Fourth seeds Belgium will play no further part in this year's
World Cup of Darts after being dumped out by Austrian pairing
Mensur Suljovic and
Rowby-John Rodriguez in the biggest country to fall so far.
Suljovic began against Kim Huybrechts and with 'The Gentle' not having played much darts this year, his form is always a question.
But he produced a fine display averaging 107.91 to see off Huybrechts 4-1 with a high checkout of 136 to dispel any doubts and put Austria ahead.
Rodriguez himself has been in superb form this year and played his part by seeing off an out of sorts Dimitri van den Bergh 4-2 to seal the victory.
It wasn't a sterling display from Rowby-John averaging only 78 but with Van den Bergh hitting 2/13 on his doubles, he took advantage.