In 2009, the United States are elected host for the third time. After previous two editions in Las Vegas in 1979 and 1993, it is now Charlotte's turn in North Carolina. The Blake Hotel is the venue where will be played from September 23-25. New faces on stage for the first time in a long time. Richard Ashdown and Jacques Nieuwlaat replace Martin Fitzmaurice as host on behalf of the WDF from 2009.
It will be a very relaxed WDF World Cup in beautiful weather conditions, with 32 men's, 31 women's and 10 youth teams competing for the medals. The Cayman Islands are making their debut. Besides the Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & Tobago, Bermuda, Bahamas and Barbados are also present and this ensures that this WDF World Cup also gets a real Caribbean feel to it.
The eighth overall title for England is won by Lisa Ashton and Karen Lawman-Smith. Initially, Trina Gulliver would play alongside Ashton, but at the last minute she had to be replaced by Karen Lawman-Smith. The English ladies win the pairs and with that, as is so often the case, lay the foundation for the overall title. In total the English ladies get 46 points. The USA with Stacy Bromberg & Marilyn Popp takes the silver in front of their home crowd with 36 points. Rhian Edwards & Julie Gore from Wales and Carina Ekberg & Maud Jansson from Sweden share the bronze. Russia completes the top five.
Overall ranking
1 - 46 points England
2 - 36 points USA
3 - 31 points Wales/ Sweden
5 - 25 points Russia
6 - 23 points New Zealand
7 - 20 points Ireland
8 - 15 points Finland
9 - 10 points Scotland/ Netherlands/ Denmark
12 - 9 points Japan
13 - 6 points Bahamas/ Canada/ Belgium
16 - 5 points Norway
17 - 4 points Australia/ Italy
19 - 3 points Trinidad & Tobago
20 - 2 points Germany/ Iceland/ Northern Ireland
23 - 1 point Phillipines/ Barbados/ Switzerland/ Brazil/ Turkey
28 - 0 points Bermuda/ Cayman Islands/ Spain/ Turks & Caicos