After Europe, North America, Australia and Africa, the WDF World Cup will also conquer Asia for the first time in 2011. Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia is the setting for the thirteenth edition of this tournament. It will be played from September 26 to 29.
With 27 participating countries in the ladies, 26 in the men and seven in the youth the tournament is slightly less visited than the previous editions, but the tournament is still a resounding success. Thailand makes its debut in 2001 at a WDF World Cup.
Just like two years earlier, all titles go to one country in 2011. In 1999 it was England that took all titles in 2001 it is the Netherlands that takes home three golds. Francis Hoenselaar wins the singles final from her teammate Mieke de Boer. Together they also win the pairs and thus the overall title with a record number of points of 66. The silver goes to Carina Ekberg and Kristina Korpii from Sweden with 22 points. The bronze goes to Australia (Natalie Carter & Tracie James) with 20 points. Defending champion England finishes fifth in 2001.
Overall ranking
1 - 66 points Netherlands
2 - 22 points Sweden
3 - 20 points Australia
4 - 15 points Japan
5 - 13 points England
6 - 12 points Finland
7 - 11 points Phillipines/ Wales
9 - 10 points Denmark/ Norway/ Scotland
12 - 9 points New Zealand/ Northern Ireland/ Canada
15 - 6 points South Africa
16 - 4 points Germany/ Thailand
18 - 3 points Ireland/ Switzerland
20 - 1 point Cyprus/ France/ Kenya/ Malaysia/ Italy
25 - 0 points Bahamas/ Seychelles/ Singapore