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About WDF World Cup Men Pairs 1977
Eighteen countries participated in the first WDF World Cup Darts held in London from 2 to 4 December at the Wembley Conference Centre, often with the Olympic spirit to win the WDF WORLD CUP DARTS. The organization was in the hands of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) under the supervision of the World Darts Federation (WDF), formed in 1976 and consisting of 15 countries.
The host country was regarded as a favourite with reigning Winmau World Master John Lowe in their team. Each team consisted of four players. Wales was seen as the main opponent since they had Alan Evans, the 1975 World Master in their team. Also Leighton Rees, losing finalist of the News of the World tournament in 1976 played for Wales. Scotland with Rab Smith and the USA with Nicky Virachkul were considered outsiders. The youngest player was, only 16 years old, Belgian Arnold Vandepoele. The oldest, Joe Goldwin 52 years, came from Gibraltar.
The first WDF World Cup was played over three events; teams of three players (it was only played in teams of four from 1979 onwards), pairs and singles. Points and medals were awarded for each event. The total of the points determines who will eventually go home with the WDF World Cup.
In the pairs where each country was represented by two teams it was again England and Wales, who set the tone. In the semi-final Wales’ David "Rocky" Jones & Phil Obbard beat the New-Zealand pair John Wilkie & Ian Hastie 4-3. England’s John Lowe & Eric Bristow defeated the other pair from Wales, Alan Evans & Leighton Rees 4-2.
In the final, Wales went up 1-0 and 2-1, but the English drew level each time and went ahead 3-2. Lowe & Bristow did finish the job with a 12 darter (85-180-83-153 finish) and won the title 4-2.
Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 1977
Barry Atkinson
Matt Banovich
Omer Bauwens
George Borg
Cecil Boyland
John Boyle
Eric Bristow-MBE
Hans Bronsgeest
Tim Brown
Tony Brown
Felix Buhagiar
Charles Byrne
Patrick Clifford
Willy Delaere
Barry Delbridge
Freddie Duarte
Billy Duo
Bjørn Enqvist
Alan Evans
Takeyasu Ezaki
Donald Fox
Perti Friman
Bill Gill
Joe Goldwin
Jose Perez
Ian Hastie
Allan Hogg
David-Rocky Jones
Kunio Kato
Ray Kippari
Jukka Kiuiniemi
Jan Larsen
Cliff Lazarenko
Paavo Lehto
Stefan Lord
John Lowe
Eric MacLean
Boerge Madsen
Phillippe Marchand
Tom Marks
Jim McQuillan
Douglas Melander
Masashi Mikasa
Kaj Mortensen
Mike Morton
Seamus O'Brien
Phil Obbard
Kenth Ohlsson
Kari Paasikallio
Bob Parker
Niels Petersen
Alfred Picco
Donnie Pidcock
Jimmy Pratt
Leighton Rees
Alan Reid
Peter Robbins
Martial Rondel
Bill Rose
Arthur Russell
Grezzju Scicluna
Rab Smith
John Tadej
Arnold Vandepoele
Frank Varley
Jilles Vermaat
Nicky Virachkul
John Wilkie
Jocky Wilson
Johnny Wood
Louis van Iseghem
Evert van Zanten
Callers Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 1977
WDF World Cup Men Pairs 1977
London, ENG
