WDF World Cup Men Teams 1983

The English dominate WDF World Cup IV, which was held in Edinburgh on 21 and 22 October. At the WDF General meeting, Peter McMenamin of Australia is elected as the new chairman to replace Bill Turner of New Zealand. For the first time there is also a separate WDF World Cup for women.

The ladies play with two per country. In addition to the Overall WDF World Cup, they also compete for medals in the singles and pairs. 21 countries compete in Scotland, including the debutants Norway and Germany. For the ladies, 19 countries participate in their first WDF World Cup

In the team event, this year the British countries lead the way. England, Wales and Scotland reach the semi-finals together with the strong Swedish team. The Dutch foursome Leo de Oude, Rick Daniels, Ellis Elsevijf & Pieter Kessels put up a great fight in the quarterfinals against Sweden, but have to bow their heads to Bjørn Enqvist, Stefan Lord, Peter Hamberg & John Marcusson in the end, 9-7.

In the semi-finals, Danny Cunningham, Peter Masson, Harry Patterson & Jocky Wilson on behalf of Scotland then win big against the Swedes 9-1. In the other semi-final, defending champions Eric Bristow, Keith Deller, John Lowe & Dave Whitcombe compete on behalf of England against Alan Evans, Peter Locke, Ceri Morgan & Leighton Rees from Wales. England wins the uneven battle against Wales with 9-3.

The final was a real thriller. Wales and England balance each other perfectly and it takes a seventeenth and decisive leg. Both captains take their responsibility and John Lowe wins the deciding leg against Jocky Wilson. England wins 9-8 against the Scots and takes the gold in the team tournament for the third time in a row.

WDF World Cup Men Teams

About WDF World Cup Men Teams 1983

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Teams 1983

Arve Andersen

Jean-Yves Baron

Gordon Bond

Steve Brennan

Eric Bristow-MBE

Hubert Brown

John Buckley

Per-Steen Byrgesen

Colin Chandia

Patrick Cochepin

David Crack

Verdan Crane

Danny Cunningham

Conrad Daniels

Rick Daniels

Keith Deller-MBE

Gustaaf Demeulemeester

George Devacht

Bryan Dodd

Ellis Elsevijf

Bjørn Enqvist

Alan Evans

Rob Furmage

Hock-Guan Goh

Peter Hamberg

Bernd Hebecker

Kexi Heinaharju

Svein-Arne Hjelmeland

Tony Holyoake

Peter Hummel

Finn Jensen

Pieter Kessels

Ray Kippari

Hisao Komiya

Rune Kvasheim

Yin-Koi Lam

Jean-Luc Leclercq

Richard Lee

Paul Lim

John Lines

Arto Lintunen

Peter Locke

Stefan Lord

John Lowe

Alex MacKinnon

John Marcusson

Luc Marreel

Peter Masson

Jack McKenna

Ceri Morgan

Rick Ney

Knud Nilsen

Frank Noland

Seamus O'Brien

Terry O'Dea

Danny O'Neill

John-Joe O'Shea

Frank Palko

Chris Parsonson

Harry Patterson

Taisto Piiroinen

Jorgen Rasmussen

Leighton Rees

Colin Rice

Davy Rock

Tony Seixas

Daniel Serie

Derryck Sinclair

Bob Sinnaeve

Peter Stauby

Russell Stewart

David Stewart

Takao Tanida

Jean Troadec

Tapani Uitos

Jerry Umberger

Nicky Virachkul