The ninth WDF World Cup is played for the second time in the largest gambling city of the world; Las Vegas. In 1979 WDF World Cup II was also held there, back then with only men's teams. Just like two years ago in Zandvoort Netherlands, there were 32 countries in the men’s competition. In the ladies, 26 countries started for their sixth WDF World Cup Darts.
Traditionally, there are relatively many Caribbean countries when playing in North America. There are also three debuting countries; The Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa have joined the WDF World Cup family. The Sahara Hotel is the place to be from 13 to 16 October, just like 14 years ago. That does not apply to a lot of trusted names. This WDF World Cup goes down in history as the first after the split, with a large number of top players having set up their own darts association, later known as the PDC.
The overall title, for the second time in the history of the WDF World Cup, went to Wales. Eric Burden, Martin Phillips, Sean Palfrey & Ken Thomas collect 94 points. Silver goes to England with 84 points. The overall bronze was for the Netherlands for the first time with 75 points. In fourth place the Scots with 63 points, just ahead of Denmark with 60 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 94 points Wales
2 - 84 points England
3 - 75 points Netherlands
4 - 63 points Scotland
5 - 60 points Denmark
6 - 53 points Canada
7 - 44 points United States
8 - 30 points Belgium
9 - 29 points Australia
10 - 24 points Northern Ireland
11 - 21 points Malaysia
12 - 18 points New Zealand
13 - 17 points Ireland Republic
14 - 16 points Finland
15 - 15 points Sweden
16 - 12 points Norway
17 - 8 points Germany
18 - 7 points Kenya / Switzerland
20 - 6 points France / South Africa
22 - 5 points Italy / Philippines
24 - 2 points Austria / Bahamas / Japan / Russia
28 - 1 point Bermuda / Brazil
30 - 0 points Czech Republic / Hungary / Singapore