World Cup of Darts Sunday afternoon Round-Up | Semi-final lineup confirmed as England and Northern Ireland survive deciding legs

The semi-finalists at the 2026 World Cup of Darts are now confirmed after a thrilling Sunday afternoon session at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt. Scotland and England will face off in a Battle of Britain tonight, before reigning champions Northern Ireland will take on home heroes Germany.

The quarter-finals got underway with a rampant performance from Scotland, averaging 99 for the second match in a row in seeing off the Republic of Ireland. Gary Anderson and Cameron Menzies got off to a flying start, hitting all three of their first attempts at the outer ring, before Ireland pulled them back to 5-2 at the break.

William O'Connor then found a 110 checkout after the break to put pressure on the men in blue, but that pressure only made Menzies and Anderson better as they pushed on with an eleven darter to put them a leg away from victory before 'Cammy' once again found the winning double on debut to send Scotland through to their sixth semi-final in this tournament's history

Tournament favourites England also booked their berth in this evening session, but only just, as they were pushed all the way by Wales.

The two time champions, harmed by the withdrawal of Gerwyn Price, were agonisingly close to finding a match dart after being 4-0 up, but Nick Kenny missed the 14 segment entirely on 64 with two in hand, meaning he didn't get a chance at the bull.

This fatal error allowed Luke Littler, who had hit a 170 finish earlier in the match to return and find double two with his last dart to send the number one seeds into the final four.

It was a valiant effort from Jonny Clayton and Kenny, with 'The Ferret' averaging over 103 and Kenny producing some clutch 180s and doubling at 38%, but it was not enough to fend off the English who march on to their

Northern Ireland also were subject to a last leg decider against Latvia, thanks to a phenomenal performance from Valters Melderis.

'The Hipster' averaged 95 and hit 80% of his doubles, but it was not enough as Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney served up a clinic of combination outshots.

'Superchin' hit the highest of the match with a superlative 161, but 'Rocky' also had a flashy check, going two double 19s to end the 133 after finding the treble with his first dart.

In what was a tense last leg on the Latvian throw, Melderis hit a superb 140 to leave his captain Madars Razma on double 12 for what would have been a first ever semi-final for the Baltic nation, but Rock found an incredible 144 checkout, landing the same target that Razma had left to continue the title defence in extraordinary fashion.

The Netherlands completed the Sunday evening lineup after a record breaking performance in knocking out home favourites Germany.

Michael van Gerwen (100.11) and Gian van Veen (105.86) broke the record for the highest ever average in a World Cup match that went over five legs, beating their own record set by MvG and Danny Noppert in 2024 by averaging 102.86

Martin Schindler also played his part in a terrific game, averaging 111.25, but the Dutch were out for blood as 'The Giant' threw three 180s as well as multiple other three-treble visits.

Germany did go 3-2 up to give the Frankfurt crowd some hope, but a ten darter to equalise from the Netherlands gave them all the momentum they needed to push on and drop only one more leg in an otherwise sterling performance that sees them round off the semi-final lineup.

The World Cup of Darts concludes tonight with the semi-finals and final, and DartsNews.com will once again be running our liveblog from 6pm GMT as we crown our champions in Frankfurt.