The 21st edition of the WDF World Cup was held from 3 to 7 October at the Kobe International Exhibition Hall in Japan. It is after Kuala Lumpur in 2011 the second time that the WDF World Cup is played in Asia. A number of leading darts countries are absent from this 21st edition of this event. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, among others, cannot get it financially in order to travel to Japan.
Yet it will be an unforgettable edition in which 28 men's teams, 26 women's teams and 12 youth teams compete for the big Cups. Hong Kong was last there in 1989 and returns to the WDF World Cup, Mongolia and South Korea make their debut, just as Marco Meijer does as a referee on the podium.
Thanks largely to the team event final won, the Dutch women are overall WDF World Cup champions for the second time in history. Sharon Prins, Aileen de Graaf, Anca Zijlstra & Vanessa Zuidema grab a total of 128 points and that is 33 points more than the Swedish team of Vicky Pruim, Paulina Soderstrom, Anna Forsmark & Maud Jansson. The bronze goes to the Russian ladies Anastasia Dobromyslova, Natalia Fefilova, Marina Kononova & Ekaterina Cherkasova who finish on a total of 79 points. Australia finishes fourth this year and Ireland fifth.
Overall ranking
1 - 128 points Netherlands
2 - 95 points Sweden
3 - 79 points Russia
4 - 52 points Australia
5 - 51 points Republic Ireland
6 - 40 points Japan
7 - 35 points Finland
8 - 33 points South Africa
9 - 31 points Belgium
10 - 30 points Switzerland
11 - 28 points Norway
12 - 27 points New Zealand
13 - 24 points USA
14 - 23 points Canada
15 - 22 points Northern Ireland
16 - 14 points Germany
17 - 12 points Czech Republic
18 - 8 points Bahamas/ Hong Kong
20 - 7 points Denmark
21 - 4 points South Korea
22 - 3 points Mongolia
23 - 2 points Italy/ France
25 - 0 points India