After two editions in Turkey, the European Cup will stay in Eastern Europe for 2014. Again, a young organization gets the responsibility for the nineteenth WDF Europe Cup; Romania. From 23 to 27 September, the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest is the royal setting for this Cup.
For the first time there are four ladies per team, until 2014 there were always two. This means that an extra day of play is added to the schedule. From now on, the teams will play over four days and the opening ceremony is the day before. Men from 30 countries come to the Romanian capital and 25 countries also bring their ladies. It was a very cosy and friendly European Cup. No debutants at this Cup, but Cyprus does return for the first time since 2000.
The big pre-tournament favourites actually win the WDF Europe Cup for women in 2014. Deta Hedman, Lisa Ashton, Lorraine Winstanley & Trina Gulliver collect 148 points, which is more than enough for the gold. Silver goes to the Dutch quartet with 113 points. The bronze is for Wales with 83 points. Germany take home a gold pairs medal back home, but overall they have to settle for fourth place with 81 points. The gap to number five Swedes, which ends at 42 points, is huge.
Overall ranking
1 - 142 points England
2 - 96 points Netherlands
3 - 82 points Germany
4 - 48 points Russia
5 - 45 points Sweden
6 - 41 points Denmark
7 - 37 points Wales
8 - 35 points Finland
9 - 28 points Scotland
10 - 23 points Ireland Republic
11 - 22 points Northern Ireland
12 - 20 points Turkey/ Norway
14 - 18 points Poland
15 - 17 points France
16 - 15 points Czech Republic
17 - 13 points Italy
18 - 10 points Greece
19 - 8 points Austria
20 - 7 points Switzerland/ Serbia
22 - 5 points Belgium
23 - 2 points Romania
24 - 0 points Bulgaria/ Iceland