The men's pairs tournament at the WDF Europe Cup 2024 in Slovakia will feature a final between Sweden and England. Johan Engstrom and Andreas Harrysson managed to secure Sweden a final spot, while the English duo of Scott Mitchell and Cameron Crabtree also made it to the final. The final will be played on Saturday.
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The two darters from Sweden easily managed to get through their first five matches. They defeated Mark Farmer/Isaac Nunez (4-0), Andreas Nikolaou/Andreas Georgiou (4-1), Neil Duff/Ricky Dunlop (4-1), Teemu Harju/Jonas Masalin (4-0) and Marko Janjic/Ivica Cavric (4-1) to reach the semifinals. Then did come serious opposition from Czech duo Alexander Masek and Pavel Drtil. However, Engstrom and Harrysson managed to get through this match 5-3.
Mitchell and Crabtree had to put in more effort to reach the finals. The English team began the tournament with a 4-2 win over Lubos Pivarc and Juraj Vindis of Slovakia. They then beat Jason Mauersberger/Michel Schmid (4-1), Alex Bassetti/Claudio Dolcetti (4-2) and Patrick Tringler/Andreas Kumpan (4-0) for a spot in the quarterfinals. They were then too strong 4-3 to Serbian duo Mladen Radosavljevic and Oliver Ferenc.
The semifinal was another exciting match. Mitchell and Crabtree prevailed 5-3 in this match against the Irish duo of Conor Heneghan and Michael Flynn.
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MITCHELL LEADS FROM THE FRONT!
Scott Mitchell and Cameron Crabtree are into the Europe Cup Men's Pairs final.
From 2-0 down to Conor Heneghan and Michael Flynn, England captain Mitchell hit the winning double in 5 of the next 6 legs as England won 5-3 with an 87 average.