Spring Cup (darts)

Spring Cup
Tournament information
Location	various
Established	1986
Organisation(s)	European Darts Council
Month(s) Played	March / April
Final Year	2012
Final champion(s)
Netherlands (men's team) Netherlands (women's team) Geert de Vos (men's singles) Aileen de Graaf (women's singles)

The Spring Cup was an international darts competition constested by nations from continental Europe. It was run by the European Darts Council. It featured singles and team events for men and women. The tournament ran from 1986 to 2012.

History

Held annually since 1986,^[1] the Spring Cup was run by the European Darts Council.^[1] It was the third largest competition for European nations behind the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.^[1] The competition was referred to as the 'small' Europe Cup since there were only singles and team events held for men and women.^[1]

Only the nations from continental Europe were allowed to enter.^[1] Established darting nations such as England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland were excluded so 'smaller' less established nations had a chance at success.^[1] There was no competition held in 1989 or 2002, but the 2009 edition was cancelled.^[1] The 2012 edition was the last.^[2] After some speculation, it was announced the competition would not return in 2013 as there were not enough countries willing to enter the competition.^[3]

The men's and women's singles events, held on the last day, are also individual tournaments which offer both winners entry in to the qualifying rounds for the World Masters.^[4]

Competing nations

The following is a list of nations that had previously entered the Spring Cup;^[5]

Austria Belgium Catalonia Czech Republic Denmark

France Germany Hungary Luxembourg

Netherlands Slovenia Spain Switzerland

Winners

Hosts[1]		Team Champions[1]	Singles Champions[1]	Ref
1986	Men	Belgium	Willy Logie
	Women	Netherlands	Valerie Maytum
1987	Men	Belgium	Frans de Vooght
	Women	Netherlands	Mia Mevissen
1988	Men	Belgium	Gaudenzdorfer Coray
	Women	Germany	Valerie Maytum
1990	Men	Germany	Bert Hansen
	Women	Germany	Heike Ernst
1991	Men	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld
	Women	Netherlands	Francis Hoenselaar
1992	Men	Belgium	Walter Tschudin
	Women	Germany	Heike Ernst
1993	Men	Netherlands	Bert Vlaardingerbroek
	Women	Germany	Andrea Mejlsing
1994	Men	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld
	Women	Netherlands	Francis Hoenselaar
1995	Men	Netherlands	Bruno Raes
	Women	Germany	Andrea Leipold
1996	Men	Netherlands	Co Stompe
	Women	Netherlands	Vicky Pruim
1997	Men	Belgium	Co Stompe
	Women	Netherlands	Bianka shrub
1998	Men	Netherlands	Roland Scholten
	Women	Germany	Bianka shrub
1999	Men	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld
	Women	Netherlands	Heike Ernst
2000	Men	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld
	Women	Netherlands	Bianka shrub
2001	Men	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld
	Women	Netherlands	Francis Hoenselaar
2003	Men	Netherlands	André Brantjes
	Women	Netherlands	Heike Ernst
2004	Men	Netherlands	André Brantjes
	Women	Netherlands	Karin claws
2005	Men	Germany	John Snyers
	Women	Germany	Heike Ernst
2006	Men	Netherlands	Mario Robbe
	Women	Netherlands	Sandra Pollet
2007	Men	Netherlands	Geert de Vos
	Women	Netherlands	Rilana Erades
2008	Men	Netherlands	Andree Welge	[6]
	Women	Netherlands	Rilana Erades
2009	Cancelled
2010	Men	Belgium	Ronny Huybrechts
	Women	Netherlands	Stefanie Lück
2011	Men	Netherlands	Christian Kist	[7]
	Women	Netherlands	Floor van Zanten
2012 [7]	Men	Netherlands	Geert de Vos	[8][9]
	Women	Netherlands	Aileen de Graaf

References

1. Spring Cup Dartn. Retrieved 17-03-2015.
2. Spring Cup XXV Swiss Darts Association. Retrieved 17-03-2015.
3. No Spring Cup NDB Darts. 15-04-2013. Retrieved 19-03-2015.
4. Dutch team for the Springcup in Austria is known Dartfreakz. 17-02-2012. Retrieved 17-03-2015.
5. Spring Cup - Contry Success Darts Database. Retrieved 17-03-2015.
6. Scring Cup 08 Darts Mad. 09-04-2008. Retrieved 17-03-2015.
7. Arrangement Dutch team for Spring Cup in Austria is known Dartfreakz. 09-03-2012. Retrieved 17-03-2014.
8. Netherlands extends successfully both titles Spring Cup Dartfreakz. 24-03-2012. Retrieved 17-03-2015.
9. Spring Cup "Aileen de Graaf and Geert de Vos tackle the titles" Dartfreakz. 25-03-2012. Retrieved 17-03-2015.

External Links

• Spring Cup Men's Roll of Honour Darts Database.