Meet the World Cup of Darts 2019 teams: Brazil, Canada and China

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 Brazil, Canada and China in this article. The Canadians are competing in the World Cup of Darts for the ninth time, while China have entered the field for the sixth time. Brazil makes their third appearance.

Brazil

Brazil appears for a third time at the World Cup of Darts. Diogo Portela is once again part of the team, as he also played at this event in 2017 and 2018. Artur Valle makes his debut after coming through a qualifier in Brazil.
The South American country has never lost in the first round of this tournament. However, Brazil never passed the second round either.

Diogo Portela

Nickname: Braziliant
Age: 30
World Cup participations: 3
Best performance: Second round (2017 and 2018)
First round opponent: Sweden
PDC Ranking: 122

Artur Valle

Nickname: - Age: 53 World Cup participations: 1 Best performance: Debut (2019) First round opponent: Sweden PDC Ranking: 135

Canada

Jim Long awaits the heavy task to replace his famous compatriot John Part at the World Cup of Darts. The three-time world champion from Canada is not picked for the very first time, while Long is set to make his debut.
Dawson Murschell made his first appearance last year and reached the second round alongside Part. Murschell earned a PDC Tour Card in 2018 and also appeared twice at the US Darts Masters.

Dawson Murschell

Nickname: Awesome Dawson
Age: 23
World Cup participations: 2
Best performance: Second round (2018)
First round opponent: Italy
PDC Ranking: 100

Jim Long

Nickname: - Age: 51 World Cup participations: 1 Best performance: Debut (2019) First round opponent: Italy PDC Ranking: -

China

Qingyu Zhan makes his debut at this nation tournament. Reinforcement is needed, as China only survived the first round in 2016.
Xiaochen Zong is the most known player of the pair. The Chinese played at the World Championship in Alexandra Palace eighteen months ago, while he also compete in the World Cup last year.

Xiaochen Zong

Nickname: The Pandaman
Age: 21
World Cup participations: 2
Best performance: First round (2018)
First round opponent: United States
PDC Ranking: -

Qingyu Zhan

Nickname: - Age: - World Cup participations: 1 Best performance: Debut (2019) First round opponent: United States PDC Ranking: -

Previously introduced teams