PDC World Cup

PDC World Cup

The inaugural PDC World Cup will be held from December 3-5 at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear, with £150,000 prize money on offer.

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A total of 24 countries will contest the PDC World Cup over three days, with the tournament being screened live by Sky Sports.

Each country will be represented by two players, and the top eight nations will be seeded through to the last 16 of the tournament, to come in at the second round stage.

PDC World Cup - Competing Nations
England (1) - Phil Taylor & James Wade
Netherlands (2) - Raymond van Barneveld & Co Stompe
Australia (3) - Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson
Scotland (4) - Gary Anderson & Robert Thornton
Wales (5) - Mark Webster & Barrie Bates
Northern Ireland (6) - Brendan Dolan & John MaGowan
Canada (7) - John Part & Ken MacNeil
USA (8) - Darin Young & Bill Davis
Ireland (9) - Mick McGowan & William O'Connor
Germany (10) - Jyhan Artut & Andree Welge
Spain (11) - Carlos Rodriguez & Antonio Alcinas
Finland (12) - Jarkko Komula & Marko Kantele
New Zealand (13) - Phillip Hazel & Warren Parry
Austria (14) - Mensur Suljovic & Maik Langendorf
Sweden (15) - Magnus Caris & Par Riihonen
Russia (16) - Anastasia Dobromyslova & Roman Konchikov
Gibraltar (17) - Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody
Slovenia (18) - Osmann Kijamet & Sebastijan Pecjak
Denmark (19) - Per Laursen & Vladimiar Andersen
Poland (20) - Krzystof Kciuk & Krzsystof Ratajski
Belgium (21) - Patrick Bulen & Rocco Maes
Japan (22) - Haruki Muramatsu & Shintaro Hirai
Czech Republic (23) - Martin Kapucian & Pavel Drtil
Slovakia (24) - Peter Martin & Oto Zmelik

INFORMATION

Each of the top 24 nations in the PDC Order of Merit will compete in the tournament, headed by the English pair of Phil Taylor - the 15-time World Champion - and recent Bodog.com World Grand Prix winner James Wade - ranked 1st and 2nd in the world.

World No.3 Raymond van Barneveld will be joined in representing Holland by Co Stompe, while Simon Whitlock - who moved up to 4th in the world with a Players Championship win last weekend - will play alongside Newcastle-born Paul Nicholson for Australia.

Scotland will be represented by UK Open finalist Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton, while former World Champion Mark Webster will compete alongside Barrie Bates for Wales.

3-time World Champion John Part will lead Canada's challenge alongside Ken MacNeil, while the USA - represented by Darin Young and Bill Davis - and Northern Irish duo Brendan Dolan and John MaGowan will complete the top 8 seeds.

The top 8 nations come in at the 2nd round stage on Friday night, where they will face the winners from the 16-team knockout 1st round.

Emerging youngster William O'Connor will play alongside Mick McGowan for Ireland, while Jyhan Artut - who knocked Wayne Mardle out of this year's Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship - and Andree Welge, a Players Championship semi-finalist last Saturday, represent Germany.

Former Women's World Champion Anastasia Dobromyslova will line up alongside Roman Konchikov for Russia, while Carlos Rodriguez and Antonio Alcinas will compete for Spain and a host of other players with World Championship experience will line up for their country.

Further teams in the field include Finland, New Zealand, Austria, Sweden, Gibraltar, Slovenia, Denmark, Poland, Belgium, Japan, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

FORMAT

The opening session in the afternoon of Friday December 3 will see the teams ranked from 9-24 playing off, with each game being the best of 11 legs of doubles, with the losing team throwing first in the next leg.

The evening session on Friday will see the top eight ranked teams drawn against the first round winners to compete in round two, again over the best of 11 legs.

The eight second round winners will then be drawn into two groups, with Group A playing on Saturday afternoon and Group B playing on Saturday evening.

In each group, the teams will face each other once over the best of 11 legs, with the top two teams from the group moving into the semi-finals.

Sunday afternoon's semi-finals will see the teams compete in two singles games and one doubles match, with one point being awarded for a singles win and two points for a doubles win. If the scores are tied 2-2, the team with the most legs won will be declared the winner.

The final on Sunday evening will follow the same format, but with games being the best of 19 legs.

PDC Terms & Conditions

* No football colours will be allowed into the venue.
* The PDC reserves the right of admission.
* Customers are respectfully requested to behave in an orderly manner at all times.
* Drunkenness will not be tolerated and perpetrators will be asked to leave the premises.
* If you shout out, whistle or boo whilst players are throwing you may be ejected without warning.
* Doors will open an hour before the scheduled start time and ticket holders are requested to take their seats at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the event.
* The Broadcast may contain strobe lighting and smoke effects. Any person who may be adversely affected by such effects should take notice and take appropriate action.
* Any spectators are reminded that the writing of any message deemed offensive or inflammatory on 180 cards or similar will lead to perpetrators being asked to leave the premises.
* Please note the use of flash photography is expressly barred as is any filming of the event for any purpose.
* Mobile phones should be switched off by all customers when in the main auditorium.
* Whilst there is no lower age limit, children under 16 should be accompanied by an appropriate adult.