With a record number of entries of 40 men's teams the tenth WDF World Cup started in the Swiss city of Basel. With this fantastic number of entrees WDF Chairman Peter McMenamin and SDA President Felix Degen could already speak of a great success before the first dart was thrown. Not only the quantity was present also the quality continued to rise. Apparently, there are no "weak countries" anymore in the darts world.
The ladies also had a record number of entries with 35 countries in their seventh WDF World Cup from 4 to 7 October at the Messe Hall in the Swiss city of Basel. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Isle of Man and Latvia make their debut in Switzerland.
With three titles in their pockets, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Ronnie Baxter & Steve Beaton from England showed their superiority and of course also won the overall WDF World Cup with 169 points. The men from Wales, the winners of two years ago, came second with 110 points. Australia won bronze for the fourth time with 81 points. Denmark was the surprise in fourth with 39 points and USA took fifth with 36 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 169 points England
2 - 110 points Wales
3 - 81 points Australia
4 - 39 points Denmark
5 - 36 points United States
6 - 34 points Belgium
7 - 31 points Germany
8 - 21 points Malaysia/ Scotland
10 - 15 points Philippines
11 - 14 points Finland/ South Africa
13 - 13 points Ireland Republic
14 - 12 points Northern Ireland
15 - 11 points Canada/ Kenya/ Netherlands/ New Zealand
19 - 10 points France
20 - 7 points Sweden/ Switzerland
22 - 6 points Japan
23 - 5 points Italy
24 - 4 points Austria/ Norway
26 - 3 points Bermuda/ Spain
28 - 2 points Cyprus/ Latvia/ Malta/ Uganda
32 - 1 point Hungary/ Isle of Man/ Luxembourg/ Russia
36 - 0 points Bahamas/ Brazil/ Bulgaria/ Czech Republic/ Greece