2018 World Cup of darts

PTH2009

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/05/18/2018-betway-world-cup-schedule

Thursday May 31 (7pm local time, 6pm BST)
First Round
Italy v Canada
Russia v Spain
Switzerland v China
Denmark v Brazil
Wales v Thailand
Australia v Hong Kong
Scotland v United States of America
Austria v Japan

Friday June 1 (7pm local time, 6pm BST)
First Round
New Zealand v Singapore
Greece v Finland
Northern Ireland v Poland
Hungary v South Africa
Belgium v Republic of Ireland
England v Czech Republic
Sweden v Germany
Netherlands v Gibraltar

Saturday June 2
Afternoon Session (1.30pm local time, 12.30pm BST)
Second Round
Wales/Thailand v Switzerland/China
Australia/Hong Kong v Russia/Spain
Austria/Japan v Italy/Canada
Scotland/USA v Denmark/Brazil

Evening Session (7pm local time, 6pm BST)
Second Round
Belgium/Republic of Ireland v Greece/Finland
England/Czech Republic v New Zealand/Singapore
Northern Ireland/Poland v Sweden/Germany
Netherlands/Gibraltar v Hungary/South Africa

Sunday June 3
Afternoon Session (1pm local time, 12pm BST)
Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7pm local time, 6pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Final

Draw Bracket
(1) Scotland v United States of America
Denmark v Brazil
(8) Austria v Japan
Italy v Canada
(5) Wales v Thailand
Switzerland v China
(4) Australia v Hong Kong
Russia v Spain
(2) England v Czech Republic
New Zealand v Singapore
(7) Belgium v Republic of Ireland
Greece v Finland
(6) Northern Ireland v Poland
Sweden v Germany
(3) Netherlands v Gibraltar
Hungary v South Africa

The draw was broadcast on Facebook Live through the OfficialPDC Facebook page.

Competing Nations
Seeded Nations
1 Scotland - Peter Wright & Gary Anderson
2 England - Rob Cross & Dave Chisnall
3 Netherlands - Michael van Gerwen & Raymond van Barneveld
4 Australia - Simon Whitlock & Kyle Anderson
5 Wales - Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton
6 Northern Ireland - Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan
7 Belgium - Kim Huybrechts & Dimitri Van den Bergh
8 Austria - Mensur Suljovic & Zoran Lerchbacher

Other Nations
Brazil - Diogo Portela & Bruno Rangel
Canada - John Part & Dawson Murschell
China - Momo Zhou & Xiaochen Zong
Czech Republic - Roman Benecky & Karel Sedlacek
Denmark - Per Laursen & Henrik Primdal
Finland - Kim Viljanen & Marko Kantele
Germany - Max Hopp & Martin Schindler
Gibraltar - Dyson Parody & Justin Broton
Greece - John Michael & Veniamin Symeonidis
Hong Kong - Royden Lam & Ho Yin Shek
Hungary - Tamas Alexits & Nandor Bezzeg
Italy - Michel Furlani & Alessio Medaina
Japan - Seigo Asada & Haruki Muramatsu
New Zealand - Cody Harris & Warren Parry
Poland - Krzysztof Ratajski & Tytus Kanik
Republic of Ireland - Steve Lennon & William O'Connor
Russia - Boris Koltsov & Aleksandr Oreshkin
Singapore - Paul Lim & Harith Lim
South Africa - Devon Petersen & Liam O'Brien
Spain - Cristo Reyes & Toni Alcinas
Sweden - Daniel Larsson & Dennis Nilsson
Switzerland – Alexander Fehlmann & Andreas Bless
Thailand - Thanawat Gaweenuntavong & Attapol Eupakaree
United States of America - Larry Butler & Darin Young

Prize Fund
Winners (Per Player) £30,000
Runner-Up (Per Player) £16,000
Semi-Finalists (Per Player) £10,000
Quarter-Finalists (Per Player) £7,000
Second Round Losers (Per Player) £4,000
First Round Losers (Per Player) £1,500
Total £300,000

Format
First Round
Best of nine legs Doubles

Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals
The Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play. In the event of both nations winning one Singles match apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie.

Final
The Final will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, followed by a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match and then Reverse Singles matches. The first team to win three games is declared the winner

Kingp35

Female player playing for China now. Great to see.

KevIRL

Might get to see another darts haka tomorrow night

https://youtu.be/NJIrbw3vBeM

kentoccfc

Think Lennon could do a bit of damage to Belgium tonight, if O'Connor can play his A-game then we've a chance.

Degag

Not sure about the format of this. Inviting 32 teams but then 16 of them only get one game - first to 5 legs and they are out. Just seems a bit farcical seeing as some of them are traveling large distances with no chance of winning and only giving them 1500 quid.


Think a round robin might be slightly fairer in giving them 2 or 3 chances on stage anyway.

Kingp35

Degag wrote: »

Not sure about the format of this. Inviting 32 teams but then 16 of them only get one game - first to 5 legs and they are out. Just seems a bit farcical seeing as some of them are traveling large distances with no chance of winning and only giving them 1500 quid.


Think a round robin might be slightly fairer in giving them 2 or 3 chances on stage anyway.

I agree with this. Or at least use the same format as the second round to give each team more game time and a chanve to get through even if they lose the first game.

Barry Hearn is probably worried that the standard won't be high enough for a Round Robin stage.

boomdocker

Austria v Japan was gas last night, Suljovic looked like he was going to throttle his partner!

Degag

Have little or no time for Gurney but he took out some quality finishes in that game.

NoviGlitzko

I love the WCOD. So much passion! Kinda gutted for Poland there. Spain game was a cracker.

raiders11

Degag wrote: »

Have little or no time for Gurney but he took out some quality finishes in that game.

Jaysus, he was back to his old antics there, what a twat..

peteeeed

Ooooooooooounlucky willie

KevIRL

Oh v close there. Pity

NoviGlitzko

Ah lads I'm gutted. Think I would've knocked off the bottle of gin in the press if that 170 went in.

Kingp35

Great game there, serious quality from both teams. The 130 from DvdB won it. Unlucky Willie on the 170.

Joeseph Balls

What channel guys?
Edit never mind

raiders11

Kingp35 wrote: »

Great game there, serious quality from both teams. The 130 from DvdB won it. Unlucky Willie on the 170.

Ye, have to hand it to Van den Bergh, that 130 and then, following Lennon's 180 with a 180 in last leg too, was a killer for us....

raiders11

Lad for Gibralter tonight must be one of the smallest players ever on TV..

jeff bingham

Canada v japan on now. I think this might be my first time ever seeing john Part playing live on tv. Only watching a couple of years though

NoviGlitzko

jeff bingham wrote: »

Canada v japan on now. I think this might be my first time ever seeing john Part playing live on tv. Only watching a couple of years though

Part is an excellent pundit. I've only been watching about 7 years of darts so I'm the same. Rooting for him.

paulie21

Paul Lim beat Rob Cross last night but England squeaked through. The Dutch haven’t dropped a leg yet and the home team beat N Ireland. Set up for an interesting final day

Bob Harris

Belgium through against England. Chizzy doesn't look half the player he was a year or two ago.
Looks short on confidence.

crasy dash

What a game from Rvb and Dmitri Van den Bergh averaged 107 and 113.