The Celebrity Darts World Cup

Television broadcast
Original title	The Celebrity Darts World Cup
Country of production	Germany
Year (s)	since 2017
Production ; company	Endemol Shine Germany
Episodes	4th
Broadcasting ; cycle	once a year
genre	Entertainment, sports broadcast
Moderation	Joko Winterscheidt (2017, 2018); Christian Düren (since 2019);
First broadcast	January 7, 2017 on ProSieben

The Promi-Darts-WM is a television format designed as a darts competition by ProSieben , which is broadcast live from various German hotels. German celebrities and a top player in professional darts compete in only eight teams of two and since 2019 in six teams of two. The program is moderated by Christian Düren , Elmar Paulke acts as commentator .

mode

The game is played in the 501 Double Out mode , in which the points are thrown from 501 to 0 and the last hit must be on a double field. When a team member has thrown 3 darts, it's the other team's turn. When it is both teams' turn, the active team member changes. In the preliminary round, it takes two legs (rounds) to win, and three legs in the semi-finals and finals (two legs in 2018). The players compete in two groups according to the principle of everyone against everyone . The group leaders meet in the semi-finals on the group runners-up of the respective opposing group. The semi-final winners play for the title.

2017

The first edition took place on January 7, 2017 in the Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf , in which Tim Wiese and Michael van Gerwen prevailed in the final against Lothar Matthäus and Peter Wright .

Participants and teams

More prominent	Professional darter
Lothar Matthäus	Peter Wright
Tim Wiese	Michael van Gerwen
Steffen Henssler	Gary Anderson
Tim Mälzer	Phil Taylor
Mario Basler ¹	Max Hopp
Laura Wontorra	Wayne Mardle
Matthias Opdenhövel	Scale length Suljović
Stefanie Hertel	Rowby-John Rodriguez

¹Reiner Calmund was supposed to be playing with Hopp instead of Mario Basler, but Hopp withdrew because of an injury.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team A	Result	Team B
Taylor / Mälzer	2 - 0	Anderson / Henssler
Mardle / Wontorra	0 - 2	Wright / Matthew
Taylor / Mälzer	2 - 1	Mardle / Wontorra
Wright / Matthew	1 - 2	Anderson / Henssler
Taylor / Mälzer	0 - 2	Wright / Matthew

Due to the points ratio in group A, the last duel Mardle / Wontorra against Anderson / Henssler did not even have to be played.

Group B

Team A	Result	Team B
van Gerwen / Wiese	2 - 0	Suljovic / Opdenhövel
Rodriguez / Hertel	1 - 2	Hopp / Basler
Rodriguez / Hertel	1 - 2	van Gerwen / Wiese
Hopp / Basler	0 - 2	Suljovic / Opdenhövel
van Gerwen / Wiese	1 - 2	Hopp / Basler
Rodriguez / Hertel	0 - 2	Suljovic / Opdenhövel

Final round

Team A	Result	Team B
van Gerwen / Wiese	3 - 0	Taylor / Mälzer
Wright / Matthew	3 - 2	Suljovic / Opdenhövel

final
Team A	Result	Team B
van Gerwen / Wiese	3 - 0	Wright / Matthew

2018

The second edition took place on January 6, 2018.

The German duo around professional Martin Schindler and YouTube celebrity MarcelScorpion won the second edition 2-0 in the final against world number two Peter Wright with partner Ruth Moschner .

Participants and teams

More prominent	Professional darter
Fernanda Brandão	Rob Cross ^1st
Tim Wiese	Michael van Gerwen
Stefan Effenberg	Max Hopp
Fabian Hambüchen	Gary Anderson
Ruth Moschner	Peter Wright
Frank Rosin	Phil Taylor
HP Baxxter	Raymond van Barneveld
MarcelScorpion	Martin Schindler

¹Adrian Lewis was supposed to compete with Brandao instead of Rob Cross, but he was replaced by the new darts world champion Cross.

Preliminary round

The numbers behind the teams represent the average points scored in the game for each individual shot (3 darts).

