World Cup of Darts 2014

The World Cup of Darts 2014 was a major tournament of the Professional Darts Corporation and was played from June 6th to 8th, 2014 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, but this year they lost 3-0 to the team from the Netherlands (consisting of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld ) in the final .

Prize money

A total of £ 200,000 in prize money was distributed.

winner	£ 40,000
Finalists	£ 20,000
Semifinals	£ 14,000
Quarter finals	£ 7,000
Round of 16	£ 4,500
1 round	£ 3,000

Participating Nations

Set nations

Setting position	nation	Player 1	Player 2
1	England	Phil Taylor	Adrian Lewis
2	Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen	Raymond van Barneveld
3	Scotland	Peter Wright	Robert Thornton
4th	Australia	Simon Whitlock	Paul Nicholson
5	Wales	Mark Webster	Richie Burnett
6th	Northern Ireland	Brendan Dolan	Michael Mansell
7th	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts	Ronny Huybrechts
8th	Ireland	Connie Finnan	William O'Connor
9	Germany	Jyhan Artut	Andree Welge
10	Austria	Scale length Suljović	Rowby-John Rodriguez
11	Canada	John Part	Shaun Narain
12	Finland	Jarkko Komula	Jani Haavisto
13	Hong Kong	Royden Lam	Scott MacKenzie
14th	Sweden	Magnus Caris	Peter Sajwani
15th	Spain	Antonio Alcinas	Carlos Rodríguez
16	United States	In it Young	Larry Butler

Unsupported Nations

nation	Player 1	Player 2
People's Republic of China	Yin Deng	Jun Cai
Denmark	Per Laursen	Dennis Lindskjold
France	Jacques Labre	Lionel Maranhao
Gibraltar	Dylan Duo	Dyson Parody
India	Amit Gilitwala	Nitan Kumar
Italy	Marco Brentegani	Daniele Petri
Japan	Morihiro Hashimoto	Haruki Muramatsu
Malaysia	Kesava Roa	Thomat Darus
New Zealand	Rob Szabo	Craig Caldwell
Norway	Robert Wagner	Vegar Elvevoll
Poland	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Krzysztof Strozyk
Russia	Evgenii Zhukov	Evgenii Izotow
Singapore	Paul Lim	Harith Lim
South Africa	Devon Petersen	Graham Filby
Thailand	Thanawat Gaweenuntawong	Watanyu Charoonroj
Hungary	Zsolt Meszaros	Nándor Bezzeg

Seeding list

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

No. player Round reached 01.  England final 02.  Netherlands victory 03.  Scotland Quarter finals 04th  Australia Semifinals 05.  Wales Quarter finals 06th  Northern Ireland Semifinals 07th  Belgium Quarter finals 08th.  Ireland 1 round

No. player Round reached 09.  Germany 1 round 10.  Austria Round of 16 11.  Canada 1 round 12.  Finland 1 round 13.  Hong Kong Round of 16 14th  Sweden Round of 16 15th  Spain Round of 16 16.  United States Round of 16

Tournament overview

	1 round					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	England	5
		Thailand	0
						1	England	2
						16	United States	1
	16	United States	5
		Hungary	1
											1	England	2
												South Africa	0
	8th	Ireland	3
		Singapore	5
							Singapore	1
							South Africa	2
	9	Germany	3
		South Africa	5
																1	England	2
																4th	Australia	1
	5	Wales	5
		France	4th
						5	Wales	2
							Poland	1
	12	Finland	4th
		Poland	5
											5	Wales	1
											4th	Australia	2
	4th	Australia	5
		Denmark	2
						4th	Australia	2
						13	Hong Kong	1
	13	Hong Kong	5
		Norway	2
																					1	England	0
																					2	Netherlands	3
	2	Netherlands	5
		Italy	2
						2	Netherlands	2
						15th	Spain	0
	15th	Spain	5
		New Zealand	3
											2	Netherlands	2
											7th	Belgium	1
	7th	Belgium	5
		India	0
						7th	Belgium	2
						10	Austria	0
	10	Austria	5
		China	2
																2	Netherlands	2
																6th	Northern Ireland	1
	6th	Northern Ireland	5
		Malaysia	2
						6th	Northern Ireland	2
							Japan	0
	11	Canada	4th
		Japan	5
											6th	Northern Ireland	2
											3	Scotland	1
	3	Scotland	5
		Russia	1
						3	Scotland	2
						14th	Sweden	0
	14th	Sweden	5
		Gibraltar	2

Web links

• Results on dartsdatabase.co.uk