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2024 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts was the fourteenth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place from 27 to 30 June 2024 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates27–30 June 2024
VenueEissporthalle
LocationFrankfurt
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£80,000
High checkout170  Bruno Stöckli
Champion(s)
 England
(Luke Humphries and Michael Smith)
«2023 2025»

Wales were the defending champions, after Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price defeated the Scotland team, consisting of Peter Wright and Gary Anderson, 10–2 in the 2023 final.[1] They were represented by Clayton and Jim Williams this time around, and were eliminated in the second round, losing 6–8 to Croatia.

England (represented by Luke Humphries and Michael Smith) won their record-breaking fifth World Cup, defeating Austria 10–6 in the final.[2]

Format

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The new format introduced in the 2023 tournament remained, with forty teams taking part. The top four teams were seeded to the second round, with the other 36 competing in a group stage of 12 groups of three, with one qualifying from each group.[3]

In this format, all rounds were a single match played in doubles format:

  • Group stage: Best of seven legs
  • Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Best of fifteen legs
  • Final: Best of nineteen legs

Prize money

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The total prize money remained at £450,000.[3]

The prize money per team was:

Position (no. of teams) Prize Money
(Total: £450,000)
Winners (1) £80,000
Runners-Up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £30,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £20,000
Last 16 (Second round) (8) £9,000
Second in group (12) £5,000
Third in group (12) £4,000

Teams and seedings

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The winning England team of Michael Smith and Luke Humphries
 
The runners-up, Austria (Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez)

The 40 nations taking part in the tournament were confirmed on 22 May, with three changes to the 2023 tournament.[4]

As in 2023, a qualifier was held to determine the Latin American representative, which was won again by Guyana.[5] For the first time, an Asian qualifier was held. However, five Asian teams were given automatic spots, with three more spots available in the qualifier. Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia came through the qualifier.[6] Chinese Taipei will make their World Cup debut, while Malaysia return for the first time since 2014.[7] Of the 2023 participants, India and Thailand failed to qualify and will not return.

Ukraine will not return after debuting in 2023, while Norway return for the first time since 2016.[8]

The top two players from nations represented by the PDC Order of Merit were confirmed on 27 May; the top players from nations on the PDC Asian Tour were confirmed on 19 May,[9] and the top players from the Nordic & Baltic regions were confirmed on 2 June.[10]

The players for the tournament were finalised on 18 June.[11]

The top four nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings were seeded to the second round, while the next twelve nations will be seeded in the group stage.[3] Gerwyn Price withdrew after the draw and was replaced with Jim Williams – as this was after the draw Wales's seeding was maintained.[12]

The teams and players were as follows:

Stages

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All group matches were best of 7 legs
After three games, the team that finished top in each group qualified for the knock-out stage
If teams were tied on points after all the matches were completed, the ties were broken based on leg difference

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; LD = Leg difference; Pts = Points

Knockout stage

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Second round (best of 15 legs)
29 June 		Quarter-finals (best of 15 legs)
30 June 		Semi-finals (best of 15 legs)
30 June 		Final (best of 19 legs)
30 June
            
1   England 86.23 8
14   France 78.36 3
1   England 98.73 8
6   Northern Ireland 90.61 4
6   Northern Ireland 84.93 8
7   Germany 85.88 7
1   England 96.39 8
4   Scotland 94.07 4
4   Scotland 88.86 8
11   Poland 83.40 2
4   Scotland 86.40 8
15   Sweden 88.26 7
12   Czech Republic 80.44 6
15   Sweden 84.06 8
1   England 100.62 10
10   Austria 87.96 6
2   Wales 91.69 6
13   Croatia 89.21 8
13   Croatia 95.61 7
10   Austria 89.39 8
10   Austria 87.43 8
  Chinese Taipei 85.53 4
10   Austria 89.27 8
5   Belgium 85.20 3
3   Netherlands 100.96 2
5   Belgium 97.31 8
5   Belgium 86.21 8
  Italy 85.06 7
  Italy 82.48 8
8   Australia 85.26 7

References

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  1. ^ "Wonderful Wales win My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts for second time". PDC. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Humphries & Smith lead England to BetVictor World Cup glory". PDC. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Allen, Dave. "World Cup of Darts expanded as radical new format announced". PDC. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ "All 40 nations confirmed for 2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts". PDC.tv. 22 May 2024.
  5. ^ Gorton, Josh (8 April 2024). "Guyana win Latin American Qualifier to seal World Cup return". PDC. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  6. ^ "PDC World Cup Asia Qualifier 2024". DartConnect TV. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ Gill, Samuel (19 May 2024). "Taiwan debuts at World Cup of Darts; Malaysia back at tournament after a decade". DartsNews. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ^ Phillips, Josh (22 May 2024). "All 40 nations confirmed for 2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts". PDC. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Asia to stage PDC World Cup of Darts Qualifying event". PDC.tv. 10 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Qualifying criterias for big events in 2024". PDC.tv. 15 February 2024.
  11. ^ "All 40 nation pairings confirmed for 2024 BetVictor World Cup of Darts". PDC.tv. 18 June 2024.
  12. ^ Gorton, Josh. "Price ruled out of BetVictor World Cup of Darts". pdc.tv. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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