WDF World Cup Men Singles 1987

From October 22 to 24, 1987, the sixth WDF World Cup was played at the Vally Sport Complex in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Twenty-three countries participate in the competition. The New Zealand team brought no less than 200 supporters and before the competition started the “Maori” presented their famous "Haka" war dance as a warm-up.

With 23 countries making the trip to Denmark, a new record is set, the 21 women's teams are also a record. Italy, Spain and Switzerland make their debut at a WDF World Cup.

The favourite in the singles was obviously Eric Bristow, who had won the last two editions of the WDF World Cup. Still, there was some doubt about his form as he lately experienced a light form of "dartitis”. However, the draw was not against him and Bristow qualified easily for the semi-finals where he meets the strong playing Danny MacInnis from Canada. Bristow also wins this semi-final although it is not easy with 4-2. Eric Bristow is the only Englishman to pass the last 32 in 1987.

In the final, Bristow meets another Canadian, Bob Sinnaeve, who eliminated Paul Lim from Singapore 4-3 in his semi-final. Bristow wins the first leg in 16 darts. Despite a 26 score, Bob Sinnaeve still wins the second leg in 12 darts with a 155 finish. After this Eric Bristow gets into his groove and finds the triple 20 better and better. There is little evidence of dartitus when he takes the next three legs in 15, 15 and 14 darts. "The Crafty Cockney" wins his third consecutive WDF World Cup singles title.

WDF World Cup Men Singles

About WDF World Cup Men Singles 1987

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 1987

Gordon Allpress

Bob Anderson

Beat Basler

Andree Bomander

Eric Bristow-MBE

Oddbjorn Brydalseggen

John Burnett

Domnic Cachia

Magnus Caris

Kjeld Christensen

Malcolm Davies

Robert-Steve Davies

Johnny Deley

Louis Doherty

Noel Ebejer

Ellis Elsevijf

Alan Evans

Yuya Evans

Ray Farrell

Paul Frendo

Charles Ghiller

Avtar Gill

Miguel Plomer

Joe Gorski

Bernd Hebecker

Kexi Heinaharju

Holger Hentrup

Svein-Arne Hjelmeland

Helge Horst

Danny Inglis

Olivier Jean-Gilles

Brian Karlsen

Lars-Erik Karlsson

Masaki Kazusa

Ari Kokko

Michael Larsson

Cliff Lazarenko

Jean-Luc Leclercq

Paul Lim

Harith Lim

Kendy-M.W. Lo

Peter Locke

Ruben Lopez

Stefan Lord

John Lowe

Danny MacInnes

Robert MacKenzie

Franco Marcolin

Tony Martin-Diaz

Peter Masson

Charlie Maxwell

Timothy McCoy

Fred McMullan

Marcel Meskens

Ivan Michielin

Antonio Miguel-Rey

Neville Moss

Sayid Nasiruddin

Rick Ney

Trevor Nurse

Jan Nybakk

Chris Parsonson

Jan-Erik Paulsen

Tony Payne

Dick Pronk

Loic Querre

Alfonso Rech

Leighton Rees

Bob Renard

Juan Salpico

Kari Saukkonen

Rolf Schaub

Horrie Seden

Dieter Sentrup

Kim-Meng Seon

Paul Shek

Bob Sinnaeve