2013 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2013 Betfair World Cup of Darts was the third edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 1–3 February 2013 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.

2013 Betfair World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	1–3 February 2013
Venue	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£150,000
Winner's share	£40,000
High checkout	167 Phil Taylor (quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
England (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis)
«2012 2014»

England's Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the defending champions after defeating Australia's Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson in the 2012 final, and they retained their title by defeating the Belgian brothers Ronny and Kim Huybrechts 3–1 in the final.

Format

24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit on 1 January after the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship were represented at the 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts. Each nation's top ranked player was joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rankings of the players was used, with the top eight seeds heading each of the eight groups of three countries.^[1]

The 24 countries were separated into eight groups of three. Each team played one best of nine leg match against the other two in their group. The top two from each group advanced to the last 16 where the tournament became a straight knockout bracket.

Group matches and Last 16: best of nine legs doubles.
Quarter-finals and semi-finals: 2 best of seven legs singles matches. Should the tie be 1–1, then a third and final doubles tie will be played.
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:^[2]

Position (no. of teams)		Prize money (Total: £150,000)
Winners	(1)	£40,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£20,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£13,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£6,000
Last 16  (second round)	(8)	£3,000
Last 24  (group stage)	(8)	£2,000

Teams and seeding

The 24 teams were divided into three pools based on their rankings, with one team from each pool assigned to each group.^[3]

On 25 January, it was announced that the Philippines team of Lourence Ilagan and Christian Perez had to withdraw from the event due to travel problems and were replaced by Italy.^[4]

Pool A (Seeded Nations) Rank Country Entered players 1  England Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3  Australia Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 4  Scotland Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton 5  Wales Mark Webster and Richie Burnett 6  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell 7  Germany Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge 8  Ireland William O'Connor and Connie Finnan

Pool B Country Entered players  Austria Mensur Suljović and Maik Langendorf  Belgium Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts  Canada John Part and Jeff Smith  Croatia Robert Marijanović and Tonči Restović  Denmark Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann  Finland Jani Haavisto and Jarkko Komula  Gibraltar Dyson Parody and Dylan Duo  Spain Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodriguez

Pool C Country Entered players  Hungary Nándor Bezzeg and Zsolt Mészáros  Italy Daniele Petri and Matteo Dal Monte  Japan Haruki Muramatsu and Sho Katsumi  New Zealand Phillip Hazel and Craig Caldwell  Poland Krzysztof Kciuk and Krzysztof Ratajski  South Africa Charl Pietersen and Shawn Hogan  Sweden Magnus Caris and Par Riihonen  United States Darin Young and Larry Butler

Results

Group stage

If teams were tied on number of wins, the tie-breakers were leg difference and then group stage average.^[5]

Group A Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  England (1) 2 2 0 10 2 +8 4 Q 2  Japan 2 1 1 5 9 –4 2 3  Austria 2 0 2 6 10 –4 0 Eliminated 1 February 86.60  Austria 4 – 5  Japan 89.08 88.41  England 5 – 0  Japan 77.69 2 February 94.78  England 5 – 2  Austria 82.46

Group B Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Ireland (8) 2 1 1 9 5 +4 2 Q 2  South Africa 2 1 1 9 9 0 2 3  Denmark 2 1 1 5 9 –4 2 Eliminated 1 February 66.34  Denmark 5 – 4  South Africa 70.51 90.54  Ireland 5 – 0  Denmark 74.74 2 February 84.33  Ireland 4 – 5  South Africa 81.80

Group C Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Scotland (4) 2 2 0 10 5 +5 4 Q 2  Canada 2 1 1 8 9 –1 2 3  Sweden 2 0 2 6 10 –4 0 Eliminated 1 February 91.15  Canada 5 – 4  Sweden 88.93 95.15  Scotland 5 – 3  Canada 95.45 2 February 82.40  Scotland 5 – 2  Sweden 82.98

Group D Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Wales (5) 2 2 0 10 2 +8 4 Q 2  Spain 2 1 1 7 8 –1 2 3  Italy 2 0 2 3 10 –1 0 Eliminated 1 February 81.68  Spain 5 – 3  Italy 84.66 76.61  Wales 5 – 2  Spain 74.28 2 February 82.58  Wales 5 – 0  Italy 79.00

Group E Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Netherlands (2) 2 2 0 10 3 +7 4 Q 2  Poland 2 1 1 8 7 +1 2 3  Gibraltar 2 0 2 2 10 –8 0 Eliminated 1 February 74.89  Gibraltar 2 – 5  Poland 70.36 91.61  Netherlands 5 – 3  Poland 83.04 2 February 85.40  Netherlands 5 – 0  Gibraltar 74.36