Group A

Team A	Result	Team B
van Gerwen / Wiese 65.42	1 - 2	Cross / Brandao 60.53
Anderson / Hambüchen 72.15	2 - 1	Hopp / Effenberg 62.90
van Gerwen / Wiese 62.20	1 - 2	Anderson / Hambüchen 62.33
Cross / Brandao 56.84	2 - 1	Hopp / Effenberg, August 58
Cross / Brandao 59.49	1 - 2	Anderson / Hambüchen 61.29
~~van Gerwen / Wiese~~	-	~~Hopp / Effenberg~~

Item	team	Sp	S.	N	LF	LG	+/-	Pt.	Average
1	ScotlandAnderson / HambüchenGermany	3	3	0	6th	3	+3	3	65.26
2	EnglandCross / BrandaoBrazil	3	2	1	5	4th	+1	2	58.95
3	Netherlandsvan Gerwen / WieseGermany	2	0	2	2	4th	−2	0	63.81
4th	GermanyHopp / EffenbergGermany	2	0	2	2	4th	−2	0	60.49

The last group game was omitted as it had no effect on the semi-final constellation.

Group B

Team A	Result	Team B
Taylor / Rosin March 62	1 - 2	van Barneveld / HP Baxxter 70.23
Wright / Moschner 47.21	2 - 1	Schindler / MarcelScorpion 46.68
Taylor / Rosin 58.94	2 - 0	Wright / Moschner 55.41
van Barneveld / HP Baxxter 62.07	0 - 2	Schindler / MarcelScorpion 63.96
Taylor / Rosin 54.30	1 - 2	Schindler / MarcelScorpion 60.85
van Barneveld / HP Baxxter 56.62	1 - 2	Wright / Moschner 58.72

Item	team	Sp	S.	N	LF	LG	+/-	Pt.	Average
1	GermanySchindler / MarcelScorpionGermany	3	2	1	5	3	+2	2	57.23
2	ScotlandWright / MoschnerGermany	3	2	1	4th	4th	0	2	53.78
3	EnglandTaylor / RosinGermany	3	1	2	4th	4th	0	1	58.42
4th	Netherlandsvan Barneveld / HP BaxxterGermany	3	1	2	3	5	−2	1	62.97

Final round

Semifinals
Team A	Result	Team B
ScotlandAnderson / Hambüchen Germany 67.84	1 - 2	ScotlandWright / MoschnerGermany 68.13
Germany Schindler / MarcelScorpionGermany 71.95	2 - 1	EnglandCross / Brandao Brazil 68.18

final
Team A	Result	Team B
Germany Schindler / MarcelScorpionGermany 61.35	2 - 0	ScotlandWright / Moschner Germany 59.75

2019

The third edition was held on January 5, 2019. Christian Düren took over the moderation from Joko Winterscheidt. In addition, the event was no longer held in Düsseldorf, but in the Maritim Hotel in Cologne . Elmar Paulke remained the commentator.

A rule change made it possible for celebrities in this edition to end legs with single fields. This should give them more influence in the course of the game.

Participants and teams

More prominent	Professional darter
Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Germany Patrick Esume	Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Netherlands Lilly Becker	Scotland Peter Wright
Germany Markus Krebs	Scotland Gary Anderson
Germany Faisal Kawusi	England Phil Taylor
Germany Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht	Germany Max Hopp

Preliminary round

The numbers behind the teams represent the average points scored in the game for each individual shot (3 darts).

Group A

Team A	Result	Team B
van Gerwen / van der Vaart 63.73	2 - 1	Anderson / Cancer 58.72
van Gerwen / van der Vaart 69.91	2 - 0	Hopp / Ochsenknecht 53.64
Anderson / Krebs 12/60	2 - 1	Hopp / Ochsenknecht 61.35

Item	team	Sp	S.	N	LF	LG	+/-	Pt.	Average
1	Netherlandsvan Gerwen / van der VaartNetherlands	2	2	0	4th	1	+3	2	66.20
2	ScotlandAnderson / Markus KrebsGermany	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	59.42
3	GermanyHopp / OchsenknechtGermany	2	0	2	1	4th	−3	0	58.27

Group B

Team A	Result	Team B
Taylor / Kawusi 59.80	2 - 1	Wright / Becker October 56
Taylor / Kawusi 50.80	0 - 2	van Barneveld / Esume 62.63
van Barneveld / Esume 64.90	2 - 1	Wright / Becker 55.16

