WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2009

In 2009, the United States are elected host for the third time. After previous two editions in Las Vegas in 1979 and 1993, it is now Charlotte's turn in North Carolina. The Blake Hotel is the venue where will be played from September 23-25. New faces on stage for the first time in a long time. Richard Ashdown and Jacques Nieuwlaat replace Martin Fitzmaurice as host on behalf of the WDF from 2009.

It will be a very relaxed WDF World Cup in beautiful weather conditions, with 32 men's, 31 women's and 10 youth teams competing for the medals. The Cayman Islands are making their debut. Besides the Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & Tobago, Bermuda, Bahamas and Barbados are also present and this ensures that this WDF World Cup also gets a real Caribbean feel to it.

The 2009 WDF World Cup pairs tournament is a surprising one, which starts in the last 32 when the pair Harry Brown & Anderson Lewis beat the English pair Darryl Fitton & Tony O'Shea. Never has a victory been so loudly celebrated, not only by the men of the Bahamas themselves, but actually by almost everyone including their opponents. The team of the Bahamas celebrate until the early hours.

The quarterfinals will eventually feature eight pairs from seven different countries Northern Ireland, Spain, England, Australia, Malaysia, Sweden and two pairs from Norway. Northern Ireland's John Elder & Daryl Gurney beat Spanish duo Tony Alcinas & Antonio Hibernon. Both Norwegian pairs are eliminated in the quarterfinals, England and Australia are responsible for this. The biggest surprise is the pair from Malaysia; Tengku-Hadzali Shah & Joseph Clairines who reach the semi-finals.

The semi-final is the final destination for the Malaysians. The strong Australian duo Anthony Fleet & Jeff Kime is with 5-2 too strong. In the other semi-final, the Northern Irish pair is surprisingly too strong for the English tandem of Martin Adams & Scott Waites in a ninth and deciding leg.

The final is between Anthony Fleet & Jeff Kime from Australia and John Elder & Daryl Gurney on behalf of Northern Ireland. It is an exciting game that could have been won by both teams, but ultimately the Australians take the title. It is the second time in history that a duo from Australia take the pairs title. It previously happened in 1991 when Keith Sullivan & Wayne Weening claimed the title. It is a novelty for Northern Ireland anyway, they have never won a silver medal in the pairs. The men from Malaysia were able to celebrate again; four years after their first bronze medal, they now win another one in the United States.

WDF World Cup Men Pairs

About WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2009

Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Pairs 2009

Øyvind Aasland

Martin Adams

Daisuke Akamatsu

Toni Alcinas

Bahadir Alev

John Almeida

Alfonso Alvaro

Kyle Anderson

Beau Anderson

Tobias Anliker

Koji Aoki

Eddie Ballantyne

Pascal Barbezat

Mark Barilli

Ryan Barnette

Søren Behrendsen

Aegir Bjornsson

Brian Blake

Roman Bleistein

Daniel Brouwer

Harry Brown

Steve Brown

Winston Cadogan

Richard Campbell

Wayne Carey

Magnus Caris

Simon Carruthers

Luca Catallo

Richard Cedeno

Ulf Ceder

Joseph Clairines

Clint Clarkson

Sammy Cruz

Mark Cummins

Vernon Daniels

Lloyd Deveaux

Vivekanand Dyal

Hank Ebanks

John Elder

Gary Elliott

Vegar Elvevoll

Salvador Escarbajal

Harry Famaey

Connie Finnan

Aevar Finnsson

Darryl Fitton

Anthony Fleet

Marco Framboas

Martyn Freeman

Rhen Fuentes

James Fulford

Tony Fulford

Sidney Garland

Thorgeir Gudmundsson

Daryl Gurney

Frans Harmsen

John Henderson

Antonio Hibernon-Cano

Steven Hickmott

Jerry Hull

Kim Huybrechts

Ronny Huybrechts

Throsdur Ingimarsson

Kevin Jacob

Frede Johansen

Sylvan Jones

Stig Jorgensen

Marko Kantele

Geoff Kime

Karsten Koch

Willy Kolly

Jarkko Komula

Roman Konchikov

Preben Krabben

Andreas Krockel

Jacques Langston

Daniel Larsson