The English men's team has made it to the team final at the
WDF World Cup in Esbjerg, Denmark. On Saturday, they will play the Netherlands in the final.
In this team event, a team of four men competes against a team from another country. A team member from one country takes turns playing a leg against a team member from another country.
The Dutch men's team is formed by
Berry van Peer,
Jelle Klaasen,
Wesley Plaisier and
Ryan de Vreede. They easily defeated Slovenia (9-5) and Gibraltar (9-1) in the group stage.
They then dealt with Northern Ireland (9-5), Germany (9-2) and Scotland (9-2) for a spot in the last four. In the semifinals against Sweden, the Dutch men trailed 1-3, but prevailed 9-6. In the final, they face England (Jamie Atkins,
Scott Mitchell, Reece Colley and
James Hurrell), which managed to win 9-5 over Australia in the semifinals.
The English ladies remarkably failed to reach the finals of the women's team event.
Lorraine Winstanley,
Beau Greaves, Claire Brookin and
Deta Hedman lost 9-5 to Wales' Leanne Topper,
Rhian O'Sullivan, Alannah Waters-Evans and Eve Watson in the semifinals. They will play Katie Sheldon,
Robyn Byrne, Aoife McCormack and Caroline Breen from Ireland in the final. The Dutch ladies earlier lost 9-7 to the Irish women in the last sixteen.
Results WDF World Cup (teams).
Gentlemen
Quarterfinals
Netherlands 9-2 Scotland
Sweden 9-8 Wales
Australia 9-7 Czech Republic
England 9-3 Denmark
Semi-final
Netherlands 9-6 Sweden
England 9-5 Australia
Final
Netherlands v England
Women
Quarterfinals
England 9-3 United States
Wales 9-4 Scotland
Ireland 9-6 Australia
Sweden 9-5 Finland
Semi-final
Wales 9-5 England
Ireland 9-6 Sweden
Final
Wales v Ireland