2016 PDC World Cup of Darts

PDC World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	2–5 June
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt am Main
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£250,000
Winners share	£50,000
High checkout	170 Adrian Lewis (Semi-final)
Champion(s)
England
«2015 2017»

The 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts was the sixth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 2–5 June in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. England retained their title after beating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final.

Format

The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, but unlike recent years, only the top 8 teams are seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2016 with the tournament being 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 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 remained at £250,000 as it was at last year's tournament. The prize money was per team:

Teams and seeding

In a change to the seeding system used in recent PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, only the top 8 countries were seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded. The ranking of the seeded nations was confirmed on 23 May 2016.

Seeded nations Rank Country Top two ranked players 1  England Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2  Scotland Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton 3  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 4  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney 5  Wales Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price 6  Australia Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson 7  Belgium Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 8  Austria Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez

Unseeded nations (alphabetic order) Country Top two ranked players  Canada John Part and Ken MacNeil  China Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie  Czech Republic Michal Kocik and Pavel Drtil  Denmark Per Laursen and Daniel Jensen  Finland Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele  Germany Max Hopp and Jyhan Artut  Gibraltar Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio  Greece John Michael and Ioannis Selachoglou  Hong Kong Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie  Hungary Nándor Bezzeg and Patrik Kovács  Ireland William O'Connor and Mick McGowan  Italy Daniele Petri and Michel Furlanis  Japan Keita Ono and Haruki Muramatsu  New Zealand Warren Parry and Cody Harris  Norway Robert Wagner and Cor Dekker  Philippines Gilbert Ulang and Alex Tagarao  Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Mariusz Paul  Russia Aleksandr Oreshkin and Boris Koltsov  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim  South Africa Devon Petersen and Graham Filby  Spain Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas  Sweden Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson  Thailand Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree  United States Darin Young and Larry Butler

Results

Draw

The draw was made on 18 May by Alan Alger, a representative of tournament sponsors, Betway.^[1]

	First round [2][3]					Second round [4]					Quarter-finals [5]					Semi-finals [6]					Final [6]
	1	England 90.99	5
		Spain 95.68	4
						1	England	2
							China	0
		Czech Republic 77.06	3
		China 80.81	5
											1	England	2
											8	Austria	0
	8	Austria 85.40	5
		Italy 76.93	0
						8	Austria	2
							Singapore	0
		South Africa 75.22	1
		Singapore 81.28	5
																1	England	2
																4	Northern Ireland	0
	5	Wales 84.52	5
		Finland 77.17	1
						5	Wales	1
							Canada	2
		Greece 76.96	2
		Canada 81.85	5
												Canada	1
											4	Northern Ireland	2
	4	Northern Ireland 85.80	5
		Japan 79.98	2
						4	Northern Ireland	2
							Ireland	0
		Ireland 82.09	5
		Hong Kong 79.40	4
																					1	England	3
																					3	Netherlands	2
	2	Scotland 93.50	5
		New Zealand 90.80	3
						2	Scotland	2
							Norway	0
		Norway 76.36	5
		Gibraltar 71.49	2
											2	Scotland	1
											7	Belgium	2
	7	Belgium 91.78	5
		Poland 79.44	1
						7	Belgium	2
							Hungary	0
		Hungary 72.51	5
		Thailand 69.51	3
																7	Belgium	0
																3	Netherlands	2
	6	Australia 85.40	5
		Germany 80.24	3
						6	Australia	2
							Denmark	1
		Denmark 84.67	5
		Sweden 79.90	2
											6	Australia	1
											3	Netherlands	2
	3	Netherlands 82.52	5
		Russia 80.01	3
						3	Netherlands	2
							Philippines	0
		United States 72.35	3
		Philippines 77.36	5

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)	China	Legs	Point
Phil Taylor 81.24	Yuanjun Liu 72.13	4–0	1–0
Adrian Lewis 89.73	Wenge Xie 73.50	4–0	1–0
Total :		8–0	2–0

