World Cup of Darts 2013

The Betfair World Cup of Darts 2013 was a major tournament of the Professional Darts Corporation and was played from February 1st to 3rd, 2013 in the Hamburg sports hall . At the World Cup of Darts there is a team of two players per nation. The two best placed players of a nation always play and during the competition there are also double matches, which is not the case at any other PDC tournament.

Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis from England were able to secure the title last year, who again won the title this year by beating Kim and Ronny Huybrechts from Belgium in the final .

Prize money

A total of £ 150,000 in prize money was awarded.

winner	£ 40,000
Finalists	£ 20,000
Semifinals	£ 13,000
Quarter finals	£ 6,000
Round of 16	£ 3,000
Group stage	£ 2,000

Participating Nations

Setting position	nation	Player 1	Player 2
1	England	Phil Taylor	James Wade
2	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld	Michael van Gerwen
3	Australia	Simon Whitlock	Paul Nicholson
4th	Scotland	Gary Anderson	Robert Thornton
5	Wales	Mark Webster	Richie Burnett
6th	Northern Ireland	Brendan Dolan	Michael Mansell
7th	Germany	Jyhan Artut	Andree Welge
8th	Ireland	William O'Connor	Connie Finnan
	Spain	Antonio Alcinas	Carlos Rodríguez
	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts	Ronny Huybrechts
	Canada	John Part	Jeff Smith
	Finland	Jani Haavisto	Jarkko Komula
	Austria	Scale length Suljović	Maik Langendorf
	Croatia	Robert Marijanović	Tonci Restovic
	Gibraltar	Dylan Duo	Dyson Parody
	Denmark	Per Laursen	Jann Hoffmann
	Sweden	Magnus Caris	Par riihonen
	Japan	Haruki Muramatsu	Sho Katsumi
	United States	In it Young	Larry Butler
	South Africa	Charl Pietersen	Shawn Hogan
	New Zealand	Phillip Hazel	Craig Caldwell
	Hungary	Nándor Bezzeg	Zsolt Meszaros
	Poland	Krzysztof Kciuk	Krzysztof Ratajski
	Italy 1	Daniele Petri	Matteo Dal Monte

^{Since the Philippines could not compete, Italy moved up.}

Seeding list

The eight best teams were seeded and formed the group heads.

No. player Round reached 01.  England victory 02.  Netherlands Round of 16 03.  Australia Round of 16 04th  Scotland Round of 16

No. player Round reached 05.  Wales Semifinals 06th  Northern Ireland Round of 16 07th  Germany Quarter finals 08th.  Ireland Round of 16

Tournament overview

Group stage

If two or more teams had the same number of wins, the leg difference was counted next.

Group A

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	England (1)	2	0	+8
2	Japan	1	1	−4
3	Austria	0	2	−4

Austria	4: 5	Japan
England	5 : 0	Japan
England	5 : 2	Austria

Group B

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	Ireland (8)	1	1	+4
2	South Africa	1	1	± 0
3	Denmark	1	1	−4

Denmark	5 : 4	South Africa
Ireland	5 : 0	Denmark
Ireland	4: 5	South Africa

Group C

rank	team	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	Scotland (4)	2	0	+5
2	Canada	1	1	−1
3	Sweden	0	2	−4

Canada	5 : 4	Sweden
Scotland	5 : 3	Canada
Scotland	5 : 2	Sweden

Group D

rank	team	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	Wales (5)	2	0	+8
2	Spain	1	1	−1
3	Italy	0	2	−7

Spain	5 : 3	Italy
Wales	5 : 2	Spain
Wales	5 : 0	Italy

Group E

rank	team	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	Netherlands (2)	2	0	+7
2	Poland	1	1	+1
3	Gibraltar	0	2	−8

Gibraltar	2: 5	Poland
Netherlands	5 : 3	Poland
Netherlands	5 : 0	Gibraltar

Group F.

rank	team	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	Germany (7)	2	0	+4
2	Finland	1	1	−1
3	United States	0	2	−3

Finland	5 : 4	United States
Germany	5 : 3	Finland
Germany	5 : 3	United States

Group G

rank	team	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	Australia (3)	2	0	+7
2	Croatia	1	1	−2
3	New Zealand	0	2	−5

Croatia	5 : 3	New Zealand
Australia	5 : 3	Croatia
Australia	5 : 2	New Zealand

Group H.

rank	team	Victories	Dutch	Legdiff.
1	Northern Ireland (6)	2	0	+7
2	Belgium	1	1	+2
3	Hungary	0	2	−9

Belgium	5 : 0	Hungary
Northern Ireland	5 : 2	Belgium
Northern Ireland	5 : 1	Hungary

Final round

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	England	5
		South Africa	4th
						1	England	2
							Japan	1
	8th	Ireland	3
		Japan	5
											1	England	2
											5	Wales	1
	4th	Scotland	4th
		Spain	5
							Spain	1
						5	Wales	2
	5	Wales	5
		Canada	2
																1	England	3
																	Belgium	1
	2	Netherlands	3
		Finland	5
							Finland	2
						7th	Germany	1
	7th	Germany	5
		Poland	2
												Finland	1
												Belgium	2
	3	Australia	1
		Belgium	5
							Belgium	2
							Croatia	0
	6th	Northern Ireland	4th
		Croatia	5

Web links

• Report on darts1.de
• Results on dartsdatabase.co.uk