2014 PDC World Cup of Darts

PDC World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	6–8 June
Venue	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£200,000
Winners share	£40,000
Champion(s)
Netherlands

The 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts was the fourth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 6–8 June in Hamburg, Germany.

The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld won their country's second World Cup title by defeating defending champions Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final.^[1]

The Netherlands averaged the third highest television average of 117.88 against Northern Ireland in their semi-final doubles match, the highest ever televised doubles average.^[2]

Format

The tournament was expanded from 24 nations to 32 this year. 16 teams were seeded and were drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Unlike in previous years, there are no groups this year with the tournament being a straight knockout.^[3]

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: Four best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

Prize money

Prize money is per team:^[4]

Teams and seeding

^[5]

Seeded nations Rank Country Top two ranked players 1  England Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3  Scotland Peter Wright and Robert Thornton 4  Australia Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 5  Wales Mark Webster and Richie Burnett 6  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan and Michael Mansell 7  Belgium Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 8  Ireland Connie Finnan and William O'Connor 9  Germany Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge 10  Austria Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 11  Canada John Part and Shaun Narain 12  Finland Jarkko Komula and Jani Haavisto 13  Hong Kong Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie 14  Sweden Magnus Caris and Peter Sajwani 15  Spain Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodriguez 16  United States Darin Young and Larry Butler

Unseeded nations Country Top two ranked players  China Yin Deng and Jun Cai  Denmark Per Laursen and Dennis Lindskjold  France Jacques Labre and Lionel Maranhao  Gibraltar Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody  Hungary Zsolt Meszaros and Nándor Bezzeg  India Amit Gilitwala and Nitan Kumar  Italy Marco Brentegani and Daniele Petri  Japan Morihiro Hashimoto and Haruki Muramatsu  Malaysia Kesava Roa and Thomat Darus  New Zealand Rob Szabo and Craig Caldwell  Norway Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll  Poland Krzysztof Chmielewski and Krzysztof Strozyk  Russia Evgenii Zhukov and Evgenii Izotov  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim  South Africa Devon Petersen and Graham Filby  Thailand Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Watanyu Charoonroj

Results

The draw was made on 16 May by John McDonald and Wayne Mardle.^[6]

	First round [7]					Second round [8]					Quarter-finals [9]					Semi-finals [2]					Final [2]
	1	England 91.65	5
		Thailand 80.85	0
						1	England	2
						16	United States	1
	16	United States 94.15	5
		Hungary 77.04	1
											1	England	2
												South Africa	0
	8	Ireland 82.44	3
		Singapore 86.04	5
						Singapore		1
						South Africa		2
	9	Germany 82.94	3
		South Africa 97.40	5
																1	England	2
																4	Australia	1
	5	Wales 82.33	5
		France 71.23	4
						5	Wales	2
							Poland	1
	12	Finland 81.30	4
		Poland 83.48	5
											5	Wales	1
											4	Australia	2
	4	Australia 87.98	5
		Denmark 85.13	2
						4	Australia	2
						13	Hong Kong	1
	13	Hong Kong 84.98	5
		Norway 84.57	2
																					1	England	0
																					2	Netherlands	3
	2	Netherlands 85.03	5
		Italy 75.05	2
						2	Netherlands	2
						15	Spain	0
	15	Spain 82.40	5
		New Zealand 79.97	3
											2	Netherlands	2
											7	Belgium	1
	7	Belgium 91.65	5
		India 69.96	0
						7	Belgium	2
						10	Austria	0
	10	Austria 70.79	5
		China 63.78	2
																2	Netherlands	2
																6	Northern Ireland	1
	6	Northern Ireland 97.14	5
		Malaysia 73.16	2
						6	Northern Ireland	2
							Japan	0
	11	Canada 78.57	4
		Japan 77.33	5
											6	Northern Ireland	2
											3	Scotland	1
	3	Scotland 87.82	5
		Russia 76.15	1
						3	Scotland	2
						14	Sweden	0
	14	Sweden 75.89	5
		Gibraltar 76.49	2

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