2010 PDC World Cup of Darts

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The **2010 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts** was the inaugural edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 3–5 December 2010 at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring, England.

The tournament was won by Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé for the Netherlands, who defeated Mark Webster and Barrie Bates of Wales in the final.

## Format

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 nations 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.

The winners of the second round were placed into two groups of four (A & B). The teams in Group A would be seeds 2, 3, 6 & 7 (or whoever beat those seeds in the second round), and the teams in Group B would be seeds 1, 4, 5 & 8 (or whoever beat those seeds in the second round). 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 was 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.

## Results

### First and second rounds

The matches were best of 11 legs in the doubles format.

Germany had a bye to the second round, as the Czech Republic were unable to travel due to the inclement weather.

### Group stage

Singles matches were worth one point, doubles matches were worth two points. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals.

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/- = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points

### Semi-finals and final

1. ↑ The score was tied 3–3 after five matches (the doubles match being worth 2 points), Wales won the sudden death doubles leg to progress.

## References

1. ↑ World Cup Netzone Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine pdc.tv, complete results
2. ↑ Cash Converters World Cup Format Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 November 2010, PDC.tv
3. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"World Cup - First Round". PDC. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"World Cup - Second Round". PDC. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. ↑ pdc.tv; Czechs Out Of World Cup
6. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"World Cup - Group Stage Reports". PDC. 4 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2011-12-14.