WDF World Cup Men Pairs 1989

The seventh WDF World Cup Darts was played from 19 to 21 October at the Skyline Hotel in Toronto, Canada. In the men's 27 countries were present and competed for the WDF World Cup darts title. In the women's event 26 countries were present for their fourth WDF World Cup.

Would the English ladies be able to recapture their overall title that they had lost to the Americans in Copenhagen in 1987? And would the English men be able to take the overall title for the sixth time in a row? Host nation Canada took the men's overall silver two years ago, can they do a little better on home soil? Bahamas, Brazil and Kenya are there for the first time, as are Zimbabwe.

In the pairs event there was also a first. For the first time a Belgian duo made it to the semi-finals. Stefan Eeckelaert & Leo Laurens on their way to the semi-finals beat strong pairs from Canada (Bob Sinnaeve & Albert Anstey) and Australia (Wayne Weening & Keith Sullivan).

In the semi-final they met Tony Payne & Paul Lim (USA). On stage, the Belgians showed their pure class and defeated the Americans with 4-0 in 17, 18, 15 and 12 darts and they were awarded a standing ovation from the capacity crowd. In the other semi-final, top favourites John Lowe & Eric Bristow took on the Irish Mick Hogg & Tony O'Neill. Not for the first time during a WDF World Cup pairs tournament, a seventh and decisive leg was involved, but the English always show their class there. This time is no exception. Lowe and Bristow go to the final for the seventh time in a row.

In the final, the Belgians Stefan Eeckelaert & Leo Laurens took the initiative in the beginning, but in the end it was John Lowe & Eric Bristow who won the WDF World Cup pairs title for the sixth time with a 4-2 victory. An unprecedented dominance because they also win it for the fourth time in a row.

WDF World Cup Men Pairs

About WDF World Cup Men Pairs 1989

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 1989

Reijo Ahokas

Bob Anderson

Albert Anstey

Harry Apudo

Andrew Arrieta

Beat Basler

Norbert Baumann

Rick Bisaro

Daniel Black

Andree Bomander

Eric Bristow-MBE

Marcello Buess

Eric Burden

Brian Cairns

Magnus Caris

Joel Chartier

Gaudenz Coray

Vernon Daniels

Robert-Steve Davies

Frans De Vooght

Marc De Vuyst

Manolito Diaz

Tony Dickson

Louis Doherty

Wilson Downes

Harilal Dudhia

John Dunne

Stephan Eeckelaert

Alex Enders

Yuya Evans

Arild Folgerø

Dale Frampton

Roy Gokoel

Sidney Harvey

Kexi Heinaharju

Henry Ho

Jann Hoffmann

Mick Hogg

Tony Holyoake

St-Ledger Hunt

Kim-G Jensen

Dirk-Jan Klaver

Svein Larsen

Leo Laurens

Pascal Lechequer

Jean-Luc Leclercq

Brian Ledeboer

Paul Lim

Harith Lim

Ruben Lopez

Stefan Lord

John Lowe

Roland Maetzener

Aures Marinho

Peter Masson

Charlie Maxwell

Jack McKenna

Prescott Minnis

Tony Moree

Neville Moss

Michael Mucherm

Stefan Nagy

Eric Ngethe

Aulis Nissinen

Ari Nummelin

Trevor Nurse

Stephen Nyandoko

Jan Nybakk

Tony O'Neill

Wayne Orange

Ola Otterlei

Frank Palko

Tony Payne

Martin Phillips

Mario Portela

Carlos Porto

Leighton Rees