Talk:World Darts Federation

Regarding the WDF World Cup (e-mail from the WDF)
A while ago I mailed the WDF about what the World Cup actually is (in comparison to the Lakeside and Ladbrokes). Their answer was that the WDF is a full member of SportAccord, a world governing body for sports. Members of SportAccord have the right to run an official world championship, which in this case is the World Cup. They also have the right to run official continental championships such as the Europe Cup and USA Cup. The BDO is not a WORLD governing body. It is a national one (for Britain) and it's below WDF. Therefore it simply cannot run its own World Championship. Therefore the Lakeside is an officious World Championship. The same goes for the PDC WC... the PDC/WDC was founded to rival the BDO (not the WDF) and become a British governing body... nowadays it seems to go worldwide though, but its not a member of SportAccord and thus its World Championship is officious, not official.

This is the e-mail sent to me by wdfinfo@dartswdf.com


 * "Hi Joost,


 * The WDF is the official World Governing Body for the Sport of Darts. The WDF is a Full Member of SportAccord which is the International Governing body for International Sports Federations. The WDF World Cup is the official World Championships for National Teams. The team that wins the overall championships (obtain the most overall points in all events) are the World Champions. The World Cup is divided into a Men's cup and a Women's cup which are separate championships. The players who win the Singles, Pairs and 4 person Team Event are also official World Champions. Winners of our Area Cups are also officials champions of their own areas (i.e. European Champion).


 * We do not have a Grand Slam of major events, therefore there is no collective noun.


 * Kind regards


 * WDF Info"

Just thought I'd share this, because my text on the page keeps being editted or even removed...Plunged (talk) 11:23, 24 February 2013 (UTC)