WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2023

The 23rd edition of the WDF World Cup was held in Esbjerg in Denmark. From 26 to 30 September the tournament was played at the Blue Water Dokken in Esbjerg. The tournament was initially going to be held in 2021, but the global corona pandemic forced the tournament to be postponed by two years.

Three countries are making their debut this World Cup. The Faroe Islands, Guernsey, and Liechtenstein. Marco Meijer from the Netherlands and Christian Sørensen from Denmark. The Netherlands is the defending champion in the men’s event. For the women it is England defending its title and for the youth England was also the strongest in 2019.

For the third edition in a row, not one of the traditionally strong countries takes the gold medal in the men's pair. The New Zealand pair Ben Robb & Haupai Puha take the title in Denmark. They beat the Scots David Kirwan and Danny Trueman in the final 6-2.

On their way to the final, the New Zealanders beat Peter Machin & Raymond Smith from Australia in the last 16, then Berry van Peer & Wesley Plaisier from the Netherlands are defeated in the quarter-finals and Hannes Schnier & Markus Straub from Austria get knocked out in the semi-finals. Their opponents in the final from Scotland beat the Croatians Philip Ljubenko and Neven Resetar in the quarterfinals and the Hungarians Josef Rucska & Lehel Kalman in the semi-finals.

There is not a single English pair in the quarterfinals, which is unique in the history of the WDF World Cup. The Hungarians Josef Rucska & Lehel Kalman beat the Northern Irish Richard Dunlop and John Neil. The Austrian duo Hannes Schnier & Markus Straub beat the Canadians Ross Snook and Jake Macmillan.

Ben Robb & Haupai Puha take the second gold ever for New Zealand after Darren Herrewini in the singles in 2019. The bronze medal for Hannes Schnier & Markus Straub is the first ever for Austria in the seniors.

WDF World Cup Men Pairs

About WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2023

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2023

Robin Albury

Carlos Alted

Carlos Arola

Uni Árting

Jamie Atkins

Norbert Attard

Nico Bado

Andy Baetens

Jamie Bain

Simon Bak

Mindaugas Barauskas

Erwan Barre

Gilles Bartholme

Alex Bassetti

Tom Becker

Filip Bekirski

Stefan Bellmont

Haraldur Birgisson

Bulgan-Erdene Bishbat

Anthony Borg

Sylvain Bourdeau

Aaron Bradley

Frank Bruns

Sam Cankett

Jeroen Caron

Iain Cash

Michael Cassar

Ivica Cavric

Mark Challenger

Joe Chaney

Reece Colley

David Concannon

Brian Corbett

Didier De Vuyst

Stefaan Deprez

Claudio Dolcetti

Denis Duh

Ricky Dunlop

Vegar Elvevoll

Johan Engström

Michaël Estevez

Steve Eusebini

Christos Fendroulis

Sean Fisher

Jan Fjallstein

Evangelos Flourentzou

Matthías Örn Friðriksson

Adrian Frim

Craig Galliano

Tsolmonbayar Ganlkhagva

Deb Kumar Ghosh

Chris Gilliland

Taylor Greechan

Edgaras Griksas

Vitor Charrua

Marcus Haider

Stefan Hajek

Chris Hamon

Marjus Hansen

Wayne Harrison

Andreas Harrysson

Daniel Hemmerle

Darren Herewini

Justin Hewitt

Shawn Hogan

Ady Hogg

James Hurrell

Kyle Hutchinson

Iliya Iliev

Raul Invernon

Marko Janjic

Markuss Jansons

Thomas Junghans

Laszlo Kadar

Lehel Kálmán

Marko Kantele

Bostjan Karo