Full line-up confirmed for 2021 World Cup of Darts

The World Cup of Darts begins on Thursday 9 September with the latest iteration of the pairs' tournament set for Jena and after the withdrawal of Croatia, the competing countries are set.

Their line-up of Boris Krcmar and Pero Ljubic had to withdraw due to an illness for the former with Greece once again taking their spot in the line-up with John Michael and Veniamin Symeonidis involved.

Top seeds in Germany will be England which is based off rankings. James Wade and Dave Chisnall will anchor their charge while defending champions, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton are second seeds.

Michael van Gerwen leads another new look Netherlands side with Dirk van Duijvenbode's darting rise seeing him represent his country alongside the Green Machine.

While Belgium (Dimitri van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts), Northern Ireland (Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan), Scotland (Peter Wright & John Henderson), Australia (Simon Whitlock & Damon Heta) and Germany (Gabriel Clemens & Max Hopp) round out the seeded countries.

(1) England - James Wade & Dave Chisnall

(2) Wales - Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton

(3) Netherlands - Michael van Gerwen & Dirk van Duijvenbode

(4) Belgium - Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts

(5) Northern Ireland - Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan

(6) Scotland - Peter Wright & John Henderson

(7) Australia - Simon Whitlock & Damon Heta

(8) Germany - Gabriel Clemens & Max Hopp

Austria - Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez

Brazil - Diogo Portela & Artur Valle

Canada - Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell

China - Jianfeng Lu & Wenqing Liu

Czech Republic - Karel Sedlacek & Adam Gawlas

Denmark - Andreas Toft Jørgensen & Niels Heinsøe

Finland - Marko Kantele & Veijo Viinikka

Gibraltar - Sean Negrette & Justin Hewitt

Greece - John Michael & Veniamin Symeonidis

Hong Kong - Kai Fan Leung & Man Lok Leung

Hungary - János Végső & Patrik Kovács

Italy - Danilo Vigato & Michele Turetta

Japan - Matsuda Jun & Yoshihisa Baba

Lithuania - Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas

Philippines - Lourence Ilagan & Christian Perez

Poland - Krzysztof Ratajski & Krzysztof Kciuk

Portugal - Jose de Sousa & Jose Marques

Republic of Ireland - William O’Connor & Steve Lennon

Russia - Boris Koltsov & Evgenii Izotov

Singapore - Paul Lim & Harith Lim

South Africa - Devon Petersen & Carl Gabriel

Spain - Jesus Noguera & Jose Justicia

Sweden - Daniel Larsson & Johan Engström

USA - Danny Lauby & Chuck Puleo