WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2002

The thirteenth edition of the WDF Europe Cup was held in Mechelen, Belgium, from 17 to 19 October. The Nekker event hall is the place of action. Nineteen countries participated in the men and women, including Russia, which is present for the first time in ten years.

No less than seven different countries in the quarterfinals of the pairs tournament of 2002. Only Denmark has two duos left in the mix. Brian Sørensen & Henrik Primdal lose to Raymond van Barneveld & Co Stompé with 4 1. Søren Behrendsen & Ole Jørgensen also lose out. They lose to the Scottish tandem Gary Anderson & Peter Johnstone. Mervyn King & Martin Adams are the only English pair in the last eight and they beat Mensur Suljovic & Franz Thaler from Austria without losing a leg. The semi-finals are completed by the surprising Swiss duo Walter Tschudin & Urs Vonrufs. The Swiss win 4 2 against the Finns Jarkko Komula & Marco Pusa.

In the semi-finals the Scots beat the Swiss and the English pair is 4 1 too strong for the Dutch defending champions Van Barneveld & Stompé. The final is a one-sided duel. Mervyn King & Martin Adams are far too strong for Gary Anderson & Peter Johnstone, it ends a 4-0 whitewash for the English duo.

It is the sixth time in history that England has managed to win the pairs tournament. For Mervyn King it is his first win in this event and for Adams it is his second time after the gold in 1996.

WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs

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Competitors Of WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2002

Giuseppe Accorsi

Martin Adams

Gary Anderson

Bela Balogh

Søren Behrendsen

Nandor Bezzeg

Zanis Buklovski

Dietmar Burger

Brian Buur

Ulf Ceder

Erik Clarys

Gwen Cornec

George Dalglish

Terje Deras

John Elder

Albertino Essers

Andy Fordham

Gerald Fox

David Glenn

Brendan Grace

Helge Guddal

Rainer Haas

Richard Herbert

Robert Hughes

Peter Johns

Peter Johnstone

Ole Jorgensen

August Jost

Mervyn King

Goran Klemme

Jarkko Komula

Markus Korhonen

Jacques Langston

Henrik Primdal

Jean-Luc Leclercq

Michael Leclercq

Igor Manturov

Paul McDonald

Sean McGowan

Richard McMahon

Norbert Meszes

Ronalds Mezals

Stefan Nagy

Jorg Neumann

Jonas Olovsson

Arnold Paap

Martin Phillips

Loris Polese

Goran Protega

Marko Pusa

Andrei Ratnikov

Colin Rice

Laurent Saillour

Yuri Salev

John Sandåker

Peter Schonauer

Tomas Seyler

Chris Stephani

Co Stompé

Mensur Suljovic

Marco Taels

Franz Thaler

Walter Tschudin

Chris Van den Bergh

Arnis Veidemanis

Maris Veidemanis

Mike Veitch

Kim Viljanen

Mark Vincze

Sergei Vodicar

Urs Vonrufs

John Walton

Paul Watton

Alexey Zhuravlev

Raymond van Barneveld

Vincent van der Voort

Callers Of WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2002