WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2007

It was sixteen years ago that the WDF World Cup was held in the Netherlands in 1991. Then Zandvoort was the place, this time Rosmalen was chosen as the host city. The darts landscape in the Netherlands, however, had changed completely in the past years after five world titles by Raymond van Barneveld. Unfortunately for the Dutch fans, Barney switched to the PDC a year earlier and was not as a player at this cup. However, there is a lot of media attention and the semi-finals and finals are broadcast live on TV.

A record number of 41 men's teams, 38 women's teams and 15 youth teams find their way to the Netherlands where the Autotron hosts the tournament from 11 to 14 October. Iceland, Iran, Trinidad & Tobago and Turkey make their debut at a WDF World Cup. It will be a successful edition for the organizing country, with enough drama at the end.

The pairs tournament is again very unpredictable. There are no fewer than eight different countries in the quarterfinals. Host country the Netherlands is represented by Mario Robbe & Joey ten Berge. They beat the Germans Andreas Kröckel & Michael Rosenauer in that quarterfinal. The English duo Martin Adams & John Walton beat the Malaysians Abdul-Ghani Amin & Selbaraju Subramaniam. Martin Phillips & Wayne Warren from Wales are also going to the semi-finals, beating Per Laursen & Vladimir Andersen from Denmark. And finally, the Finns Marko Kantele & Asko Niskala also progress at the expense of Kyle Anderson & Ian Brown from Australia.

Robbe & Ten Berge play against Martin Adams & John Walton from England in the semi-finals. It is a fantastic match that will eventually be won by the Dutch in front of their home crowd. In the other semi-final, it is surprisingly the Finns Marco Kantele & Asko Niskala who beat Wales. Experienced duo Martin Phillips & Wayne Warren are beaten 4-2.

To the great enthusiasm of the audience, Mario Robbe & Joey ten Berge win the final against the Finns 4-2. With this victory, the title remains in Dutch hands, as Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort had claimed the title two years earlier. Marco Kantele is left for the second time in his career with a silver medal in the pairs tournament, in 2001 he also lost the final.

WDF World Cup Men Pairs

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Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2007

Øyvind Aasland

Martin Adams

Peteris Alberlins

Juris Aleksans

John Almeida

Abdul-Ghani Amin

Vladimir Andersen

Kyle Anderson

Reza Ansari

Koji Aoki

Romary Arnould

Brad Austen

Frank Avenand

Pascal Barbezat

Hamid Behrouzinie

Nandor Bezzeg

Aegir Bjornsson

Roman Bleistein

Cyril Blot

Michel Boulet

Ian Brown

Harry Brown

Zanis Buklovski

Patrick Bulen

Dietmar Burger

Robbie Cannell

Wayne Carey

Magnus Caris

Simon Carruthers

Richard Cedeno

Theodoros Chorianopoulos

Danny Cunningham

Vernon Daniels

Tony David

Rune David

Paul Davies

Geert De Vos

Pavel Drtil

Ricky Dunlop

Dylan Duo

Vivekanand Dyal

Togkan Edik

Steve Farmer

Connie Finnan

James Fulford

Magnus Gardarsson

Sidney Garland

Nima Ghiysvand

Pasquale Giustra

David Glenn

Quentin Glinton

Robert Grant

Tinus Grobbelaar

Thorgeir Gudmundsson

Daryl Gurney

Romeo Gyalai

Paul Hanvidge

Wayne Harrison

Rahaman Hassanali

Gudjon Hauksson

Antonio Hibernon-Cano

Kenneth Hogvall

Robert Hughes

Ronny Huybrechts

Kevin Jacob

Jiri Jenicek

August Jost

Marko Kantele

Masaki Kazusa

Paul Kelly

Joe Kieffer

Nozomu Kinoshita

Kevin Knott

Karsten Koch

Markus Korhonen

Preben Krabben

Andreas Krockel