- WDF World Cup darts
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 theUnited Kingdom , but they ceased covering the tournament after the 1987 World Cup.Previous Winners
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
*2007 NetherlandsTotal Wins: 11 England, 3 Wales, 2 Netherlands.
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)
*2007 England (Martin Adams, Steve Farmer, Tony O'Shea, John Walton)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
*2007 Mark WebsterMen'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
*2007 Mario Robbe & Joey ten BergeWomen'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
*2007 Jan RobbinsYouth Singles Champions - Boys
*1999 Kim Viljanen
*2001 Stephen Bunting
*2003 Jerry Hendriks
*2005 Jonny Nijs
*2007 Tibor TaxYouth Singles Champions - Girls
*1999 Harrena Williamson
*2001 Venus Johnson
*2003 Kate Dando
*2005 Carla Molema
*2007 Linda OdénYouth Mixed Pairs Champions
*1999 Beau Anderson & Harrena Williamson
*2001 Markus Korhonen & Johanna Ehn
*2003 Kyle Anderson & Kathleen Logue
*2005 Jonny Nijs & Carla Molema
*2007 Maarten Pape & Thea KaaijkVenues
*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, NetherlandsExternal links
* [http://www.dfadarts.org/worldcup/worldcup.htm Official site of 2005 World Cup]
* [http://www.dartswdf.com/aa_darts/rollsofhon/wchonroll.html WDF World Cup Roll of Honour]
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