2019 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2019 BetVictor World Cup of Darts was the ninth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place from 6–9 June 2019 at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

2019 BetVictor World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	6–9 June 2019
Venue	Barclaycard Arena
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£350,000
Winner's share	£70,000
High checkout	160 Karel Sedláček 160 Paul Lim
Champion(s)
Scotland (Peter Wright and Gary Anderson)
«2018 2020»

The Dutch pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the reigning champions, after beating the Scottish duo Peter Wright and Gary Anderson 3–1 in the 2018 final. Although Van Gerwen was able to defend his title, Jermaine Wattimena was selected ahead of Van Barneveld for the Netherlands. However, they lost 2–1 to the Republic of Ireland in the semi-finals.

Wright and Anderson of Scotland won their first World Cup, defeating the Republic of Ireland team of William O'Connor and Steve Lennon 3–1 in the final.^[1][2]

Format

The tournament remained 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 2019 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 will rise to £350,000, £50,000 more than last year.^[3]

The prize money will be per team:

Position (no. of teams)		Prize money (Total: £350,000)
Winners	(1)	£70,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£40,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£24,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£16,000
Last 16  (second round)	(8)	£8,000
Last 32  (first round)	(16)	£4,000

Teams and seedings

The competing nations were confirmed on 29 March, with the only change from 2018 being the Philippines replacing Thailand.^[4] Later on 8 May, it was confirmed that Lithuania would replace Switzerland. The teams were fully confirmed on 12 May.^[5] On 5 June, it was confirmed that China's Qingyu Zhan was to be replaced by Yuanjun Liu due to a passport issue.^[6]

The Top 8 nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings on 12 May were seeded.

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

Unseeded nations Country Entered players  Brazil Diogo Portela and Artur Valle  Canada Dawson Murschell and Jim Long  China Xiaochen Zong and Yuanjun Liu  Czech Republic Karel Sedláček and Pavel Jirkal  Denmark Per Laursen and Niels Heinsøe  Finland Marko Kantele and Kim Viljanen  Germany Max Hopp and Martin Schindler  Gibraltar Dyson Parody and Antony Lopez  Greece John Michael and Veniamin Symeonidis  Hong Kong Royden Lam and Kai Fan Leung  Hungary Pál Székely and János Végső  Ireland Steve Lennon and William O'Connor  Italy Andrea Micheletti and Stefano Tomassetti  Japan Seigo Asada and Haruki Muramatsu  Lithuania Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas  New Zealand Cody Harris and Haupai Puha  Philippines Lourence Ilagan and Noel Malicdem  Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik  Russia Boris Koltsov and Aleksei Kadochnikov  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim  South Africa Devon Petersen and Vernon Bouwers  Spain Cristo Reyes and Toni Alcinas  Sweden Dennis Nilsson and Magnus Caris  United States Darin Young and Chuck Puleo

Results

Draw

	First round (best of 9 legs) 6–7 June					Second round (best of 3 matches) 8 June								Quarter-finals (best of 3 matches) 9 June								Semi-finals (best of 3 matches) 9 June								Final (best of 5 matches) 9 June
	1	England 91.53	5
		Philippines 87.59	1
						1	England 98.70	3	1		0
							Ireland 101.75	4	4		2
		Ireland 87.24	5
		Greece 84.28	1
															Ireland 84.73	4	0	4	2
														8	Austria 85.82	1	4	0	1
	8	Austria 92.87	5
		Russia 95.12	3
						8	Austria 100.90	4	4		2
							United States 85.91	1	0		0
		China 76.06	1
		United States 79.21	5
																							Ireland 91.64	3	4	4	2
																						4	Netherlands 86.75	4	1	0	1
	5	Australia 86.68	5
		Finland 85.31	4
						5	Australia 84.28	3	3		0
							Canada 86.77	4	4		2
		Italy 95.47	3
		Canada 97.56	5
															Canada 84.28	4	2	1	1
														4	Netherlands 88.92	2	4	4	2
	4	Netherlands 92.78	5
		Spain 84.85	0
						4	Netherlands 91.86	4	4		2
							Poland 90.66	2	1		0
		Poland 92.33	5
		Czech Republic 84.11	2
																															Ireland 91.57	4	2	0	1		1
																														2	Scotland 96.75	2	4	4	4		3
	2	Scotland 101.55	5
		Denmark 82.75	0
						2	Scotland 93.26	4	4		2
							Sweden 76.52	0	2		0
		Brazil 78.43	1
		Sweden 83.28	5
														2	Scotland 105.35	4	4		2
														7	Belgium 101.77	2	2		0
	7	Belgium 91.04	5
		Hong Kong 91.10	1
						7	Belgium 87.17	4	4		2
							Germany 81.17	3	0		0
		Hungary 73.92	1
		Germany 87.09	5
																						2	Scotland 94.81	4	4		2
																							Japan 87.12	2	1		0
	6	Northern Ireland 82.92	4
		South Africa 79.35	5
							South Africa 85.29	0	4	2	1
							New Zealand 89.36	4	0	4	2
		New Zealand 87.15	5
		Lithuania 79.12	1
															New Zealand 80.37	1	3		0
															Japan 88.46	4	4		2
	3	Wales 83.22	3
		Singapore 92.51	5
							Singapore 82.95	3	2		0
							Japan 86.67	4	4		2
		Gibraltar 77.80	4
		Japan 78.63	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.

