2022 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2022 Cazoo World Cup of Darts was the twelfth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place from 16 to 19 June 2022 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

2022 Cazoo World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	16–19 June 2022
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt, Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£350,000
Winner's share	£70,000
High checkout	170  Gerwyn Price 160  Kim Huybrechts
Champion(s)
Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock)
«2021 2023»

Scotland (Peter Wright and John Henderson) were the defending champions, after beating Austria (Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez) 3–1 in the 2021 final.^[1][2][3] However, they lost 2–0 to England (Michael Smith and James Wade) in the quarter-finals.

Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock) won their first World Cup, beating Wales (Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price) 3–1 in the final.^[4]

For the first time in the tournament's history, the eight seeds all made it to the quarter-final stage.

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.

As with recent years, the tournament continued to be 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 were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.
Final: Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches were played, followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order were played to determine the champion.

There were rumours that a format shakeup, like with the 2022 Premier League Darts, might be in the offing, but that was put on hold for at least another year.

Prize money

Total prize money remained at £350,000.^[5]

The prize money per team was:

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

On 23 May, the 32 competing countries were announced, with three changes from the 2021 tournament. Russia didn't participate owing to them being suspended because of the invasion in Ukraine, China couldn't compete owing to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, and Greece weren't invited back. Returning after a one-year absence were Latvia and New Zealand, and returning after not appearing since the 2018 event were Switzerland.^[6]

All players named on the seeded nations are the top 2 of each nation on the PDC Order of Merit. Players on the unseeded nations list are players chosen by qualification tournaments specifically for this event.

On 6 May, it was confirmed that John Henderson would represent Scotland after winning the title as part of the 2021 team, despite him being the 6th ranked Scottish player on the Order of Merit. On 30 May, it was announced that Dutch number one Michael van Gerwen had withdrawn due to required arm surgery, and he was replaced by Dutch number three Dirk van Duijvenbode.^[7]

The pairings were officially confirmed on 1 June.^[8]

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

Seeded nations Rank Country Entered players 1  England Michael Smith and James Wade 2  Wales Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton 3  Netherlands Danny Noppert and Dirk van Duijvenbode 4  Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts 5  Australia Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock 6  Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dolan 7  Germany Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler 8  Scotland Peter Wright and John Henderson

Unseeded Nations Country Entered players  Austria Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez  Brazil Diogo Portela and Artur Valle  Canada Jeff Smith and Matt Campbell  Czech Republic Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček  Denmark Vladimir Andersen and Andreas Toft Jørgensen  Finland Marko Kantele and Aki Paavilainen  Gibraltar Justin Hewitt and Craig Galliano  Hong Kong Lee Lok Yin and Ching Ho Tung  Hungary Gergely Lakatos and Nándor Prés  Ireland William O'Connor and Steve Lennon  Italy Giuseppe di Rocco and Gabriel Rollo  Japan Toru Suzuki and Tomoya Goto  Latvia Madars Razma and Nauris Gleglu  Lithuania Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas  New Zealand Ben Robb and Warren Parry  Philippines Lourence Ilagan and RJ Escaros  Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Sebastian Białecki  Portugal José de Sousa and Vítor Jerónimo  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim  South Africa Devon Petersen and Stefan Vermaak  Spain José Justicia and Tony Martinez  Sweden Daniel Larsson and Johan Engström  Switzerland Stefan Bellmont and Thomas Junghans  United States Danny Baggish and Jules van Dongen

Results

Draw

The draw was made on 9 June by Barry Hearn.^[9]

	First round (best of 9 legs) 16–17 June					Second round (best of 3 matches) 18 June								Quarter-finals (best of 3 matches) 19 June								Semi-finals (best of 3 matches) 19 June								Final (best of 5 matches) 19 June
	1	England 98.86	5
		Czech Republic 91.62	1
						1	England 92.48	4	3	4	2
							Latvia 85.20	0	4	2	1
		Latvia 91.78	5
		Hungary 72.44	1
														1	England 85.17		4	4	2
														8	Scotland 81.47		0	1	0
	8	Scotland 88.38	5
		Hong Kong 83.54	1
						8	Scotland 82.94	4	3	4	2
							Portugal 80.83	0	4	0	1
		Portugal 80.39	5
		Italy 72.69	3
																						1	England 93.00		3	0	0
																						5	Australia 95.72		4	4	2
	4	Belgium 91.71	5
		Japan 75.03	2
						4	Belgium 91.56		4	4	2
							Poland 88.39		1	2	0
		Poland 85.13	5
		United States 81.49	4
														4	Belgium 91.98	4	3	0	1
														5	Australia 102.90	2	4	4	2
	5	Australia 90.48	5
		Lithuania 80.46	2
						5	Australia 85.83	4	3	4	2
							Sweden 78.95	3	4	1	1
		Sweden 88.33	5
		South Africa 88.32	2
																														5	Australia 92.80		4	4	3	4	3
																														2	Wales 89.22		0	2	4	2	1
	2	Wales 99.17	5
		Philippines 83.88	2
						2	Wales 93.17	4	2	4	2
							Austria 89.88	3	4	3	1
		Austria 82.71	5
		Finland 81.16	3
														2	Wales 102.81		4	4	2
														7	Germany 95.49		0	2	0
	7	Germany 84.02	5
		Spain 82.67	4
						7	Germany 93.26		4	4	2
							Denmark 88.34		1	1	0
		Denmark 83.88	5
		Singapore 72.53	2
																						2	Wales 93.09		4	4	2
																						3	Netherlands 90.57		1	2	0
	3	Netherlands 87.38	5
		Brazil 78.74	0
						3	Netherlands 104.81		4	4	2
							Ireland 85.55		1	1	0
		Ireland 88.26	5
		Canada 80.84	2
														3	Netherlands 93.27		4	4	2
														6	Northern Ireland 89.13		2	3	0
	6	Northern Ireland 80.27	5
		Gibraltar 81.19	3
						6	Northern Ireland 95.88		4	4	2
							New Zealand 85.46		2	2	0
		New Zealand 79.42	5
		Switzerland 72.62	3

