WDF Europe Cup Women Pairs 2014

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.

Because the women's teams consist of four players from 2014, there are also two pairs in competition from each country. Both English duos reach the semi-finals. Deta Hedman & Lorraine Winstanley win 4-0 against Hanne Johnson & Janni Larsen from Denmark. Without losing a leg at all throughout the tournament Lisa Ashton & Trina Gulliver qualify for the semi-final. In the quarterfinals they are too strong for Grace Crane & Jennifer Mullan from Northern Ireland. Aileen de Graaf pairs with Anneke Kuijten and the Dutch duo beat Maud Jansson & Anna Forsmark from Sweden in the quarterfinals, also here it finishes 4-0. Elaine Powell & Chris Savvery from Wales do get a leg on the board, but Irina Armstrong & Anne Willkomm win 4-1 on behalf of Germany.

In the semi-finals it ends unexpectedly for both English pairs. Hedman & Winstanley lose to the Netherlands 5-3. The same numbers appear at the end of the match between the German pair and Ashton & Gulliver. The final is a close affair. An eleventh and deciding leg must decide who wins. In the end Irina Armstrong & Anne Willkomm take the gold medal for Germany for the first time in history at a WDF Europe Cup. They beat Aileen de Graaf & Anneke Kuijten 6-5.

WDF Europe Cup Women Pairs

About WDF Europe Cup Women Pairs 2014

Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Women Pairs 2014

Elin Aasetrand

Galina Angelova

Irina Armstrong

Lisa Ashton

Hana Belobradkova

Johanna Bergsdottir

Ursula Binder

Oana-Diana Birsan

Inita Bite

Sharon Prins

Cvetelina Bozhilova

Sharon Bracke

Caroline Breen

Elisa Brunetti

Daniela Büel

Marietta Chatzh

Oana Cimpoca

Giada Ciofi

Grace Crane

Rachna David

Anastasia Dobromyslova

Rabia Dolgun

Jennifer Mullan

Lenka Drtilová

Anelia Eneva

Gamze Eraslan

Karolina Farná

Catherine Flemming

Anna Forsmark

Carole Frison

Kathy Geeraerts

Julie Gore

Rhian Griffiths

Aleksandra Grzesik-Żyłka

Olafia Gudmundsdottir

Trina Gulliver-MBE

Deta Hedman

Louise Hepburn

Henriette Honoré

Michaela Ivan

Maud Jansson

Heike Jenkins

Hanne Johnsen

Jana Kanovska

Lidia Koltsova

Joanna Kubowicz

Anneke Kuijten

Janni Larsen

Frances Lawson

Dorothee Lemaire

Maret Liiri

Ingibjorg Magnusdottir

Margaret Maguire

Natasa Maksimovic

Bilyana Marinova

Kelly McGivern

Olive McIntyre

Tamara Milic

Djurdjina Miscevic

Ramona Mostad-Eriksen

Evdokia Nakka

Silvia Nedelcu

Daniela Neumayer

Sari Sauvola

Linda Nilsson

Giovanna Novelli

Samantha Piccolo

Jelena Popov

Elaine Powell

Kaisu Rekinen

Deana Rosenblom

Colette Rudin

Jolanta Rzepka

Chris Savvery

Berit Schouw

Tamara Schuur

Laure Schweitzer