2015 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2015 bwin World Cup of Darts was the fifth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 11–14 June 2015 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

2015 bwin World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	11–14 June 2015
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£250,000
Winner's share	£50,000
High checkout	150 Michael van Gerwen 150 Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
England (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis)
«2014 2016»

The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the semi-finals by Scotland's Gary Anderson and Peter Wright.

England with Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis won their third title in the event by defeating Scotland's Anderson and Wright 3–2 in the final.^[1]

Format

The tournament remained at 32 teams this year. 16 teams were seeded and drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2015 with the tournament being a straight knockout.^[2]

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 will settle the match.
Final: Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches are played followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order are played to determine the champion.

Prize money

Prize money was raised to £250,000 from last year's £200,000 prize fund. The prize money was per team:^[3]

Position (no. of teams)		Prize money (Total: £250,000)
Winners	(1)	£50,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£26,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£15,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£10,000
Last 16  (second round)	(8)	£7,000
Last 32  (first round)	(16)	£3,000

Teams and seeding

There were only two changes from the 2014 tournament. France and Malaysia were replaced with the Philippines and the Czech Republic, who made their long-awaited debut, after having to withdraw from the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts, owing to adverse weather conditions.^[4]

Seeded nations Rank Country Top two ranked players 1  England Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2  Scotland Gary Anderson and Peter Wright 3  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 4  Australia Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 5  Belgium Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 6  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell 7  Wales Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis 8  Austria Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 9  Germany Jyhan Artut and Max Hopp 10  Ireland Connie Finnan and William O'Connor 11  Canada John Part and Ken MacNeil 12  Spain Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas 13  Gibraltar Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio 14  South Africa Devon Petersen and Graham Filby 15  Sweden Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson 16  Japan Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto

Unseeded nations (alphabetic order) Country Top two ranked players  China Jun Chen and Xuejie Huang  Czech Republic Michal Kočík and Pavel Jirkal  Denmark Per Laursen and Per Skau  Finland Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele  Hong Kong Scott MacKenzie and Royden Lam  Hungary Nándor Bezzeg and Gábor Takács  India Ashfaque Sayed and Nitin Kumar  Italy Daniele Petri and Marco Brentegani  New Zealand Rob Szabo and Warren Parry  Norway Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll  Philippines Lourence Ilagan and Gilbert Ulang  Poland Tytus Kanik and Mariusz Paul  Russia Boris Koltsov and Aleksei Kadochnikov  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim  Thailand Thanawat Yong and Attapol Eupakaree  United States Darin Young and Larry Butler

Results

Draw

The draw was made on 27 May by Rod Harrington and Mark Paul.^[5]

	First round (best of 9 legs) 11–12 June[6][7]					Second round (best of 3 matches) 13 June[8]								Quarter-finals (best of 3 matches) 14 June[9]								Semi-finals (best of 3 matches) 14 June[10]								Final (best of 5 matches) 14 June[10]
	1	England 87.38	5
		Denmark 73.63	0
						1	England 91.67	4	4		2
						16	Japan 75.65	0	1		0
	16	Japan 82.58	5
		China 80.89	0
														1	England 104.89	4	4		2
														9	Germany 87.12	1	0		0
	8	Austria 83.90	5
		Czech Republic 77.19	2
						8	Austria 85.30	3	2		0
						9	Germany 88.88	4	4		2
	9	Germany 81.68	5
		India 67.73	0
																						1	England 99.83	4	4		2
																						5	Belgium 92.74	3	2		0
	5	Belgium 93.92	5
		Philippines 87.78	1
						5	Belgium 90.90	4	4		2
						12	Spain 85.94	1	1		0
	12	Spain 90.54	5
		Norway 71.54	0
														5	Belgium 86.59	2	4	4	2
														4	Australia 84.86	4	3	2	1
	4	Australia 82.94	5
		Russia 78.61	1
						4	Australia 80.34	4	4		2
						13	Gibraltar 71.94	0	3		0
	13	Gibraltar 71.60	5
		Italy 71.35	2
																														1	England 102.73	4	1	4	1	4	3
																														2	Scotland 101.70	0	4	3	4	1	2
	2	Scotland 92.71	5
		Singapore 85.09	1
						2	Scotland 93.08	4	4		2
							Hungary 73.40	2	0		0
	15	Sweden 78.73	2
		Hungary 81.52	5
														2	Scotland 90.21	4	4		2
															Hong Kong 85.57	2	2		0
	7	Wales 80.15	3
		Hong Kong 85.74	5
							Hong Kong 84.52	4	3	4	2
						10	Ireland 84.69	1	4	3	1
	10	Ireland 81.68	5
		Poland 69.53	0
																						2	Scotland 100.48	3	4	4	2
																						3	Netherlands 94.24	4	1	1	1
	6	Northern Ireland 82.06	5
		Thailand 81.36	2
						6	Northern Ireland 96.80	4	4		2
							New Zealand 80.07	1	0		0
	11	Canada 79.86	4
		New Zealand 82.79	5
														6	Northern Ireland 93.53	2	4	0	1
														3	Netherlands 98.58	4	3	4	2
	3	Netherlands 91.13	5
		United States 89.06	2
						3	Netherlands 102.70	4	4		2
						14	South Africa 81.24	0	1		0
	14	South Africa 85.16	5
		Finland 81.72	4

