WDF World Cup Men Singles 1997

After Brisbane, Queensland in 1985 the WDF World Cup darts goes "Down Under" for the second time this time to Perth in Western Australia. The long trip to the southern hemisphere means there are a lot less countries than two years previously in Basel, Switzerland.

But with 26 countries, the organizers cannot complain, as all the top countries are present for this event. Like in the men’s competition, there were 26 countries present in the ladies WDF World Cup in Perth. Competing in their eighth WDF World Cup from October 1 through October 4 at the Burswood Resort in Perth.

In the singles tournament we were in the eighth finals with only one Englishman left in, Ronnie Baxter. In it he defeated the Scot Peter Johnstone and qualified for the quarterfinals. He lost 4-3 in the quarters to home player Peter Hinkley. The Belgian Erik Clarys won his quarterfinal 4-1 to the Northern Irishman John Magowan. In the other two quarterfinal matches, it was 4-0 twice as Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) beat German Colin Rice and Welshman James Marshall was better than the Northern Irishman Geoff Wylie.

In the semi-finals we had two players from the lowlands. Raymond van Barneveld took a 4-1 win over James Marshall. Unfortunately for the Belgians we didn’t get to see a final between the Netherlands and Belgium, as Erik Clarys narrowly lost 4-3 to Peter Hinkley who was fully supported by the home crowd.

The title however went to Raymond van Barneveld who beat the Australian Hinkley in the finals 4-2 and gave The Netherlands their second WDF World Cup singles title in history.

WDF World Cup Men Singles

About WDF World Cup Men Singles 1997

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 1997

Ahmad-Fauzi Abdulmalik

Martin Adams

Bruno Barbalho

Ronnie Baxter

Steve Beaton

Jonas Bergström

Tanguy Borra

Alan Brown

Peter Brumlich

Eric Burden

John Burke

Roger Carter

Antonio Carvalho

Diogo Carvalho

Ulf Ceder

Erik Clarys

Mike Clifton-Smith

Gaudenz Coray

Paul Cullen

Stephane Dalancon

Vernon Daniels

Guilherme Dias

Pavel Dufek

Steve Duk

Richie Ebol

Yuya Evans

Serge Farrando

Andy Fordham

David Glenn

Seamus Gormley

Paddy Greenan

Wynand Havenga

Peter Hinkley

Ralf Holer

Graham Hunt

Peter Hunt

Bjarne Iversen

Marshall James

Thor-Helmer Johansen

Frede Johansen

Trevor Johnson

Peter Johnstone

Markus Jokikokko

Stig Jorgensen

Marko Kantele

Blaine Karst

Takeo Koizumi

Andreas Krockel

Bruno Ladovaz

Paul Lim

Jason Lucas

John MaGowan

Chester MacKenzie

Mick McGowan

Jack McKenna

Gregor McQueen

Enrico Mijares

Brian Morris

Jaroslav Mottl

Stefan Nagy

Takashi Nakano

Herbie Nathan

Olle Nissen

Daniele Nocent

Maurice Outerbridge

Sean Palfrey

Celso Parfan

Warren Parry

John Part

Martin Phillips

Giuseppe Quintiero

Pascal Rabau

Colin Rice

Preston Ridd

Par Riihonen

Ronny Rohr

Dirk Ryelandt