2024 PDC World Cup of Darts

 Bruno Stöckli

The 2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts is the fourteenth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It is taking place from 27–30 June 2024 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

Wales are the defending champions after Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price defeated the Scotland team, consisting of Peter Wright and Gary Anderson, 10–2 in the 2023 final.^[1] Price did not defend the title after withdrawing from the event, Jim Williams partnered Clayton instead.

Format

The new format introduced in the 2023 tournament will remain, with forty teams taking part. The top four teams will be seeded to the second round, with the other 36 competing in a group stage of twelve groups of three, with one qualifying from each group.^[2]

In this format, all rounds will be a single match played in doubles format, removing singles matches, which had been a part of the previous format, entirely.

Group stage: Best of seven legs.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Best of fifteen legs.
Final: Best of nineteen legs

Prize money

The total prize money will remain at £450,000.^[2]

The prize money per team will be:

Teams and seedings

The 40 nations taking part in the tournament were confirmed on 22 May, with three changes to the 2023 tournament.^[3]

As in 2023, a qualifier was held to determine the Latin American representative, which was won again by Guyana.^[4] For the first time, an Asian qualifier was held. However, five Asian teams were given automatic spots, with three more spots available in the qualifier. Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia came through the qualifier.^[5] Chinese Taipei will make their World Cup debut, while Malaysia return for the first time since 2014.^[6] Of the 2023 participants, India and Thailand failed to qualify and will not return.

Ukraine will not return after debuting in 2023, while Norway return for the first time since 2016.^[7]

The top two players from nations represented by the PDC Order of Merit were confirmed on 27 May; the top players from nations on the PDC Asian Tour were confirmed on 19 May,^[8] and the top players from the Nordic & Baltic regions were confirmed on 2 June.^[9]

The players for the tournament were finalised on 18 June.^[10]

The top four nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings were seeded to the second round, while the next twelve nations will be seeded in the group stage.^[2]

The teams and players were as follows:

Seeded nations (Top four to second round) Rank Country Players 1  England Luke Humphries and Michael Smith 2  Wales Jonny Clayton and Jim Williams 3  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert 4  Scotland Peter Wright and Gary Anderson 5  Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts 6  Northern Ireland Josh Rock and Brendan Dolan 7  Germany Martin Schindler and Gabriel Clemens 8  Australia Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock 9  Ireland William O'Connor and Keane Barry 10  Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez and Mensur Suljović 11  Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szagański 12  Czech Republic Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček 13  Croatia Boris Krčmar and Romeo Grbavac 14  France Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre 15  Sweden Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak 16  United States Danny Lauby and Jules van Dongen

Unseeded nations Country Players  Bahrain Duda Durra and Basem Mahmood  Canada David Cameron and Matt Campbell  China Chengan Liu and Zong Xiao Chen  Chinese Taipei Teng Lieh Pupo and An-Sheng Lu  Denmark Benjamin Reus and Claus Bendix Nielsen  Finland Teemu Harju and Marko Kantele  Gibraltar Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt  Guyana Sudesh Fitzgerald and Norman Madhoo  Hong Kong Lok Yin Lee and Man Lok Leung  Hungary Gábor Jagicza and Nándor Major  Iceland Pétur Rúðrik Guðmundsson and Arngrímur Ólafsson  Italy Massimo Dalla Rosa and Michele Turetta  Japan Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto  Latvia Valters Melderis and Madars Razma  Lithuania Mindaugas Barauskas and Darius Labanauskas  Malaysia Mohd-Nasr Bin Jantan and Siik Hwang Wong  New Zealand Haupai Puha and Ben Robb  Norway Cor Dekker and Håkon Bjørge Helling  Philippines Christian Perez and Alexis Toylo  Portugal José de Sousa and David Gomes  Singapore Harith Lim and Paul Lim  South Africa Cameron Carolissen and Johan Geldenhuys  Spain José Justicia and Jesús Noguera  Switzerland Stefan Bellmont and Bruno Stöckli

Stages

All group matches are best of 7 legs
After three games, the team that finishes top in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
If teams were tied on points after all the matches were completed, the ties were broken based on leg difference

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; LD = Leg difference; Pts = Points

Group A Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Belgium (5) 2 2 0 8 2 +6 4 Q 2  Philippines 2 1 1 4 5 –1 2 E 3  Singapore 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June  Belgium 87.24 4–2  Singapore 75.15 28 June  Singapore 67.95 1–4  Philippines 75.64  Belgium 95.43 4–0  Philippines 68.81

