# PDC World Cup of Darts

The PDC World Cup of Darts is a team darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was one of the three new tournaments introduced into the PDC calendar in 2010. It is broadcast live by Sky Sports. Due to the rescheduling of the Players Championship Finals in the PDC calendar, the second edition was played in Hamburg, Germany, in February 2012. In 2015, the event took place the Eissporthalle Frankfurt, where it stayed until returning to Hamburg in 2019 when it moved to the Barclaycard Arena. In 2020, the event was held at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria, and in 2021, it returned to Germany, this time in the Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, and in 2022 and 2023, it returned to Frankfurt once more.
The competition succeeded the Jocky Wilson Cup; a one-off international match between England and Scotland held in Glasgow on 5 December 2009. England defeated Scotland by 6 points to 0.

## Background

In October 2009, PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced his intention to buy the British Darts Organisation and inject £2 million into amateur darts, but the BDO decided not to accept the offer. In a statement, Hearn stated "The aim of our offer to the BDO was to unify the sport of darts and this remains our long-term objective despite the decision by the BDO County Associations" The Jocky Wilson Cup was held in December.
But following the BDO's rejection, the PDC went on to arrange three brand new tournaments for 2010 to help the development of youth and women's darts: the PDC Under-21 World Championship, the PDC Women's World Championship, and the PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Format

In the first 3 competitions (held in 2010, 2012 and 2013), the participating teams were the top 24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of October after the 2010 World Grand Prix. Each nation's top ranked player was then joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding, the average rank of both was used.
The top 8 nations automatically started in the second round (last 16). The other 16 nations played in the first round. Matches were best of 11 legs in doubles, and the losing team threw first in the next leg. The winners of the first round played the top eight ranked teams in the second round, also in best of 11 doubles.
In 2010, the winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four (A & B). Each team played each other once (three matches per team). Each match consisted of two singles and one doubles – all over best of five legs. 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win, with all points counting towards the overall league table. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals.
The semi-finals consisted of four singles games and one doubles game (if required) per match – all over best of 11 legs. Again, 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win. If the match score is 3–3 at the end of the games, then a sudden-death doubles leg would decide who goes through to the final.
The final was the same format as the semi-final, but each game was best of 15 legs.
In 2012, the first round format remained the same, with the exception being that the matches were best of 9 doubles. The second round had games where each match consisted of two singles and one doubles – over best of seven legs in singles, and best of 9 legs in doubles. As before, 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win. If the score was tied 2–2, then a sudden death doubles leg took place to determine the winner. The format was the same for the quarter-finals, with the exception that the doubles matches were best of 7 legs, like the singles.
In the semi-finals, games had each match consisting of four singles and one doubles match – over best of seven legs. As before, 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win. If the score was tied 3–3, then a sudden death doubles leg took place to determine the winner. In the final, the match consisted of four singles and one doubles match – over best of 13 legs. As before, 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win. If the score was tied 3–3, then a sudden death doubles leg took place to determine the winner.
In 2013, a new format was created. The 24 teams were put into groups of 3, which each contained one of the top 8 seeds, plus two other teams. The teams played each other in best of 9 doubles matches, with the top 2 in each group progressing to the last 16. The last 16 also used the same best of 9 doubles format.
In the quarter-finals onwards, the matches began with two best of 7 leg singles matches. If one team won both singles matches, they were declared the winner, if each team won one match each, a best of 7 doubles match would decide the winner. In the final, there would be four best of 7 leg singles matches (if needed), with a point for each win, with a 7 leg doubles decider, if the singles matches ended making the score 2–2.
In 2014 and 2015, the field extended to 32 teams, with the top 16 teams being seeded, and each playing a best of 9 doubles match to begin. After that, the format was the same as the later stages of the previous tournament with two best of 7 leg singles matches. If one team won both singles matches, they were declared the winner, if each team won one match each, a best of 7 doubles match would decide the winner. In the final, there would be four best of 7 leg singles matches (if needed), with a point for each win, with a 7 leg doubles decider, if the singles matches ended making the score 2–2. In 2015, the final was tweaked, so that the doubles match would be the third match.
The format remained the same until 2023, with the only major change being in 2016, when only the top 8 teams were seeded, rather than the top 16.
In March 2023, the PDC announced a completely revamped format for the following tournament set to happen between 15–18 June 2023. This new format consisted of 40 different nations for the first time in the events history and a group stage for the first time since 2013. 12 groups of 3 countries were drawn, with the winner of each group advancing into the second round, while the top four ranked countries automatically advance into the second round. This format also consisted of doubles throughout the competition for the first time.

