It was sixteen years ago that the WDF World Cup was held in the Netherlands in 1991. Then Zandvoort was the place, this time Rosmalen was chosen as the host city. The darts landscape in the Netherlands, however, had changed completely in the past years after five world titles by Raymond van Barneveld. Unfortunately for the Dutch fans, Barney switched to the PDC a year earlier and was not as a player at this cup. However, there is a lot of media attention and the semi-finals and finals are broadcast live on TV.
A record number of 41 men's teams, 38 women's teams and 15 youth teams find their way to the Netherlands where the Autotron hosts the tournament from 11 to 14 October. Iceland, Iran, Trinidad & Tobago and Turkey make their debut at a WDF World Cup. It will be a successful edition for the organizing country, with enough drama at the end.
For the first time in history, the Welsh ladies take the overall title. Julie Gore and Jan Robbins especially collect a lot of points in the singles, where they play the final against each other. In total they score 47 points, 12 points more than the winners of the pairs; Anastasia Dobromyslova and Irina Armstrong from Russia who win a silver medal. Carina Ekberg and Maud Jansson take the bronze for Sweden with 31 points. The USA with 26 points and Scotland with 21 points are just off the podium.
Overall ranking
1 - 47 points Wales
2 - 35 points Russia
3 - 31 points Sweden
4 - 26 points USA
5 - 21 points Scotland
6 - 20 points Netherlands
7 - 18 points Japan
8 - 16 points Germany
9 - 15 points Australia
10 - 13 points Denmark/ Ireland/ Sout Africa
13 - 12 points England
14 - 11 points Norway
15 - 10 points Northern Ireland
16 - 9 points Canada
17 - 8 points New Zealand
18 - 7 points Finland/ Hungary
20 - 6 points France/ India/ Luxembourg
23 - 5 points Belgium/ Spain
25 - 2 points Bahamas/ Bermuda/ Turkey
28 - 1 point Austria/ Iceland/ Italy/ Latvia/ Trinidad & Tobago
33 - 0 points Brazil/ Czechia/ Iran/ Isle of Man/ Switzerland/ Turks & Caicos