WDF Europe Cup Women Singles 2012

The eighteenth edition of the European Cup would initially be held in Germany, but they had to give the organization back to the WDF. Belgium then wanted to take over, but they too did not get the organization up and running on time. Eventually it is decided to return to Turkey where the Cup was held two years earlier. For the first time in the history, two consecutive editions are not only held in the same country, the same place, but also in the same location; The Grand Haber hotel in Kemer. For the first time in history 30 countries are registered in the men’s competition, with three fewer teams for the ladies. Debutants are Bulgaria, Catalonia, Jersey and Luxembourg.

The title holder in the ladies, Francis Hoenselaar has retired from darts in 2012 and so the title is vacant. It will become a surprising year. Julie Gore seems well on her way, The Welsh Ice Cube has won silver in the singles at a WDF Cup four times and yearns for gold, but she won't do so this year. Although she beats Karin Krappen and Irina Armstrong, she loses in the quarterfinals to Patricia de Peuter from Belgium. Her teammate Rhian Edwards also gets knocked out early. In her first game she loses to Anelia Eneva from Bulgaria. Another contender is Deta Hedman, but she also goes out early. The English ace loses to Finland’s Kirsi Viinikainen in the last 16, who in turn is defeated in the quarterfinals by Jeanette Stoop from Switzerland.

In the last four, Patricia de Peuter defeats Jeanette Stoop 6-3 and is very surprisingly in the final. The other semi-final is between 2008 winner Louise Hepburn and 2000 & 2006 winner, The Golden Girl Trina Gulliver. The victory is for Gulliver who reaches the final of this tournament for the fourth time.

In the final, Gulliver will not only take the singles title, but with a victory the overall title is also for England. At least that is the opinion of all experts, but Patricia de Peuter thinks otherwise. She plays the tournament of her life already, since she has previously never won an international ranking tournament. Gulliver fails to shake off her opponent. The English is much better than her Belgian opponent, but she misses a lot of doubles and with every missed double from Gulliver the confidence of De Peuter grows. When the Belgian levels at 6-6 you can almost see the despair in the eyes of Gulliver and she also loses the last leg. Patricia de Peuter takes the WDF Europe Cup singles title and indirectly also gives The Netherlands the overall title.

WDF Europe Cup Women Singles

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Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Women Singles 2012

Sanja Andjelkovic

Irina Armstrong

Erika Bagdonaviciene

Oana-Diana Birsan

Gustin Blanka

Kristin Bomander

Caroline Breen

Iveta Bruska

Giada Ciofi

Grace Crane

Laura Damont

Rachna David

Patricia De Peuter

Angela De Ward

Nicole Dillon

Anelia Eneva

Petrea Fridriksdottir

Julie Gore

Aleksandra Grzesik-Żyłka

Trina Gulliver-MBE

Deta Hedman

Louise Hepburn

Petra Hristovski

Christine Hunt

Kunka Ivanova

Karin Jahn

Radana Jandova

Joyce Janssens

Maud Jansson

Heike Jenkins

Sigridur-Gudrun Jonsdottir

Viktorija Klanecek

Karin Krappen

Janni Larsen

Hege Løkken

Susanna McGimpsey

Djurdjina Miscevic

Oana Nutu

Rhian O'Sullivan

Barbara Osti

Charlotte Pedersen

Iolanda Riba-Toharias

Colette Rudin

Jolanta Rzepka

Tamara Schuur

Laure Schweitzer

Lumi Silvan

Paula Smith

Jeannette Stoop

Cagla-Pinar Utkutug

Sedra Uzunca

Renata Vaikutiene

Sandrine Valverde

Kirsi Viinikainen

Callers Of WDF Europe Cup Women Singles 2012

Jacques Nieuwlaat

Richard Ashdown

WDF Europe Cup Women Singles 2012