Item	team	Sp	S.	N	LF	LG	+/-	Pt.	Average
1	Netherlandsvan Barneveld / EsumeGermany	2	2	0	4th	1	+3	2	63.99
2	EnglandTaylor / KawusiGermany	2	1	1	2	3	−1	1	56.20
3	ScotlandWright and BeckerNetherlands	2	0	2	2	4th	−2	0	55.63

Final round

Intermediate round

Semifinals

final

A1

Netherlandsvan Gerwen van der Vaart
Netherlands 77.08

2

A2

Anderson Cancer May 72

1

B3

Wright Becker 40.77

0

B3

Wright Becker
Netherlands 57.84

2

A1

van Gerwen van der Vaart 60.96

2

A3

GermanyHopp Ochsenknecht
Germany 63.44

3

B1

van Barneveld Esume 58.85

1

B2

Taylor Kawusi 62.25

0

A3

GermanyHopp Ochsenknecht
Germany 62.96

2

A3

Hopp Ochsenknecht
Germany 79.11

2

2020

The fourth edition took place on January 4, 2020. Christian Düren took over the moderation. Once again, the Celebrity Darts World Cup moved from Cologne to Bonn . Commentator was Elmar Paulke, who will be given a co-commentator with Markus Krebs at his side.

Participants and teams

More prominent	Professional darter
Germany Frank Buschmann	Germany Max Hopp
Germany Sarah Harrison	Wales Gerwyn Price
Germany Pascal Hens	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Germany Daniel Boschmann	England Phil Taylor
Germany Max Kruse	Scotland Peter Wright
Italy Luca Toni	England Fallon Sherrock

Preliminary round

The numbers behind the teams represent the average points scored in the game for each individual shot (3 darts).

Group A

Team A	Result	Team B
Wright / Kruse 68.32	2 - 0	Hopp / Buschmann 61.80
van Gerwen / Hens 59.10	1 - 2	Hopp / Buschmann 69.00
van Gerwen / Hens 72.57	1 - 2	Wright / Kruse 73.18

Item	team	Sp	S.	N	LF	LG	+/-	Pt.	Average
1	ScotlandWright / KruseGermany	2	2	0	4th	1	+3	2	71.24
2	GermanyHopp / BushmanGermany	2	1	1	2	3	−1	1	66.12
3	Netherlandsvan Gerwen / HensGermany	2	0	2	2	4th	−2	0	65.84

Group B

Team A	Result	Team B
Price / Harrison 46.71	0 - 2	Taylor / Boschmann 73.32
Price / Harrison 61.75	2 - 1	Sherrock / Toni 60.79
Taylor / Boschmann 60.50	1 - 2	Sherrock / Toni 57.86

Item	team	Sp	S.	N	LF	LG	+/-	Pt.	Average
1	EnglandTaylor / BoschmannGermany	2	1	1	3	2	+1	1	65.63
2	EnglandSherrock / ToniItaly	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	59.33
3	WalesPrice / HarrisonGermany	2	1	1	2	3	−1	1	55.73

Final round

Intermediate round

Semifinals

final

A1

Wright Kruse 64.17

1

A2

Hopp Buschmann 48.44

0

B3

Price Harrison
Germany 63.27

2

B3

Price Harrison
Germany 12/60

2

B3

Price Harrison 60.19

1

A3

van Gerwen Hens
Germany 73.28

3

B1

Taylor Boschmann 51.71

0

B2

Sherrock Toni 59.46

1

A3

van Gerwen Hens
Germany 69.91

2

A3

van Gerwen Hens
Germany 63.42

2

reception

1.24 million (14.1%) of the 14 to 49 year olds or a total of 1.91 million (7.7%) watched the first edition on average. Joko Winterscheidt's moderation was criticized. He lost the overview and couldn't control the audience.

"Because the moderator Joko Winterscheidt looked like one of those policemen at a four-lane intersection in Bangkok, who lets the scooters, taxis and tuk-tuks buzzing around them pass in a surprisingly casual way."

