Meet the World Cup of Darts 2019 teams: Belgium and Austria

The World Cup of Darts 2019 will take place from 6-9 June in Hamburg. Dartsnews introduces the competing nations ahead of the start of the event.

We are paying attention to Belgium and Austria, two of the seeded teams in Germany. Both nations have been part of the World Cup of Darts since the inaugural event in 2010.

Belgium

Kim Huybrechts is one of the best players in the history of the World Cup of Darts. He's part of the Belgian team since 2012 and never lost before the quarter-finals. He reached the final in 2013 with his brother Ronny Huybrechts, where they suffered a 3-1 defeat to England.
'The Hurricane' also teamed up with Ronny in the next four years and reached one quarter-final and three consecutive semi-finals. Dimitri van den Bergh took Ronny's place in 2018 and also moved into the semi-finals with Kim Huybrechts.

Kim Huybrechts

Nickname: The Hurricane
Age: 33
World Cup participations: 8
Best performance: Final (2013)
First round opponent: Hong Kong
PDC Ranking: 28

Dimitri van den Bergh

Nickname: The Dreammaker Age: 24 World Cup participations: 2 Best performance: Semi-Finals (2018) First round opponent: Hong Kong PDC Ranking: 31

Austria

Mensur Suljovic represents Austria for a ninth time at the World Cup of Darts. He had good results in 2016 and 2017, when he reached the quarter-finals with Rowby-John Rodriguez.
Zoran Lerchbacher replaced Rodriguez last year and lost in the first round to Japan. The Hypercane received a new chance this year to play on the big stage with the current world number eight.

Mensur Suljovic

Nickname: The Gentle
Age: 47
World Cup participations: 9
Best performance: Quarter-Finals (2010, 2016 and 2017)
First round opponent: Russia
PDC Ranking: 8

Zoran Lerchbacher

Nickname: The Hypercane Age: 47 World Cup participations: 2 Best performance: First round (2018) First round opponent: Russia PDC Ranking: 64

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