WDF World Cup
| Founded | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Organising body | WDF Category Major |
| Most recent champion(s) | Singles Berry van Peer (men's singles) Beau Greaves (women's singles) (boys' singles) (girls' singles) Pairs Haupai Puha & Ben Robb (men's pairs) Deta Hedman & Beau Greaves (women's pairs) (boys' pairs) (girls' pairs) (youth mixed) Team Netherlands (men's team) Ireland (women's team) Overall Netherlands (men's overall) England (women's overall) (youth overall) (2023) |
The WDF World Cup is a darts tournament organised by the World Darts Federation and held biennially since 1977. It has featured men's events since the beginning, while women's events were added in 1983 and youth events in 1999. The most recent tournament, the 2023 World Cup, was held in Esbjerg, Denmark. The event used to be broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, but coverage of the tournament ceased after the 1987 World Cup.
Tournament structure
Men's national teams participating in the WDF World Cup consist of four players per country, competing as singles, pairs and in a four-player team event. Starting in 2015, women's teams will also consist of four players each and compete in these three types of events, having previously comprised only two players for singles and pairs competitions. Youth teams have been expanded as well and will now include two male and two female players under the age of 18 who compete in their respective singles and pairs competitions as well as a mixed pairs event.
Points are scored depending on placement in the various events, with the national teams achieving the highest points totals being crowned WDF World Cup Champions in the three categories of men, women and youth.
List of tournaments
| Year | Venue | Men's World Cup | Women's World Cup | Youth World Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | London | Overall | Wales | ||||
| Singles | Leighton Rees | ||||||
| Pairs | Eric Bristow & John Lowe | ||||||
| Team | Leighton Rees, Alan Evans, David Jones, Phil Obbard | ||||||
| 1979 | Las Vegas | Overall | England | ||||
| Singles | Nicky Virachkul | ||||||
| Pairs | Eric Bristow & John Lowe | ||||||
| Team | Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Bill Lennard | ||||||
| 1981 | Nelson | Overall | England | ||||
| Singles | John Lowe | ||||||
| Pairs | Cliff Lazarenko & Tony Brown | ||||||
| Team | Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Cliff Lazarenko | ||||||
| 1983 | Edinburgh | Overall | England | Overall | England | ||
| Singles | Eric Bristow | Singles | Sandy Reitan | ||||
| Pairs | Eric Bristow & John Lowe | Pairs | Maureen Flowers & Audrey Derham | ||||
| Team | Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Deller, Dave Whitcombe | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1985 | Brisbane | Overall | England | Overall | England | ||
| Singles | Eric Bristow | Singles | Linda Batten | ||||
| Pairs | Eric Bristow & John Lowe | Pairs | Linda Batten & Sharon Kemp | ||||
| Team | Tony Payne, Rick Ney, John Kramer, Dan Valletto | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1987 | Copenhagen | Overall | England | Overall | United States | ||
| Singles | Eric Bristow | Singles | Valery Maytum | ||||
| Pairs | Eric Bristow & John Lowe | Pairs | Kathy Karpowich & Kathy Maloney | ||||
| Team | Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, Bob Anderson | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1989 | Toronto | Overall | England | Overall | England | ||
| Singles | Eric Bristow | Singles | Eva Grigsby | ||||
| Pairs | Eric Bristow & John Lowe | Pairs | Sharon Colclough & Sue Edwards | ||||
| Team | Bob Sinnaeve, Rick Bisaro, Tony Holyoake, Albert Anstey | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1991 | Zandvoort | Overall | England | Overall | New Zealand | ||
