2018 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2018 Betway World Cup of Darts was the eighth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 31 May–3 June 2018 in at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

2018 Betway World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	31 May–3 June 2018
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£60,000
High checkout	170 Kyle Anderson (second round)
Champion(s)
Netherlands (Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld)
«2017 2019»

The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the reigning champions and they retained the title by defeating Scotland's Peter Wright and Gary Anderson 3–1 in the final.^[1]

Format

The tournament will remain at 32 teams this year, with the top 8 teams being seeded and the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2018 with the tournament being a straight knockout.

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

Total prize money remained at £300,000, like last year. The prize money will be per team:

Position (no. of teams)		Prize money (Total: £300,000)
Winners	(1)	£60,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£32,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£20,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£14,000
Last 16  (second round)	(8)	£8,000
Last 32  (first round)	(16)	£3,000

Teams and seedings

The Top 8 nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings on 14 May were seeded.

Seeded nations Rank Country Entered players 1  Scotland Peter Wright and Gary Anderson[2] 2  England Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall[3][2] 3  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld[2] 4  Australia Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson[2] 5  Wales Gerwyn Price[4] and Jonny Clayton[2] 6  Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dolan[2] 7  Belgium Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri Van den Bergh[2] 8  Austria Mensur Suljović and Zoran Lerchbacher[2]

Unseeded nations (in alphabetical order)[3] Country Entered players  Brazil Diogo Portela and Bruno Rangel[5]  Canada John Part and Dawson Murschell[2]  China Momo Zhou and Zong Xiao Chen[6]  Czech Republic Karel Sedláček and Roman Benecký[3]  Denmark Per Laursen and Henrik Primdal[5]  Finland Marko Kantele and Kim Viljanen[5]  Germany Max Hopp and Martin Schindler[7]  Gibraltar Dyson Parody and Justin Broton[8]  Greece John Michael and Veniamin Symeonidis[2]  Hong Kong Royden Lam and Ho-Yin Shek[9]  Hungary Tamás Alexits and Nándor Bezzeg[10]  Ireland William O'Connor and Steve Lennon[2]  Italy Michel Furlani and Alessio Medaina[3]  Japan Seigo Asada and Haruki Muramatsu[9]  New Zealand Cody Harris and Warren Parry[3]  Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik[2]  Russia Boris Koltsov and Aleksandr Oreshkin[11]  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim[9]  South Africa Devon Petersen and Liam O'Brien[3]  Spain Cristo Reyes and Toni Alcinas[2]  Sweden Daniel Larsson and Dennis Nilsson[5]  Switzerland Alex Fehlmann and Andy Bless[12]  Thailand Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree[9]  United States Larry Butler and Darin Young[13]

Results

Draw

	First round (best of 9 legs) 31 May – 1 June[14][15]					Second round (best of 3 matches) 2 June[16]								Quarter-finals (best of 3 matches) 3 June[17]								Semi-finals (best of 3 matches) 3 June[17]								Final (best of 5 matches) 3 June[17]
	1	Scotland 94.66	5
		United States 84.25	1
						1	Scotland 91.97	4	4		2
							Brazil 75.37	1	0		0
		Denmark 65.58	1
		Brazil 70.90	5
														1	Scotland 96.25	4	4		2
															Japan 91.80	0	0		0
	8	Austria 88.68	4
		Japan 92.74	5
							Japan 88.12	4	4		2
							Canada 79.16	3	0		0
		Italy 71.16	1
		Canada 74.03	5
																						1	Scotland 95.85	4	3	4	2
																						4	Australia 94.93	3	4	3	1
	5	Wales 85.73	5
		Thailand 79.89	3
						5	Wales 85.83	3	4	4	2
							Switzerland 81.25	4	0	1	1
		Switzerland 67.58	5
		China 70.34	2
														5	Wales 87.38	2	4	1	1
														4	Australia 90.53	4	0	4	2
	4	Australia 93.88	5
		Hong Kong 83.32	1
						4	Australia 89.30	2	4	4	2
							Spain 84.04	4	1	3	1
		Russia 75.61	4
		Spain 85.11	5
																														1	Scotland 97.76	2	4	1	0		1
																														3	Netherlands 97.75	4	1	4	4		3
	2	England 93.27	5
		Czech Republic 78.19	3
						2	England 91.92	2	4	4	2
							Singapore 90.62	4	2	1	1
		New Zealand 78.50	3
		Singapore 86.12	5
														2	England 94.26	4	3	0	1
														7	Belgium 96.74	2	4	4	2
	7	Belgium 86.78	5
		Ireland 87.37	4
						7	Belgium 94.50	4	4		2
							Finland 81.97	0	1		0
		Greece 79.74	1
		Finland 84.80	5
																						7	Belgium 102.60	2	2		0
																						3	Netherlands 109.58	4	4		2
	6	Northern Ireland 83.26	5
		Poland 86.00	4
						6	Northern Ireland 88.70	4	3	2	1
							Germany 87.86	0	4	4	2
		Sweden 79.94	3
		Germany 90.83	5
															Germany 99.97	1	0		0
														3	Netherlands 101.38	4	4		2
	3	Netherlands 102.95	5
		Gibraltar 66.38	0
						3	Netherlands 96.20	4	4		2
							South Africa 82.38	0	0		0
		Hungary 69.40	3
		South Africa 74.33	5

