WDF Europe Cup
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The WDF Europe Cup is a darts tournament held biennially since 1978. The tournament consists of a team championship, a pairs championship and a singles championship. All events have a men's competition, and a women's competition (since 1982). The next Europe Cup will be held in 2012, in Antalya
Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...

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Turkey
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Previous winners

Year Host Men's Overall Men's Singles Champions Men's Pairs Champions Men's Team Event Women's Overall Women's Singles Champions Women's Pairs Champions
1978
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 
England
 
John Lowe
John Lowe
John Lowe is an English darts player who was one of the best-known men in darts during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom. Lowe is one of only five players to have won the World Championship 3 times.-Biography:Lowe won the World Championship title in three different decades -...

 
Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow MBE is a British darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport.- Early career :...


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John Lowe
 
Jocky Wilson
Jocky Wilson
John Thomas Wilson known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.Wilson was twice World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989...


Rab Smith
Rab Smith
-Career:Smith won the 1977 British Matchplay, beating Bill Lennard in the semi finals and then Eric Bristow in the final. In 1977 he also won the Golden Darts Championship and the British Pentathlon.Smith played in six successive Embassy World Darts Championship...


George Nicholl
Eric Maclean
1980
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Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River, south Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough...

 
England
 
Tony Brown
Tony Brown (darts player)
Tony Brown is a former English professional darts player. He reached the World Professional Darts Championships semi-finals four times, losing twice to Eric Bristow and twice to John Lowe....

 
Björn Enquvist
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Stefan Lord
Stefan Lord
Stefan Lord is a retired Swedish professional darts player, who competed in British Darts Organisation events, and is one of the country's most successful players....

 
Eric Bristow
John Lowe
Tony Brown
Cliff Lazarenko
Cliff Lazarenko
Cliff Lazarenko is an English professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation...

1982
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Southend
 
England
 
Bobby George
Bobby George
Robert Francis George is an English darts player and presenter. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the "King of Darts" makes his way to the stage bedecked in jewellery, wearing a crown and cloak and holding a candelabra...

 
Björn Enquvist
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Stefan Lord
 
Dave Whitcombe
Dave Whitcombe
Dave Whitcombe is an English professional darts player who won several major tournaments and reached two World Championship Finals. He had a long professional career between 1980 and 1992.-Biography:...


Eric Bristow
Bobby George
Cliff Lazarenko
 
Wales
 
Sandra Gibb
 
Charlotte Eriksson
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Carina Sahlberg
1984
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The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

 
England
 
John Lowe
 
Cliff Lazarenko
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Dave Whitcombe
 
Dave Whitcombe
Eric Bristow
John Lowe
Cliff Lazarenko
 
England
 
Linda Batten
 
Linda Batten
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Sharon Kemp
1986
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Turku
Turku
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England
 
John Lowe
 
Eric Bristow
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John Lowe
 
Dave Whitcombe
Eric Bristow
John Lowe
Cliff Lazarenko
 
England
 
Jayne Kempster
 
Jayne Kempster
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Linda Batten
1988
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Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...

 
England
 
Mike Gregory
Mike Gregory
Michael Keith "Mike" Gregory , was a rugby league player and later coach; the former head coach of Wigan and player for Warrington and Great Britain.-Playing career:...

 
Stefan Lord
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Lars E. Karlsson
 
Chris Johns
Chris Johns (darts player)
Chris Johns is a former Welsh darts player. He played county darts for Glamorgan and played in the BDO World Darts Championship on five occasions, but will be best remembered as a controversial figure in an acrimonious split in the game between 1992 and 1994....


Eric Burden
Geraint Wilson
Richie Burnett
Richie Burnett
Richie Burnett is a Welsh darts player who was the 1995 Embassy World Darts Champion and currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. His nickname is The Prince of Wales.-BDO career:...

 
England
 
Sue Edwards
 
Linda Rogers
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Ann Thomas
1990
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Verdala
 
England
 
Phil Taylor
 
Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson (darts player)
Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson is a former world darts champion. He was ranked as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, he lives in Clevedon in Somerset.-Before Darts:Anderson threw his first darts maximum at the age of just five...


