The 22nd edition of the WDF World Cup was held in Cluj-Napoca in Romania. The Grand Hotel Italia is the venue from 7 to 12 October. All participant numbers records are broken. No less than 52 teams in the men’s competition, 46 ladies’ teams and 19 countries also sent their youth to Romania.
It will be a WDF World Cup without any incident which runs like clockwork and that is an incredible compliment to the organizing country that is itself relatively very small as a darts nation. No fewer than six new countries make their debut in Romania. Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine are included for the first time.
Although England may collect less gold than in other years, they are simply the strongest in depth. The team tournament is convincingly won and the overall ranking also goes to the English ladies. With 132 points, they are 32 points ahead of Japan. In addition to the gold in the singles and the couples, the Japanese also grab a silver medal overall. The bronze goes to Australia with 93 points. Sweden is well behind in fourth place with 62 points and Canada finishes fifth with 60 points.
It is the 12th overall title for the English ladies which makes their dominance clear once again.
Overall ranking
1 - 132 points England
2 - 100 points Japan
3 - 93 points Australia
4 - 62 points Sweden
5 - 60 points Canada
6 - 38 points Czech Republic
7 - 33 points Switzerland/ Wales
9 - 32 points Norway
10 - 27 points USA
11 - 22 points Scotland
12 - 19 points Korea Republic
13 - 18 points South Africa/ New Zealand/ Republic Ireland
16 - 17 points Hong Kong
17 - 15 points Finland
18 - 14 points Russia/ Northern Ireland/ Hungary
21 - 13 points Germany
22 - 11 points France/ Turkey
24 - 10 points Ukraine/ Netherlands
26 - 9 points Greece/ Iceland
28 - 7 points Spain
29 - 5 points Jersey/ Lithuania/ Italy/ Romania/ Denmark
34 - 4 points Turks and Caicos/ Austria/ Latvia/ Bulgaria
38 - 3 points Mongolia/ Estonia
40 - 1 point Catalonia/ Slovenia
42 - 0 points Luxembourg/ Egypt/ Isle of Man/ Brazil/ Serbia