World Cup Of Darts 2014

PTH2009

http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/1veg60mtnd3qj194d1llg8u229/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-teams-unveiled

World cup of darts takes place from 6-8 june. Who do you think will win it. Strong teams include England, Wales, Scotland,Austrailia and Holland.

mdwexford

Holland the bookies favs and rightly so with the two of them playing well.

Scotland missing the in form Anderson and Lewis hasn't been near his best lately although he never is in the Premier League.

Better than nothing but it's still a pretty crap tournament with a lot of average players.

desbrook

Will it be televised? On what channel if so?

Kingp35

It's live on Sky Sports as far as I know.

Gringo180

mdwexford wrote: »

Better than nothing but it's still a pretty crap tournament with a lot of average players.

I think it is one of the better televised tournaments, good to see some new faces on the big screen and the format makes it very interesting.

KevIRL

I always enjoy this tournament as the format is something of a novelty and also some different players.

The big question is will we see another Haka this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJIrbw3vBeM

Kingp35

It really annoys me that Paul Nicholson is allowed to play for Australia. He's not Australian and hasn't played in the DRA tournaments in years.

KevIRL

Schedule confirmed

bwin World Cup of Darts
Friday June 6
Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST)
First Round
Finland (12) v Poland
USA (16) v Hungary
Hong Kong (13) v Norway
Austria (10) v China
Sweden (14) v Gibraltar
Canada (11) v Japan
Germany (9) v South Africa
Spain (15) v New Zealand

Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST)
First Round
Republic of Ireland (8) v Singapore
Wales (5) v France
Belgium (7) v India
Northern Ireland (6) v Malaysia
Scotland (3) v Russia
England (1) v Thailand
Netherlands (2) v Italy
Australia (4) v Denmark

Saturday June 7
Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST)
Second Round
Northern Ireland/Malaysia v Canada/Japan
Belgium/India v Austria/China
Wales/France v Finland/Poland
Republic of Ireland/Singapore v Germany/South Africa

Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST)
Second Round
Australia/Denmark v Hong Kong/Norway
Scotland/Russia v Sweden/Gibraltar
England/Thailand v USA/Hungary
Netherlands/Italy v Spain/New Zealand

Sunday June 8
Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST)
Quarter-Finals
Order of Play TBC

Evening Session
Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Final

Format
First Round
Best of nine legs Doubles
Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals
The Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play. In the event of both nations winning one Singles match apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie.
Final
The Final will be played as four best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, and then Reverse Singles following. The first team to win three games is declared the winner. In the event of both nations winning two Singles matches apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie.

Competing Nations
Seeded Nations
1 - England (Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis)
2 - Netherlands (Michael van Gerwen & Raymond van Barneveld)
3 - Scotland (Peter Wright & Robert Thornton)
4 - Australia (Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson)
5 - Wales (Mark Webster & Richie Burnett)
6 - Northern Ireland (Brendan Dolan & Michael Mansell)
7 - Belgium (Kim Huybrechts & Ronny Huybrechts)
8 - Republic of Ireland (Connie Finnan & William O'Connor)
9 - Germany (Jyhan Artut & Andree Welge)
10 - Austria (Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
11 - Canada (John Part & Shaun Narain)
12 - Finland (Jarkko Komula & Jani Haavisto)
13 - Hong Kong (Ting Chi Royden Lam & Scott Mackenzie)
14 - Sweden (Magnus Caris & Peter Sajwani)
15 - Spain (Antonio Alcinas & Carlos Rodriguez)
16 - USA (Darin Young & Larry Butler)

