Watton

Mark Webster

Karsten Wieggrebe

Stefano Zanone

Niels de Ruiter

Vincent van der Voort

Callers Of WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2006