The 23rd edition of the WDF World Cup was held in Esbjerg in Denmark. From 26 to 30 September the tournament was played at the Blue Water Dokken in Esbjerg. The tournament was initially going to be held in 2021, but the global corona pandemic forced the tournament to be postponed by two years.
Three countries are making their debut this World Cup. The Faroe Islands, Guernsey, and Liechtenstein. Marco Meijer from the Netherlands and Christian Sørensen from Denmark. The Netherlands is the defending champion in the mens event. For the women it is England defending its title and for the youth England was also the strongest in 2019.
Although the English women’s team for the first time in history don’t win the team event, they still finish on top of the table with a 41-point gap to number two. Beau Greaves wins the singles, and she also wins the pairs alongside singles runner-up Deta Hedman. With 122 points Deta Hedman, Lorraine Winstanley, Claire Brookin & Beau Greaves take the gold. Ireland have their best overall result ever and finish second on 81 points. Sweden wins the bronze with 73 points, one point ahead of Finland.
It is a record 13th overall title for the English ladies.
Overall ranking
1 - 122 points England
2 - 81 points Ireland Republic
3 - 73 points Sweden
4 - 72 points Finland
5 - 68 points Wales
6 - 60 points Netherlands
7 - 36 points New Zealand
8 - 35 points Japan
9 - 33 points Belgium
10 - 31 points Australia
11 - 24 points South Africa/ United States
13 - 21 points Scotland/ Switzerland
15 - 18 points Denmark
16 - 17 points Germany/ Slovakia
18 - 16 points Czech Republic
19 - 14 points France
20 - 13 points Hungary
21 - 11 points Canada/ Luxembourg/ Spain
24 - 8 points Iceland
25 - 7 points Italy/ Lithuania
27 - 5 points Mongolia/ Romania
29 - 4 points Estonia/ Guernsey/ India/ Jersey/ Norway
34 - 3 points Egypt/ Isle of Man/ Latvia/ Northern Ireland
38 - 2 points Austria/ Faroe Islands/ Malta
41 - 1 point Bulgaria/ Catalonia/ Turks and Caicos Islands