2015 PDC World Cup of Darts

PDC World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	11–14 June
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt am Main
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£250,000
Winners share	£50,000
Champion(s)
England
«2014 2016»

The 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts was the fifth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 11–14 June in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the defending champions after beating Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final.^[1] Taylor and Lewis won their third title in the event by defeating Scotland's Gary Anderson and Peter Wright in the final.^[2]

Format

The tournament remained at 32 teams this year. 16 teams were seeded and drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2015 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: 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

Prize money was raised to £250,000 from last year's £200,000 prize fund. The prize money was per team:^[4]

Teams and seeding

^[5]

Seeded nations Rank Country Top two ranked players 1  England Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2  Scotland Gary Anderson and Peter Wright 3  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 4  Australia Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 5  Belgium Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 6  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan and Michael Mansell 7  Wales Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis 8  Austria Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 9  Germany Jyhan Artut and Max Hopp 10  Ireland Connie Finnan and William O'Connor 11  Canada John Part and Ken MacNeil 12  Spain Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas 13  Gibraltar Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio 14  South Africa Devon Petersen and Graham Filby 15  Sweden Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson 16  Japan Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto

Unseeded nations (alphabetic order) Country Top two ranked players  China Jun Chen and Xuejie Huang  Czech Republic Michal Kocik and Pavel Jirkal  Denmark Per Laursen and Per Skau  Finland Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele  Hong Kong Scott MacKenzie and Royden Lam  Hungary Nándor Bezzeg and Gabor Takacs  India Ashfaque Sayed and Nitan Kumar  Italy Daniele Petri and Marco Brentegani  New Zealand Rob Szabo and Warren Parry  Norway Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll  Philippines Lourence Ilagan and Gilbert Ulang  Poland Tytus Kanik and Mariusz Paul  Russia Boris Koltsov and Aleksei Kadochnikov  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim  Thailand Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree  United States Darin Young and Larry Butler

Results

Draw

The draw was made on 27 May by Rod Harrington and Mark Paul.^[6]

	First round [7][8]					Second round [9]					Quarter-finals [10]					Semi-finals [11]					Final [11]
	1	England 87.38	5
		Denmark 73.63	0
						1	England 91.41	2
						16	Japan 75.65	0
	16	Japan 82.58	5
		China 80.89	0
											1	England 104.83	2
											9	Germany 87.12	0
	8	Austria 83.90	5
		Czech Republic 77.19	2
						8	Austria 85.08	0
						9	Germany 88.84	2
	9	Germany 81.68	5
		India 67.73	0
																1	England 99.83	2
																5	Belgium 92.68	0
	5	Belgium 93.92	5
		Philippines 87.78	1
						5	Belgium 90.90	2
						12	Spain 85.94	0
	12	Spain 90.54	5
		Norway 71.54	0
											5	Belgium 86.27	2
											4	Australia 84.44	1
	4	Australia 82.94	5
		Russia 78.61	1
						4	Australia 80.34	2
						13	Gibraltar 71.94	0
	13	Gibraltar 71.60	5
		Italy 71.35	2
																					1	England 102.73	3
																					2	Scotland 101.70	2
	2	Scotland 92.71	5
		Singapore 85.09	1
						2	Scotland 91.98	2
							Hungary 73.40	0
	15	Sweden 78.73	2
		Hungary 81.52	5
											2	Scotland 90.21	2
												Hong Kong 85.57	0
	7	Wales 80.15	3
		Hong Kong 85.74	5
							Hong Kong 83.88	2
						10	Ireland 84.62	1
	10	Ireland 81.68	5
		Poland 69.53	0
																2	Scotland 100.10	2
																3	Netherlands 92.59	1
	6	Northern Ireland 82.06	5
		Thailand 81.36	2
						6	Northern Ireland 96.80	2
							New Zealand 80.07	0
	11	Canada 79.86	4
		New Zealand 82.79	5
											6	Northern Ireland 93.53	1
											3	Netherlands 97.43	2
	3	Netherlands 91.13	5
		United States 89.06	2
						3	Netherlands 102.39	2
						14	South Africa 81.24	0
	14	South Africa 85.16	5
		Finland 81.72	4

Second round

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

England (1)	Japan (16)	Legs	Point
Phil Taylor 93.94	Haruki Muramatsu 73.40	4-0	1-0
Adrian Lewis 89.39	Morihiro Hashimoto 77.45	4-1	1-0
Total :		8-1	2-0

