{"id":173028,"date":"2025-06-10T13:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173028\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:21:09","slug":"world-cup-of-darts-2025-dates-groups-and-schedule-as-england-look-to-defend-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173028\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup of Darts 2025: Dates, groups and schedule as England look to defend crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/darts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darts<\/a> is back for another instalment, heading back to Frankfurt in Germany. <\/p>\n<p>Taking place from June 12 to June 15, the team event will see 40 nations battle it out to become world champions on the oche. <\/p>\n<p>It is the 15th edition of the competition, which began back in 2010 as part of PDC chairman Barry Hearn\u2019s plan to expand professional darts.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands were the inaugural winners, with the partnership of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompe doing the business in Houghton-le-Spring in Sunderland. <\/p>\n<p>How does the World Cup of Darts work?<\/p>\n<p>The 40-team format continues into this year\u2019s event, with the top four teams seeded and given a bye into the second round. <\/p>\n<p>The other 36 will battle it out in a group stage. <\/p>\n<p>There will be 12 groups of three, with the winners of each group progressing to the next stage. <\/p>\n<p>In the first round, matches will be best of seven legs, before the second round, quarter-finals, and semi-finals are best of 15 legs. <\/p>\n<p>The final will be a marathon best of 19 legs. <\/p>\n<p>Where are England ranked?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/england\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">England<\/a> are the defending champions and come into this tournament as very heavy favourites.<\/p>\n<p>They defeated Austria 10-6 in the final at Eissporthalle, knocking Wales off their perch. <\/p>\n<p>The win broke a new record, with England sealing their fifth World Cup title. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is playing for England at the World Cup of Darts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It will be Littler\u2019s debut in the competition after Humphries was joined by Michael Smith for the 2024 triumph. <\/p>\n<p>Who is playing at the World Cup of Darts? <\/p>\n<p>Here are all 40 teams that will take to the stage in Frankfurt&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. England (Luke Humphries and Luke Littler) <\/li>\n<li>2. Wales (Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price) <\/li>\n<li>3. Scotland (Gary Anderson and Peter Wright) <\/li>\n<li>4. Northern Ireland (Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Netherlands (Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen, fifth seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Italy (Michele Turetta and Massimo Dalla Rosa) <\/li>\n<li>Hungary (Gyorgy Jehirszki and Gergely Lakatos) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Belgium (Mike de Decker and Dimitri van den Bergh, sixth seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Latvia (Madars Razma and Valters Melderis) <\/li>\n<li>Philippines (Lourence Ilagan and Paolo Nebrida) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Germany (Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczk, seventh seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Portugal (Jose de Sousa and Bruno Nascimento) <\/li>\n<li>Singapore (Paul Lim and Phuay Wei Tan) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Republic of Ireland (William O&#8217;Connor and Keane Barry, eighth seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Gibraltar (Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt) <\/li>\n<li>China (Xiaochen Zong and Lihao Wen) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Poland (Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szaganski, ninth seeds) <\/li>\n<li>South Africa (Cameron Carolissen and Devon Petersen) <\/li>\n<li>Norway (Cor Dekker and Kent Joran Sivertsen) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada (Matt Campbell and Jim Long, 10th seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Malaysia (Tengku Shah and Tan Jenn Ming) <\/li>\n<li>Denmark (Denjamin Drue Reus and Andreas Hyllgaardhus) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sweden (Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak, 11th seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Lithuania (Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas) <\/li>\n<li>France (Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Austria (Mensur Suljovic and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, 12th seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Spain (Daniel Zapata and Ricardo Fernandez) <\/li>\n<li>Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>United States (Danny Lauby and Jules van Dongen, 13th seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Hong Kong (Man Lok Leung and Lok Yin Lee) <\/li>\n<li>Bahrain (Sadeq Mohamed and Hasan Bucheeri) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Czech Republic (Karel Sedlacek and Petr Krivka, 14th seeds) <\/li>\n<li>India (Nitin Kumar and Mohan Goel) <\/li>\n<li>Chinese Taipei (Teng Lieh Pupo and An-Sheng Lu) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Croatia (Pero Ljubic and Boris Krcmar, 15th seeds) <\/li>\n<li>Japan (Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto) <\/li>\n<li>Switzerland (Stefan Bellmont and Alex Fehlmann) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finland (Teemu Harju and Marko Kantele, 16th seeds) <\/li>\n<li>New Zealand (Haupai Puha and Mark Cleaver) <\/li>\n<li>Argentina (Jesus Salate and Victor Guillin) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When are England playing in the World Cup of Darts?<\/p>\n<p>England won\u2019t play until the third day of the tournament, when the knockout stages begin. <\/p>\n<p>They join the draw in the second round, on June 14, at the top of the tournament tree. <\/p>\n<p>What is the World Cup of Darts schedule?<\/p>\n<p>The group games will be played across the first couple of days &#8211; Thursday June 12 and Friday June 13. <\/p>\n<p>The last 16 will be played on Saturday across an afternoon session beginning at midday, and an evening session that starts at 6pm UK time, gearing up for a mega Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The quarters, semis, and final will all be played on the same day, with the last eight starting at 12pm, and the semis and final at 6pm. <\/p>\n<p>How does seeding work for the World Cup of Darts?<\/p>\n<p>Ranking are based on the PDC\u2019s Order of Merit. <\/p>\n<p>Teams with the lowest combined PDC rank are seeded, and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland complete the quartet alongside England. <\/p>\n<p>Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price will play for Wales, and Gary Anderson and Peter Wright don the tartan. <\/p>\n<p>As for Northern Ireland, their team is made up of Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney.<\/p>\n<p>All four seeds enter the tournament in the second round. <\/p>\n<p>What is the World Cup of Darts prize money? <\/p>\n<p>There is a total prize fund of \u00a3450,000, with the winner\u2019s share at \u00a380,000. <\/p>\n<p>The runners-up receive \u00a350,000, and the semi-finalists take home \u00a330,000. <\/p>\n<p>Those that make it to the last eight pocket \u00a320,000, and teams that are knocked out in the last 16 receive \u00a39,000. <\/p>\n<p>Second and third in the group stages go home with \u00a35,000 and \u00a34,000 respectively. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Cup of Darts is back for another instalment, heading back to Frankfurt in Germany. 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