WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 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.

The record number of participating countries also means a long group phase in 2018. The eight groups consist of four or five teams, the best two of which go to the last 16. The biggest victims in the group phase are Scotland and the Czech Republic. The Scots stumble over Ireland and Russia, while the, this year strong playing, Czechs have to let Finland and Hungary progress from the group.

In the last sixteen, Wales then faces Denmark and crashes out. Wales had previously won the group in which also England was, with that England is now linked to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. That became a true thriller which was won in a deciding leg by Martijn Kleermaker who beats Scott Mitchell. Norway also needed a seventeenth leg to shake off Denmark. Sweden beats the host country Hungary 9-3 and Finland completes the last four by sending Ireland home 9-4. For the second time in history, this means that there are no British countries among the last four.

A lot of Scandinavian team in the semi-finals. Daniel Larsson, Oskar Lukasiak, Edwin Torbjornsson & Andreas Harrysson beat the Norwegians Stig-Jarle Knudsen, Kent Sivertsen, Andres Rokstad & Kjell Vaabeno on behalf of Sweden. It ends 9-4 in favour of the yellow-blue brigade. In the other semi-final, Ulf Ceder, Marko Kantele, Asko Niskala, Pauli Finnala on behalf of Finland are no match for the strong Dutch quartet Willem Mandigers, Richard Veenstra, Martijn Kleermaker & Chris Landman. The Dutch win 9-6 and thus qualify for the final. It is already the eighth time in the last ten editions that the Netherlands plays in the final of the team tournament.

However, this is not a guarantee of gold. The Dutch team knows that they have to win this team tournament to grab the overall victory from England. Of the previous seven finals, the Netherlands has won "only" two. And again, this year it does not work. The Swedish foursome is just better in the final and crowns a beautiful tournament with a gold medal. Daniel Larsson, Oskar Lukasiak, Edwin Torbjornsson & Andreas Harrysson win 9-5 against the Netherlands. It is the first time in history that Sweden has won the team tournament and the first gold since the pairs victories of Stefan Lord, Bjørn Enqvist and Lars-Erik Karlsson in the 1980s.

WDF Europe Cup Men Teams

About WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2018

Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 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