## Results by year

| # | Year | Winners | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Runners-up | Venue | Prize money (team) | Prize money (team) | Prize money (team) | Sponsors |
| # | Year | Players | Team | Score | Team | Players | Venue | Total | Winners | Runners-up | Sponsors |
| 1 | 2010 | Raymond van Barneveld Co Stompé | Netherlands | 4–2 (p) | Wales | Mark Webster Barrie Bates | Rainton Meadows Arena England, Houghton-le-Spring | £150,000 | £40,000 | £20,000 | Cash Converters |
| 2 | 2012 | Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis | England | 4–3 (p) † | Australia | Simon Whitlock Paul Nicholson | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Germany, Hamburg | £150,000 | £40,000 | £20,000 | Cash Converters |
| 3 | 2013 | Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis | England | 3–1 (m) | Belgium | Kim Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Germany, Hamburg | £150,000 | £40,000 | £20,000 | Betfair |
| 4 | 2014 | Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld | Netherlands | 3–0 (m) | England | Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Germany, Hamburg | £200,000 | £40,000 | £20,000 | Bwin |
| 5 | 2015 | Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis | England | 3–2 (m) | Scotland | Gary Anderson Peter Wright | Eissporthalle Germany, Frankfurt | £250,000 | £50,000 | £26,000 | Bwin |
| 6 | 2016 | Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis | England | 3–2 (m) | Netherlands | Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld | Eissporthalle Germany, Frankfurt | £250,000 | £50,000 | £26,000 | Betway |
| 7 | 2017 | Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld | Netherlands | 3–1 (m) | Wales | Mark Webster Gerwyn Price | Eissporthalle Germany, Frankfurt | £300,000 | £60,000 | £32,000 | Betway |
| 8 | 2018 | Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld | Netherlands | 3–1 (m) | Scotland | Gary Anderson Peter Wright | Eissporthalle Germany, Frankfurt | £300,000 | £60,000 | £32,000 | Betway |
| 9 | 2019 | Gary Anderson Peter Wright | Scotland | 3–1 (m) | Ireland | Steve Lennon William O'Connor | Barclaycard Arena Germany, Hamburg | £350,000 | £70,000 | £40,000 | BetVictor |
| 10 | 2020 | Gerwyn Price Jonny Clayton | Wales | 3–0 (m) | England | Michael Smith Rob Cross | Salzburgarena Austria, Salzburg | £350,000 | £70,000 | £40,000 | BetVictor |
| 11 | 2021 | Peter Wright John Henderson | Scotland | 3–1 (m) | Austria | Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez | Sparkassen-Arena Germany, Jena | £350,000 | £70,000 | £40,000 | Cazoo |
| 12 | 2022 | Damon Heta Simon Whitlock | Australia | 3–1 (m) | Wales | Gerwyn Price Jonny Clayton | Eissporthalle Germany, Frankfurt | £350,000 | £70,000 | £40,000 | Cazoo |
| 13 | 2023 | Gerwyn Price Jonny Clayton | Wales | 10–2 (l) | Scotland | Peter Wright Gary Anderson | Eissporthalle Germany, Frankfurt | £450,000 | £80,000 | £50,000 | My Diesel Claim |
| 14 | 2024 | Luke Humphries Michael Smith | England | 10–6 (l) | Austria | Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez | Eissporthalle Germany, Frankfurt | £450,000 | £80,000 | £50,000 | BetVictor |
* (p) = points
* (m) = matches
* (l) = legs
* † Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis won the 2012 title on the sudden death doubles leg.

