04/06/2019

Meet the World Cup of Darts 2019 teams: Czech Republic, Denmark and Finland

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 Czech Republic, Denmark and Finland in this article. The Danes and Fins are competing in the World Cup of Darts for the ninth time, while Czech Republic have entered the field for the sixth time, but make their fifth appearance.

Czech Republic

Czech Republic is part of the field since 2015 at the World Cup of Darts. In 2010 Czech was among the field as well, but they had to withdrawn due to bad weather circumstances.
Karel Sedlacek and Pavel Jirkal represent Czech Republic this year. They both played before at the World Cup, as Jirkal appeared in 2015. Sedlacek made previous appearances in 2017 and 2018, both without result.

Karel Sedlacek

Nickname: Evil Charlie
Age: 40
World Cup participations: 3
Best performance: First round (2017 and 2018)
First round opponent: Poland
PDC Ranking: 116

Pavel Jirkal

Nickname: - Age: 36 World Cup participations: 2 Best performance: First round (2015) First round opponent: Poland PDC Ranking: 135

Denmark

Denmark makes his ninth appearance at the World Cup of Darts, while Per Laursen is one of the few players who played during all former editions.
This was not a big success, as Denmark only survived the first round in 2016. They got beat by Australia in the second round after overcoming Sweden. Niels Heinsøe will play alongside Laursen this year.

Per Laursen

Nickname: Peachy
Age: 53
World Cup participations: 9
Best performance: Second round (2016)
First round opponent: Scotland
PDC Ranking: -

Niels Heinsøe

Nickname: - Age: 49 World Cup participations: 1 Best performance: Debut (2019) First round opponent: Scotland PDC Ranking: -

Finland

Also Finland is one of the ever presents at the World Cup of Darts. Marko Kantele is part of the team for a seventh time, while Kim Viljanen makes his fifth appearance.
The Finnish duo form a team since 2015 at this tournament. Only in 2018 they managed to get past the first round, before they lost in the second round to Belgium. Finland booked their best result in 2013, when Jani Haavisto and Jarkko Komula reached the quarter-finals after beating the Netherlands.