WDF World Cup Men Teams 1981

For this WDF World Cup, most countries had to fly halfway around the world to distant New Zealand. The venue was the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson and the tournament was played on 2 and 3 October. Still 16 countries showed up, which may be called a success on its own.

Amongst them, some notable countries such as Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, which made their debut, together with Singapore. Among the 64 participants, only one woman participated. Selly Tain, born on the Solomon Islands but playing for Papua New Guinea. She is the first woman to ever play at a WDF World Cup.

In the team event, host nation New Zealand with Gordon Allpress, Dale Frampton, Barry Templeton & Alan Hill surprise in the quarter finals by sending Alan Evans, Wayne Locke, Ceri Morgan & Leighton Rees from Wales home as they beat them 9-7. England, Scotland and Sweden also reach the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals Eric Bristow, Tony Brown, Cliff Lazarenko & John Lowe on behalf of England beat the Swedish team of Bjørn Enqvist, Stefan Lord, Peter Hamberg & Christer Pilblad with 9-3. In the other semi-final, Alistair Forrester, Angus Ross, Rab Smith & Jocky Wilson from Scotland beat New Zealand with the same numbers.

Scotland just can't make it against England in the final and loses 9-7. Alistair Forrester did score the best leg with a 12 darter (180, 140, 140, 41 out) in the final. It is the second time in a row that England has won the team event.

WDF World Cup Men Teams

About WDF World Cup Men Teams 1981

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Teams 1981

Gordon Allpress

Michael Boaden

Steve Brennan

Eric Bristow-MBE

Tim Brown

Tony Brown

John Burnett

Per-Steen Byrgesen

Ricky Castro

Shing-Wai Chan

Verdan Crane

William Dalzell

Rinus Daniels

Bjørn Enqvist

Alan Evans

Takeyasu Ezaki

Alistair Forrester

George Foster

Dale Frampton

Avtar Gill

Peter Hamberg

Alan Hill

Bernard Hoong

Finn Jensen

Peter Kairus

James Kelly

Ray Kippari

Ian Koati

Hisao Komiya

Ted Kyle

Jan Larsen

Cliff Lazarenko

Richard Lee

Paul Lim

Wayne Locke

Stefan Lord

John Lowe

Boerge Madsen

Billy Mateer

Bruce Matthews

Wade McDonald

Patrick McGorrigan

Tokio Miyahara

Ceri Morgan

Daniel Morris

Malcolm Nolan

Nobua Okada

Christer Pilblad

Andrew Pringle

Dan Pucillo

Leighton Rees

Andy Robinson

Raymond Rogers

Angus Ross

Rab Smith

Selly Tain

Leung-Chiu Tang

Barry Templeton

Jerry Umberger

Nicky Virachkul

Jocky Wilson

Hildebrand de Jonge

Danny de la Cruz

Eddie de la Cruz

Callers Of WDF World Cup Men Teams 1981

Tony Green

John Mancer

WDF World Cup Men Teams 1981