Second round

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

Scotland (1)	Brazil	Score
Peter Wright 94.82	Diogo Portela 82.14	4–1
Gary Anderson 88.41	Bruno Rangel 66.91	4–0
Final result		2–0

Japan	Canada	Score
Seigo Asada 88.69	John Part 77.67	4–3
Haruki Muramatsu 87.13	Dawson Murschell 80.64	4–0
Final result		2–0

Wales (5)	Switzerland	Score
Gerwyn Price 90.63	Alex Fehlmann 89.56	3–4
Jonny Clayton 82.36	Andy Bless 77.78	4–0
Price & Clayton 81.88	Fehlmann & Bless 72.40	4–1
Final result		2–1

Australia (4)	Spain	Score
Simon Whitlock 86.47	Cristo Reyes 85.41	2–4
Kyle Anderson 88.13	Toni Alcinas 76.98	4–1
Whitlock & Anderson 92.56	Reyes & Alcinas 87.92	4–3
Final result		2–1

England (2)	Singapore	Score
Rob Cross 103.50	Paul Lim 102.29	2–4
Dave Chisnall 89.87	Harith Lim 89.67	4–2
Cross & Chisnall 80.71	P. Lim & H. Lim 77.77	4–1
Final result		2–1

Belgium (7)	Finland	Score
Kim Huybrechts 87.13	Marko Kantele 75.91	4–0
Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.40	Kim Viljanen 86.81	4–1
Final result		2–0

Northern Ireland (6)	Germany	Score
Daryl Gurney 92.49	Martin Schindler 85.67	4–0
Brendan Dolan 92.67	Max Hopp 90.68	3–4
Gurney & Dolan 80.94	Schindler & Hopp 86.04	2–4
Final result		1–2

Netherlands (3)	South Africa	Score
Michael van Gerwen 95.43	Liam O'Brien 82.81	4–0
Raymond van Barneveld 96.97	Devon Petersen 81.95	4–0
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.

Scotland (1)	Japan	Score
Peter Wright 93.94	Seigo Asada 92.75	4–0
Gary Anderson 98.56	Haruki Muramatsu 90.84	4–0
Final result		2–0

Wales (5)	Australia (4)	Score
Gerwyn Price 89.35	Simon Whitlock 100.85	2–4
Jonny Clayton 83.50	Kyle Anderson 77.26	4–0
Price & Clayton 88.13	Whitlock & Anderson 88.75	1–4
Final result		1–2

England (2)	Belgium (7)	Score
Rob Cross 107.48	Kim Huybrechts 98.78	4–2
Dave Chisnall 86.86	Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.25	3–4
Cross & Chisnall 87.40	Huybrechts & Van den Bergh 100.20	0–4
Final result		1–2

Germany	Netherlands (3)	Score
Martin Schindler 110.00	Michael van Gerwen 109.61	1–4
Max Hopp 87.43	Raymond van Barneveld 91.09	0–4
Final result		0–2

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.

Scotland (1)	Australia (4)	Score
Peter Wright 103.42	Simon Whitlock 100.77	4–3
Gary Anderson 90.91	Kyle Anderson 95.10	3–4
Wright & Anderson 93.23	Whitlock & Anderson 88.91	4–3
Final result		2–1

Belgium (7)	Netherlands (3)	Score
Kim Huybrechts 97.65	Michael van Gerwen 105.78	2–4
Dimitri Van den Bergh 107.54	Raymond van Barneveld 113.38	2–4
Final result		0–2

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.

Scotland (1)	Netherlands (3)	Score
Peter Wright 96.79	Michael van Gerwen 97.20	2–4
Gary Anderson 97.21	Raymond van Barneveld 84.60	4–1
Wright & Anderson 98.45	van Gerwen & van Barneveld 100.69	1–4
Gary Anderson 99.06	Michael van Gerwen 111.33	0–4
Final result		1–3