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Phil Taylor
 
Eric Bristow
John Lowe
Phil Taylor
Bob Anderson
 
England
 
Sue Edwards
 
Sharon Colclough
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Sue Edwards
1992
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Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 
England
 
Phil Taylor
 
Ronnie Sharp
Ronnie Sharp
Ronnie Sharp is a Scottish darts player who competed in the British Darts Organisation and is the former captain of Scotland. Sharp was nicknamed Pancho due to his moustache which resembled that of Francisco "Pancho" Villa....


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Jamie Harvey
Jamie Harvey
Jamie Harvey is a Scottish darts player who plays in the British Darts Organization . He currently resides in Barrhead. Harvey uses the nickname Bravedart for his matches - a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart...

 
John Lowe
Bob Anderson
Phil Taylor
Alan Warriner
Alan Warriner-Little
Alan Warriner-Little is an English professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and plays with the nickname The Iceman...

 
Wales
 
Heike Ernst
 
Sandra Greatbatch
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Rhian Speed
1994
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Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 
England
 
Steve Beaton
Steve Beaton
Steve Beaton is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation...

 
Eric Burden
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Martin Phillips
Martin Phillips (darts player)
Martin Phillips is a Welsh darts player who competes in the British Darts Organisation and is currently the captain of Wales.-1988 to 1994:...

 
Steve Beaton
Martin Adams
Martin Adams
Martin Adams is an English international darts player. Nicknamed Wolfie or Mr BDO, he is BDO world ranked number one, three-time and reigning BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion...


Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...


Kevin Kenny
Kevin Kenny
Kevin Kenny is a former darts player who played for England and Merseyside. Kenny received 12 caps for England, winning 11 times, and 116 caps for Merseyside, winning 92. He was also a two time semi-finalist at the BDO World Darts Championships and a semi-finalist at the News of the World Darts...

 
England
 
Deta Hedman
Deta Hedman
Deta Hedman is a Jamaican-born English darts player currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.Hedman reached the Women's World Masters final for the first time in 1990, losing to Rhian Speed. She won the Women's World Masters in 1994...

 
Tammy Montgomery
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Deta Hedman
1996
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Bundoran
Bundoran
Bundoran is a town in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in the north of Ireland. The town is located on the N15 road near Ballyshannon, 3 hours drive from Dublin and around two and a quarter hours drive from Belfast...

 
England
 
Martin Adams
 
Martin Adams
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Andy Fordham
Andy Fordham
Andy "The Viking" Fordham is an English darts player. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Mervyn King in the final...

 
Steve Beaton
Ronnie Baxter
Martin Adams
Andy Fordham
 
England
 
Francis Hoenselaar
Francis Hoenselaar
Francisca Hoenselaar is a professional darts player from the Netherlands. She is nicknamed The Dutch Crown....

 
Deta Hedman
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Mandy Solomons
1998
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Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 
Wales
 
Co Stompé
Co Stompé
Jacobus Wilhelm "Co" Stompé , is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. Stompé is nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance making him look like a matchstick...

 
Sean Palfrey
Sean Palfrey
Sean Palfrey is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He was a regular in the British Darts Organisation World Professional Darts Championship, where his best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1998. He played for the Welsh men team in...


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Martin Phillips
 
Steve Beaton
Ronnie Baxter
Martin Adams
Andy Fordham
 
England
 
Denise Cassidy
 
Trina Gulliver
Trina Gulliver
Trina Gulliver is an English professional darts player. She is the nine-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation. Her nickname is the 'Golden Girl' and has been sponsored by the leading Global Darts Brand Winmau for over 10 years...


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Mandy Solomons
2000
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Veldhoven
Veldhoven
Veldhoven is a municipality and a town on the Gender stream in the southern Netherlands, located just south-west of Eindhoven.- Population centres :...

 
England
 
Mitchell Crooks
 
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...


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Co Stompé
 
Martin Adams
Mervyn King
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...


Ted Hankey
Ted Hankey
Edward "Ted" Hankey is an English darts player who is a two-time BDO World Professional Darts Champion. His nickname is The Count and his walk on music is Be On Your Way by DJ Zany. Hankey built up a large following due to his obsession with and resemblance to Dracula...

