After organizing two Europe Cups, Turkey is ready for the big one; a WDF World Cup. The organization of the twentieth WDF World Cup is fantastic and almost everyone is happy with the all-inclusive principle of the playing location. In the men's tournament, 36 countries compete for the Cup, 29 countries bring a women's team and a record number of 16 youth teams find their way to the Turkish resort in Kemer. The Limra Hotel & Resort is the hotel and playing venue from 26 to 31 October.
For the first time there are four ladies per team, until 2015 there were always two. This means that an extra day of play is added to the schedule. From now on, the teams will play over five days and the opening ceremony is the day before. Nick Rolls joins the team of officials in 2015. Together with Richard Ashdown and Jacques Nieuwlaat they oversee the floor matches and the stage program. Bulgaria is there for the first time since 1995 and Serbia is the last newcomer to the WDF World Cup stage.
With four ladies per team for the first time, the number of points available has increased significantly. The English ladies Deta Hedman, Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock & Claire Brookin do not care and get no less than 188 points. All titles go to Lisa Ashton, who takes the singles-, pairs-, the team event and the overall titles. Overall, the strong German quartet Steffi Luck, Irina Armstrong, Anne Willkomm & Steffi Rennoch-Zwitkowitsch finish in second place with 68 points. The bronze goes to Ireland’s Catherine Flemming, Robyn Byrne, Caroline Breen & Veronica Skeffington with 51 points. A first overall medal ever for the Irish ladies. Australia finishes just off the podium with 49 points, just two points less than Ireland. Sweden gets fifth with 41 points.
Overall ranking
1 - 188 points England
2 - 68 points Germany
3 - 51 points Republic of Ireland
4 - 49 points Australia
5 - 41 points Sweden
6 - 36 points Wales
7 - 33 points Scotland
8 - 25 points Russia
9 - 23 points Czech Republic/ Switzerland/ Norway
12 - 21 points Netherlands/ Northern Ireland/ Italy
15 - 20 points United States/ South Africa
17 - 19 points Denmark
18 - 17 points Finland
19 - 15 points Hungary
20 - 14 points Belgium
21 - 12 points Iran
22 - 9 points Lithuania
23 - 5 points Austria
24 - 4 points India/ Turkey
26 - 2 points France/ Romania
28 - 1 point Bulgaria/ Iceland