2014 PDC World Cup of Darts

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The **2014 bwin World Cup of Darts** was the fourth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 6–8 June 2014 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.

The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld won their country's second World Cup title by defeating defending champions Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final.

The Netherlands averaged the third highest television average of 117.88 against Northern Ireland in their semi-final doubles match, the highest ever televised doubles average, until it was broken by the 118.10 achieved by the Poland pairing of the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts by Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk.

## Format

The tournament was expanded from 24 nations to 32 this year. 16 teams were seeded and were drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Unlike in previous years, there are no groups this year with the tournament being a straight knockout.

**First round:** Best of nine legs doubles.

**Second round, quarter and semi-finals:** Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the tie.

**Final:** Up to the four best of seven legs singles matches. First team to 3 points wins the title. Should the tie be 2–2, then a fifth and final doubles tie will be played.

## Prize money

Prize money is per team:

 **Last 32  (first round)** | (16) | £3,000

## Teams and seeding

In a change to recent years, the top 16 teams were seeded, while the other 16 teams were unseeded.

With there now being 32 nations this year, many new nations entered. The new entrants were China, France, Hong Kong, India, Norway, Singapore and Thailand. Russia also returned after missing the last two events, and Malaysia also returned after missing the 2013 event. 2013 quarter-finalists Croatia didn't return.

## Results

### Second round

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

 **Result** | **2**–1

 **Result** | **2**–1

 **Result** | **2**–1

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–0

### Quarter-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–1

 **Result** | **2**–1

### Semi-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

 **Result** | **2**–1

 **Result** | **2**–1

### Final

Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches were played, followed by reverse singles matches. If the score had been level after that, a best of seven legs doubles match would have been played to determine the champion.

## References

1. ↑ PDC World Cup of Darts 2014: Tracking Scores and Results from Hamburg.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 bwin World Cup Glory For Dutch. PDC. Retrieved on June 9, 2014.
3. ↑ bwin World Cup of Darts Schedule. PDC. Retrieved on June 4, 2014.
4. ↑ 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts Prize Money. Darts Database. Retrieved on June 3, 2014.
5. ↑ bwin World Cup of Darts Teams Unveiled. PDC. Retrieved on June 3, 2014.
6. ↑ bwin World Cup of Darts First Round. PDC. Retrieved on June 6, 2014.
7. ↑ bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round. PDC. Retrieved on June 8, 2014.
8. ↑ bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-finals. PDC. Retrieved on June 8, 2014.