2024 PDC World Cup of Darts

2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	27–30 June 2024
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£450,000
Winner's share	£80,000
«2023 2025»

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

The Wales team of Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton are the defending champions after defeating the Scotland team, consisting of Peter Wright and Gary Anderson, 10–2 in the 2023 final.^[1]

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 players for the tournament were finalised on 18 June.^[8]

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 top two players from nations represented by the PDC Order of Merit will be confirmed on 27 May; the top players from nations on the PDC Asian Tour will be confirmed on 19 May^[9], and the top players from the Nordic & Baltic regions were confirmed on 2 June.^[10]

The qualifiers are as follows:

Seeded nations (Top 4 into second round) Rank Country Current top 2 Start in 1  England Luke Humphries and Michael Smith Round 2 2  Wales Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton 3  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert 4  Scotland Peter Wright and Gary Anderson 5  Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts Round 1 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 Entered 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 Gudmundsson and Arngrimur Olafsson  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 Bin Jantan and Siik Hwang Wong  New Zealand Haupai Puha and Ben Robb  Norway Cor Dekker and Hakon Bjorge 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 Stockli

Results

The draw was made on 19 June by Matthew Porter.^[11]

Group stage

All matches best of 7 legs.

Group A Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Belgium –  Singapore 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Philippines Winner of Game 1 –  Philippines

Group B Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Northern Ireland –  South Africa 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Switzerland Winner of Game 1 –  Switzerland

Group C Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Germany –  New Zealand 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Finland Winner of Game 1 –  Finland

Group D Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Australia –  Japan 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Hong Kong Winner of Game 1 –  Hong Kong

Group E Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Ireland –  Lithuania 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Chinese Taipei Winner of Game 1 –  Chinese Taipei

Group F Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Austria –  China 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Guyana Winner of Game 1 –  Guyana

Group G Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Poland –  Norway 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Hungary Winner of Game 1 –  Hungary

Group H Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Czech Republic –  Bahrain 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Iceland Winner of Game 1 –  Iceland

Group I Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Croatia –  Malaysia 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Canada Winner of Game 1 –  Canada

Group J Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  France –  Latvia 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Denmark Winner of Game 1 –  Denmark

Group K Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  Sweden –  Spain 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Gibraltar Winner of Game 1 –  Gibraltar

Group L Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 June  United States –  Portugal 28 June Loser of Game 1 –  Italy Winner of Game 1 –  Italy

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

4

Scotland

2

Wales

3

Netherlands

References