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)	Latvia	Legs
Michael Smith 100.20	Nauris Gleglu 75.44	4–0
James Wade 85.57	Madars Razma 87.69	3–4
Smith & Wade 96.35	Gleglu & Razma 88.05	4–2
Result		2–1

Scotland (8)	Portugal	Legs
John Henderson 75.15	Vítor Jerónimo 63.08	4–0
Peter Wright 92.27	José de Sousa 97.63	3–4
Henderson & Wright 78.08	Jerónimo & De Sousa 75.76	4–0
Result		2–1

Belgium (4)	Poland	Legs
Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.48	Krzysztof Ratajski 87.83	4–1
Kim Huybrechts 90.80	Sebastian Białecki 88.82	4–2
Result		2–0

Australia (5)	Sweden	Legs
Simon Whitlock 85.36	Johan Engström 79.27	4–3
Damon Heta 87.72	Daniel Larsson 81.68	3–4
Whitlock & Heta 84.03	Engström & Larsson 74.71	4–1
Result		2–1

Wales (2)	Austria	Legs
Gerwyn Price 94.62	Mensur Suljović 97.11	4–3
Jonny Clayton 96.75	Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.74	2–4
Price & Clayton 89.07	Suljović & Rodriguez 79.92	4–3
Result		2–1

Germany (7)	Denmark	Legs
Martin Schindler 93.00	Vladimir Andersen 89.85	4–1
Gabriel Clemens 93.53	Andreas Toft Jørgensen 86.89	4–1
Result		2–0

Netherlands (3)	Ireland	Legs
Danny Noppert 99.53	William O'Connor 85.86	4–1
Dirk van Duijvenbode 110.64	Steve Lennon 85.18	4–1
Result		2–0

Northern Ireland (6)	New Zealand	Legs
Daryl Gurney 93.19	Ben Robb 85.58	4–2
Brendan Dolan 98.70	Warren Parry 85.33	4–2
Result		2–0

Quarter-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)	Scotland (8)	Legs
Michael Smith 91.09	John Henderson 80.38	4–0
James Wade 80.83	Peter Wright 82.25	4–1
Result		2–0

Belgium (4)	Australia (5)	Legs
Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.98	Damon Heta 100.08	4–2
Kim Huybrechts 92.59	Simon Whitlock 101.79	3–4
Van den Bergh & Huybrechts 87.24	Heta & Whitlock 109.31	0–4
Result		1–2

Wales (2)	Germany (7)	Legs
Gerwyn Price 117.88	Martin Schindler 101.31	4–0
Jonny Clayton 94.27	Gabriel Clemens 92.32	4–2
Result		2–0

Netherlands (3)	Northern Ireland (6)	Legs
Danny Noppert 93.73	Daryl Gurney 92.93	4–2
Dirk van Duijvenbode 92.89	Brendan Dolan 86.08	4–3
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)	Australia (5)	Legs
Michael Smith 97.47	Damon Heta 91.21	3–4
James Wade 85.00	Simon Whitlock 103.66	0–4
Result		0–2

Wales (2)	Netherlands (3)	Legs
Gerwyn Price 88.75	Danny Noppert 84.90	4–1
Jonny Clayton 97.71	Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.44	4–2
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.

Australia (5)	Wales (2)	Legs
Damon Heta 92.49	Gerwyn Price 80.00	4–0
Simon Whitlock 88.98	Jonny Clayton 90.03	4–2
Heta & Whitlock 91.26	Price & Clayton 94.77	3–4
Damon Heta 99.03	Jonny Clayton 88.65	4–2
Result		3–1