In this post we explain the new World Cup of Darts format as the popular international tournament will look a bit different this year.
World Cup of Darts 2023 Info
Venue: Eissporthalle, Frankfurt, GermanyWhen? Starts at 6.00 pm, Thursday, 15th of June (Runs until 18th of June)What Channel? Sky Sports ActionDamon Heta and Simon Whitlock commence their defence of their maiden World Cup of Darts title on Thursday a title which they won by defeating Wales 3-1 at last year’s event.This year the event is being held at Frankfurt's Eissporthalle in what promises to be a darting spectacle again with Michael Van Gerwen, Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price and many more representing their countries!Australia beat Wales to win the World Cup of Darts! ???pic.twitter.com/QUY69rlka4
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 19, 2022""
New World Cup Of Darts Format
At the World Cup of Dart this year each of the top four ranked nations get a bye into the second-round stage, those nations are as follows:(1) England - Michael Smith and Rob Cross(2) Netherlands - Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert(3) Wales - Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton(4) Scotland - Peter Wright and Gary AndersonThe remaining 36 countries have been split into 12 groups of three for a round-robin first round – which includes the 12 other seeded nations, the group winner of the three teams will move onto the next round.The Second-Round draw takes place on Friday evening where England, The Netherlands, Wales and Scotland will find out who they are facing on Saturday with the 12 other group winners place in the draw being completely random!The format of each individual stage of the event can be seen below:Group Stage - Best of seven legsSecond Round - Best of 15 legsQuarter-Finals - Best of 15 legsSemi-Finals - Best of 15 legsFinal - Best of 19 legsPrize Fund (Per Team)
Winners - £80,000Runners-Up - £50,000Semi-Final Losers - £30,000Quarter-Final Losers - £20,000Last 16 Losers - £9,000Second in Group - £5,000Third in Group - £4,000Total - £450,000Full Group Stage Draw
The Draw ?
Here's the confirmed draw for the 2023 My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts...A reminder that the top four seeds enter the competition in the Second Round!? https://t.co/aURdbEK4o4 pic.twitter.com/y5sPi5RFbO— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) June 9, 2023""
World Cup of Darts 2023 Favourites
The Welsh pairing of Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton, despite their third-seed status, are favourites to repeat their 2020 success at the event and can be currently gotten at 11/10 to claim victory again.The first seeds and second favourites to win the event are Michael Smith and Rob Cross for England with Rob Cross coming in for James Wade from last year’s event. England are currently 7/2 to win the event.The third favourite for the event is the pairing of Michael Van Gerwen representing The Netherlands as MVG comes in for Dirk van Duijvenbode which can only be positive for the chances currently priced at 9/2.Fourth seeds and fourth favourites is Scotland with the pairing of Peter Wright and Gary Anderson who won the event together in 2019 Wright won it again with John Henderson in 2021 and are priced at 8/1 to land it for Scotland for the third time.Competing Nations & Pairings
Australia - Damon Heta, Simon WhitlockAustria - Mensur Suljovic, Rowby-John RodriguezBahrain - Basem Mahmood, Abdulnasser YusufBelgium - Dimitri Van den Bergh, Kim HuybrechtsCanada - Matt Campbell, Jeff SmithChina - Xiaochen Zong, Lihao WenCroatia - Boris Krcmar, Romeo GrbavacCzech Republic - Adam Gawlas, Karel SedlacekDenmark - Vladimir Andersen, Benjamin ReusEngland - Michael Smith, Rob CrossFinland - Marko Kantele, Paavo MyllerFrance - Thibault Tricole, Jacques LabreGermany - Gabriel Clemens, Martin SchindlerGibraltar - Craig Galliano, Justin HewittGuyana - Norman Madhoo, Sudesh FitzgeraldHong Kong - Man Lok Leung, Lok Yin LeeHungary - Patrik Kovács, Levente SáraiIceland - Hallgrimur Egilsson, Vitor CharruaIndia - Prakash Jiwa, Amit GilitwalaItaly - Michele Turetta, Massimo DanteJapan - Jun Matsuda, Tomoya GotoLatvia - Madars Razma, Dmitriy ZhukovLithuania - Darius Labanauskas, Mindaugas BarauskasNetherlands - Michael van Gerwen, Danny NoppertNew Zealand - Ben Robb, Warren ParryNorthern Ireland - Brendan Dolan, Daryl GurneyPhilippines - Christian Perez, Lourence IlaganPoland - Krzysztof Ratajski, Krzysztof KciukPortugal - Jose de Sousa, Luis AmeixaRepublic of Ireland - William O'Connor, Keane BarryScotland - Peter Wright, Gary AndersonSingapore - Paul Lim, Harith LimSouth Africa - Devon Petersen, Vernon BouwersSpain - Jose Justicia, Tony MartinezSweden - Dennis Nilsson, Oskar LukasiakSwitzerland - Stefan Bellmont, Marcel WalpenThailand - Attapol Eupakaree, Yong GaweenuntavongUkraine - Vladyslav Omelchenko, Illia PekarukUSA - Jules van Dongen, Leonard GatesWales - Gerwyn Price, Jonny ClaytonTo keep up to date with all the upcoming events in the world of darts check out our 2023 Darts Calendar post.Click Below For All Our World Cup of Darts Odds*Prices subject to fluctuation
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