Group F Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Germany (7) 2 2 0 10 6 +4 4 Q 2  Finland 2 1 1 8 9 –1 2 3  United States 2 0 2 7 10 –3 0 Eliminated 1 February 85.55  Finland 5 – 4  United States 84.16 87.00  Germany 5 – 3  Finland 86.98 2 February 93.34  Germany 5 – 3  United States 89.07

Group G Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Australia (3) 2 2 0 10 3 +7 4 Q 2  Croatia 2 1 1 6 5 +1 2 3  New Zealand 2 0 2 2 10 –8 0 Eliminated 1 February 76.32  Croatia 5 – 0  New Zealand 77.66 84.88  Australia 5 – 1  Croatia 69.06 2 February 92.30  Australia 5 – 2  New Zealand 79.10

Group H Pos. Team P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1  Northern Ireland (6) 2 2 0 10 3 +7 4 Q 2  Belgium 2 1 1 7 5 +2 2 3  Hungary 2 0 2 1 10 –9 0 Eliminated 1 February 90.54  Belgium 5 – 0  Hungary 71.49 90.00  Northern Ireland 5 – 2  Belgium 89.44 2 February 76.05  Northern Ireland 5 – 1  Hungary 72.05

Knockout stage

	Second round (best of 9 legs) 2 February					Quarter-finals (best of 3 matches) 3 February								Semi-finals (best of 3 matches) 3 February								Final (best of 5 matches) 3 February
	A1	England (1) 91.27	5
	B2	South Africa 84.21	4
						A1	England (1)	4	3	4	2
						A2	Japan	1	4	2	1
	B1	Ireland (8) 77.41	3
	A2	Japan 80.73	5
														A1	England (1)	4	3	4	2
														D1	Wales (5)	1	4	3	1
	C1	Scotland (4) 83.72	4
	D2	Spain 87.23	5
						D2	Spain	3	4	2	1
						D1	Wales (5)	4	3	4	2
	D1	Wales (5) 98.24	5
	C2	Canada 95.01	2
																						A1	England (1)	4	0	4	4		3
																						H2	Belgium	0	4	2	1		1
	E1	Netherlands (2) 97.38	3
	F2	Finland 96.00	5
						F2	Finland	1	4	4	2
						F1	Germany (7)	4	2	3	1
	F1	Germany (7) 81.37	5
	E2	Poland 72.80	2
														F2	Finland	1	4	0	1
														H2	Belgium	4	3	4	2
	G1	Australia (3) 95.57	1
	H2	Belgium 101.08	5
						H2	Belgium	4	4		2
						G2	Croatia	2	1		0
	H1	Northern Ireland (6) 83.58	4
	G2	Croatia 76.91	5

Quarter-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.^[6]

England (1)	Japan	Score
Phil Taylor 107.82	Haruki Muramatsu 100.05	4–1
Adrian Lewis 85.98	Sho Katsumi 81.18	3–4
Taylor & Lewis 99.60	Muramatsu & Katsumi 89.28	4–2
Final result		2–1

Spain	Wales (5)	Score
Antonio Alcinas 85.68	Mark Webster 88.29	3–4
Carlos Rodríguez 84.27	Richie Burnett 80.61	4–3
Alcinas & Rodríguez 82.53	Webster & Burnett 86.79	2–4
Final result		1–2

Finland	Germany (7)	Score
Jani Haavisto 92.07	Jyhan Artut 93.36	1–4
Jarkko Komula 78.48	Andree Welge 83.55	4–2
Haavisto & Komula 79.44	Artut & Welge 73.86	4–3
Final result		2–1

Belgium	Croatia	Score
Kim Huybrechts 93.69	Tonči Restović 84.42	4–2
Ronny Huybrechts 80.64	Robert Marijanović 77.16	4–1
Final result		2–0

Semi-finals

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

England (1)	Wales (5)	Score
Phil Taylor 101.97	Mark Webster 93.66	4–1
Adrian Lewis 90.66	Richie Burnett 89.19	3–4
Taylor & Lewis 94.62	Webster & Burnett 93.33	4–3
Final result		2–1

Finland	Belgium	Score
Jani Haavisto 81.66	Kim Huybrechts 98.75	1–4
Jarkko Komula 90.03	Ronny Huybrechts 84.90	4–3
Haavisto & Komula 86.22	K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 105.48	0–4
Final result		1–2

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.

England (1)	Belgium	Score
Phil Taylor 101.91	Ronny Huybrechts 83.25	4–0
Adrian Lewis 85.17	Kim Huybrechts 100.20	0–4
Adrian Lewis 105.75	Ronny Huybrechts 92.13	4–2
Phil Taylor 98.91	Kim Huybrechts 93.03	4–1
Final result		3–1

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands and Fox Sports in Australia.