Banks and Self live up to favourites tag at WDF Europe Cup Youth, Turkish winners in girls' pairs tournament
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Thomas Banks and Archie Self won the boys' pairs tournament at the WDF Europe Cup Youth in Vienna. They lived up to their favourites tag by defeating a German duo in the final.
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The two Englishmen won 4-0 over Connor Phillips and Ieuan Halsall at the last 16, but then came away well against Riley Rees-Tucker/Evan Wishart (4-3) and Rajmund Papp/Balazs Szotak (4-3). Then in the final, Banks and Self were too strong 5-2 against Alexander Steinmetz and Yorick Hofkens of Germany.
The girls' pairs tournament was surprisingly won by a Turkish duo. Zehra Gemi and Belinay Pelivan won 4-2 over Paige Pauling and Hannah Meek in the final, preventing another title for England.
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Results WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023
Boys pairs
Quarterfinals
Rajmund Papp/Balazs Szotak 4-3 Andras Borbely/Zsombor Baranyi
Thomas Banks/Archie Self 4-3 Riley Rees-Tucker/Evan Wishart
Sean McKeon/Aidan O'Hara 4-1 Jenson Walker/Callum Beddow
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Alexander Steinmetz/Yorick Hofkens 4-2 Pim van Bijnen/Cas Maessen
Semi-final
Thomas Banks/Archie Self 4-3 Rajmund Papp/Balazs Szotak
Alexander Steinmetz/Yorick Hofkens 4-3 Sean McKeon/Aidan O'Hara
Final
Thomas Banks/Archie Self 5-2 Alexander Steinmetz/Yorick Hofkens
Girls pairs
Semi-final
Paige Pauling/Hannah Meek 3-2 Aurora Fochesato/Giada Macchi
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Zehra Gemi/Belinay Pelivan 3-1 Rebecca Allen/Christina Byrne
Final
Zehra Gemi/Belinay Pelivan 4-2 Paige Pauling/Hannah Meek
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
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