WDF World Cup Men Singles 1989

The seventh WDF World Cup Darts was played from 19 to 21 October at the Skyline Hotel in Toronto, Canada. In the men's 27 countries were present and competed for the WDF World Cup darts title. In the women's event 26 countries were present for their fourth WDF World Cup.

Would the English ladies be able to recapture their overall title that they had lost to the Americans in Copenhagen in 1987? And would the English men be able to take the overall title for the sixth time in a row? Host nation Canada took the men's overall silver two years ago, can they do a little better on home soil? Bahamas, Brazil and Kenya are there for the first time, as are Zimbabwe.

In the singles event there immediately was an upset in the first round. Jocky Wilson from Scotland lost 4-1 to Jack McKenna from Ireland. The 47-year-old Irishman continued strong in the tournament and reached the semi-finals in which he defeated home player Bob Sinnaeve 4-2.

In the final, the Irishman faced triple WDF World Cup singles champion Eric Bristow. On his way to the final, "The Crafty Cockney" only faced real opposition from Dutchman Jilles Vermaat, who he narrowly defeated 4-3. In his semi-final he beats the American Tony Payne 4-2. Bristow won the first leg of the final, McKenna opened with a 180 in the second leg, but Bristow won this leg anyway. Bristow really got going after that. He won the third leg from 126 and a bullseye finish in the fourth leg earned him his fourth consecutive WDF World Cup Singles title. Combine that with four consecutive pairs titles in the '80s and you don't have to wonder who was in charge in those years.

WDF World Cup Men Singles

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Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 1989

Reijo Ahokas

Bob Anderson

Albert Anstey

Harry Apudo

Andrew Arrieta

Beat Basler

Norbert Baumann

Rick Bisaro

Daniel Black

Andree Bomander

Eric Bristow-MBE

Marcello Buess

Eric Burden

Brian Cairns

Magnus Caris

Joel Chartier

Gaudenz Coray

Vernon Daniels

Robert-Steve Davies

Frans De Vooght

Marc De Vuyst

Manolito Diaz

Tony Dickson

Louis Doherty

Wilson Downes

Harilal Dudhia

John Dunne

Stephan Eeckelaert

Alex Enders

Yuya Evans

Arild Folgerø

Dale Frampton

Roy Gokoel

Sidney Harvey

Kexi Heinaharju

Henry Ho

Jann Hoffmann

Mick Hogg

Tony Holyoake

St-Ledger Hunt

Kim-G Jensen

Dirk-Jan Klaver

Svein Larsen

Leo Laurens

Pascal Lechequer

Jean-Luc Leclercq

Brian Ledeboer

Paul Lim

Harith Lim

Ruben Lopez

Stefan Lord

John Lowe

Roland Maetzener

Aures Marinho

Peter Masson

Charlie Maxwell

Jack McKenna

Prescott Minnis

Tony Moree

Neville Moss

Michael Mucherm

Stefan Nagy

Eric Ngethe

Aulis Nissinen

Ari Nummelin

Trevor Nurse

Stephen Nyandoko

Jan Nybakk

Tony O'Neill

Wayne Orange

Ola Otterlei

Frank Palko

Tony Payne

Martin Phillips

Mario Portela

Carlos Porto

Leighton Rees