WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2003

In 2003 the WDF World Cup returns to Europe. Epinal in France is the host. The turnout is excellent with 37 men's teams, 31 women's teams and a record number of 14 youth teams. From the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos makes its debut at a WDF World Cup this year. It was played from September 24 to 27 in the Parc Des Expositions.

From the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos make their debut at this year's WDF World Cup. Also Latvia and Russia are returning after an eight-year absence. It will be a messy edition, but a very exciting one, especially in the men’s competition.

It seems as if the clock has been turned back 25 years in the pairs tournament. Both English duos face each other in the final of the pairs tournament. Andy Fordham & Tony O'Shea have some tight victories on their way to the final. Already in the preliminary round they need a seventh and deciding leg against the Brazilians Mauricio Maia & Mario Portela. The same scenario is repeated in the last 32 against the South Africans Christo Meiring & Roshan Sivraman and again in the semi-finals against the Northern Irish pair John Elder & Roy Montgomery, but every time Fordham & O'Shea are razor sharp in that deciding leg.

Mervyn King & Martin Adams lose only two legs on their way to the semi-finals. In the semi-final Co Stompé & Raymond van Barneveld are waiting on behalf of the Netherlands. They also manage to win two legs, but that is all they win. King and Adams go to the final.

It is the fourth time in history that two pairs from England face each other in the final of the WDF World Cup pairs, the last time was in 1995 when Adams and Fordham still played together. In 2003 Mervyn King & Martin Adams are superior, Andy Fordham & Tony O'Shea cannot change that either. The result is 4-1 in the final. It is the second pairs gold for Adams, the first for King. For England it is the tenth time in fourteen editions.

WDF World Cup Men Pairs

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Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2003

Martin Adams

Peteris Alberlins

Gary Anderson

Sawas Antoniou

Paul Aquilina

Jyhan Artut

Bela Balogh

Søren Behrendsen

Bernard Berlouis

Attila Boszok

Tim Bradley

Vincent Busuttil

Brian Buur

Owen Caffrey

Mario Camilleri

Simon Carruthers

Ray Carver

Paris Chloros

Gerry Convery

Wayne Copeland

Yves Cottenge

George Dalglish

Vernon Daniels

Tony David

Ritchie Davies

Bill Davis

Rudy Delannoy

Alfred Desira

Stephane Didiot

Paul Dugasse

Steve Duk

Dylan Duo

John Elder

Jurg Engel

Albertino Essers

George Federico

Alex Fladerer

Anthony Fleet

Paolo Flora

Andy Fordham

Marco Framboas

Sotiris Ftohopoulis

James Fulford

Sidney Garland

Demetris Georgiou

Robert Grant

Guntars Grebskis

Terrance Hallock

Paul Hanvidge

Steve Harris

Steven Hickmott

Peter Hunt

Peter Johns

Ole Jorgensen

August Jost

Marko Kantele

Joe Kieffer

Mervyn King

Goran Klemme

Jarkko Komula

Markus Korhonen

John Kuczynski

Vladimir Kurakin

Jacques Langston

Per Laursen

Vladimir Lavrientiev

Mark Lewis

Charles Losper

Stian Lyngfeldt

Mauricio Maia

Igor Manturov

Jan Mares

Tony Martinez

Paul McDonald

Stephen McDonnell

Sean McGowan

Gregor McQueen