{"id":22140,"date":"2026-06-14T12:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/22140\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T12:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:51:29","slug":"mvg-books-netherlands-clash-with-world-cup-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/22140\/","title":{"rendered":"MVG Books Netherlands Clash With World Cup Hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netherlands new pairing of Michael Van Gerwen and Gian Van Veen secured their debit win as a pair at the 2026 BetVictor World Cup of Darts, on Saturday night in Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MVG and GVV survived a potential banana skin against a spirited Swedish outfit in their opening match as a pair for the Netherlands, winning 8-6 to set-up a quarter-final showdown with Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutch duo stormed to a 3-0 lead, only for Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak to rattle off four legs straight, with Lukasiak taking out a majestic 155 to take the lead.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026WorldCupR2_Sweden-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Oskar Lukasiak, Sweden, Darts Player, PDC, World Cup of Darts\" class=\"wp-image-47333\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dartsworldstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DARTS PLAYER MERCHANDISE AND COLLECTABLES AT OUR DARTSWORLD STORE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a tense middle-game, the world number three and four battled to victory, with three-time World Cup winner Van Gerwen sealing a 15-dart leg to progress to the last eight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Host nation Germany withstood a stern Czechia fightback to triumph 8-6 and confirm their progression to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko raced into a 6-1 lead following a profligate start from Karel Sedlacek and Adam Gawlas, yet Czechia\u2019s duo reduced the deficit to 7-6 to threaten an astounding comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE ELITE DARTS COVERAGE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dartsworld.com\/pdc-land\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check Out Our Devoted PDC Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the German team left 44 after nine darts in the subsequent leg, with Schindler wrapping up an 11-darter to save their best for last and sprint over the finish line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Saturday\u2019s action, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will take place during a bumper double session on Sunday, as the remaining eight nations go head-to-head for World Cup glory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 BetVictor World Cup of Darts is being broadcast on Sky Sports for viewers in the UK &amp; Ireland, through the PDC\u2019s international broadcast partners, including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV for Rest of the World Subscribers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INTERESTED IN GLOBAL DARTS?<a href=\"https:\/\/dartsworld.com\/category\/global\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Checkout DartsWorld\u2019s Dedicated Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 BetVictor World Cup of Darts<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Round Two Saturday June 13<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afternoon Session<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republic of Ireland 8-5 Poland<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latvia 8-7 France<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4) Scotland 8-0 Norway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wales 8-5 USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evening Session<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3) Northern Ireland 8-7 Belgium<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany 8-6 Czechia<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1) England 8-5 Spain<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2) Netherlands 8-6 Sweden<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images: Sebastian Doppstadt\/PDC\u201d and \u201cJenny Segers\/PDC\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netherlands new pairing of Michael Van Gerwen and Gian Van Veen secured their debit win as a pair&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2822,16252,441,16477,418,16253,16478,2936,2828,6,16479,16255,416,2937,16480,16256,2831],"class_list":["post-22140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-darts-news","tag-dartsworld-magazine","tag-featured","tag-germany-darts","tag-gian-van-veen","tag-jeffrey-de-graaf","tag-martin-schindler","tag-modus","tag-mvg","tag-netherlands","tag-netherlands-darts","tag-oskar-lukasiak","tag-pdc","tag-red-dragon-darts","tag-ricardo-pietreczko","tag-sweden-darts","tag-winmau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}