WDF World Cup Men Singles 1991

WDF World Cup VIII was held from 2 till 5 October 1991 in the Dutch seaside town of Zandvoort. Not in a hotel or resort as is usually the case, but in the Gran Dorado bungalow holiday park. No less than 32 countries were present at the oche in the men’s event, which was a record. Five countries leave their ladies at home, but with 27 the upward trend is also maintained for the ladies. Among those 32 countries were five debuting countries; Russia, Luxembourg, Greece, Austria and the African Uganda.

The England men squad had plenty of choice in players and could even leave home this fabulous foursome: World Champion Dennis Priestley, number two in the world Mike Gregory, former world champion Bob Anderson and the 1989 Winmau World Masters Peter Evison. Of course, the big question was which country could prevent the English team of claiming their seventh consecutive overall title.

In the singles all four English top favourites reach the quarterfinals. In those quarterfinals Eric Bristow, the defending champion since 1983, loses to Scotsman Jamie "Brave Dart" Harvey 4-3. Phil Taylor goes down 4-0 in his quarterfinal against the Finn Aulis Nissinen. And Alan Warriner also loses his match against Welshman Martin Phillips 4-2. It was only John "Old Stoneface" Lowe who qualified for the semi-finals by beating Dutchman Bert Vlaardingerbroek 4-2.

In the semi-finals Martin Phillips defeated Aulis Nissinen 4-1 and Jamie Harvey could not keep the English captain from the final he lost with the same score line. In an exciting final Martin Phillips eventually had to settle for silver. John Lowe beat him 6-4 thus winning the singles title for the second time.

WDF World Cup Men Singles

About WDF World Cup Men Singles 1991

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 1991

Øyvind Aasland

James Abili

Jonathan Adderley

Alberto-Babet Andrada

Albert Anstey

Wayne Atkins

The-Ah Bah

Beat Basler

Eric Bristow

Marcello Buess

Eric Burden

Larry Butler

Domenico Callegari

Bruno Capaldi

Joel Chartier

Salvador Comas

Gaudenz Coray

Mitchell Crooks

Stephane Dalancon

Frans De Vooght

Alfredo Deen

Wilson Downes

John Dunne

Yuya Evans

Arild Folgerø

Jozef Fraczek

Roland Fraiture

Mauri Hakkala

Jamie Harvey

Kexi Heinaharju

Reydar Henningsson

Heikki Hermunen

Jann Hoffmann

Tony Holyoake

Rudolf Hristovski

Reynaldo Ilagan

Rickard Johansson

Chris Johns

Alex Kavisi

David Keery

Allen Kingston

Dirk-Jan Klaver

Andreas Krockel

Fedor Kulakov

Bruno Ladovaz

Yin-Koi Lam

Leo Laurens

Kosta Lavassas

Greg Lazaruk

Jean-Luc Leclercq

Paul Lim

Ake Loow

Pedro Lopez

Russ Lopez

John Lowe

Peter Masson

Akis Mavrogalos

Pias Mbwera

Jack McKenna

Gust Mees

Moses Minani

Pete Mitchell

Rudi Moe

Pedro Montero

Tony Moree

Neville Moss

Antonio Muñoz-Ramos

John-Mugo Munyui

Sayid Nasiruddin

Ben Naude

Robert Ngirigacha

Knud Nilsen

Aulis Nissinen

Stephen Nyandoko

John Nyingi-Macharia

John-Joe O'Shea

Leif Øhrling