WDF World Cup Women Pairs 2007

It was sixteen years ago that the WDF World Cup was held in the Netherlands in 1991. Then Zandvoort was the place, this time Rosmalen was chosen as the host city. The darts landscape in the Netherlands, however, had changed completely in the past years after five world titles by Raymond van Barneveld. Unfortunately for the Dutch fans, Barney switched to the PDC a year earlier and was not as a player at this cup. However, there is a lot of media attention and the semi-finals and finals are broadcast live on TV.

A record number of 41 men's teams, 38 women's teams and 15 youth teams find their way to the Netherlands where the Autotron hosts the tournament from 11 to 14 October. Iceland, Iran, Trinidad & Tobago and Turkey make their debut at a WDF World Cup. It will be a successful edition for the organizing country, with enough drama at the end.

For the first time in history, a Russian team wins a gold medal at a WDF World Cup. Anastasia Dobromyslova & Irina Armstrong ensure this extremely great success. They win the group with New Zealand, India, Trinidad & Tobago and Brazil without losing a leg. The Scottish ladies are then beaten 4-1 and the Australian pair Natalie Carter & Corrine Hammond with 4-3. In the semi-finals, the Russian ladies play against the host country The Netherlands with Francis Hoenselaar and Carla Molema. They also win this game with 4-0.

On the other side of the field, the big surprise is that the English duo Apylee Jones & Trina Gulliver are already out in the last 16. They lose to Angela de Ward & Nicole O'Donovan from Ireland 4-0. The Irish ladies in turn lose in the quarterfinals to Carina Ekberg & Maud Jansson from Sweden. The always strong duo Stacy Bromberg & Marilyn Popp from the USA wins 4-2 in the quarterfinals against another strong pair; Julie Gore & Jan Robbins from Wales. The semi-finals are disappointing in terms of tension. After the 4-0 victory of the Russians, the Swedish tandem also takes a 4-0 victory over the USA.

In the final it is a bit more exciting. Anastasia Dobromyslova & Irina Armstrong from Russia and Carina Ekberg & Maud Jansson from Sweden make it a great match. The game goes to the Russians, the result is 4-2. The first gold ever for Russia, for Sweden and for Carina Ekberg, it is the third time that they lost the final of the pairs, this happened before in 1999 and 2001.

WDF World Cup Women Pairs

About WDF World Cup Women Pairs 2007

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Women Pairs 2007

Irina Armstrong

Denise Barreto

Lynn Bartzen

Helena Benjaminsdottir

Wendy Beutels

Kimberly Bogemans

Stacy Bromberg

Rose-Marie Bussard

Vicky Carnow

Natalie Carter

Denise Cassidy

Jolly Chanda

Jo-Ann Christopher

Giada Ciofi

Angela Costa-Garcia

Grace Crane

Rachna David

Angela De Ward

Anastasia Dobromyslova

Carina Ekberg

Mette Engen-Hansen

Jenny Faries

Natalia Farinati

Mette Funch

Mihi George

Meltem Giray

Julie Gore

Vita Grebska

Trina Gulliver-MBE

Corrine Hammond

Charmaine Harrington-Marshall

Valerie Hawkins

Louise Hepburn

Elizabeth Hickmott

Francis Hoenselaar

Maud Jansson

Danzella Jennings

Trudy Johnson

Jannette Jonathan

Apylee Jones

Sigridur-Gudrun Jonsdottir

Marjan Karegar-Jeddi

Margaret Kelly

Petra Klingbacher

Barbara Kuntner

Bhumika Kyaachhadiya

Janni Larsen

Frances Lawson

Zsofia Lazar-Kontos

Jenelle Legge

Shauna McDaid

Carla Molema

Sari Sauvola

Yukari Nishikawa

Nicole O'Donovan

Mayumi Ouchi

Karine Peccatte

Eileen Pitman

Marilyn Popp

Zeltite Putnina

Monica Ribeiro

Jan Robbins

Angela Russell

Tarja Salminen

Lenka Schediva

Karin Schulthess

Michelle Sossong

Crystal Spannenberg

Zuzana Stepanova

Bianka Strauch

Zsuzsanna Szarka

Anita Tobias

Secil Torus

Kim Whaley-Hilts

Stephanie Woischke

Sahar Zohouri

Callers Of WDF World Cup Women Pairs 2007