 
Netherlands
 
Trina Gulliver
 
Francis Hoenselaar
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Karin Krappen
Karin Krappen
Karin Krappen is a Dutch female darts player. She is a former winner of the Women's World Darts Trophy and the Women's World Masters. She is nicknamed Dolphin....

2002
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Mechelen
Mechelen
Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...

 
Scotland
 
Peter Johnstone
 
Martin Adams
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Mervyn King
 
Mike Veitch
Mike Veitch
Michael "Mike" Veitch is a Scottish darts player who competes in events staged by the British Darts Organisation.-Playing career:...


Peter Johnstone
Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson (darts player)
Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman...


George Dalglish
 
Netherlands
 
Claire Bywaters
 
Francis Hoenselaar
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Karin Krappen
Karin Krappen
Karin Krappen is a Dutch female darts player. She is a former winner of the Women's World Darts Trophy and the Women's World Masters. She is nicknamed Dolphin....

2004
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Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

 
Netherlands
 
Raymond van Barneveld
 
Raymond van Barneveld
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Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...

 
Martin Adams
Mervyn King
John Walton
John Walton (darts player)
John Michael Walton is an English darts player who is a former World Champion. He has adopted the nickname The Boy and uses the song Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex as his walk-on theme.-Darts career:...


Ted Hankey
Ted Hankey
Edward "Ted" Hankey is an English darts player who is a two-time BDO World Professional Darts Champion. His nickname is The Count and his walk on music is Be On Your Way by DJ Zany. Hankey built up a large following due to his obsession with and resemblance to Dracula...

 
England
 
Francis Hoenselaar
 
Trina Gulliver
&
Claire Bywaters
2006
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Ennis
Ennis
Ennis is the county town of Clare in Ireland. Situated on the River Fergus, it lies north of Limerick and south of Galway. Its name is a shortening of the original ....

 
Netherlands
 
Mark Webster
Mark Webster (darts player)
Mark Webster is a left-handed Welsh darts player who lives in Denbigh. Known as Webby, he plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, having previously won the 2008 BDO World Championship. Mark became a full time professional in 2009, having previously been a fully qualified Gas registered...

 
Paul Hanvidge
Paul Hanvidge
Paul Albert Hanvidge is a Scottish darts player who lives in Barrhead, Glasgow. His best achievement is twice reaching the quarter finals of the Lakeside World Championship.-Darts career:...


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Paul McGimpsey
 
Co Stompé
Vincent van der Voort
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Matador. He lives in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands...


Niels de Ruiter
Niels de Ruiter
Niels de Ruiter is a Dutch darts player. On the darts circuit his nickname is The Excellent Dude, which is a reference from the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...

 
England
 
Trina Gulliver
 
Trina Gulliver
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Claire Bywaters
2008
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Copenhagen
 
Denmark
 
Mark Webster
 
Martin Adams
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John Walton
 
Per Laursen
Per Laursen
Per Laursen is a Danish darts player. He reached the final of the WDF World Cup in 2005 and won the Welsh Open earlier that year - performances which enabled him to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship for the first time in 2006....


Frede Johansen
Stig Jørgensen
Preben Krabben
 
Scotland
 
Louise Hepburn
 
Grethel Glasö
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Carina Ekberg
2010
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Antalya
Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...

 
England
 
Martin Phillips
 
Martin Adams
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Scott Waites
Scott Waites
Scott Waites is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments organised by the British Darts Organisation.-Darts career:...

 
Ronny Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts is a Belgian darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Huybrechts reached the last 16 of the 2009 Winmau World Masters, losing 1-3 to Steve West on his televised debut....


Kurt van de Rijck
Geert de Vos
 
Wales
 
Francis Hoenselaar
 
Julie Gore
Julie Gore
Julie Gore is a Welsh female darts player.Gore made her World Championship in 2008, losing in the quarter finals to Trina Gulliver...


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Rhian Edwards
Rhian Edwards
Rhian Edwards is a Welsh darts player.Edwards was a quarter finalist in the 2009 Women's World Masters. She qualified for her first BDO Women's World Championship in 2010. She defeated fellow Welshwoman Julie Gore 2-0 in the quarter-finals, and Karen Lawman 2-0 in the semi-finals...

2012
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Antalya
Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...









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