THE World Cup of Darts will take place THIS WEEK with 40 nations competing for the iconic title.
Luke Littler and Luke Humphries will team up and represent England as the duo look to secure back-to-back wins for their country.
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Cool Hand won the tournament with Michael Smith last year after the English pair beat Austria in the final to claim a record-breaking fifth World Cup of Darts title.
Netherlands will be looking to match England’s tally of titles once again as Danny Noppert teams up with debutant Gian van Veen.
Wales are also well fancied to add to their two tournament wins with Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price representing the Red Dragons.
When is World Cup of Darts 2025?
The World Cup of Darts will get underway on Thursday, June 12.
The tournament will run until Sunday, June 15.
Frankfurt’s Eissporthalle will host.
What is the World Cup of Darts 2025 format?
The top four ranking nations, based on the lowest cumulative PDC Order of Merit ranking of the two players, will be seeded and begin their campaigns in the second round.
England, along with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are the four seeded nations at this year’s tournament.
The 36 other teams are split into 12 groups of three for the round-robin phase, from which each group winner will progress.
Each group will contain one seeded nation that is outside the top four, who progress automatically.
The four seeded nations will be pre-allocated into the draw for the last-16, with the 12 group winners drawn at random.
The second round will take place across two sessions on Saturday, followed by a blockbuster Finals Day on Sunday, which will feature the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
Here is the match format:
All rounds are played as one-off doubles matches
First Round (Group Stage) – Best of seven legs
Second Round – Best of 15 legs
Quarter-Finals – Best of 15 legs
Semi-Finals – Best of 15 legs
Final – Best of 19 legs
World Cup of Darts 2025 groups and teams
Here are the full groups and teams for each nation:
Seeded nations through to the second round:
1. England (Luke Humphries and Luke Littler)
2. Wales (Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price)
3. Scotland (Gary Anderson and Peter Wright)
4. Northern Ireland (Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney)
Group A
5. Netherlands (Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen)
Italy (Michele Turetta and Massimo Dalla Rosa)
Hungary (Gyorgy Jehirszki and Gergely Lakatos)
Group B
6. Belgium (Mike de Decker and Dimitri van den Bergh)
Latvia (Madars Razma and Valters Melderis)
Philippines (Lourence Ilagan and Paolo Nebrida)
Group C
7. Germany (Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko)
Portugal (Jose de Sousa and Bruno Nascimento)
Singapore (Paul Lim and Phuay Wei Tan)
Group D
8. Republic of Ireland (William O’Connor and Keane Barry)
Gibraltar (Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt)
China (Xiaochen Zong and Lihao Wen)
Group E
9. Poland (Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szaganski)
South Africa (Cameron Carolissen and Devon Petersen)
Norway (Cor Dekker and Kent Joran Sivertsen)
Group F
10. Canada (Matt Campbell and Jim Long)
Malaysia (Tengku Shah and Tan Jenn Ming)
Denmark (Denjamin Drue Reus and Andreas Hyllgaardhus)
Group G
11. Sweden (Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak)
Lithuania (Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas)
France (Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre)
Group H
12. Austria (Mensur Suljovic and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez)
Spain (Daniel Zapata and Ricardo Fernandez)
Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock)
Group I
13. United States (Danny Lauby and Jules van Dongen)
Hong Kong (Man Lok Leung and Lok Yin Lee)
Bahrain (Sadeq Mohamed and Hasan Bucheeri)
Group J
14. Czech Republic (Karel Sedlacek and Petr Krivka)
India (Nitin Kumar and Mohan Goel)
Chinese Taipei (Teng Lieh Pupo and An-Sheng Lu)
Group K
15. Croatia (Pero Ljubic and Boris Krcmar)
Japan (Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto)
Switzerland (Stefan Bellmont and Alex Fehlmann)
Group L
16. Finland (Teemu Harju and Marko Kantele)
New Zealand (Haupai Puha and Mark Cleaver)
Argentina (Jesus Salate and Victor Guillin)
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