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.
The pairs tournament is of a high standard in 2015. Many strong pairs are on the list at the start and they do not disappoint. In the semi-finals, the Dutch Wesley Harms & Richard Veenstra play against the Walesmen Jim Williams & Mark Layton. The Dutch win the game 5-3.
In the other semi-final, Scott Mitchell & Mark McGeeney from England take on the Scottish tandem of Ross Montgomery & Alan Soutar. The English win 5-2 in a fantastic match.
The final goes to the Dutch who win 6-3. Wesley Harms & Richard Veenstra become the third Dutch pair to win the WDF World Cup title after Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort in 2005 and Mario Robbe & Joey ten Berge in 2007.