In 2009, the United States are elected host for the third time. After previous two editions in Las Vegas in 1979 and 1993, it is now Charlotte's turn in North Carolina. The Blake Hotel is the venue where will be played from September 23-25. New faces on stage for the first time in a long time. Richard Ashdown and Jacques Nieuwlaat replace Martin Fitzmaurice as host on behalf of the WDF from 2009.
It will be a very relaxed WDF World Cup in beautiful weather conditions, with 32 men's, 31 women's and 10 youth teams competing for the medals. The Cayman Islands are making their debut. Besides the Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & Tobago, Bermuda, Bahamas and Barbados are also present and this ensures that this WDF World Cup also gets a real Caribbean feel to it.
For the third time in a row, the Netherlands takes the gold medal in the overall ranking. The quartet Daniel Brouwer, Frans Harmsen, Joey ten Berge and Willy van de Wiel win the team event and collect enough points in the other events to crown themselves WDF World Cup champion. The Dutch total 100 points. The silver goes to England helped by the gold medal of Tony O'Shea in the singles. They finish at 84 points. And the bronze with 76 points is for Australia that had already won a gold medal in the pairs tournament. Canada finishes fourth with 63 points, three points above Northern Ireland that finishes fifth.
Overall ranking
1 - 100 points Netherlands
2 - 84 points England
3 - 76 points Australia
4 - 63 points Canada
5 - 60 points Northern Ireland
6 - 52 points Ireland Republic
7 - 41 points Norway
8 - 33 points Wales
9 - 32 points Malaysia
10 - 29 points Germany / Scotland
12 - 28 points Sweden
13 - 27 points Finland
14 - 17 points Italy / United States
16 - 14 points Japan / Spain / Turkey
19 - 11 points Belgium / Denmark
21 - 9 points Bahamas / Trinidad & Tobago
23 - 7 points Cayman Islands
24 - 5 points Russia
25 - 4 points Iceland / New Zealand
27 - 3 points Barbados / Brazil
29 - 2 points Bermuda / Philippines / Turks and Caicos
32 - 1 point Switzerland