Austria (8)	Germany (9)	Legs	Point
Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.40	Jyhan Artut 88.43	3-4	0-1
Mensur Suljović 88.20	Max Hopp 89.32	2-4	0-1
Total :		5-8	0-2

Belgium (5)	Spain (12)	Legs	Point
Ronny Huybrechts 88.28	Cristo Reyes 85.70	4-1	1-0
Kim Huybrechts 93.52	Antonio Alcinas 86.17	4-1	1-0
Total :		8-2	2-0

Australia (4)	Gibraltar (13)	Legs	Point
Simon Whitlock 76.10	Dyson Parody 66.77	4-0	1-0
Paul Nicholson 82.76	Manuel Vilerio 74.89	4-3	1-0
Total :		8-3	2-0

Scotland (2)	Hungary	Legs	Point
Gary Anderson 87.59	Nándor Bezzeg 76.07	4-2	1-0
Peter Wright 98.56	Gabor Takacs 69.40	4-0	1-0
Total :		8-2	2-0

Hong Kong	Ireland (10)	Legs	Point
Royden Lam 90.55	William O'Connor 85.38	4-1	1-0
Scott MacKenzie 74.81	Connie Finnan 82.82	3-4	0-1
Lam & MacKenzie 88.19	O'Connor & Finnan 85.88	4-3	1-0
Total :		11-8	2-1

Northern Ireland (6)	New Zealand	Legs	Point
Brendan Dolan 97.89	Rob Szabo 84.04	4-1	1-0
Michael Mansell 95.43	Warren Parry 75.10	4-0	1-0
Total :		8-1	2-0

Netherlands (3)	South Africa (14)	Legs	Point
Michael van Gerwen 105.47	Graham Filby 73.88	4-0	1-0
Raymond van Barneveld 99.93	Devon Petersen 87.12	4-1	1-0
Total :		8-1	2-0

Quarter-finals

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

England (1)	Germany (9)	Legs	Points
Phil Taylor 104.31	Jyhan Artut 92.52	4-1	1-0
Adrian Lewis 105.47	Max Hopp 80.37	4-0	1-0
Total :		8-1	2-0

Belgium (5)	Australia (4)	Legs	Points
Ronny Huybrechts 85.77	Simon Whitlock 90.71	2-4	0-1
Kim Huybrechts 80.64	Paul Nicholson 76.99	4-3	1-0
R. Huybrechts & K. Huybrechts 93.35	Whitlock & Nicholson 86.87	4-2	1-0
Total :		10-9	2-1

Scotland (2)	Hong Kong	Legs	Points
Gary Anderson 90.54	Royden Lam 88.32	4-2	1-0
Peter Wright 89.88	Scott MacKenzie 82.82	4-2	1-0
Total :		8-4	2-0

Northern Ireland (6)	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Brendan Dolan 86.97	Michael van Gerwen 91.84	2-4	0-1
Michael Mansell 99.80	Raymond van Barneveld 96.55	4-3	1-0
Dolan & Mansell 92.39	Van Gerwen & Van Barneveld 107.36	0-4	0-1
Total :		6-11	1-2

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.

England (1)	Belgium (5)	Legs	Points
Phil Taylor 102.48	Ronny Huybrechts 91.93	4-3	1-0
Adrian Lewis 96.73	Kim Huybrechts 93.55	4-2	1-0
Total :		8-5	2-0

Scotland (2)	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Peter Wright 103.27	Michael van Gerwen 106.57	3-4	0-1
Gary Anderson 97.22	Raymond van Barneveld 81.88	4-1	1-0
Wright & Anderson 99.82	Van Gerwen & Van Barneveld 89.33	4-1	1-0
Total :		11-6	2-1

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 are played to determine the champion.

England (1)	Scotland (2)	Legs	Points
Phil Taylor 113.43	Peter Wright 104.00	4-0	1-0
Adrian Lewis 96.43	Gary Anderson 103.14	1-4	0-1
Taylor & Lewis 103.20	Wright & Anderson 95.71	4-3	1-0
Phil Taylor 97.45	Gary Anderson 108.04	1-4	0-1
Adrian Lewis 103.15	Peter Wright 97.62	4-1	1-0
Total :		14-12	3-2

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