Austria (8)	Singapore	Legs	Point
Mensur Suljović 101.38	Paul Lim 84.91	4–2	1–0
Rowby-John Rodriguez 96.29	Harith Lim 82.84	4–2	1–0
Total :		8–4	2–0

Wales (5)	Canada	Legs	Point
Mark Webster 79.75	John Part 81.19	2–4	0–1
Gerwyn Price 95.43	Ken MacNeil 96.70	4–0	1–0
Webster & Price 84.38	Part & MacNeil 92.34	2–4	0–1
Total :		8–8	1–2

Northern Ireland (4)	Ireland	Legs	Point
Daryl Gurney 86.41	William O'Connor 75.69	4–1	1–0
Brendan Dolan 80.52	Mick McGowan 76.91	4–2	1–0
Total :		8–3	2–0

Scotland (2)	Norway	Legs	Point
Gary Anderson 88.74	Cor Dekker 80.33	4–3	1–0
Robert Thornton 85.00	Robert Wagner 78.07	4–1	1–0
Total :		8–4	2–0

Belgium (7)	Hungary	Legs	Point
Kim Huybrechts 100.71	Nándor Bezzeg 88.43	4–1	1–0
Ronny Huybrechts 96.82	Patrik Kovács 82.42	4–1	1–0
Total :		8–2	2–0

Australia (6)	Denmark	Legs	Point
Simon Whitlock 89.73	Daniel Jensen 73.72	4–3	1–0
Kyle Anderson 84.36	Per Laursen 82.72	2–4	0–1
Whitlock & Anderson 93.94	Jensen & Laursen 72.40	4–0	1–0
Total :		10–7	2–1

Netherlands (3)	Philippines	Legs	Point
Michael van Gerwen 96.99	Gilbert Ulang 84.40	4–2	1–0
Raymond van Barneveld 101.75	Alex Tagarao 87.49	4–2	1–0
Total :		8–4	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)	Austria (8)	Legs	Points
Phil Taylor 100.20	Mensur Suljović 92.15	4–0	1–0
Adrian Lewis 103.24	Rowby-John Rodriguez 102.59	4–1	1–0
Total :		8–1	2–0

Canada	Northern Ireland (4)	Legs	Points
John Part 81.47	Brendan Dolan 79.46	4–3	1–0
Ken MacNeil 73.17	Daryl Gurney 82.36	0–4	0–1
Part & MacNeil 77.93	Dolan & Gurney 88.06	1–4	0–1
Total :		5–11	1–2

Scotland (2)	Belgium (7)	Legs	Points
Gary Anderson 96.52	Kim Huybrechts 96.03	2–4	0–1
Robert Thornton 89.89	Ronny Huybrechts 86.04	4–1	1–0
Anderson & Thornton 94.70	K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 96.34	2–4	0–1
Total :		8–9	1–2

Australia (6)	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Simon Whitlock 94.15	Michael van Gerwen 98.49	1–4	0–1
Kyle Anderson 94.62	Raymond van Barneveld 91.44	4–3	1–0
Whitlock & Anderson 96.77	van Gerwen & van Barneveld 107.77	3–4	0–1
Total :		8–11	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)	Northern Ireland (4)	Legs	Points
Phil Taylor 96.97	Brendan Dolan 86.35	4–0	1–0
Adrian Lewis 95.96	Daryl Gurney 90.41	4–1	1–0
Total :		8–1	2–0

Belgium (7)	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Ronny Huybrechts 86.78	Michael van Gerwen 102.70	1–4	0–1
Kim Huybrechts 101.21	Raymond van Barneveld 98.61	2–4	0–1
Total :		3–8	0–2

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)	Netherlands (3)	Legs	Points
Phil Taylor 102.94	Michael van Gerwen 90.97	4–3	1–0
Adrian Lewis 87.62	Raymond van Barneveld 97.83	3–4	0–1
Taylor & Lewis 90.62	van Gerwen & van Barneveld 95.08	2–4	0–1
Phil Taylor 92.12	Raymond van Barneveld 89.45	4–1	1–0
Adrian Lewis 86.10	Michael van Gerwen 85.25	4–1	1–0
Total :		17–13	3–2

References