| Singles | John Lowe | Singles | Jill MacDonald | ||||
| Pairs | Keith Sullivan & Wayne Weening | Pairs | Sandra Greatbatch & Rhian Speed | ||||
| Team | Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Phil Taylor, Alan Warriner | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1993 | Las Vegas | Overall | Wales | Overall | United States | ||
| Singles | Roland Scholten | Singles | Kathy Maloney | ||||
| Pairs | John Part & Carl Mercer | Pairs | Valery Maytum & Francis Hoenselaar | ||||
| Team | Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Kevin Kenny, Dave Askew | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1995 | Basel | Overall | England | Overall | England | ||
| Singles | Martin Adams | Singles | Mandy Solomons | ||||
| Pairs | Martin Adams & Andy Fordham | Pairs | Deta Hedman & Mandy Solomons | ||||
| Team | Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1997 | Perth | Overall | Wales | Overall | United States | ||
| Singles | Raymond van Barneveld | Singles | Noeline Gear | ||||
| Pairs | Sean Palfrey & Martin Phillips | Pairs | Stacy Bromberg & Lori Verrier | ||||
| Team | Eric Burden, Marshall James, Sean Palfrey, Martin Phillips | Team | Not Held | ||||
| 1999 | Durban | Overall | England | Overall | England | Overall | Australia |
| Singles | Raymond van Barneveld | Singles | Trina Gulliver | Boys | Kim Viljanen | ||
| Pairs | Ritchie Davies & Richie Herbert | Pairs | Trina Gulliver & Apylee Jones | Girls | Harrena Williamson | ||
| Team | Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn King | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Beau Anderson & Harrena Williamson | ||
| 2001 | Kuala Lumpur | Overall | England | Overall | Netherlands | Overall | Sweden |
| Singles | Martin Adams | Singles | Francis Hoenselaar | Boys | Stephen Bunting | ||
| Pairs | Andy Fordham & John Walton | Pairs | Francis Hoenselaar & Mieke de Boer | Girls | Venus Johnson | ||
| Team | Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn King, John Walton | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Markus Korhonen & Johanna Ehn | ||
| 2003 | Epinal | Overall | England | Overall | England | Overall | Australia |
| Singles | Raymond van Barneveld | Singles | Trina Gulliver | Boys | Jerry Hendriks | ||
| Pairs | Martin Adams & Mervyn King | Pairs | Trina Gulliver & Clare Bywaters | Girls | Kate Dando | ||
| Team | Ray Carver, John Kuczynski, Bill Davis, George Walls | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Kyle Anderson & Kathleen Logue | ||
| 2005 | Perth | Overall | Netherlands | Overall | England | Overall | Netherlands |
| Singles | Dick van Dijk | Singles | Clare Bywaters | Boys | Jonny Nijs | ||
| Pairs | Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort | Pairs | Trina Gulliver & Clare Bywaters | Girls | Carla Molema | ||
| Team | Jarkko Komula, Ulf Ceder, Marko Pusa, Kim Viljanen | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Jonny Nijs & Carla Molema | ||
| 2007 | Rosmalen | Overall | Netherlands | Overall | Wales | Overall | Netherlands |
| Singles | Mark Webster | Singles | Jan Robbins | Boys | Tibor Tax | ||
| Pairs | Mario Robbe & Joey ten Berge | Pairs | Anastasia Dobromyslova & Irina Armstrong | Girls | Linda Odén | ||
| Team | Martin Adams, Steve Farmer, Tony O'Shea, John Walton | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Maarten Pape & Thea Kaaijk | ||
| 2009 | Charlotte | Overall | Netherlands | Overall | England | Overall | Finland |
| Singles | Tony O'Shea | Singles | Stacy Bromberg | Boys | Jamie Lewis | ||
| Pairs | Anthony Fleet & Geoff Kime | Pairs | Lisa Ashton & Karen Lawman | Girls | Aliisa Koskivirta | ||
| Team | Joey ten Berge, Willy van de Wiel, Frans Harmsen, Daniel Brouwer | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Tuomas Tikka & Aliisa Koskivirta | ||
