The WDF World Cup is a darts tournament organised by the World Darts Federation and held biennially since 1977. It has featured men's events since the beginning, while women's events were added in 1983 and youth events in 1999. The most recent tournament, the 2025 World Cup, was held in Seoul, South Korea. The event used to be broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, but coverage of the tournament ceased after the 1987 World Cup.
Tournament structure Men's national teams participating in the WDF World Cup consist of four players per country, competing as singles, pairs and in a four-player team event. Starting in 2015, women's teams will also consist of four players each and compete in these three types of events, having previously comprised only two players for singles and pairs competitions. Youth teams have been expanded as well and will now include two male and two female players under the age of 18 who compete in their respective singles and pairs competitions as well as a mixed pairs event.
Points are scored depending on placement in the various events, with the national teams achieving the highest points totals being crowned WDF World Cup Champions in the three categories of men, women and youth.
List of tournaments YearVenueMen's World CupWomen's World CupYouth World Cup1977 LondonOverallSingles Leighton ReesPairs Eric Bristow & John LoweTeam Leighton Rees, Alan Evans, David Jones, Phil Obbard1979 Las VegasOverall Singles Nicky VirachkulPairs Eric Bristow & John LoweTeam Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Bill Lennard1981 NelsonOverallSingles John LowePairs Cliff Lazarenko & Tony BrownTeam Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Tony Brown, Cliff Lazarenko1983 EdinburghOverallOverallSingles Eric BristowSingles Sandy ReitanPairs Eric Bristow & John LowePairs Maureen Flowers & Audrey DerhamTeam Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Deller, Dave WhitcombeTeamNot Held1985 BrisbaneOverallOverallSingles Eric BristowSingles Linda BattenPairs Eric Bristow & John LowePairs Linda Batten & Sharon KempTeam Tony Payne, Rick Ney, John Kramer, Dan VallettoTeamNot Held1987 CopenhagenOverallOverallSingles Eric BristowSingles Valery MaytumPairs Eric Bristow & John LowePairs Kathy Karpowich & Kathy MaloneyTeam Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, Bob AndersonTeamNot Held1989 TorontoOverallOverallSingles Eric BristowSingles Eva GrigsbyPairs Eric Bristow & John LowePairs Sharon Colclough & Sue EdwardsTeam Bob Sinnaeve, Rick Bisaro, Tony Holyoake, Albert AnsteyTeamNot Held1991 Zandvoort OverallOverallSingles John LoweSingles Jill MacDonaldPairs Keith Sullivan & Wayne WeeningPairs Sandra Greatbatch & Rhian SpeedTeam Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Phil Taylor, Alan WarrinerTeamNot Held1993 Las VegasOverallOverallSingles Roland ScholtenSingles Kathy MaloneyPairs John Part & Carl MercerPairs Valery Maytum & Francis HoenselaarTeam Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Kevin Kenny, Dave AskewTeamNot Held1995 BaselOverallOverallSingles Martin AdamsSingles Mandy SolomonsPairs Martin Adams & Andy FordhamPairs Deta Hedman & Mandy SolomonsTeam Steve Beaton, Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy FordhamTeamNot Held1997 PerthOverallOverallSingles Raymond van BarneveldSingles Noeline GearPairs Sean Palfrey & Martin PhillipsPairs Stacy Bromberg & Lori VerrierTeam Eric Burden, Marshall James, Sean Palfrey, Martin PhillipsTeamNot Held1999 DurbanOverallOverallOverallSingles Raymond van BarneveldSingles Trina GulliverBoys Kim ViljanenPairs Ritchie Davies & Richie HerbertPairs Trina Gulliver & Apylee JonesGirls Harrena WilliamsonTeam Ronnie Baxter, Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn KingTeamNot HeldMixed Beau Anderson & Harrena Williamson2001 Kuala LumpurOverallOverallOverallSingles Martin AdamsSingles Francis HoenselaarBoys Stephen BuntingPairs Andy Fordham & John WaltonPairs Francis Hoenselaar & Mieke de BoerGirls Venus JohnsonTeam Martin Adams, Andy Fordham, Mervyn King, John WaltonTeamNot HeldMixed Markus Korhonen & Johanna Ehn2003 EpinalOverall OverallOverallSingles Raymond van BarneveldSingles Trina GulliverBoys Jerry HendriksPairs Martin Adams & Mervyn KingPairs Trina Gulliver & Clare BywatersGirls Kate DandoTeam Ray