2024 PDC World Cup of Darts

2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	27–30 June 2024
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£450,000
Winner's share	£80,000
High checkout	170  Bruno Stöckli
Champion(s)
England ( Luke Humphries and Michael Smith )
«2023 2025»

The 2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts was the fourteenth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place from 27 to 30 June 2024 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

Wales were the defending champions, after Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price defeated the Scotland team, consisting of Peter Wright and Gary Anderson, 10–2 in the 2023 final. ^[1] They were represented by Clayton and Jim Williams, and were eliminated in the second round, losing 6–8 to Croatia.

England (represented by Luke Humphries and Michael Smith) won their record-breaking fifth World Cup, defeating Austria 10–6 in the final. ^[2]

Format

The new format introduced in the 2023 tournament remained, with forty teams taking part. The top four teams were seeded to the second round, with the other 36 competing in a group stage of 12 groups of three, with one qualifying from each group. ^[3]

In this format, all rounds were a single match played in doubles format:

• Group stage: Best of seven legs
• Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Best of fifteen legs
• Final: Best of nineteen legs

Prize money

The total prize money remained at £450,000. ^[3]

The prize money per team was:

Position (no. of teams)		Prize Money (Total: £450,000)
Winners	(1)	£80,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£30,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£20,000
Last 16 (Second round)	(8)	£9,000
Second in group	(12)	£5,000
Third in group	(12)	£4,000

Teams and seedings

The winning England team of Michael Smith and Luke Humphries

The runners-up, Austria (Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez)

The 40 nations taking part in the tournament were confirmed on 22 May, with three changes to the 2023 tournament. ^[4]

As in 2023, a qualifier was held to determine the Latin American representative, which was won again by Guyana. ^[5] For the first time, an Asian qualifier was held. However, five Asian teams were given automatic spots, with three more spots available in the qualifier. Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia came through the qualifier. ^[6] Chinese Taipei made their World Cup debut, while Malaysia returned for the first time since 2014. ^[7] Of the 2023 participants, India and Thailand failed to qualify and did not return.

Ukraine did not return after debuting in 2023, while Norway returned for the first time since 2016. ^[4]

The top two players from nations represented by the PDC Order of Merit were confirmed on 27 May; the top players from nations on the PDC Asian Tour were confirmed on 19 May, ^[8] and the top players from the Nordic & Baltic regions were confirmed on 2 June. ^[9]

The players for the tournament were finalised on 18 June. ^[10]

The top four nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings were seeded to the second round, while the next twelve nations will be seeded in the group stage. ^[3] Gerwyn Price withdrew after the draw and was replaced with Jim Williams – as this was after the draw Wales's seeding was maintained. ^[11]

The teams and players were as follows:

Seeded nations (Top four to second round) Rank Country Players 1   England Luke Humphries and Michael Smith 2   Wales Jonny Clayton and Jim Williams 3   Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert 4   Scotland Peter Wright and Gary Anderson 5   Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts 6   Northern Ireland Josh Rock and Brendan Dolan 7   Germany Martin Schindler and Gabriel Clemens 8   Australia Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock 9   Ireland William O'Connor and Keane Barry 10   Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez and Mensur Suljović 11   Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szagański 12   Czech Republic Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček 13   Croatia Boris Krčmar and Romeo Grbavac 14   France Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre 15   Sweden Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak 16   United States Danny Lauby and Jules van Dongen

Unseeded nations Country Players   Bahrain Duda Durra and Basem Mahmood   Canada David Cameron and Matt Campbell   China Chengan Liu and Zong Xiao Chen   Chinese Taipei Teng Lieh Pupo and An-Sheng Lu   Denmark Benjamin Reus and Claus Bendix Nielsen   Finland Teemu Harju and Marko Kantele   Gibraltar Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt   Guyana Sudesh Fitzgerald and Norman Madhoo   Hong Kong Lok Yin Lee and Man Lok Leung   Hungary Gábor Jagicza and Nándor Major   Iceland Pétur Rúðrik Guðmundsson and Arngrímur Ólafsson   Italy Massimo Dalla Rosa and Michele Turetta   Japan Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto   Latvia Valters Melderis and Madars Razma   Lithuania Mindaugas Barauskas and Darius Labanauskas   Malaysia Mohd-Nasr Bin Jantan and Siik Hwang Wong   New Zealand Haupai Puha and Ben Robb   Norway Cor Dekker and Håkon Bjørge Helling   Philippines Christian Perez and Alexis Toylo   Portugal José de Sousa and David Gomes   Singapore Harith Lim and Paul Lim   South Africa Cameron Carolissen and Johan Geldenhuys   Spain José Justicia and Jesús Noguera   Switzerland Stefan Bellmont and Bruno Stöckli

Stages

All group matches were best of 7 legs
After three games, the team that finished top in each group qualified for the knock-out stage
If teams were tied on points after all the matches were completed, the ties were broken based on leg difference

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; LD = Leg difference; Pts = Points

Group A Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Belgium (5) 2 2 0 8 2 +6 4 Q 2   Philippines 2 1 1 4 5 –1 2 E 3   Singapore 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June   Belgium 87.24 4–2   Singapore 75.15 28 June   Singapore 67.95 1–4   Philippines 75.64   Belgium 95.43 4–0   Philippines 68.81