| 2011 | Castlebar | Overall | England | Overall | England | Overall | England |
| Singles | Scott Waites | Singles | Trina Gulliver | Boys | Jimmy Hendriks | ||
| Pairs | Martin Adams & Tony O'Shea | Pairs | Trina Gulliver & Deta Hedman | Girls | Fallon Sherrock | ||
| Team | Scott Waites, Tony O'Shea, Martin Atkins, Martin Adams | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Jake Jones & Fallon Sherrock | ||
| 2013 | St. John's | Overall | England | Overall | England | Overall | Australia |
| Singles | Wesley Harms | Singles | Deta Hedman | Boys | Jamie Rundle | ||
| Pairs | Stephen Bunting & Tony O'Shea | Pairs | Trina Gulliver & Deta Hedman | Girls | Casey Gallagher | ||
| Team | Ross Montgomery, Craig Baxter, Gary Stone, Alan Soutar | Team | Not Held | Mixed | Dawson Murschell & Alicia Looker | ||
| 2015[1] | Antalya | Overall | England | Overall | England | Overall | Netherlands |
| Singles | Jim Williams | Singles | Lisa Ashton | Boys Singles | Maikel Verberk | ||
| Pairs | Wesley Harms & Richard Veenstra | Pairs | Lisa Ashton & Claire Brookin | Boys Pairs | Maikel Verberk & Justin van Tergouw | ||
| Team | Glen Durrant, Scott Mitchell, Jamie Hughes, Mark McGeeney | Team | Deta Hedman, Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock, Claire Brookin | Girls Singles | Tayla Carolissen | ||
| Girls Pairs | Christina Schuler & Nina Puls | ||||||
| Mixed | Maikel Verberk & Kyana Frauenfelder | ||||||
| 2017 | Kobe | Overall | Australia | Overall | Netherlands | Overall | Netherlands |
| Singles | Jeff Smith | Singles | Vicky Pruim | Boys Singles | Justin van Tergouw | ||
| Pairs | Boris Koltsov & Aleksandr Oreshkin | Pairs | Anastasia Dobromyslova & Marina Kononova | Boys Pairs | Justin van Tergouw & Wessel Nijman | ||
| Team | Peter Machin, Justin Thompson, Andrew Townes, Raymond Smith | Team | Aileen de Graaf, Sharon Prins, Anca Zijlstra, Vanessa Zuidema | Girls Singles | Deniz Hashtbaran | ||
| Girls Pairs | Deniz Hashtbaran & Mahshad Avazzadeh | ||||||
| Mixed | Justin van Tergouw & Layla Brussel | ||||||
| 2019 | Cluj-Napoca | Overall | Netherlands | Overall | England | Overall | England |
| Singles | Darren Herewini | Singles | Mikuru Suzuki | Boys Singles | Keelan Kay | ||
| Pairs | David Cameron & Jeff Smith | Pairs | Mikuru Suzuki & Mayumi Ouchi | Boys Pairs | Brad Phillips and Keelan Kay | ||
| Team | Jim Williams, Darren Bingham, Arwyn Morris, Nick Kenny | Team | Maria O'Brien, Lorraine Winstanley, Deta Hedman, Fallon Sherrock | Girls Singles | Beau Greaves | ||
| Girls Pairs | Beau Greaves and Shannon Reeves | ||||||
| Mixed | Tomas Houdek and Anna Votavova | ||||||
| 2023 | Esbjerg | Overall | Netherlands | Overall | England | Overall | England |
| Singles | Berry van Peer | Singles | Beau Greaves | Boys Singles | Jenson Walker | ||
| Pairs | Haupai Puha & Ben Robb | Pairs | Deta Hedman & Beau Greaves | Boys Pairs | Jenson Walker & Thomas Banks | ||
| Team | Jelle Klaasen, Wesley Plaisier, Ryan de Vreede, Berry van Peer | Team | Robyn Byrne, Caroline Breen, Aoife McCormack, Katie Sheldon | Girls Singles | Paige Pauling | ||
| Girls Pairs | Paige Pauling & Hannah Meek | ||||||
| Mixed | Paige Pauling & Thomas Banks | ||||||
| 2025 | Seoul | Overall | Overall | Overall | |||
| Singles | Singles | Boys Singles | |||||
| Pairs | Pairs | Boys Pairs | |||||
| Team | Team | Girls Singles | |||||
| Girls Pairs | |||||||
| Mixed | |||||||
See also
- List of WDF tournaments
- List of BDO ranked tournaments
- World Professional Darts Championship
- BDO World Darts Championship
- PDC World Darts Championship
- WDF World Darts Championship
- World Masters (darts)
- WDF Europe Cup
- WDF Asia-Pacific Cup
- WDF Americas Cup
References
- ^ "WDF World Cup 2015". 31 October 2015.