WDF World Cup Women Teams 2017

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.

With the absence of the aforementioned teams, the Dutch quartet of Sharon Prins, Aileen de Graaf, Anca Zijlstra & Vanessa Zuidema start the tournament as the favourites. The Dutch ladies experience few problems in the group stage. At the last 16, however, it almost goes wrong. The USA team offers fantastic opposition, but still has to bow to The Netherlands with 9-7. The same story actually follows in the quarterfinals. This time it’s the Russians who stay with them for a long time, but still stay behind empty-handed at the end. Again The Netherlands wins 9-7.

Mikuru Suzuki, Asako Atarashi, Mana Kawakami & Naomi Saito represent host country Japan and do so very well. Yet they too do not get further than seven won legs against The Netherlands. In the other semi-final it is Vicky Plum, Paulina Soderstrom, Anna Forsmark & Maud Jansson who compete on behalf of Sweden against the Australian quartet of Natalie Carter, Corrine Hammond, Janine Cassar & Tori Kewish. Somewhat surprisingly, the Swedish ladies win this encounter 9-4. In the final, again it is not super easy for the Dutch ladies, but it does end well. They beat the Swedish ladies 9-6 and thus not only take the gold in the team event, but also take the overall gold.

WDF World Cup Women Teams

About WDF World Cup Women Teams 2017

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Women Teams 2017

Irina Armstrong

Asako Atarashi

Lisa Ayers

Sylvie Ballieu

Sanyogita Banjare

Gitte Banke

Kim Bellay-Rousselle

Sharon Prins

Caroline Breen

Daniela Büel

Robyn Byrne

Natalie Carter

Janine Cassar

Marzia Catino

Athena Chan

Ekaterina Cherkasova

Esther Cho

Hye-Jin Choi

Giada Ciofi

Jitka Císařová

Grace Crane

Aastha Dalal

Rachna David

Patricia De Peuter

Carine Dessein

Anastasia Dobromyslova

Patricia Farrell

Natalia Fefilova

Judy Fenton

Sandra Ferguson

Anna Forsmark

Carole Frison

Dianne Gobeil

Corrine Hammond

Iselin Hauen

Olivia Hendricks

Carole Herriott

Anna Hlavová

Henriette Honoré

Maud Jansson

Trudy Johnson

Marika Juhola

Karina Kaenzig

Taylor-Marsh Kahaki

Jana Kanovska

Mana Kawakami

Tori Kewish

A-Reum Kim

Marina Kononova

Janni Larsen

Dorothee Lemaire

Cathy Leung

Shinetsetseg Lkhagvasuren

Silke Lowe

Teresa Maher

Asia Marini

Aneesha Mehta

Wallace Mok

Ramona Mostad-Eriksen

Paula Murphy

Sari Sauvola

Jackie O'Neill

Kayleigh O'Neill

Johanna Oosthuizen

Tina Osborne

Barbara Osti

Vicky Pruim

Ongonsar Purev

Jargalsaikhan Purevdorj

Georgina Ratt

Kaisu Rekinen

Steffi Rennoch-Zwitkowitsch

Colette Rudin

Angela Russell

Naomi Saito

Tumentogtokh Samdan

Berit Schouw