Group B Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Northern Ireland (6) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2   South Africa 2 1 1 5 6 −1 2 E 3   Switzerland 2 0 2 5 8 –3 0 27 June   Northern Ireland 94.52 4–1   South Africa 75.42 28 June   South Africa 87.06 4–2   Switzerland 79.27   Northern Ireland 86.43 4–3   Switzerland 90.95

Group C Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Germany (7) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2   New Zealand 2 1 1 7 4 +3 2 E 3   Finland 2 0 2 1 8 –7 0 27 June   Germany 94.51 4–3   New Zealand 89.89 28 June   New Zealand 91.09 4–0   Finland 78.05   Germany 92.58 4–1   Finland 86.30

Group D Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Australia (8) 2 2 0 8 5 +3 4 Q 2   Hong Kong 2 1 1 6 5 +1 2 E 3   Japan 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 27 June   Australia 79.80 4–3   Japan 85.08 28 June   Japan 85.59 1–4   Hong Kong 90.99   Australia 83.72 4–2   Hong Kong 83.86

Group E Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 8 5 +3 4 Q 2   Ireland (9) 2 1 1 7 6 +1 2 E 3   Lithuania 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 27 June   Ireland 86.76 4–2   Lithuania 77.11 28 June   Lithuania 85.05 2–4   Chinese Taipei 86.81   Ireland 94.07 3–4   Chinese Taipei 95.02

Group F Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Austria (10) 2 2 0 8 1 +7 4 Q 2   China 2 1 1 4 6 −2 2 E 3   Guyana 2 0 2 3 8 –5 0 27 June   Austria 93.94 4–0   China 73.95 28 June   China 72.64 4–2   Guyana 67.09   Austria 82.76 4–1   Guyana 70.07

Group G Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Poland (11) 2 2 0 8 3 +5 4 Q 2   Norway 2 1 1 6 7 −1 2 E 3   Hungary 2 0 2 4 8 –4 0 27 June   Poland 79.69 4–2   Norway 72.51 28 June   Norway 82.82 4–3   Hungary 80.74   Poland 82.97 4–1   Hungary 73.09

Group H Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Czech Republic (12) 2 2 0 8 3 +5 4 Q 2   Iceland 2 1 1 4 4 0 2 E 3   Bahrain 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June   Czech Republic 77.48 4–3   Bahrain 65.74 28 June   Bahrain 54.35 0–4   Iceland 63.28   Czech Republic 73.32 4–0   Iceland 65.67

Group I Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Croatia (13) 2 2 0 8 2 +6 4 Q 2   Canada 2 1 1 6 7 –1 2 E 3   Malaysia 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June   Croatia 92.49 4–0   Malaysia 73.10 28 June   Malaysia 71.52 3–4   Canada 81.85   Croatia 83.49 4–2   Canada 80.68

Group J Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   France (14) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2   Latvia 2 1 1 5 6 −1 2 E 3   Denmark 2 0 2 5 8 –3 0 27 June   France 90.55 4–1   Latvia 85.35 28 June   Latvia 91.86 4–2   Denmark 77.17   France 74.56 4–3   Denmark 74.10

Group K Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Sweden (15) 2 2 0 8 1 +7 4 Q 2   Gibraltar 2 1 1 5 7 –2 2 E 3   Spain 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 27 June   Sweden 98.56 4–0   Spain 82.90 28 June   Spain 75.71 3–4   Gibraltar 77.56   Sweden 82.17 4–1   Gibraltar 69.67

Group L Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1   Italy 2 2 0 8 5 +3 4 Q 2   Portugal 2 1 1 7 6 +1 2 E 3   United States (16) 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 27 June   United States 69.00 2–4   Portugal 70.56 28 June   United States 78.37 2–4   Italy 88.19   Portugal 78.22 3–4   Italy 80.74

Knockout stage

	Second round(best of 15 legs) 29 June					Quarter-finals(best of 15 legs) 30 June					Semi-finals(best of 15 legs) 30 June					Final(best of 19 legs) 30 June
	1	England 86.23	8
	14	France 78.36	3
						1	England 98.73	8
						6	Northern Ireland 90.61	4
	6	Northern Ireland 84.93	8
	7	Germany 85.88	7
											1	England 96.39	8
											4	Scotland 94.07	4
	4	Scotland 88.86	8
	11	Poland 83.40	2
						4	Scotland 86.40	8
						15	Sweden 88.26	7
	12	Czech Republic 80.44	6
	15	Sweden 84.06	8
																1	England 100.62	10
																10	Austria 87.96	6
	2	Wales 91.69	6
	13	Croatia 89.21	8
						13	Croatia 95.61	7
						10	Austria 89.39	8
	10	Austria 87.43	8
		Chinese Taipei 85.53	4
											10	Austria 89.27	8
											5	Belgium 85.20	3
	3	Netherlands 100.96	2
	5	Belgium 97.31	8
						5	Belgium 86.21	8
							Italy 85.06	7
		Italy 82.48	8
	8	Australia 85.26	7

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