World Cup of Darts 2018

World Cup of Darts 2018
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Ice rink , Frankfurt am Main
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Netherlands ( Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld )
Attendees	32
Opening game	May 31, 2018
Endgame	3rd June 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 300,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 30,000 per winner
winner	Netherlands ( Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld )
statistics
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The World Cup of Darts 2018 is a major tournament of the Professional Darts Corporation and was played from May 31st to June 3rd in the Frankfurt ice rink . It was held for the eighth time this year. The title was secured by the Dutch Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld with a 3-1 victory in the final over the Scots Peter Wright and Gary Anderson .

Participating Nations

At the World Cup of Darts there was a team of two players per nation. The two best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit of a nation always played together as a team. The world rankings as of May 14, 2018 after the Dutch Darts Masters 2018 were decisive for the selection .

Set nations

Setting position	nation	Player 1	Player 2
1	Scotland	Peter Wright	Gary Anderson
2	England	Rob Cross	Dave Chisnall
3	Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen	Raymond van Barneveld
4th	Australia	Simon Whitlock	Kyle Anderson
5	Wales	Gerwyn Price	Jonny Clayton
6th	Northern Ireland	Daryl Gurney	Brendan Dolan
7th	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts	Dimitri Van den Bergh
8th	Austria	Scale length Suljović	Zoran Lerchbacher

Unsupported Nations

nation	Player 1	Player 2
Brazil	Diogo Portela	Bruno Rangel
Canada	John Part	Dawson Murschell
People's Republic of China	Momo Zhou	Zong Xiao Chen
Czech Republic	Roman Benecky	Karel Sedlacek
Denmark	Per Laursen	Henrik Primdal
Finland	Kim Viljanen	Marko Kantele
Germany	Max Hopp	Martin Schindler
Gibraltar	Dyson Parody	Justin Broton
Greece	John Michael	Veniamin Symeonidis
Hong Kong	Royden Lam	Ho Yin Shek
Hungary	Tamas Alexits	Nandor Bezzeg
Italy	Michel Furlani	Alessio Medaina
Japan	Seigo Asada	Haruki Muramatsu
New Zealand	Cody Harris	Warren Parry
Poland	Krzysztof Ratajski	Tytus Kanik
Ireland	Steve Lennon	William O'Connor
Russia	Boris Kolzow	Alexander Oreschkin
Singapore	Paul Lim	Harith Lim
South Africa	Devon Petersen	Liam O'Brien
Spain	Cristo Reyes	Antonio Alcinas
Sweden	Daniel Larsson	Dennis Nilsson
Switzerland	Alexander Fehlmann	Andreas Bless
Thailand	Thanawat Gaweenuntawong	Attapol Eupakaree
United States	Larry Butler	In it Young

Results

	Round 1 May 31 and June 1, 2018 Best of 9 legs doubles					Round of 16 June 2, 2018 2 × Best of 7 Singles 1					Quarter-finals June 3, 2018 2 × Best of 7 Singles 1					Semi-finals June 3, 2018 2 × Best of 7 Singles 1					Final June 3, 2018 2 × Best of 7 singles + 1 × Best of 7 doubles 2
	1	Scotland 94.66	5
		United States 84.25	1
						1	Scotland	2
							Brazil	0
		Denmark 65.58	1
		Brazil 70.9	5
											1	Scotland	2
												Japan	0
	8th	Austria 88.68	4th
		Japan 92.74	5
							Japan	2
							Canada	0
		Italy 71.16	1
		Canada 74.03	5
																1	Scotland	2 1
																4th	Australia	1
	5	Wales 85.73	5
		Thailand 79.89	3
						5	Wales	2 1
							Switzerland	1
		Switzerland 67.58	5
		China 70.34	2
											5	Wales	1
											4th	Australia	2 1
	4th	Australia 93.88	5
		Hong Kong 83.32	1
						4th	Australia	2 1
							Spain	1
		Russia 75.61	4th
		Spain 85.11	5
																					1	Scotland	1
																					3	Netherlands	3 2
	2	England 93.27	5
		Czech Republic 78.19	3
						2	England	2 1
							Singapore	1
		New Zealand 78.5	3
		Singapore 86.12	5
											2	England	1
											7th	Belgium	2 1
	7th	Belgium 86.78	5
		Ireland 87.37	4th
						7th	Belgium	2
							Finland	0
		Greece 79.74	1
		Finland 84.8	5
																7th	Belgium	0
																3	Netherlands	2
	6th	Northern Ireland 83.26	5
		Poland 86.0	4th
						6th	Northern Ireland	1
							Germany	2 1
		Sweden	3
		Germany	5
												Germany	0
											3	Netherlands	2
	3	Netherlands 102.95	5
		Gibraltar 66.38	0
						3	Netherlands	2
							South Africa	0
		Hungary 69.4	3
		South Africa 74.33	5

¹In the event of a 1: 1 tie after both best-of-7 singles rounds, a single, game-deciding best-of-7 doubles round was played; corresponding games are marked with ¹ .