Unseeded Nations
China (Yin Deng & Jun Cai)
Denmark (Per Laursen & Dennis Lindskjold)
France (Jacques Labre & Lionel Maranhao)
Gibraltar (Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody)
Hungary (Zsolt Meszaros & Nandor Bezzeg)
India (Amit Gilitwala & Nitan Kumar)
Italy (Marco Brentegani & Daniele Petri)
Japan (Morihiro Hashimoto & Haruki Muramatsu)
Malaysia (Kesava Roa & Thomat Darus)
New Zealand (Rob Szabo & Craig Caldwell)
Norway (Robert Wagner & Vegar Elvevoll)
Poland (Krzysztof Chmielewski & Krzysztof Strozyk)
Russia (Evgenii Zhukov & Evgenii Izotov)
Singapore (Paul Lim & Harith Lim)
South Africa (Devon Petersen & Graham Filby)
Thailand (Thanawat Gaweenuntawong & Watanyu Charoonroj)

Potential for some upsets with the shorter format

KevIRL

First upset in already with Poland beating Finland

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

First upset in already with Poland beating Finland

Canada and hosts Germany the other seeds to get knocked out this afternoon. Spain v NZ on at the mo

The top 8 seeded countries dont play till tonight mind

pudzy

o my god, 3-0 up and lost 5-3 to singnapore.... terrible surely glenn spearing should have been paired with connie,, just didnt happen for willy,

Nib

Those two were an embarrassment.

max life

Dire performance. Singapore didn't have to do much to win

pudzy

not saying much for irish darts at the moment

Ronan|Raven

It was pretty ****e to be fair..

Degag

Lads, those walk on girls tonight are UNREAL!!

statto25

Degag wrote: »

Lads, those walk on girls tonight are UNREAL!!

I was just about to post the same thing. That taller blonde is something else.

Devastator

Degag wrote: »

Lads, those walk on girls tonight are UNREAL!!

The only positive thing that could be said about this tournament Its a mighty fine positive though

Nib

It won't get interesting until the semis.

A lot of very bad players on show so far.

KevIRL

Poland v unlucky there v Wales, great 12 checkout to win it in the deciding leg though from Webster

Devastator

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http://instagram.com/p/o8x-ikylWE/

shteve

Dolan playing some cracking stuff here

Nib

Delighted to see the "Scot" Peter Wright dumped out.

KevIRL

Dolan beats MvG 4-3 in the opening singles of the semi final. Can Mickey Mansell upset Barney to send NI through...

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

Dolan beats MvG 4-3 in the opening singles of the semi final. Can Mickey Mansell upset Barney to send NI through...

Nope. Barney wins 4-0 and Holland win doubles 4-0 to advance to the final

statto25

The Aussie lads would want to tone it down a bit. Both reactions there were totally uncalled for.

Diabhal Beag

Losing Socceraid and the World Cup in one night is a bitter blow to the nation of England.

Devastator

Nib wrote: »

Delighted to see the "Scot" Peter Wright dumped out.

"Scot" ???

statto25 wrote: »

The Aussie lads would want to tone it down a bit. Both reactions there were totally uncalled for.

Fair play to them to beat it up Taylor/Lewis, although Nicolson should be tested for bi polar the way his reaction changed to Lewis when they shook hands at end of the game

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Losing Socceraid and the World Cup in one night is a bitter blow to the nation of England.

They have a full summer of getting used to that feeling

gramar

I enjoyed the tournament, short matches and you see a the top players with a few new faces. To me they all liked they were giving their best.

Highlights included Dolan against Scotland, The Dutch doubles against NI in the SF and Lewis throwing bags of nails at the board over and over and MvG trouncing Phil with some relentless darts but of course all of this paled in comparison to the tall blonde already mentioned who was absolutely mighty.

Lowlights were the Irish against Singapore, Nicholson continuing to be a knob and the commentators insisting on saying 'tungsten' before ever noun that begins with t.

statto25

Devastator wrote: »

Fair play to them to beat it up Taylor/Lewis, although Nicolson should be tested for bi polar the way his reaction changed to Lewis when they shook hands at end of the game

Nicholson was a disgrace. Lewis shook his hand and Paul decides to have a go while he had his back turned walking off. Whitlock started roaring in Taylors face and following him around the practice room. Taylor just ignored him. I'm not Lewis or Taylor fan but the two "Australians" could have showed a better conduct before a playoff decider.