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Wales triumphs

VILAMOURA : Wales won the WGC-World Cup after heavy rain and thunderstorms forced the cancellation of Sunday's final round on the Algarve.

India's Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa, who were second after the opening round, finished in the ninth spot after carding a 65 on Saturday. It was India's best ever showing in the World Cup.

India (18-under) finished best among the Asian nations, while Chinese Taipei at 17-under were tenth. South Korea was tied 12th at 16-under and Japan was 15th at 15-under.

It was the second World Cup triumph for Wales, who also won in Hawaii in 1987.

Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge of Wales had been two strokes ahead of England's Luke Donald and David Howell and Sweden's Niclas Fasth and Henrik Stenson at the end of the third round at the Victoria course.

Dodd and Dredge, who were 27-under-par following Saturday's fourball format, collected $700,000 apiece after organisers decided to pay out full prize money for the 54-hole World Golf Championship event.

The last time a World Cup was badly hit by the weather was at Las Brisas, Spain in 1989 when Australians Wayne Grady and Peter Fowler won a 36-hole tournament.

Final standings: 1. Wales (Bradley Dredge & Stephen Dodd) 61-67-61; 2. England (Luke Donald & David Howell) 59-69-63, Sweden (Henrik Stenson & Niclas Fasth) 61-67-63; 4. France (Raphael Jacquelin & Thomas Levet) 63-70-61; 5. Denmark (Anders Hansen & Soren Hansen) 64-68-66.

9. India (Arjun Atwal, Jyoti Randhawa) 60-73-65. — Agencies

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