PDC World Cup of Darts

PDC World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Venue	Eissporthalle Frankfurt[1]
Location	Frankfurt
Country	Germany
Established	2010
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£300,000
Current champion(s)
Netherlands

The PDC World Cup of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and was one of the three new tournaments being introduced into the PDC calendar in 2010. It is broadcast live by Sky Sports.^[2] Due to the rescheduling of the Players Championship Finals in the PDC calendar, the second edition was played in Hamburg, Germany in February 2012.^[3] In 2015, the event took place the Eissporthalle Frankfurt.^[1]

The competition succeeded the Jocky Wilson Cup; a one-off international match between England and Scotland held in Glasgow on 5 December 2009. England defeated Scotland by 6 points to 0.

Background

In October 2009, PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced his intention to buy the British Darts Organisation and inject £2 million into amateur darts, but the BDO decided not to accept the offer. In a statement, Hearn stated "The aim of our offer to the BDO was to unify the sport of darts and this remains our long-term objective despite the decision by the BDO County Associations"^[4] The Jocky Wilson Cup was held in December.

But following the BDO's rejection, the PDC went on to arrange three brand new tournaments for 2010 to help the development of youth and women's darts: the PDC Under-21 World Championship, the PDC Women's World Championship, and the PDC World Cup of Darts.^[2]

Format

The participating teams were the top 24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of October after the 2010 World Grand Prix. Each nation's top ranked player was then joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rank of both was used.

The top 8 nations automatically started in the second round (last 16). The other 16 nations played in the first round. Matches were best of 11 legs in doubles, and the losing team threw first in the next leg. The winners of the first round played the top eight ranked teams in the second round, also in best of 11 doubles.

The winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four (A & B). Each team played each other once (three matches per team). Each match consisted of two singles and one doubles - all over best of five legs. 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win, with all points counting towards the overall league table. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals.

The semi-finals consisted of four singles games and one doubles game (if required) per match - all over best of 11 legs. Again, 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win. If the match score is 3-3 at the end of the games, then a sudden-death doubles leg would decide who goes through to the final.

The final was the same format as the semi-final, but each game was best of 15 legs.^[5]

PDC World Cup of Darts finals

Year	Venue	Winners		Points	Runners-up		Prize money (team)			Sponsors
		Team	Players		Team	Players	Total	Winner	Runners-up
2010	England Rainton Meadows Arena Houghton-le-Spring	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld Co Stompé	4–2	Wales	Mark Webster Barrie Bates	£150,000	£40,000	£20,000	Cash Converters
2012	Germany Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Hamburg	England	Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis	4–31	Australia	Simon Whitlock Paul Nicholson
2013[6]		England	Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis	3–1	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts				Betfair
2014[7]		Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	3–0	England	Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis	£200,000			Bwin
2015	Germany Eissporthalle Frankfurt	England	Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis	3–2	Scotland	Gary Anderson Peter Wright	£250,000	£50,000	£26,000
2016		England	Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis	3–2	Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld				Betway
2017		Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	3–1	Wales	Mark Webster Gerwyn Price	£300,000	£60,000	£32,000
2018		Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	3–1	Scotland	Gary Anderson Peter Wright

• ¹ Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis won the title on the sudden death doubles leg.

Records and statistics

As of 3 June 2018.

Country appearances

Team	Won	Runner-up	Finals	Appearances
England	4	1	5	8
Netherlands	4	1	5	8
Scotland	0	2	2	8
Wales	0	2	2	8
Australia	0	1	1	8
Belgium	0	1	1	8

Player appearances

Player	Won	Runner-up	Finals	Appearances
Raymond van Barneveld	4	1	5	8
Adrian Lewis	4	1	5	6
Phil Taylor	4	1	5	6
Michael van Gerwen	3	1	4	6
Co Stompé	1	0	1	1
Mark Webster	0	2	2	7
Gary Anderson	0	2	2	6
Peter Wright	0	2	2	4
Simon Whitlock	0	1	1	7
Kim Huybrechts	0	1	1	6
Ronny Huybrechts	0	1	1	5
Paul Nicholson	0	1	1	5
Gerwyn Price	0	1	1	2
Barrie Bates	0	1	1	1

High averages

Ten highest World Cup of Darts one-match team averages
Average	Players	Year, Round	Opponent	Result
117.88 (WR)	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	2014, Semi-final (sub match)	Brendan Dolan Mickey Mansell	4–0 (L)
111.33	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	2017, Second round (sub match)	Darin Young Larry Butler	4–0 (L)
109.33	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	2017, First round	Karel Sedláček František Humpula	5–1 (L)
107.77	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	2016, Quarter-final (sub match)	Simon Whitlock Kyle Anderson	4–3 (L)
105.47	Kim Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts	2013, Semi-final (sub match)	Jani Haavisto Jarkko Komula	4–0 (L)
105.17	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	2017, Quarter-final (sub match)	Max Hopp Martin Schindler	4–1 (L)
102.95	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	2018, First round	Dyson Parody Justin Broton	5–0 (L)
102.18	Simon Whitlock Paul Nicholson	2012, Quarter-final (sub match)	Kim Huybrechts Kurt van de Rijck	4–2 (L)
101.08	Kim Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts	2013, Second round	Simon Whitlock Paul Nicholson	5–1 (L)
100.69	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld	2018, Final (sub match)	Peter Wright Gary Anderson	4–1 (L)

References

External links

• Official site
• World Cup of Darts on Darts database