Carver, John Kuczynski, Bill Davis, George WallsTeamNot HeldMixed Kyle Anderson & Kathleen Logue2005 PerthOverallOverallOverallSingles Dick van DijkSingles Clare BywatersBoys Jonny NijsPairs Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der VoortPairs Trina Gulliver & Clare BywatersGirls Carla MolemaTeam Jarkko Komula, Ulf Ceder, Marko Pusa, Kim ViljanenTeamNot HeldMixed Jonny Nijs & Carla Molema2007 RosmalenOverallOverallOverallSingles Mark WebsterSingles Jan RobbinsBoys Tibor TaxPairs Mario Robbe & Joey ten BergePairs Anastasia Dobromyslova & Irina ArmstrongGirls Linda OdénTeam Martin Adams, Steve Farmer, Tony O'Shea, John WaltonTeamNot HeldMixed Maarten Pape & Thea Kaaijk2009 CharlotteOverallOverallOverallSingles Tony O'SheaSingles Stacy BrombergBoys Jamie LewisPairs Anthony Fleet & Geoff KimePairs Lisa Ashton & Karen LawmanGirls Aliisa KoskivirtaTeam Joey ten Berge, Willy van de Wiel, Frans Harmsen, Daniel BrouwerTeamNot HeldMixed Tuomas Tikka & Aliisa Koskivirta2011 CastlebarOverallOverallOverallSingles Scott WaitesSingles Trina GulliverBoys Jimmy HendriksPairs Martin Adams & Tony O'SheaPairs Trina Gulliver & Deta HedmanGirls Fallon SherrockTeam Scott Waites, Tony O'Shea, Martin Atkins, Martin AdamsTeamNot HeldMixed Jake Jones & Fallon Sherrock2013 St. John'sOverallOverallOverallSingles Wesley HarmsSingles Deta HedmanBoys Jamie RundlePairs Stephen Bunting & Tony O'SheaPairs Trina Gulliver & Deta HedmanGirls Casey GallagherTeam Ross Montgomery, Craig Baxter, Gary Stone, Alan SoutarTeamNot HeldMixed Dawson Murschell & Alicia Looker2015 AntalyaOverallOverallOverallSingles Jim WilliamsSingles Lisa AshtonBoys Singles Maikel VerberkPairs Wesley Harms & Richard VeenstraPairs Lisa Ashton & Claire BrookinBoys Pairs Maikel Verberk & Justin van TergouwTeam Glen Durrant, Scott Mitchell, Jamie Hughes, Mark McGeeneyTeam Deta Hedman, Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock, Claire BrookinGirls Singles Tayla CarolissenGirls Pairs Christina Schuler & Nina PulsMixed Maikel Verberk & Kyana Frauenfelder2017 KobeOverall AustraliaOverall NetherlandsOverall NetherlandsSingles Jeff SmithSingles Vicky PruimBoys Singles Justin van TergouwPairs Boris Koltsov & Aleksandr OreshkinPairs Anastasia Dobromyslova & Marina KononovaBoys Pairs Justin van Tergouw & Wessel NijmanTeam Peter Machin, Justin Thompson, Andrew Townes, Raymond SmithTeam Aileen de Graaf, Sharon Prins, Anca Zijlstra, Vanessa ZuidemaGirls Singles Deniz HashtbaranGirls Pairs Deniz Hashtbaran & Mahshad AvazzadehMixed Justin van Tergouw & Layla Brussel2019 Cluj-NapocaOverall NetherlandsOverall EnglandOverall EnglandSingles Darren HerewiniSingles Mikuru SuzukiBoys Singles Keelan KayPairs David Cameron & Jeff SmithPairs Mikuru Suzuki & Mayumi OuchiBoys Pairs Brad Phillips and Keelan KayTeam Jim Williams, Darren Bingham, Arwyn Morris, Nick KennyTeam Maria O'Brien, Lorraine Winstanley, Deta Hedman, Fallon SherrockGirls Singles Beau GreavesGirls Pairs Beau Greaves and Shannon ReevesMixed Tomas Houdek and Anna Votavova2023 EsbjergOverall NetherlandsOverall EnglandOverall EnglandSingles Berry van PeerSingles Beau GreavesBoys Singles Jenson WalkerPairs Haupai Puha & Ben RobbPairs Deta Hedman & Beau GreavesBoys Pairs Jenson Walker & Thomas BanksTeam Jelle Klaasen, Wesley Plaisier, Ryan de Vreede, Berry van PeerTeam Robyn Byrne, Caroline Breen, Aoife McCormack, Katie SheldonGirls Singles Paige PaulingGirls Pairs Paige Pauling & Hannah MeekMixed Paige Pauling & Thomas Banks2025 SeoulOverall Overall Overall Singles Franko GiulianiSingles Lovely-Mae OrbetaBoys Singles Peyton HammondPairs Alex Bassetti & Daniele PetriPairs Kosuzu Iwao & Shiori SatoBoys Pairs Aidan O'Hara & Jack CourtneyTeam David Davies, Llew Bevan, Liam Meek, Mark ChallengerTeam Katie Sheldon, Robyn Byrne, Aoife McCormack, Denise CassidyGirls Singles Ayşegül KaragözGirls Pairs Tsai Yung-En & Yang Yi-ChingMixed Kendji Steinbach & Kimberly Kersbergen
See also List of WDF tournaments List of BDO ranked tournaments World Professional Darts Championship BDO World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship WDF World Darts Championship World Masters (darts) WDF Europe Cup WDF Asia-Pacific Cup WDF Americas Cup
References
External links WDF Official website Official site of 2009 World Cup Official site of 2005 World Cup