World cup of Darts 2015

KevIRL

Starts this Thursday . Novelty tournament which is mildly entertaining

KevIRL

Tournament Draw Bracket & First Round Draw
England (1) v Denmark
Japan (16) v China
Austria (8) v Czech Republic
Germany (9) v India
Belgium (5) v Philippines
Spain (12) v Norway
Australia (4) v Russia
Gibraltar (13) v Italy
Scotland (2) v Singapore
Sweden (15) v Hungary
Wales (7) v Hong Kong
Republic of Ireland (10) v Poland
Northern Ireland (6) v Thailand
Canada (11) v New Zealand
Netherlands (3) v United States of America
South Africa (14) v Finland

Schedule of Play
Thursday June 11 - Evening Session (20:00-00:00 local time)
First Round
Spain (12) v Norway
Japan (16) v China
Austria (8) v Czech Republic
Gibraltar (13) v Italy
Belgium (5) v Philippines
England (1) v Denmark
Germany (9) v India
Australia (4) v Russia

Friday June 12 - Evening Session (20:00-00:00 local time)
First Round
Canada (11) v New Zealand
Sweden (15) v Hungary
Wales (7) v Hong Kong
Republic of Ireland (10) v Poland
Northern Ireland (6) v Thailand
Scotland (2) v Singapore
Netherlands (3) v United States of America
South Africa (14) v Finland

Saturday June 13
Afternoon Session (14:00-18:00 local time)
Second Round
Belgium/Philippines v Spain /Norway
Australia /Russia v Gibraltar/Italy
Northern Ireland/Thailand v Canada/New Zealand
Wales/Hong Kong v Republic of Ireland/Poland

Evening Session (20:30-00:30 local time)
Second Round
Scotland/Singapore v Sweden/Hungary
Netherlands/USA v South Africa/Finland
England/Denmark v Japan/China
Austria/Czech Republic v Germany/India

Sunday June 14
Afternoon Session (14:00-18:00 local time)
Quarter-Finals
Order of Play TBC

Evening Session (20:00-00:00 local time)
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 two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, followed by a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match and then Reverse Singles matches. The first team to win three games is declared the winner.

Prize Fund
Winning Team: £25,000 per player
Runners-Up: £13,000 per player
Semi-Finalists: £7,500 per player
Quarter-Finalists: £5,000 per player
Round Two Losers: £3,500 per player
Round One Losers: £1,500 per player
Total Prize Fund: £250,000

Kingp35

I presume this is on Sky?

KevIRL

Tis kingp

KevIRL

Some load of rubbish tonight. Funny listening to Sky(especially Mardle) trying to hype it up though.

Not every broadcast has to be 'the bestest night ever' lads

Devastator

KevIRL wrote: »

Some load of rubbish tonight. Funny listening to Sky(especially Mardle) trying to hype it up though.

Not every broadcast has to be 'the bestest night ever' lads

Funny? :eek: funny like peculiar,weird maybe but not haha funny imo

I turned the sound way down after 2/3 games

#MardleOut

:cool:

KevIRL

Funny as in I can't believe he is trying this crap

Firewalkwithme

Woeful stuff there last night but it should be better this evening with more of the better teams playing.

I got a good laugh at that Indian guy when he went for treble 13 as he was sat on 86 though :-)

shamrock55

Jesus hong kong throwing some darts

KevIRL

All upsets so far tonight. Draw opening up for Ireland if they can beat Poland...

KevIRL

The attempted 110 -t20 bull checkout from Mackenzie was farcical though...

KevIRL

Solid 5-0 win over Poland. Go wan the lads, hong Kong next

ComfortKid

First time watching this tournament. Definitely my least favourite tournament ever. Hoping it gets better when the lesser teams are gone. Is it singles today?

bassy

Leave mardle alone lads,he is a very funny guy in fairness.
And darts needs that funny sentence or 3,Sid made it what it is and the normal commentator is boring.

Mardle mardle

KevIRL

Ireland in real trouble here

The Showstopper

This has been a dreadful session of darts.

KevIRL

Finnan blessed there

jack presley

'Spectacular night of darts ahead' tonight if the commentator is to be believed.

KevIRL

Worth watching all that crap for Willie o Connors bull bull d16 finish...

