WDF World Cup Men Singles 2015

After organizing two Europe Cups, Turkey is ready for the big one; a WDF World Cup. The organization of the twentieth WDF World Cup is fantastic and almost everyone is happy with the all-inclusive principle of the playing location. In the men's tournament, 36 countries compete for the Cup, 29 countries bring a women's team and a record number of 16 youth teams find their way to the Turkish resort in Kemer. The Limra Hotel & Resort is the hotel and playing venue from 26 to 31 October.

For the first time there are four ladies per team, until 2015 there were always two. This means that an extra day of play is added to the schedule. From now on, the teams will play over five days and the opening ceremony is the day before. Nick Rolls joins the team of officials in 2015. Together with Richard Ashdown and Jacques Nieuwlaat they oversee the floor matches and the stage program. Bulgaria is there for the first time since 1995 and Serbia is the last newcomer to the WDF World Cup stage.

Eight years after Mark Webster and 38 years after Leighton Rees, Jim Williams becomes the third Welsh player to win the WDF World Cup singles title. The Quif (the crest) consecutively beats Vegar Elvevoll, Frank Avenand, Oliver Ferenc, Ivan Neykov, Darren Clifford and Darius Labanauskas on his way to the final. In the final, the Welshman plays against the Scot Ross Montgomery.

Montgomery himself beats Richard Cedeno, Scott Mitchell, Steven Miles, Jozsef Rucska and Larry Butler. In the semi-finals, Montgomery would have to compete against the Greek John Michael, but Michael is disqualified from the tournament just before that semi-final because he does not meet the rules to participate. A unique event that ensures that only one bronze medal is awarded this WDF World Cup.

In the final, Williams is 7-4 too strong for Montgomery. For the first time in history, there is no Englishman in the last sixteen of the tournament, yet another proof that the sport is becoming increasingly global.

WDF World Cup Men Singles

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Competitors Of WDF World Cup Men Singles 2015

Paul Agiu

Alexander Akutov

Carlos Arola

Frank Avenand

Aco Babic

Tom Becker

Michel Boulet

Justin Broton

Mark Buckingham

Tom Burquel

Larry Butler

Richard Cedeno

Tomáš Cervinka

Richard-Lee Chong

Mogens Christensen

Arunas Ciplys

Mingo Claudiano

Mitchell Clegg

Darren Clifford

David Concannon

Andrea Contino

Rune David

Geert De Vos

Christian Demazure

Stefaan Deprez

Marthinus Deyzel

Neil Duff

Glen Durrant

Halgrímur Egilsson

Vegar Elvevoll

Johan Engström

Oliver Ferenc

Glennon Foncette

Adrian Frim

Frank Gansen

David Glenn

Brendan Grace

Rodney Greer

Thorgeir Gudmundsson

Vitor Charrua

Franck Guillermont

Robert Hansen

Aaron Hardy

Wesley Harms

Lars Helsinghof

Joe Huffman

Jamie Hughes

Throsdur Ingimarsson

Raul Invernon

Mihai Ionas

Krasimir Ivanov

August Jost

Thomas Junghans

Marko Kantele

Chirag Kapoor

Utku Karaca

Hosein Karasgani

Anton Kolesov

Boris Koltsov

Markus Korhonen

Patrik Kovacs

Nikolai Krustev

Martin Kurecka

Darius Labanauskas

Darran Laker

Daniel Larsson

Mark Layton

Renaud Lescure

Brian Løkken

Antony Lopez

Stefan Lutišan

Peter Machin

Stavros Manasis

Tony Martinez

Mark McGeeney

Sean McGowan

Zoltán Mester