WDF World Cup Men Teams 2003

In 2003 the WDF World Cup returns to Europe. Epinal in France is the host. The turnout is excellent with 37 men's teams, 31 women's teams and a record number of 14 youth teams. From the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos makes its debut at a WDF World Cup this year. It was played from September 24 to 27 in the Parc Des Expositions.

From the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos make their debut at this year's WDF World Cup. Also Latvia and Russia are returning after an eight-year absence. It will be a messy edition, but a very exciting one, especially in the men’s competition.

In the group phase there are a few small surprises. Luxembourg qualifies for the knockout phase at the expense of Japan and Canada also misses the knockout phase, they lose to Gibraltar. However, as soon as the knockout phase begins, surprises start to rain. The biggest is of course that England flies out against Denmark in a sudden-death leg. Sweden also loses to Norway and Wales to Finland.

Denmark cannot stunt again in the quarterfinals. The Vikings lose against Australia. The Netherlands simply wins 9-3 against Scotland and with the same numbers Finland wins against Northern Ireland. The USA is the fourth semi-finalist after a 9-4 victory over the Norwegians. The Netherlands then beats Australia and the USA wins against Finland a great match 9-7.

The final is traditionally the final match of the WDF World Cup. The Netherlands knows that in addition to the team event, it will also win the Overall Cup in a victory over the USA. Raymond van Barneveld, Vincent van der Voort, Co Stompé & Albertino Essers are the favourites against Americans Ray Carver, Bill Davis, John Kuczynski & George Walls, but they succumb to the pressure of winning the overall title. Team USA managed to grab a few important legs and eventually also wins 9-7.

It is the second time that the USA wins the team event. They did so before in 1985. The Netherlands had never made it to the final of the team tournament, but there was little cheer about that. The loss of the overall title overshadowed an otherwise successful WDF World Cup for the Dutch quartet.

WDF World Cup Men Teams

About WDF World Cup Men Teams 2003

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Teams 2003

Martin Adams

Peteris Alberlins

Gary Anderson

Sawas Antoniou

Paul Aquilina

Jyhan Artut

Bela Balogh

Søren Behrendsen

Bernard Berlouis

Attila Boszok

Tim Bradley

Vincent Busuttil

Brian Buur

Owen Caffrey

Mario Camilleri

Simon Carruthers

Ray Carver

Paris Chloros

Gerry Convery

Wayne Copeland

Yves Cottenge

George Dalglish

Vernon Daniels

Tony David

Ritchie Davies

Bill Davis

Rudy Delannoy

Alfred Desira

Stephane Didiot

Paul Dugasse

Steve Duk

Dylan Duo

John Elder

Jurg Engel

Albertino Essers

George Federico

Alex Fladerer

Anthony Fleet

Paolo Flora

Andy Fordham

Marco Framboas

Sotiris Ftohopoulis

James Fulford

Sidney Garland

Demetris Georgiou

Robert Grant

Guntars Grebskis

Terrance Hallock

Paul Hanvidge

Steve Harris

Steven Hickmott

Peter Hunt

Peter Johns

Ole Jorgensen

August Jost

Marko Kantele

Joe Kieffer

Mervyn King

Goran Klemme

Jarkko Komula

Markus Korhonen

John Kuczynski

Vladimir Kurakin

Jacques Langston

Per Laursen

Vladimir Lavrientiev

Mark Lewis

Charles Losper

Stian Lyngfeldt

Mauricio Maia

Igor Manturov

Jan Mares

Tony Martinez

Paul McDonald

Stephen McDonnell

Sean McGowan

Gregor McQueen