## Records and statistics

    As of 30 June 2024.

### Individual appearances

As of the 2024 tournament, only 4 players have played in all 14 editions of the World Cup of Darts.
They are:
* Brendan Dolan
* William O'Connor
* Mensur Suljović
* Simon Whitlock

### Total finalist appearances
#### Country

| Country | Champions | Runners-up | Finals | Appearances |
| England | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Scotland | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Wales | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |

#### Team

| Players | Team | Won | Runner-up | Finals | Appearances |
| Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis | England | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton | Wales | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Gary Anderson and Peter Wright | Scotland | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Luke Humphries and Michael Smith | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Wright and John Henderson | Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez | Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Steve Lennon and William O'Connor | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price | Wales | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Smith and Rob Cross | England | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Webster and Barrie Bates | Wales | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Player

| Player | Team | Won | Runner-up | Finals | Appearances |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Adrian Lewis | England | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Phil Taylor | England | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Peter Wright | Scotland | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Gerwyn Price | Wales | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Jonny Clayton | Wales | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Gary Anderson | Scotland | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Simon Whitlock | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Michael Smith | England | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| John Henderson | Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Damon Heta | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Co Stompé | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Humphries | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Webster | Wales | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Mensur Suljović | Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| William O'Connor | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Ronny Huybrechts | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Paul Nicholson | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Steve Lennon | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Rob Cross | England | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Barrie Bates | Wales | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* Active players are shown in bold
* Only players who reached the final are included
* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

### High averages
#### Team

Ten highest World Cup of Darts one-match team averages :
| Average | Team | Year (+ Round) | Opponents | Result |
| 118.10 $^{(WR)}$ | Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk | 2023, Group Stage | Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas | 4–1 (L) |
| 117.88 | Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | 2014, Semi-finals | Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell | 4–0 (L) |
| 111.33 | Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | 2017, Second round | Darin Young and Larry Butler | 4–0 (L) |
| 109.33 | Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | 2017, First round | Karel Sedláček and František Humpula | 5–1 (L) |
| 109.31 | Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock | 2022, Quarter-finals | Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts | 4–0 (L) |
| 108.41 | Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson | 2010, Group stage | John Part and Ken MacNeil | 3–1 (L) |
| 107.77 | Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | 2016, Quarter-finals | Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson | 4–3 (L) |
| 105.48 | Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts | 2013, Semi-finals | Jani Haavisto and Jarkko Komula | 4–0 (L) |
| 105.17 | Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | 2017, Quarter-finals | Max Hopp and Martin Schindler | 4–1 (L) |
| 104.97 | Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk | 2021, First round | Karel Sedláček and Adam Gawlas | 5–2 (L) |
Different teams with a 100+ match average (Updated 29/06/2024) :
| Team | Total | Highest Av. | Year (+ Round) |
| Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | 6 | 117.88 | 2014, Semi-finals |
| Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton | 3 | 103.93 | 2021, Semi-finals |
| Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk | 2 | 118.10 | 2023, Group Stage |
| Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson | 2 | 108.41 | 2010, Group stage |
| Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts | 2 | 105.48 | 2013, Semi-finals |
| Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock | 1 | 109.31 | 2022, Quarter-finals |
| Karel Sedláček and Adam Gawlas | 1 | 103.47 | 2021, First round |
| Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton | 1 | 102.35 | 2010, Group stage |
| Gary Anderson and Peter Wright | 1 | 101.55 | 2019, First round |
| Danny Noppert and Michael van Gerwen | 1 | 100.96 | 2024, Second round |
| Luke Humphries and Michael Smith | 1 | 100.62 | 2024, Final |
| Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri Van den Bergh | 1 | 100.20 | 2018, Quarter-finals |
| Steve Lennon and William O'Connor | 1 | 100.20 | 2019, Semi-finals |
| Gerwyn Price and Mark Webster | 1 | 100.14 | 2017, First round |