Second round

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

England (1)	Japan (16)	Score
Phil Taylor 93.94	Haruki Muramatsu 73.40	4–0
Adrian Lewis 89.39	Morihiro Hashimoto 77.45	4–1
Final result		2–0

Austria (8)	Germany (9)	Score
Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.40	Jyhan Artut 88.43	3–4
Mensur Suljović 88.20	Max Hopp 89.32	2–4
Final result		0–2

Belgium (5)	Spain (12)	Score
Ronny Huybrechts 88.28	Cristo Reyes 85.70	4–1
Kim Huybrechts 93.52	Toni Alcinas 86.17	4–1
Final result		2–0

Australia (4)	Gibraltar (13)	Score
Simon Whitlock 76.10	Dyson Parody 66.77	4–0
Paul Nicholson 82.76	Manuel Vilerio 74.89	4–3
Final result		2–0

Scotland (2)	Hungary	Score
Gary Anderson 87.59	Nándor Bezzeg 76.07	4–2
Peter Wright 98.56	Gábor Takács 69.40	4–0
Final result		2–0

Hong Kong	Ireland (10)	Score
Royden Lam 90.55	William O'Connor 85.38	4–1
Scott MacKenzie 74.81	Connie Finnan 82.82	3–4
Lam & MacKenzie 88.19	O'Connor & Finnan 85.88	4–3
Final result		2–1

Northern Ireland (6)	New Zealand	Score
Brendan Dolan 97.89	Rob Szabo 84.04	4–1
Mickey Mansell 95.43	Warren Parry 75.10	4–0
Final result		2–0

Netherlands (3)	South Africa (14)	Score
Michael van Gerwen 105.47	Graham Filby 73.88	4–0
Raymond van Barneveld 99.93	Devon Petersen 87.12	4–1
Final result		2–0

Quarter-finals

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

England (1)	Germany (9)	Score
Phil Taylor 104.31	Jyhan Artut 92.52	4–1
Adrian Lewis 105.47	Max Hopp 80.37	4–0
Final result		2–0

Belgium (5)	Australia (4)	Score
Ronny Huybrechts 85.77	Simon Whitlock 90.71	2–4
Kim Huybrechts 80.64	Paul Nicholson 76.99	4–3
R. Huybrechts & K. Huybrechts 93.35	Whitlock & Nicholson 86.87	4–2
Final result		2–1

Scotland (2)	Hong Kong	Score
Gary Anderson 90.54	Royden Lam 88.32	4–2
Peter Wright 89.88	Scott MacKenzie 82.82	4–2
Final result		2–0

Northern Ireland (6)	Netherlands (3)	Score
Brendan Dolan 86.97	Michael van Gerwen 91.84	2–4
Mickey Mansell 99.80	Raymond van Barneveld 96.55	4–3
Dolan & Mansell 92.39	van Gerwen & van Barneveld 107.36	0–4
Final result		1–2

Semi-finals

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

England (1)	Belgium (5)	Score
Phil Taylor 102.48	Ronny Huybrechts 91.93	4–3
Adrian Lewis 96.73	Kim Huybrechts 93.55	4–2
Final result		2–0

Scotland (2)	Netherlands (3)	Score
Peter Wright 103.27	Michael van Gerwen 106.57	3–4
Gary Anderson 97.22	Raymond van Barneveld 81.88	4–1
Wright & Anderson 99.82	van Gerwen & van Barneveld 89.33	4–1
Final result		2–1

Final

Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs reverse singles matches are played to determine the champion.

England (1)	Scotland (2)	Score
Phil Taylor 113.43	Peter Wright 104.00	4–0
Adrian Lewis 96.43	Gary Anderson 103.14	1–4
Taylor & Lewis 103.20	Wright & Anderson 95.71	4–3
Phil Taylor 97.45	Gary Anderson 108.04	1–4
Adrian Lewis 103.15	Peter Wright 97.62	4–1
Final result		3–2