England (1)	Ireland	Score
Michael Smith 90.78	Steve Lennon 88.39	3–4
Rob Cross 106.62	William O'Connor 115.10	1–4
Final result		0–2

Austria (8)	United States	Score
Zoran Lerchbacher 88.34	Darin Young 87.00	4–1
Mensur Suljović 113.43	Chuck Puleo 84.81	4–0
Final result		2–0

Australia (5)	Canada	Score
Simon Whitlock 86.86	Dawson Murschell 88.61	3–4
Kyle Anderson 81.69	Jim Long 84.93	3–4
Final result		0–2

Netherlands (4)	Poland	Score
Michael van Gerwen 96.27	Krzysztof Ratajski 95.52	4–2
Jermaine Wattimena 87.44	Tytus Kanik 85.80	4–1
Final result		2–0

Scotland (2)	Sweden	Score
Gary Anderson 96.97	Magnus Caris 69.40	4–0
Peter Wright 89.54	Dennis Nilsson 83.63	4–2
Final result		2–0

Belgium (7)	Germany	Score
Kim Huybrechts 85.93	Martin Schindler 86.14	4–3
Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.41	Max Hopp 76.19	4–0
Final result		2–0

South Africa	New Zealand	Score
Vernon Bouwers 73.18	Cody Harris 84.68	0–4
Devon Petersen 101.09	Haupai Puha 97.11	4–0
Petersen & Bouwers 80.80	Harris & Puha 86.28	2–4
Final result		1–2

Singapore	Japan	Score
Paul Lim 81.21	Seigo Asada 85.68	3–4
Harith Lim 84.69	Haruki Muramatsu 86.29	2–4
Final result		0–2

Quarter-finals

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

Ireland	Austria (8)	Score
Steve Lennon 82.26	Zoran Lerchbacher 81.71	4–1
William O'Connor 84.80	Mensur Suljović 96.97	0–4
Lennon & O'Connor 87.13	Suljović & Lerchbacher 78.77	4–0
Final result		2–1

Canada	Netherlands (4)	Score
Dawson Murschell 84.75	Michael van Gerwen 84.82	4–2
Jim Long 80.28	Jermaine Wattimena 86.37	2–4
Murschell & Long 87.82	Van Gerwen & Wattimena 95.58	1–4
Final result		1–2

Scotland (2)	Belgium (7)	Score
Gary Anderson 100.41	Kim Huybrechts 99.99	4–2
Peter Wright 110.29	Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.54	4–2
Final result		2–0

New Zealand	Japan	Score
Cody Harris 81.48	Seigo Asada 92.11	1–4
Haupai Puha 79.26	Haruki Muramatsu 84.81	3–4
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.

Ireland	Netherlands (4)	Score
Steve Lennon 88.91	Michael van Gerwen 93.46	3–4
William O'Connor 85.82	Jermaine Wattimena 75.96	4–1
Lennon & O'Connor 100.20	Van Gerwen & Wattimena 90.84	4–0
Final result		2–1

Scotland (2)	Japan	Score
Gary Anderson 100.48	Seigo Asada 100.16	4–2
Peter Wright 89.13	Haruki Muramatsu 74.07	4–1
Final result		2–0

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 were played to determine the champion.

Ireland	Scotland (2)	Score
Steve Lennon 98.93	Gary Anderson 94.71	4–2
William O'Connor 92.79	Peter Wright 96.73	2–4
Lennon & O'Connor 83.47	Anderson & Wright 96.97	0–4
Steve Lennon 91.08	Peter Wright 98.60	1–4
Final result		1–3