Introduction
This book has been compiled to provide details of tournament winners and runners up on International matches and WDF Cup tournaments.
Every effort has been used to identify winners and runners up of tournaments and in some cases there will be results “missing”. If these can be identified they will be included in another edition of this book in the future. There maybe errors with names being mispelt and that ladies surnames may have changed. An enormous amount of time and effort to correctly record the results of the tournaments.
This is the tenth ebook to be published detailing tournament results.
I hope you enjoy the book.
World Darts Federation
Since the World Darts Federation (WDF) was founded in 1976 by 14 representatives, one of them being Olly Croft from the British Darts Organisation, it has grown to a membership of 70 countries. There are two types of membership:
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Full membership: this requires the organisation that has applied to be a full member of the World Darts Federation is the national govening body for darts within that country.
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Associate membership: this means that the organisation has ties to the sport of darts and is not a national governing body for darts within that country.
Last year on December 1, 2019 the WDF removed the status of the BDO from a full membership to the status of Associate membership as per the WDF Constitution.
Great Britain is now represented by the following dart organisations – Scottish Darts Association, Welsh Darts Organisation, and the England Darts Organisation which was established in 2007.
It's sad that BDO once a leading organisation in the world of darts has declined so rapidly since the “split” in 1992 when 16 professional dart players established the World Darts Council (WDC) which is now the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
The WDF organizes the following international ‘Cup’ events:
World Cup
This began in 1977 for the men competitions whilst the ladies competition was not introduced until 1983. The Cup is held every two years on the odd years and is open to all WDF nations. Since 1977 the World Cup has been held in the following countries:
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1977 hosted by England, London
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1979 hosted by USA, Las Vegas
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1981 hosted by New Zealand, Nelson
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1983 hosted by Scotland, Edinburgh
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1985 hosted by Australia, Brisbane
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1987 hosted by Denmark, Copenhagen
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1989 hosted by Canada, Toronto
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1991 hosted by Netherlands, Zandvoort
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1993 hosted by USA, Las Vegas
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1995 hosted by Swizterland, Basel
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1997 hosted by Australia, Perth
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1999 hosted by South Africa, Durban
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2001 hosted by Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
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2003 hosted by France, Epinal
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2005 hosted by Australia, Perth
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2007 hosted by Netherlands, Rosmalen
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2009 hosted by USA, Charlotte
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2011 hosted by Republic of Ireland, Castlebar
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2013 hosted by Canada, St. John's
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2015 hosted by Turkey, Antalya
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2017 hosted by Japan, Kobe
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2019 hosted by Romania, Cluj-Napoca
Americas Cup
This began in 2002 is held every two years on the even years and is open to WDF nations in the Americas. The participating countries take turns hosting the the cup. Since 2002 the Cup has been held in the following countries:
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2002 hosted by Cayman Islands.
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2004 hosted by USA in Florida.
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2006 hosted by Barbados.
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2008 hosted by Trinidad and Tobago.
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2012 hosted by Belize.
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2014 hosted by USA.
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2016 hosted by Barbados.
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2018 hosted by Trinidad and Tobago.
Asia-Pacific Cup
This Cup was formerly known as the Pacific Cup and began in 1976. In 2000 the cup was rebranded as the Asia-Pacific Cup and is held every two years on even years and is open to WDF nations in Asia & the South Pacific. Since 1976 the Cup has been hosted by the following countries:
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1976 hosted by USA, Hawaii
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1978 hosted by Australia,Sydney.
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1980 hosted Australia, NSW.
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1982 hosted by Canada, Vancouver.
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1984 hosted by USA, Hawaii
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1986 hosted by New Zealand, Auckland
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1988 hosted by Japan, Tokyo
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1990 hosted by Singapore
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1992 hosted by Australia, Melbourne
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1994 hosted by Canada, Vancouver
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1996 hosted by Australia, Brisbane
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2000 hosted by Phillipines, Manila
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2002 hosted by Thailand, Bangkok
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2004 hosted by Singapore
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2006 hosted by Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
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2008 hosted New Zealand, Palmerston North
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2010 hosted by Japan, Tokyo
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2012 hosted Australia.
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2014 hosted by Hong Kong
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2016 hosted by Japan
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2018 hosted by South Korea
Europe Cup
This Cup began in 1978 for the men's competition whilst the ladies competition was not introduced until 1982. The Cup is held every two years on the even years and is open to WDF nations in Europe. Since 1978 the Cup has been hosted by the following countries:
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1978 hosted by Denmark, Copenhagen
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1980 hosted by Wales, Ebbw Vale
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1982 hosted by England, Southend
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1984 hosted by Netherlands, The Hague
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1986 hosted by Finland, Turku
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1988 hosted by England, Great Yarmouth
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1990 hosted by Malta, Verdala
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1992 hosted Finland, Helsinki
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1994 hosted by Sweden, Stockholm
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1996 hosted by Republic of Ireland, Bundoran
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1998 hosted by Norway, Oslo
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2000 hosted by Netherlands, Veldhoven
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2002 hosted by Belgium, Mechelen
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2004 hosted by Finland, Tampere
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2006 hosted by Republic of Ireland, Ennis
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2008 hosted by Denmark, Copenhagen
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2010 hosted by Turkey, Antalya
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2012 hosted by Turkey, Antalya
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2014 hosted by Romania, Bucharest
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2016 hosted by Netherlands, Egmond aan Zee
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2018 hosted by Hungary, Budapest
In 1976 the WDF introduced a world ranking system so that they could determine seedings for some of the WDF Opens. Welshman Alan Evans was the first ever WDF World Number one in men's darts for 1976. The ladies rankings were not introduced until 1984 and it was Sandy Reitan that was the ladies first WDF World Number one.
In 1977 the WDF introduced a new standardised throwing distance of 7 feet 9 ¼ inches (2.37 metres). This was due to the fact that the throwing distance in the UK for tournaments in this period was 7ft 6in with the exception of the News of The World which the distance was 8ft. Players from overseas that played in the UK tournaments were not used to this short distance. So the WDF selected a length of 7ft 9 ¼ inches as it fitted nicely with the metric measurement of 2.37 metres.
British International Championships
British International Championships
Event was not held in 1989.
Besides being joint winners in 1981, England have won the Men's Championships 37 times. England enjoyed a run of 17 consecutive Championship wins until Scotland became champions in 2000.
England have been in third place only once since the start of the Championships and that was in 2008.
In 1981 Wales and England were joint winners and this was the only time Wales enjoyed being champions in the Men's Championships.
The Ladies championships have been won by England 30 times. They also enjoyed 10 consecutive championships from 1999 until 2008 and it finally came to an end when Wales won the title in 2009.
In 1986 Scotland and Wales were the joint winners in the Ladies Championships and Scotland have been champions on two other occasions 1981 and 1998.
Wales have been champions 7 times in the Ladies Championships.
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| Champions | Runners up | Third place |
| 1979 | England | Wales | Scotland |
| 1980 | England | Wales | Scotland |
| 1981 | Wales/England | N/A | Scotland |
| 1982 | England | Scotland | Wales |
| 1983 | England | Wales | Scotland |
| 1984 | England | Wales | Scotland |
| 1985 | England | Wales | Scotland |
| 1986 | England | Scotland | Wales |
| 1987 | England | Scotland | Wales |
| 1988 | England | Scotland | Wales |
| 1990 | England | Wales |