With a record number of entries of 40 men's teams the tenth WDF World Cup started in the Swiss city of Basel. With this fantastic number of entrees WDF Chairman Peter McMenamin and SDA President Felix Degen could already speak of a great success before the first dart was thrown. Not only the quantity was present also the quality continued to rise. Apparently, there are no "weak countries" anymore in the darts world.
The ladies also had a record number of entries with 35 countries in their seventh WDF World Cup from 4 to 7 October at the Messe Hall in the Swiss city of Basel. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Isle of Man and Latvia make their debut in Switzerland.
The English ladies Deta Hedman and Mandy Solomons capture the overall WDF World Cup title for their country for the fourth time with 61 points. New Zealand with Noeline Gear and Jeannette Jonathan, in addition to the silver in the pairs, also takes silver overall with 24 points. Ann-Louise Andersen & Gerda Søgaard from Denmark and Francis Hoenselaar & Valerie Maytum from the Netherlands shared third with 17 points. Norway claimes a fifth place with 15 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 61 points England
2 - 24 points New Zealand
3 - 17 points Denmark/ Netherlands
5 - 15 points Norway
6 - 13 points Belgium/ Kenya
8 - 12 points Canada/ Wales
10 - 8 points Japan
11 - 7 points South Africa/ Switzerland
13 - 6 points Australia
14 - 5 points Scotland
15 - 4 points Finland/ Germany
17 - 3 points USA/ Bermuda
19 - 2 points Hungary/ Luxembourg/ Uganda
22 - 1 point Austria/ Italy/ Northern Ireland/ Ireland/ Sweden
27 - 0 points Bahamas/ Brasil/ Bulgaria/ Czech Rep/ France/ Greece/ Isle of Man/ Russia/ Spain