#### Individual

Ten highest World Cup of Darts one-match individual averages :
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 121.97 | Kim Huybrechts | 2017, Quarter-finals | Paul Lim | 4–1 (L) |
| 117.88 | Gerwyn Price | 2022, Quarter-finals | Martin Schindler | 4–0 (L) |
| 115.62 | Ronny Huybrechts | 2017, Second round | John Michael | 4–0 (L) |
| 115.10 | William O'Connor | 2019, Second round | Rob Cross | 4–1 (L) |
| 113.43 | Phil Taylor | 2015, Final | Peter Wright | 4–0 (L) |
| 113.43 | Mensur Suljović | 2019, Second round | Chuck Puleo | 4–0 (L) |
| 113.38 | Raymond van Barneveld | 2018, Semi-finals | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 4–2 (L) |
| 111.33 | Michael van Gerwen | 2018, Final | Gary Anderson | 4–0 (L) |
| 110.64 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 2022, Second round | Steve Lennon | 4–1 (L) |
| 110.29 | Peter Wright | 2019, Quarter-finals | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 4–2 (L) |
Different players with a 100+ match average (Updated 19/06/2022) :
| Player | Total | Highest Av. | Year (+ Round) |
| Phil Taylor | 10 | 113.43 | 2015, Final |
| Raymond van Barneveld | 10 | 113.38 | 2018, Semi-finals |
| Michael van Gerwen | 10 | 111.33 | 2018, Final |
| Kim Huybrechts | 8 | 121.97 | 2017, Quarter-finals |
| Simon Whitlock | 7 | 107.77 | 2010, Semi-finals |
| Mensur Suljović | 7 | 113.43 | 2019, Second round |
| Adrian Lewis | 6 | 105.75 | 2013, Final |
| Gary Anderson | 6 | 109.98 | 2010, Group stage |
| Gerwyn Price | 4 | 117.88 | 2022, Quarter-finals |
| Peter Wright | 4 | 110.29 | 2019, Quarter-finals |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | 4 | 107.54 | 2018, Semi-finals |
| Rob Cross | 3 | 107.48 | 2018, Quarter-finals |
| Martin Schindler | 2 | 110.00 | 2018, Quarter-finals |
| Robert Thornton | 2 | 107.97 | 2014, Quarter-finals |
| Jonny Clayton | 2 | 105.00 | 2020, Final |
| Mark Webster | 2 | 104.11 | 2010, Final |
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | 2 | 102.59 | 2016, Quarter-finals |
| Paul Lim | 2 | 102.29 | 2018, Second round |
| Damon Heta | 2 | 102.25 | 2020, Quarter-finals |
| Michael Smith | 3 | 101.54 | 2020, Quarter-finals |
| Devon Petersen | 2 | 101.52 | 2012, Quarter-finals |
| Ronny Huybrechts | 1 | 115.62 | 2017, Second round |
| William O'Connor | 1 | 115.10 | 2019, Second round |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | 1 | 110.64 | 2022, Second round |
| Richie Burnett | 1 | 108.93 | 2012, Semi-finals |
| Dave Chisnall | 1 | 104.73 | 2021, Semi-finals |
| James Wade | 1 | 101.31 | 2021, Quarter-finals |
| Toni Alcinas | 1 | 100.38 | 2010, Group stage |
| Ken MacNeil | 1 | 100.27 | 2010, Group stage |
| Seigo Asada | 1 | 100.16 | 2019, Semi-finals |
| Haruki Muramatsu | 1 | 100.05 | 2013, Quarter-finals |
| Luke Humphries | 1 | 113.10 | 2024, Final |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | 2 | 118.45 | 2023, Group stage |
| Krzysztof Kciuk | 1 | 117.70 | 2023, Group stage |