KevIRL

Well fukk it anyway. Didn't deserve to win though

The Pheasant2

Jaysus that went down to the wire. Very exciting stuff even if the darts weren't always the best!

fullstop

That last leg was shocking stuff, let out of jail 8 or 8 times and then come up with nothing in the deciding leg

Gotya

Just for anyone having a bet, paddypower have MVG to win 4-0 @11/10 in the next game but have under 4.5 legs @6/4

rule supreme

Did anyone notice Peter Wrights darts were moving slightly or wobbling after hitting the board

Gotya

rule supreme wrote: »

Did anyone notice Peter Wrights darts were moving slightly or wobbling after hitting the board

Yeah Wright seems to change darts a lot, he plays well with them and then decides to change again. In thier first interview after winning their first match, Wright joked about only using them to piss of Anderson, because Anderson can't stand the darts moving on the board.


The only other person I've seen use them is, Deta Hedman in the bdo.

fullstop

Nicholson v Huybrechts is some cringe-fest. Both acting like children

ComfortKid

Jesus there is some really poor games on this. Nicholson the latest to choke at the finish line. Delited for him as he seems a right clown!

Ronan|Raven

That was a mighty end to the match

bassy

Nicholson is some knob,delighted for the huybrecht brothers.

marklazarcovic

unreal mvg

rule supreme

Great semi final , i would love to see scotland win it out.

Clareman

Anyone notice something weird about Wright's flights? seem very "shakey"

buster180

Clareman wrote: »

Anyone notice something weird about Wright's flights? seem very "shakey"

It’s the points he is using, they are flexible. Deta Headman also uses them

LuckyGent88

Some serious finishing by Gary Anderson there to beat Taylor.

Sets up a winner take all final match.

ComfortKid

Fair play to Peter Wright, probably the most consistent over the whole tournament.

Sticking to what I said that this tournament is sht but Wow,what a final! Ando v Taylor was brilliant.

mdwexford

Good days darts today.

Would have liked to have seen Scotland win.
Say MVG is cursing Barney blind for being a heartless git again.

ComfortKid

mdwexford wrote:

Would have liked to have seen Scotland win. Say MVG is cursing Barney blind for being a heartless git again.

Think Scotland deserved it to be honest. They got tougher games. Snakebite of all people lost if for them after doing so well against Netherlands

marklazarcovic

players take it seriously which is good, definatley not a exhibition tournament

gramar

Barney and MvG representing Holland again this year. It should be Klaasen with MvG but after his behaviour a few years back and MvG's refusal to forgive him he hasn't been picked or perhaps doesn't want to be.

He issued a statement saying he can't play due to 'personal commitments'.

ShiddyArze

gramar wrote:

Barney and MvG representing Holland again this year. It should be Klaasen with MvG but after his behaviour a few years back and MvG's refusal to forgive him he hasn't been picked or perhaps doesn't want to be.

gramar wrote:

He issued a statement saying he can't play due to 'personal commitments'.

Disgraceful from the PDC in my opinion. Is mvg now calling the shots? Its mvg who has the problem with jelle, therefore he shouldn't be in it of he doesn't like him

I see Peter Wright has "withdrawn due to personal reasons" too.. Anderson obviously not happy about Wrights missus recent tweets..This tournament has now been made a mockery of

gramar

ShiddyArze wrote: »

Disgraceful from the PDC in my opinion. Is mvg now calling the shots? Its mvg who has the problem with jelle, therefore he shouldn't be in it of he doesn't like him

I see Peter Wright has "withdrawn due to personal reasons" too.. Anderson obviously not happy about Wrights missus recent tweets..This tournament has now been made a mockery of

I had to laugh at Lewis's puntastic reply....'I really do hope the DRA (Darts Regulation Authority) take this seriously. Nobody in darts I know of would ever throw a game'

Silly comments from her...hard to know if Wright pulled out because of it but smoke and fire and all that.

ShiddyArze

gramar wrote:

I had to laugh at Lewis's puntastic reply....'I really do hope the DRA (Darts Regulation Authority) take this seriously. Nobody in darts I know of would ever throw a game'

Anderson admitted to throwing a game against in Lewis, in Glasgow around 4 years ago so I really don't think they could complain about the allegations.
Thought I wouldn't be seeing anymore of Thornton for a few months..

Liamalone

Any links to all this match throwing craic? Never heard anything about it

gramar

Liamalone wrote: »

Any links to all this match throwing craic? Never heard anything about it

This is from the sun but more or less tells the story.

ShiddyArze

I can't post links, but you could also google "Gary Anderson admits throwing a game"

Liamalone

ShiddyArze wrote: »

I can't post links, but you could also google "Gary Anderson admits throwing a game"

I heard about the one a few years back, heard nowt about the recent craic. Cheers