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About PDC World Cup 2024

Champion
2024 PDC World Cup of Darts Photographer: MasterCaller.com Michael Smith Luke Humphries
Total Prize Pool £450,000
Champion
£80,000
Runner-up
£50,000
Semi finalists
£30,000
Quarter finalists
£20,000
Last 16
£9,000
Last 28
£5,000
2nd in Group
£1,000
Last 40
£4,000

The fourteenth edition of the World Cup of Darts was held in Frankfurt from 27 to 30 June. Forty countries took a shot at the title. Ultimately, England managed to win the title again for the first time since 2015: this time with Luke Humphries and Michael Smith.

In the first round, the four highest ranked countries are having a bye: England, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands. For Wales, Gerwyn Price withdraws just before the tournament, meaning Jim Williams makes his debut at the World Cup. On behalf of the Netherlands, Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert are making a bid for the title. The 36 other countries will try to take their place in the last sixteen in twelve groups of three.

The biggest surprise of the first round comes from group E, where Ireland loses to Chinese Taipei, after Chinese Taipei had also won against Lithuania. This means that the debuting country immediately qualifies for the last sixteen. Italy is also having an excellent group stage: with victories over America and Portugal, the Italians have qualified for the next round of the World Cup for the first time.

The four 'big' countries are involved in the knockout phase. The Netherlands starts the tournament, just like last year, against Belgium. But again, the Belgians go further: Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts win 8-2 and send the Dutch home again. Former winner Australia also does not get further than the last sixteen: after missed match darts by Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock, they lose 8-7 to Italy. A Price-less Wales loses 8-6 to Croatia and Brendan Dolan and Josh Rock's Northern Ireland beat home country Germany 8-7.

Chinese Taipei managed to surprise in the group stage, but lost 8-4 to Austria in the first knockout round. First-placed England beat France 8-3, while Scotland (8-2 against Poland) and Sweden (8-6 against the Czech Republic) also secured their place in the quarter-finals.

The quarter-final afternoon is an exciting one: three of the four matches will be decided in a very last, fifteenth leg. Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez were the first to reach the semi-finals on behalf of Austria. They beat Croatia 8-7. Belgium then beats Italy with the same numbers. During the third quarter-final, England is far too strong for their Northern Irish opponents: 8-4. The last quarter-final also goes down to the wire: Sweden, with the Dutchman Jeffrey de Graaf in the team, narrowly loses to the Scottish duo Peter Wright and Gary Anderson.

England has emerged as the absolute title favorite and is fully living up to that role: during the semi-finals against Scotland, Humphries and Smith again throw well and beat the two-time winner 8-4. In the final they will meet Austria, which achieved an easy victory over Belgium 8-3. It is Austria's second final ever (after 2021), but once again it has to leave the victory to its opponent. Luke Humphries in particular threw a fantastic final with several 100+ finishes and secured the victory for the English. England throws a high average of 100.62 and wins the final 10-6. This means that England takes the title for the fifth time in history. After four times for Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis, this is the first title for Luke Humphries and Michael Smith.
 

Competitors Of PDC World Cup 2024

Callers Of PDC World Cup 2024

Kirk Bevins

John McDonald-MC

Huw Ware

Charlie Corstorphine

Philip Brzezinski

PDC World Cup 2024

Eissporthalle in
Frankfurt, DEU
Organizer:
Professional Darts Corporation
Sponsor:
BetVictor
Participants:
80
Prize Pool:
£450,000
Start Date:
27 Jun 2024
End Date:
30 Jun 2024

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