Castlebar in Ireland is the beautiful location for the eighteenth edition of the WDF World Cup. The world-famous Irish cordiality prevails, and 38 countries make it a fascinating spectacle. 35 Women's team and 15 youth teams complete the line-up. The Breaffy House Resort, County Mayo, is the home of darts from September 20-24.
History is being written in Castlebar because England is the first country ever to win all three overall titles in one year. In addition, Catalonia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania get their first introduction to the unsurpassed WDF World Cup feeling.
This is done very convincing in the ladies. Especially Trina Gulliver is unbeatable this edition. By her side Deta Hedman, who shows that she may have come back even better after an absence of 14 years. Gulliver takes three gold medals, including the overall title. Hedman wins two and adds a bronze in the singles. The total points of the English ladies are 65. Wales with Julie Gore and Rhian Edwards take the silver with 34 points. Francis Hoenselaar takes a bronze overall medal at her last WDF World Cup together with Karin Krappen on behalf of the Netherlands. Finland is fourth overall with 27 points and Japan fifth with 20 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 65 points England
2 - 34 points Wales
3 - 30 points Netherlands
4 - 27 points Finland
5 - 20 points Japan
6 - 16 points Canada
7 - 15 points Ireland/ Germany
9 - 14 points Norway/ USA
11 - 12 points Sweden
12 - 10 points Belgium
13 - 9 points Northern Ireland
14 - 8 points Australia
15 - 7 points Scotland
16 - 6 points South Africa/ Switzerland
18 - 3 points Bahamas
19 - 2 points Romania/ Barbados/ Italy/ Isle of Man
23 - 1 point Poland/ Spain/ Iran/ Russia/ Iceland/ Denmark/ Catalonia
30 - 0 points Latvia/ Lithuania/ Slovenia/ Trinidad & Tobago/ Turkey/ India/ Brazil