After organizing two Europe Cups, Turkey is ready for the big one; a WDF World Cup. The organization of the twentieth WDF World Cup is fantastic and almost everyone is happy with the all-inclusive principle of the playing location. In the men's tournament, 36 countries compete for the Cup, 29 countries bring a women's team and a record number of 16 youth teams find their way to the Turkish resort in Kemer. The Limra Hotel & Resort is the hotel and playing venue from 26 to 31 October.
For the first time there are four ladies per team, until 2015 there were always two. This means that an extra day of play is added to the schedule. From now on, the teams will play over five days and the opening ceremony is the day before. Nick Rolls joins the team of officials in 2015. Together with Richard Ashdown and Jacques Nieuwlaat they oversee the floor matches and the stage program. Bulgaria is there for the first time since 1995 and Serbia is the last newcomer to the WDF World Cup stage.
For the fourteenth time in history, the quartet from England wins the overall WDF World Cup. Glen Durrant, Scott Mitchell, Jamie Hughes and Mark McGeeney all do not make it to the last 16 in the singles. But they make up for it by winning the team tournament and reach the final of the pairs tournament. The total of England is 100 points exactly. Only in 1993 did a team win the overall title with fewer points.
Wales takes the silver with 72 points, Scotland the bronze with 69 points. The Netherlands with 66 points and the Irish Republic with 54 points finish fourth and fifth.
Overall ranking
1 - 100 points England
2 - 72 points Wales
3 - 69 points Scotland
4 - 66 points Netherlands
5 - 54 points Republic of Ireland
6 - 49 points Finland
7 - 44 points Northern Ireland / Australia
9 - 33 points Sweden
10 - 32 points Belgium
11 - 30 points Lithuania
12 - 24 points United States
13 - 21 points Norway
14 - 16 points Germany
15 - 15 points Hungary
16 - 11 points Switzerland / Italy
18 - 10 points Bulgaria / Russia / Luxembourg
21 - 9 points Turkey
22 - 7 points France / Serbia / Romania
25 - 6 points Czech Republic / Denmark / South Africa
28 - 4 points Catalonia / Iceland
30 - 3 points Gibraltar
31 - 2 points Austria
32 - 1 point Jersey / Iran
34 - 0 points India / Trinidad & Tobago / Greece