WDF World Cup darts
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The WDF World Cup is a darts tournament held biennially since 1977. The tournament has a team championship, a pairs championship and a singles championship. All events have a men's competition, a women's competition (since 1983) and a youth competition (since 1999). The next World Cup is scheduled for October 10-13, 2007 to be held in the Netherlands.
The event used to be broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, but they ceased covering the tournament after the 1987 World Cup.
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[edit] Previous Winners
[edit] Overall World Cup Winners
- 1977 Wales
- 1979 England
- 1981 England
- 1983 England
- 1985 England
- 1987 England
- 1989 England
- 1991 England
- 1993 Wales
- 1995 England
- 1997 Wales
- 1999 England
- 2001 England
- 2003 England
- 2005 Netherlands
Total Wins: 11 England, 3 Wales, 1 Netherlands.
[edit] Men's Team Event
- 1977 Wales (Leighton Rees, Alan Evans, David Jones)
- 1979 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Bill Lennard)
- 1981 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Cliff Lazarenko)
- 1983 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Deller, Dave Whitcombe)
- 1985 USA (Tony Payne, Rick Ney, John Kramer, Dan Valletto)
- 1987 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, Bob Anderson)
- 1989 Canada (Bob Sinnaeve, Rick Bisaro, Tony Holyoak, Albert Anstey)
- 1991 England (Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Phil Taylor, Alan Warriner)
- 1993 England (Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Kevin Kenny, Dave Askew)
- 1995 England (Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham)
- 1997 Wales (Eric Burden, Marshall James, Sean Palfrey, Martin Phillips)
- 1999 England (Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn King)
- 2001 England (Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn King, John Walton)
- 2003 USA (Ray Carver, John Kuczynski, Bill Davis, George Walls)
- 2005 Finland (Jarkko Komula, Ulf Ceder, Marko Pusa, Kim Viljanen)
[edit] Men's Singles Champions
- 1977 Leighton Rees
- 1979 Nicky Virachkul
- 1981 John Lowe
- 1983 Eric Bristow
- 1985 Eric Bristow
- 1987 Eric Bristow
- 1989 Eric Bristow
- 1991 John Lowe
- 1993 Roland Scholten
- 1995 Martin Adams
- 1997 Raymond van Barneveld
- 1999 Raymond van Barneveld
- 2001 Martin Adams
- 2003 Raymond van Barneveld
- 2005 Dick van Dijk
[edit] Men's Pairs Champions
- 1977 Eric Bristow & John Lowe
- 1979 Eric Bristow & John Lowe
- 1981 Cliff Lazarenko & Tony Brown
- 1983 Eric Bristow & John Lowe
- 1985 Eric Bristow & John Lowe
- 1987 Eric Bristow & John Lowe
- 1989 Eric Bristow & John Lowe
- 1991 Keith Sullivan & Wayne Weening
- 1993 John Part & Carl Mercer
- 1995 Martin Adams & Andy Fordham
- 1997 Sean Palfrey & Martin Phillips
- 1999 Ritchie Davies & Richie Herbert
- 2001 Andy Fordham & John Walton
- 2003 Martin Adams & Mervyn King
- 2005 Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort
[edit] Women's Singles Champions
- 1983 Sandy Reitan
- 1985 Linda Batten
- 1987 Valery Maytum
- 1989 Eva Grigsby
- 1991 Jill McDonald
- 1993 Kathy Maloney
- 1995 Mandy Solomons
- 1997 Noeline Gear
- 1999 Trina Gulliver
- 2001 Francisca Hoenselaar
- 2003 Trina Gulliver
- 2005 Clare Bywaters
[edit] Youth Singles Champions - Boys
[edit] Youth Singles Champions - Girls
[edit] Youth Mixed Pairs Champions
- 1999 Beau Anderson & Harrena Williamson
- 2001 Markus Korhonen & Johanna Ehn
- 2003 Kyle Anderson & Kathleen Logue
- 2005 Jonny Nijs & Carla Molema
[edit] Venues
- 1977 London, England
- 1979 Las Vegas, USA
- 1981 Nelson, New Zealand
- 1983 Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1985 Brisbane, Australia
- 1987 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1989 Toronto, Canada
- 1991 Zandvoort, Netherlands
- 1993 Las Vegas, USA
- 1995 Basel, Switzerland
- 1997 Perth, Australia
- 1999 Durban, South Africa
- 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 2003 Epinal, France
- 2005 Perth, Australia
- 2007 Rosmalen, Netherlands