- welt.de

“Joko seemed overwhelmed, sometimes lost track and let himself be disturbed. So he had to ask the director several times how the show would go on and in some cases could not drown out or calm down the loud audience. "

- bild.de

0.86 million (11.1%) of the 14 to 49 year olds or a total of 1.42 million (6.1%) watched the second edition on average.

Special occurrences

The following celebrities managed to end a leg :

Lothar Matthäus with the double 20 in the first edition
Frank Rosin (double-1), Fabian Hambüchen (double-5) and MarcelScorpion (double-7) in the second edition
Raphael van der Vaart in the third edition
JB Ochsenknecht with triple 2 in the third edition
Sarah Harrison with the triple 13 in the fourth edition
Pascal Hens with the triple 19 in the fourth edition
Daniel Boschmann (easy-16), Luca Toni (easy-18), Frank Buschmann (easy-11), Pascal Hens (easy-8, easy-14)

Web links

The Celebrity Darts World Cup on prosieben.de

Individual evidence

↑ With Matthäus, Wiese, Calmund and Opdenhövel: Joko moderates “Promi-Darts-WM” at ProSieben , dwdl.de , November 29, 2016
↑ Celebrity Darts World Cup: Tim Wiese wins with world champion van Gerwen , rp-online.de, January 9, 2017
↑ Sensational world champions Rob Cross, Phil Taylor and other world-class darts professionals fight with eight German celebrities for the "Celebrity Darts World Cup 2018" . In: prosieben.de . Retrieved January 6, 2018.
↑ ProSieben brings darts world champions to the Celebrity World Cup at short notice . In: DWDL.de . January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
↑ The Celebrity Darts World Cup 2019 , accessed on January 1, 2019.
↑ Winterscheidt no longer moderates the "Celebrity Darts World Cup" accessed on January 1, 2019
↑ Darts tournaments - Celebrity Darts World Cup 2019 , accessed on January 1, 2019.
↑ The Celebrity Darts World Cup 2019 , accessed on December 26, 2019.
↑ [1] , accessed on January 2, 2020.
↑ Good odds for the Celebrity Darts World Cup. In: meedia.de . January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
↑ "Celebrity Darts World Cup" makes a good start. In: dwdl.de . January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
↑ "Totally out of the concept": This is how the audience blaspheme Jokos Chaos moderation of the "Celebrity Darts World Cup"
^ Mobbing against Leipzig professional Timo Werner while playing darts
↑ Bumpy start: Celebrity Darts World Cup turns into a breakdown show
↑ "Celebrity Darts World Cup" loses a lot of viewers in 2018. In: quotenmeter.de . January 7, 2018, accessed January 7, 2018 .

[1] With Matthäus, Wiese, Calmund and Opdenhövel: Joko moderates “Promi-Darts-WM” at ProSieben , dwdl.de , November 29, 2016

[2] Celebrity Darts World Cup: Tim Wiese wins with world champion van Gerwen , rp-online.de, January 9, 2017

[3] Sensational world champions Rob Cross, Phil Taylor and other world-class darts professionals fight with eight German celebrities for the "Celebrity Darts World Cup 2018" . In: prosieben.de . Retrieved January 6, 2018.

[4] ProSieben brings darts world champions to the Celebrity World Cup at short notice . In: DWDL.de . January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

[5] The Celebrity Darts World Cup 2019 , accessed on January 1, 2019.

[6] Winterscheidt no longer moderates the "Celebrity Darts World Cup" accessed on January 1, 2019

[7] Darts tournaments - Celebrity Darts World Cup 2019 , accessed on January 1, 2019.

[8] The Celebrity Darts World Cup 2019 , accessed on December 26, 2019.

[9] [1] , accessed on January 2, 2020.

[10] Good odds for the Celebrity Darts World Cup. In: meedia.de . January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .

[11] "Celebrity Darts World Cup" makes a good start. In: dwdl.de . January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .

[12] "Totally out of the concept": This is how the audience blaspheme Jokos Chaos moderation of the "Celebrity Darts World Cup"

[13] Mobbing against Leipzig professional Timo Werner while playing darts

[14] Bumpy start: Celebrity Darts World Cup turns into a breakdown show

[15] "Celebrity Darts World Cup" loses a lot of viewers in 2018. In: quotenmeter.de . January 7, 2018, accessed January 7, 2018 .