The 22nd edition of the WDF World Cup was held in Cluj-Napoca in Romania. The Grand Hotel Italia is the venue from 7 to 12 October. All participant numbers records are broken. No less than 52 teams in the men’s competition, 46 ladies’ teams and 19 countries also sent their youth to Romania.
It will be a WDF World Cup without any incident which runs like clockwork and that is an incredible compliment to the organizing country that is itself relatively very small as a darts nation. No fewer than six new countries make their debut in Romania. Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine are included for the first time.
For the first time since 1993 Canada takes the men's pairs gold medal again. David Cameron and Jeff Smith beat the English duo Daniel Day and Scott Mitchell in the final. It is a fantastic final with four players who are playing very well, many 180’s and high finishes are thrown. In the end the Canadians win 6-2.
Both Dutch pars fall in the semi-finals; Martijn Kleermaker and Chris Landman have to settle for the bronze just like Jeffrey Sparidaans and Luc Peters. By the way, the defending champions from Russia are certainly not doing bad; Boris Koltsov and Alexandr Oreshkin reach the last 16 where they lose to Scotland.