Pairings confirmed for 2022 World Cup of Darts: New look teams for England and Netherlands, Scotland and Wales unchanged
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The 32-player pairings for the 2022 World Cup of Darts have been confirmed ahead of the yearly tournament taking place in Frankfurt between June `16-19.
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Many pairings had already been confirmed including Peter Wright and John Henderson returning for Scotland, while due to Michael van Gerwen's arm surgery, Danny Noppert and Dirk van Duijvenbode were confirmed earlier this week for the Netherlands.
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England will have a new look pairing in Michael Smith and James Wade, while Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton will reunite for a fifth successive year.
Many pairings remain the same with Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez, last year's finalists remaining together. The same can be said for William O'Connor and Steve Lennon for Ireland, Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney for Northern Ireland, Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock for Australia with 'The Heat' captaining the team for the first time.
While Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler will also reunite on home soil for Germany. Other notable pairings to be confirmed include returns for Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell for Canada, Czech Republic represented by Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedlacek, Poland will also have a new look pairing with Sebastian Bialecki partnering Krzysztof Ratajski instead of Krzysztof Kciuk.
Tony Martinez will form a new look Spain partnership with Jose Justicia, while Danny Baggish and Jules van Dongen as the USA's two Tour Card holders also receive debuts.
2022 World Cup of Darts
Competing Nations & Pairings
Australia - Damon Heta & Simon Whitlock
Austria - Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
Belgium - Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts
Brazil - Diogo Portela & Artur Valle
Canada - Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell
Czech Republic - Adam Gawlas & Karel Sedlacek
Denmark - Vladimir Andersen & Andreas Toft Jörgensen
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England - Michael Smith & James Wade
Finland - Marko Kantele & Aki Paavilainen
Germany - Gabriel Clemens & Martin Schindler
Gibraltar - Justin Hewitt & Craig Galliano
Hong Kong - Lok Yin Lee & Ho Tung Ching
Hungary - Nándor Prés & Gergely Lakatos
Italy - Guiseppe Di Rocco & Gabriel Rollo
Japan - Tomoyo Goto & Toru Suzuki
Latvia - Madars Razma & Nauris Gleglu
Lithiuania - Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
Netherlands - Danny Noppert & Dirk van Duijvenbode
New Zealand - Ben Robb & Warren Parry
Northern Ireland - Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan
Philippines - Lourence Ilagan & RJ Escaros
Poland - Krzysztof Ratajski & Sebastian Bialecki
Portugal - Jose de Sousa & Vítor Jerónimo
Republic of Ireland - William O'Connor & Steve Lennon
Scotland - Peter Wright & John Henderson
Singapore - Paul Lim & Harith Lim
South Africa - Devon Petersen & Stefan Vermaak
Spain - Jose Justicia & Tony Martinez
Sweden - Daniel Larsson & Johan Engstrom
Switzerland - Stefan Bellmont & Thomas Junghans
USA - Danny Baggish & Jules van Dongen
Wales - Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton

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