Group B Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Northern Ireland (6) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  South Africa 2 1 1 5 6 −1 2 E 3  Switzerland 2 0 2 5 8 –3 0 27 June  Northern Ireland 94.52 4–1  South Africa 75.42 28 June  South Africa 87.06 4–2  Switzerland 79.27  Northern Ireland 86.43 4–3  Switzerland 90.95

Group C Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Germany (7) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  New Zealand 2 1 1 7 4 +3 2 E 3  Finland 2 0 2 1 8 –7 0 27 June  Germany 94.51 4–3  New Zealand 89.89 28 June  New Zealand 91.09 4–0  Finland 78.05  Germany 92.58 4–1  Finland 86.30

Group D Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Australia (8) 2 2 0 8 5 +3 4 Q 2  Hong Kong 2 1 1 6 5 +1 2 E 3  Japan 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 27 June  Australia 79.80 4–3  Japan 85.08 28 June  Japan 85.59 1–4  Hong Kong 90.99  Australia 83.72 4–2  Hong Kong 83.86

Group E Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 8 5 +3 4 Q 2  Ireland (9) 2 1 1 7 6 +1 2 E 3  Lithuania 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 27 June  Ireland 86.76 4–2  Lithuania 77.11 28 June  Lithuania 85.05 2–4  Chinese Taipei 86.81  Ireland 94.07 3–4  Chinese Taipei 95.02

Group F Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Austria (10) 2 2 0 8 1 +7 4 Q 2  China 2 1 1 4 6 −2 2 E 3  Guyana 2 0 2 3 8 –5 0 27 June  Austria 93.94 4–0  China 73.95 28 June  China 72.64 4–2  Guyana 67.09  Austria 82.76 4–1  Guyana 70.07

Group G Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Poland (11) 2 2 0 8 3 +5 4 Q 2  Norway 2 1 1 6 7 −1 2 E 3  Hungary 2 0 2 4 8 –4 0 27 June  Poland 79.69 4–2  Norway 72.51 28 June  Norway 82.82 4–3  Hungary 80.74  Poland 82.97 4–1  Hungary 73.09

Group H Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Czech Republic (12) 2 2 0 8 3 +5 4 Q 2  Iceland 2 1 1 4 4 0 2 E 3  Bahrain 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June  Czech Republic 77.48 4–3  Bahrain 65.74 28 June  Bahrain 54.35 0–4  Iceland 63.28  Czech Republic 73.32 4–0  Iceland 65.67

Group I Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Croatia (13) 2 2 0 8 2 +6 4 Q 2  Canada 2 1 1 6 7 –1 2 E 3  Malaysia 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June  Croatia 92.49 4–0  Malaysia 73.10 28 June  Malaysia 71.52 3–4  Canada 81.85  Croatia 83.49 4–2  Canada 80.68

Group J Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  France (14) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  Latvia 2 1 1 5 6 −1 2 E 3  Denmark 2 0 2 5 8 –3 0 27 June  France 90.55 4–1  Latvia 85.35 28 June  Latvia 91.86 4–2  Denmark 77.17  France 74.56 4–3  Denmark 74.10

Group K Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Sweden (15) 2 2 0 8 1 +7 4 Q 2  Gibraltar 2 1 1 5 7 –2 2 E 3  Spain 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June  Sweden 98.56 4–0  Spain 82.90 28 June  Spain 75.71 3–4  Gibraltar 77.56  Sweden 82.17 4–1  Gibraltar 69.67

Group L Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Italy 2 2 0 8 5 +3 4 Q 2  Portugal 2 1 1 7 6 +1 2 E 3  United States (16) 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 27 June  United States 69.00 2–4  Portugal 70.56 28 June  United States 78.37 2–4  Italy 88.19  Portugal 78.22 3–4  Italy 80.74

Knockout stage

	Second round (best of 15 legs) 29 June					Quarter-finals (best of 15 legs) 30 June					Semi-finals (best of 15 legs) 30 June					Final (best of 19 legs) 30 June
	1	England 86.23	8
	14	France 78.36	3
						1	England
						6	Northern Ireland
	6	Northern Ireland 84.93	8
	7	Germany 85.88	7
	4	Scotland 88.86	8
	11	Poland 83.40	2
						4	Scotland
						15	Sweden
	12	Czech Republic 80.44	6
	15	Sweden 84.06	8
	2	Wales 91.69	6
	13	Croatia 89.21	8
						13	Croatia
						10	Austria
	10	Austria 87.43	8
		Chinese Taipei 85.53	4
	3	Netherlands 100.96	2
	5	Belgium 97.31	8
						5	Belgium
							Italy
		Italy 82.48	8
	8	Australia 85.26	7

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