WDF World Cup Men Teams 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.

Quite a few countries came to Perth with high expectations, especially in the team tournament and it would become a real spectacle. For example, Finland wins 9-0 in the group phase against the English quartet, both countries do progress to the knockout phase, like all major countries. In the last 16, Northern Ireland wins in a sudden-death leg against the USA. The same goes for Scotland beating Canada. England is recovering well by beating Denmark 9-4.

In the quarterfinals, England beats the surprising Italians, Australia wins surprisingly easy 9-4 against Scotland. Finland puts the largest score on the board in a 9-3 victory over the Northern Irish. The duel of the quarterfinals is the confrontation between the Netherlands and Wales, which is won by the Netherlands 9-7.

In the semi-finals, the favourites fall. Finland with Ulf Ceder, Jarkko Komula, Marko Pusa and Kim Viljanen beat the Dutch quartet Raymond van Barneveld, Vincent van der Voort, Dick van Dijk & Niels de Ruiter 9-6. However, there will come no possible revenge for England because Mervyn King, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham & Tony O'Shea lose the sudden-death leg against the home team from Australia, consisting of Simon Whitlock, Tony David, Anthony Fleet & Graham Hunt.

The final between Finland with Ulf Ceder, Jarkko Komula, Marko Pusa and Kim Viljanen and Australia with Simon Whitlock, Tony David, Anthony Fleet and Graham Hunt also goes to a seventeenth and deciding leg. Ultimately, Finland is the coolest in that leg and takes a historic victory.

For the first time in their history, the Finns have won a gold medal at a WDF World Cup. Australia has to settle for silver for the third time in history.

WDF World Cup Men Teams

About WDF World Cup Men Teams 2005

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Teams 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