² Only in the finals : If necessary, one / two additional / additional best-of-7 individual rounds, e.g. B. with 1: 2 intermediate result and thus no immediate mode-dependent decision; marked accordingly with ² .

Results overview round of 16

Scotland (1)	Brazil	Legs	Points
Peter Wright 94.82	Diogo Portela 82.14	4 : 1	1 : 0
Gary Anderson 88.41	Bruno Rangel 66.91	4 : 0	1 : 0
Total:		8 : 1	2 : 0

Japan	Canada	Legs	Points
Seigo Asada 88.69	John Part 77.67	4 : 3	1 : 0
Haruki Muramatsu 87.13	Dawson Murschell 80.64	4 : 0	1 : 0
Total:		8 : 3	2 : 0

Wales (5)	Switzerland	Legs	Points
Gerwyn Price 90.63	Alexander Fehlmann 89.56	3: 4	0: 1
Jonny Clayton 82.36	Andreas Bless 77.78	4 : 0	1 : 0
Price and Clayton 81.88	Fehlmann and Bless 72.4	4 : 1	1 : 0
Total:		11 : 5	2 : 1

Australia (4)	Spain	Legs	Points
Simon Whitlock 86.47	Cristo Reyes 85.41	2: 4	0: 1
Kyle Anderson 88.13	Antonio Alcinas 76.98	4 : 1	1 : 0
Anderson and Whitlock 92.56	Reyes and Alcinas 87.92	4 : 3	1 : 0
Total:		10 : 3	2 : 1

England (2)	Singapore	Legs	Points
Rob Cross 103.5	Paul Lim 102.29	2: 4	0: 1
Dave Chisnall 89.87	Harith Lim 89.67	4 : 2	1 : 0
Cross and Chisnall 80.71	P. Lim and H. Lim 77.77	4 : 1	1 : 0
Total:		10 : 7	2 : 1

Belgium (7)	Finland	Legs	Points
Kim Huybrechts 87.13	Marko Kantele 75.91	4 : 0	1 : 0
Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.04	Kim Viljanen 86.81	4 : 1	1 : 0
Total:		8 : 1	2 : 0

Northern Ireland (6)	Germany	Legs	Points
Daryl Gurney 92.49	Martin Schindler 85.67	4 : 0	1 : 0
Brendan Dolan 92.67	Max Hopp 90.68	3: 4	0: 1
Gurney and Dolan	Schindler and Hopp	2: 4	0: 1
Total:		9: 8	1: 2

Netherlands (3)	South Africa	Legs	Points
Michael van Gerwen	Liam O'Brien	4 : 0	1 : 0
Raymond van Barneveld	Devon Petersen	4 : 0	1 : 0
Total:		8 : 0	2 : 0

Results overview quarter-finals

Scotland (1)	Japan	Legs	Points
Peter Wright 93.94	Seigo Asada 92.75	4 : 0	1 : 0
Gary Anderson 98.56	Haruki Muramatsu 90.84	4 : 0	1 : 0
Total:		8 : 0	2 : 0

Wales (5)	Australia (4)	Legs	Points
Gerwyn Price 89.35	Simon Whitlock 100.85	2: 4	0: 1
Jonny Clayton 83.5	Kyle Anderson 77.26	4 : 0	1 : 0
Price and Clayton	Whitlock and Anderson	1: 4	0: 1
Total:		7: 8	1: 2

England (2)	Belgium (7)	Legs	Points
Rob Cross 107.48	Kim Huybrechts 98.78	4 : 2	1 : 0
Dave Chisnall 86.86	Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.08	3: 4	0: 1
Cross and Chisnall 87.4	Huybrechts and Van den Bergh 100.2	0: 4	0: 1
Total:		7: 10	1: 2

Germany	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Martin Schindler 110.0	Michael van Gerwen 109.61	1: 4	0: 1
Max Hopp 87.43	Raymond van Barneveld 91.09	0: 4	0: 1
Total:		1: 8	0: 2

Results overview semi-finals

Scotland (1)	Australia (4)	Legs	Points
Peter Wright 103.42	Simon Whitlock 100.77	4 : 3	1 : 0
Gary Anderson 90.91	Kyle Anderson 95.1	3: 4	0: 1
Wright and Anderson 93.23	Whitlock and Anderson 88.91	4 : 3	1 : 0
Total:		11 : 10	2 : 1

Belgium (7)	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Kim Huybrechts 97.65	Michael van Gerwen 105.78	2: 4	0: 1
Dimitri Van den Bergh 107.54	Raymond van Barneveld 113.38	2: 4	0: 1
Total:		4: 8	0: 2

Results overview final

Scotland (1)	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Peter Wright 96.79	Michael van Gerwen 97.2	2: 4	0: 1
Gary Anderson 97.21	Raymond van Barneveld 84.6	4 : 1	1 : 0
Wright and Anderson 98.45	van Gerwen and van Barneveld 100.69	1: 4	0: 1
Gary Anderson 97.82	Michael van Gerwen 111.17	0: 4	0: 1
Total:		7: 13	1: 3

Web links

• Report on dartn.de
• Report on pdc.tv