The WDF World Cup is the only real "World" tournament of the WDF. It is played since 1977 every second years, in the
years between the World Cups the regionally limited cups like the Europe Cup, the Americas Cup and the Asia Pacific Cup
take place.
The World Cup is played in alternating member countries of the WDF. Each member country can apply for it, the WDF then
decides which country best fulfils the eligibility criteria and gets the acceptance. The chosen country then has to
organise the World Cup.
The World Cup started as a men's tournament, in 1983 a women's tournament was added and since 1999 a youth tournament is
played as well.
The men have to play a team tournament, a pairs tournament and a single tournament, the women play pairs and singles which
count for a "team" rating. The youth play girls and boys singles and a mixed pairs tournament - which is their team competition.
Every country can send a national team consisting of four men, two women, one boy and one girl to take part in the World Cup.
In 2015 it was changed to four men, four women and two boys and two girls.
All tournaments together count for the overall winner. In all those years the tournament is already played till now only
England, Wales and the Netherlands were overall winners with England winning most often.
There is a very big difference between the World Cup and all other Major tournaments - the World Cup doesn't offer any price
money it's really only played for the honour.
Overall Winners
| 1977 | Wales |
| 1979 | England |
| 1981 | England |
| 1983 | England |
| 1985 | England |
| 1987 | England |
| 1989 | England |
| 1991 | England |
| 1993 | Wales |
| 1995 | England |
| 1997 | Wales |
| 1999 | England |
| 2001 | England |
| 2003 | England |
| 2005 | Netherlands |
| 2007 | Netherlands |
| 2009 | Netherlands |
| 2011 | England |
| 2013 | England |
| 2015 | England |
| 2017 | Australia |
| 2019 | England |
Winners Men's Tournaments
| Year | Team | Singles | Pairs |
| 1977 | Wales | Leighton Rees, WAL | England - Bristow/Lowe |
| 1979 | England | Nicky Virachkul, USA | England - Bristow/Lowe |
| 1981 | England | John Lowe, ENG | England - Lazarenko/Brown |
| 1983 | England | Eric Bristow, ENG | England - Bristow/Lowe |
| 1985 | America | Eric Bristow , ENG | England - Bristow/Lowe |
| 1987 | England | Eric Bristow, ENG | England - Bristow/Lowe |
| 1989 | Canada | Eric Bristow, ENG | England - Bristow/Lowe |
| 1991 | England | John Lowe, ENG | Australia - Sullivan/Weening |
| 1993 | England | Eric Bristow, ENG | Canada - Part/Mercer |
| 1995 | England | Martin Adams, ENG | England - Adams/Fordham |
| 1997 | Wales | Raymond van Barneveld, NED | Wales - Palfrey/Phillips |
| 1999 | England | Raymond van Barneveld, NED | Wales - Davis/Herbert |
| 2001 | England | Martin Adams, ENG | England - Fordham/Walton |
| 2003 | America | Raymond van Barneveld, NED | England - Adams/King |
| 2005 | Finnland | Dick van Dijk, NED | Netherlands - v.Barneveld/v.d.Voort |
| 2007 | England | Mark Webster, WAL | Netherlands - Robbe/ten Berge |
| 2009 | Netherlands | Tony O'Shea, ENG | Australia - Fleet/Kime |
| 2011 | England | Scott Waites, ENG | England - Adams/O'Shea |
| 2013 | Scotland | Wesley Harms, NED | England - Bunting/O'Shea |
| 2015 | England | Jim Williams, WAL | Netherlands - Harms/Veenstra |
| 2017 | Australia | Jeff Smith, CAN | Russia- Koltsov/Oreshkin |
| 2019 | Netherlands | Darren Herrewini, NZ | Canada - Cameron/Smith |
Winners Ladies Tournaments
| Year | Team | Singles | Pairs |
| 1983 | England | Sandy Reitan, USA | England - Flowers/Derham |
| 1985 | England | Linda Batten, ENG | England - Batten/Kemp |
| 1987 | America | Valery Maytum, NED | America Karpowich/Maloney |
| 1989 | England | Eva Grigsby, USA | England - Colclough/Edwards |
| 1991 | New Zealand | Jill McDonald, NZ | Wales Greatbatch/Speed |
| 1993 | America | Kathy Maloney, USA | Netherlands - Maytum/Hoenselaar |
| 1995 | England | Mandy Solomons, ENG | England - Hedman/Solomons |
| 1997 | America | Noeline Gear, NZ | America - Bromberg/Verrier |
| 1999 | England | Trina Gulliver, ENG | England - Gulliver/Jones |
| 2001 | Netherlands | Francis Hoenselaar, NED | Netherlands - Hoenselaar/de Boer |
| 2003 | England | Trina Gulliver, ENG | England - Gulliver/Bywaters |
| 2005 | England | Claire Bywaters, ENG | England - Gulliver/Bywaters |
| 2007 | Wales | Jan Robbins, WAL | Russia - Dobromyslova/Armstrong |
| 2009 | England | Stacy Bromberg, USA | England - Ashton/Lawman |
| 2011 | England | Trina Gulliver, ENG | England - Gulliver/Hedman |
| 2013 | England | Deta Hedman, ENG | England - Gulliver/Hedman |
| 2015 | England | Lisa Ashton, ENG | England - Ashton/Brooks |
| 2017 | Netherlands | Vicky Pruim, SWE | Russia - Dobromyslova/Kononova |
| 2019 | England | Mikuru Suzuki, JP | Japan - Suzuki/Ouchi |
Winners Youth Tournaments
| Year | Team Mixed | Singles Girls | Singles Boys |
| 1999 | Australia | Harrena Williamson, Aus | Kim Viljanen, FIN |
| 2001 | Sweden | Venus Johnson, Aus | Stephen Bunting, ENG |
| 2003 | Australia | Kate Dando, ENG | Jerry Hendrik, NEDs |
| 2005 | Netherlands | Carla Molema, NED | Jonny Nijs, NED |
| 2007 | Netherlands | Linda Odén, SWE | Tibor Tax, HUN |
| 2009 | Finnland | Alisa Koskivirta, FIN | Jamie Lewis, WAL |
| 2011 | England | Fallon Sherrock, ENG | Jimmy Hendriks, NED |
| 2013 | Australia | Casey Gallagher, Eng | Jamie Rundle, AUS |
| 2015 | Netherlands | Tayla Carolissen, SA | Maikel Verberk, NED |
| 2017 | Netherlands | Deniz Hashtbaran, IRN | Justin van Tergouw, NED |
| 2019 | England | Beau Greaves, ENG | Keelan Kay, ENG |
| Year | Pairs Girls | Pairs Boys | Mixed |
| 2015 | Schuler/Puls, GER | Verberk/van Tergouw, NED | - |
| 2017 | Hashtbaran/Avazzadeh, IRN | Nijman/van Tergouw, NED | - |
| 2019 | <Greaves/Reeves, ENG | Phillips/Kay, ENG |
Houdek/Votavova, CZ |
