WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2005

After Brisbane in 1985 and Perth in 1997, Australia hosts a WDF World Cup for the third time in 2005. From September 28 to October 1, the Challenge Stadium in Perth is where there will be played. It is the fifteenth edition of the WDF World Cup for men, the twelfth for women and the fourth for youth.

In the men’s competition 31 countries compete for the title, 26 in the ladies 26 and for youth there are nine. At least a record for the Australian Cups. India makes its debut this WDF World Cup.

In the 2005 pairs tournament, eight different countries eventually reach the quarterfinals. Australian duo Tony David & Graham Hunt defeat Mervyn King & Martin Adams from England in a 4-3 thriller. Malaysians Selbaraju Subramaniam & Anandan Tandrian also need a seventh and deciding leg to put the Russians Lev Kuzmichev & Vladimir Lavrientiev aside. The Malaysian pair had already eliminated Gary Anderson & Mike Veitch from Scotland and the Australian tandem Simon Whitlock & Anthony Fleet.

Margins are bigger in the other two quarterfinals. Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort beat Paul Hanvidge & Paul McGimpsey from Scotland 4-1. Brian Sørensen & Per Laursen beat Aodhagan O'Neill & Luke Nolan from Ireland with the same numbers. In the semi-finals, the Netherlands beats the Australian pair 4-1 and Denmark beats Malaysia 4-3.

In the final it is the slightly more experienced Dutchmen Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort who beat the Danish duo Brian Sørensen & Per Laursen 4-1. It is the first time in history that a Dutch duo takes the gold at a WDF World Cup. The Danes also make history with a first final finish ever.

WDF World Cup Men Pairs

About WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2005

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2005

Martin Adams

Abdul-Ghani Amin

Gary Anderson

Rolando Andrade

Marco Apollonio

Peter Arnold

Søren Behrendsen

Bernard Berlouis

Cyril Blot

Ferdie Boffel

Michel Boulet

Harry Brown

Brian Buur

Robert Calupit

Wayne Carey

Ray Carver

Ulf Ceder

Roberto Concepcion

Pat Cook

Jim Croke

Tony David

Bill Davis

Felix Degen

Brendan Dolan

John Elder

Phil Evans

Anthony Fleet

Andy Fordham

Les Francis

James Fulford

Sidney Garland

Christophe Gayral

Pasquale Giustra

Brendan Grace

Robert Grant

Terrance Hallock

Paul Hanvidge

Wynand Havenga

Dirk Hespeels

Kelvin-Kok Hin-Thng

Kenneth Hogvall

Jerry Hull

Graham Hunt

Elvis Jackson

Aamer Javed

Ken-Rune Jorgensen

Kamal-Ahmad Kamarudin

Mervyn King

Goran Klemme

Jarkko Komula

Shaun-Shay Kong-Cheng

Markus Korhonen

Andreas Krockel

John Kuczynski

Lev Kuzmichev

Jacques Langston

Daniel Larsson

Per Laursen

Vladimir Lavrientiev

Alexis-Keng Leng-Lim

Greg Lewis

Dennis Lindskjold

Stian Lyngfeldt

Danny MacInnes

Mauricio Maia

Keith Malcolm

Martin McCloskey

Paul McGimpsey

Christo Meiring

Donald Monnaie

Tony Moree

James Morel

Luke Nolan

Aodhagan O'Neill

Tony O'Shea

Arnold Paap

Warren Parry