All you have to know forward of the World Cup of Darts on the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt with Luke Humphries, Michael Smith and Gerwyn Value all enjoying – however no Luke Littler.
Wales’ Gerwyn Value and Jonny Clayton are the defending champions and they are going to be decided to fend off 39 different nations to retain their title.
Prime seeds and four-time champions England will likely be represented by world champion Luke Humphries – making his World Cup debut – and Michael Smith, however Luke Littler won’t characteristic as a result of the 2 highest-ranked English gamers within the PDC Order of Advantage are picked.
‘The Nuke’ is presently twenty fifth within the Order of Advantage.
Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert will line up for four-time winners and third seeds Netherlands, whereas Peter Wright and Gary Anderson will fly the flag for two-time champions and fourth seeds Scotland.
Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock will proceed their partnership which noticed them declare glory for Australia in 2022, whereas former runners-up Belgium, Republic of Eire and Austria are additionally among the many groups seeded 5-16.
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Talking on Love The Darts, Paul Lim talked in regards to the feeling of representing your nation forward of final yr’s event
Paul Lim, on the age of 70, and Harith Lim will compete on behalf of Singapore having certified for the nation’s tenth event.
Since their World Cup debut in 2014, Singapore have constructed for themselves a fame as giant-killers.
The duo, who’re unrelated, shocked third seeds Wales in 2019 and prime seeds Scotland in 2017, which was additionally once they went on to report their greatest end by reaching the quarter-finals.
With all pairings now confirmed, the draw for the Group Stage will likely be made on Wednesday.
The revamped format efficiently launched final yr will return in 2024, with group and knockout phases of all Doubles matches throughout 4 days of motion.
The highest 4 ranked nations, based mostly on the bottom cumulative PDC Order of Advantage rating of the 2 competing gamers, will likely be seeded and can enter on the second-round stage.
The remaining 36 groups will likely be break up into 12 teams of three for the round-robin first spherical – together with 12 seeded nations – from which every group winner will progress.
The second spherical, that includes the final 16 nations, will likely be break up throughout two classes on Saturday June 29 earlier than the quarter-finals happen on Sunday afternoon, with the event culminating within the semi-finals and last on Sunday night – with the eventual champions to earn a mixed £80,000 in prize cash.
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Josh Rock informed Sky Sports activities’ Love the Darts Podcast that representing Northern Eire alongside Brendan Dolan within the World Cup is a ‘large achievement’
Competing Nations & Pairings
Seeds 1-4 – By to Spherical Two
(1) England – Luke Humphries, Michael Smith
(2) Wales – Gerwyn Value, Jonny Clayton
(3) Netherlands – Michael van Gerwen, Danny Noppert
(4) Scotland – Peter Wright, Gary Anderson
Seeds 5-16 – Seeded for Group Stage
(5) Belgium – Dimitri Van den Bergh, Kim Huybrechts
(6) Northern Eire – Josh Rock, Brendan Dolan
(7) Germany – Martin Schindler, Gabriel Clemens
(8) Australia – Damon Heta, Simon Whitlock
(9) Republic of Eire – William O’Connor, Keane Barry
(10) Austria – Rowby-John Rodriguez, Mensur Suljovic
(11) Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski, Radek Szaganski
(12) Czechia – Adam Gawlas, Karel Sedlacek
(13) Croatia – Boris Krcmar, Romeo Grvabac
(14) France – Jacques Labre, Thibault Tricole
(15) Sweden – Jeffrey de Graaf, Oskar Lukasiak
(16) USA – Danny Lauby, Jules van Dongen
Non-Seeded Nations
Bahrain – Basem Mahmood, Duda Durra
Canada – Matt Campbell, David Cameron
China – Xiaochen Zong, Chengan Liu
Chinese language Taipei – Teng-Lieh Pupo, An-Sheng Lu
Denmark – Benjamin Reus, Claus Bendix Nielsen
Finland – Marko Kantele, Teemu Harju
Gibraltar – Justin Hewitt, Craig Galliano
Guyana – Norman Madhoo, Sudesh Fitzgerald
Hong Kong – Lok Yin Lee, Man Lok Leung
Hungary – Gabor Jagica, Nandor Main
Iceland – Arngrimur Olafsson, Petur Gudmundsson
Italy – Michele Turetta, Massimo Dalla Rosa
Japan – Tomoya Goto, Ryusei Azemoto
Latvia – Madars Razma, Valters Melderis
Lithuania – Darius Labanauskas, Mindaugas Barauskas
Malaysia – Siik Hwang Wong, Mohamad Nasir
New Zealand – Haupai Puha, Ben Robb
Norway – Cor Dekker, Hakon Bjorge Helling
Philippines – Christian Perez, Alexis Toylo
Portugal – Jose de Sousa, David Gomes
Singapore – Paul Lim, Harith Lim
South Africa – Johan Geldenhuys, Cameron Carolissen
Spain – Jose Justicia, Jesus Noguera
Switzerland – Stefan Bellmont, Bruno Stockli
Schedule of Play
Thursday, June 27 (6pm BST)
Group Stage – Opening Matches
Friday, June 28
Afternoon Session (11am BST)
Group Stage – Second Matches
Night Session (6pm BST)
Group Stage – Closing Matches
Saturday, June 29
Afternoon Session (12pm BST)
Second Spherical x4
Night Session (6pm BST)
Second Spherical x4
Sunday, June 30
Afternoon Session (12pm BST)
Quarter-Finals
Night Session (6pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Closing
What’s the format?
- Group Stage – Better of seven legs
- Second Spherical – Better of 15 legs
- Quarter-Finals – Better of 15 legs
- Semi-Finals – Better of 15 legs
- Closing – Better of 19 legs
All matches will likely be performed in a doubles format
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