Castlebar in Ireland is the beautiful location for the eighteenth edition of the WDF World Cup. The world-famous Irish cordiality prevails, and 38 countries make it a fascinating spectacle. 35 Women's team and 15 youth teams complete the line-up. The Breaffy House Resort, County Mayo, is the home of darts from September 20-24.
History is being written in Castlebar because England is the first country ever to win all three overall titles in one year. In addition, Catalonia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania get their first introduction to the unsurpassed WDF World Cup feeling.
The English men dominate the WDF World Cup in Ireland. All gold medals hang around their necks, including the overall gold. Martin Adams, Scott Waites, Tony O'Shea and Martin Atkins collect 157 points and take the Cup to England for the twelfth time. The Finns take silver with 85 points and the Swedes bronze with 74 points. Wales collects 63 points and finishes fourth, Belgium finishes fifth with 47 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 157 points England
2 - 85 points Finland
3 - 74 points Sweden
4 - 63 points Wales
5 - 47 points Belgium
6 - 36 points Denmark
7 - 35 points Scotland / South Africa
9 - 29 points Australia
10 - 26 points Netherlands
11 - 25 points Germany
12 - 23 points Canada / United States
14 - 19 points Ireland Republic / Japan
16 - 17 points Isle of Man
17 - 14 points Northern Ireland
18 - 13 points Italy / Lithuania
20 - 9 points Norway / Spain
22 - 8 points Austria
23 - 7 points Barbados / Turkey
25 - 5 points Catalonia / Iceland / Switzerland
28 - 4 points Latvia
29 - 3 points Bahamas / Iran / Poland
32 - 1 point Czech Republic / India / Luxembourg / Romania / Russia / Trinidad & Tobago
38 - 0 points Brazil