WDF World Cup Men Singles 2005

After Brisbane in 1985 and Perth in 1997, Australia hosts a WDF World Cup for the third time in 2005. From September 28 to October 1, the Challenge Stadium in Perth is where there will be played. It is the fifteenth edition of the WDF World Cup for men, the twelfth for women and the fourth for youth.

In the men’s competition 31 countries compete for the title, 26 in the ladies 26 and for youth there are nine. At least a record for the Australian Cups. India makes its debut this WDF World Cup.

There are quite a few surprises in the singles tournament. The last eight include two Danes, two Dutchmen and four other nationalities. The performance of the unknown Brazilian Mauricio Maia is particularly eye catching. He beats Kim Viljanen, Aodhagan O'Neill and John Kuczynski, among others, on his way to the semi-finals. Mervyn King knocks world champion and defending champion Raymond van Barneveld out of the tournament and also makes the last four.

However, both these men do not reach the final. This goes very surprisingly between the Dutchman Dick van Dijk and the Dane Per Laursen. Van Dijk beats Graham Hunt, Harry Brown, Markus Korhonen, Andy Fordham and the aforementioned Maia. Laursen, in turn, also plays a top tournament and records victories over Tengku-Hadzali Shah, Kamarudin Ahmad, Gary Anderson, Daisuke Takeyama, Ulf Ceder and Mervyn King.

In the final Van Dijk is ultimately the strongest, he defeats Laursen 4-1 and thus, as the third Dutchman ever, takes the WDF World Cup singles title. Roland Scholten in 1993 and Raymond van Barneveld in 1997, 1999 and 2003 preceded him. Laursen is after Troels Rusel in 1993 the second Dane in the finals of this event, but also the second that has to settle for silver after defeat against a Dutchman.

WDF World Cup Men Singles

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Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 2005

Martin Adams

Abdul-Ghani Amin

Gary Anderson

Rolando Andrade

Marco Apollonio

Peter Arnold

Søren Behrendsen

Bernard Berlouis

Cyril Blot

Ferdie Boffel

Michel Boulet

Harry Brown

Brian Buur

Robert Calupit

Wayne Carey

Ray Carver

Ulf Ceder

Roberto Concepcion

Pat Cook

Jim Croke

Tony David

Bill Davis

Felix Degen

Brendan Dolan

John Elder

Phil Evans

Anthony Fleet

Andy Fordham

Les Francis

James Fulford

Sidney Garland

Christophe Gayral

Pasquale Giustra

Brendan Grace

Robert Grant

Terrance Hallock

Paul Hanvidge

Wynand Havenga

Dirk Hespeels

Kelvin-Kok Hin-Thng

Kenneth Hogvall

Jerry Hull

Graham Hunt

Elvis Jackson

Aamer Javed

Ken-Rune Jorgensen

Kamal-Ahmad Kamarudin

Mervyn King

Goran Klemme

Jarkko Komula

Shaun-Shay Kong-Cheng

Markus Korhonen

Andreas Krockel

John Kuczynski

Lev Kuzmichev

Jacques Langston

Daniel Larsson

Per Laursen

Vladimir Lavrientiev

Alexis-Keng Leng-Lim

Greg Lewis

Dennis Lindskjold

Stian Lyngfeldt

Danny MacInnes

Mauricio Maia

Keith Malcolm

Martin McCloskey

Paul McGimpsey

Christo Meiring

Donald Monnaie

Tony Moree

James Morel

Luke Nolan

Aodhagan O'Neill

Tony O'Shea

Arnold Paap

Warren Parry