From October 22 to 24, 1987, the sixth WDF World Cup was played at the Vally Sport Complex in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Twenty-three countries participate in the competition. The New Zealand team brought no less than 200 supporters and before the competition started the “Maori” presented their famous "Haka" war dance as a warm-up.
With 23 countries making the trip to Denmark, a new record is set, the 21 women's teams are also a record. Italy, Spain and Switzerland make their debut at a WDF World Cup.
The overall title goes to the USA for the first time, Kathy Maloney and Kathy Karpowich take the gold with 74 points. Silver goes to Mia Mevissen & Valerie Maytum from the Netherlands with 57 points. The bronze is for the Canadian ladies Rhani Gill & Patricia Farrell with 44 points and only a fourth place for the English ladies with "just" 24 points. Japan completes the top five with 22 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 74 points USA
2 - 57 points Netherlands
3 - 44 points Canada
4 - 24 points England
5 - 22 points Japan
6 - 20 points Finland
7 - 15 points Hong Kong
8 - 14 points Sweden
9 - 13 points New Zealand/ Singapore/ Australia/ Scotland
13 - 10 points Switzerland
14 - 9 points Denmark
15 - 8 points Norway
16 - 7 points Belgium/ France/ Germany/ Italy/ Wales
21 - 4 points Northern Ireland