Saturday night the four final matches from the second round of the World Cup of Darts are on the programme. Among other things, we get to see the cracker between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Much has already been written about the Belgian team this week. Things did not clash at all between Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts during the first pool match on Thursday and the Belgians completely ignored each other. A mediation meeting took place on Friday, after which they showed improvement during their second match and tried to cheer each other up.
Dirk van Duijvenbode and Danny Noppert were allowed to skip the group stage and will only play their first match of the tournament tonight. It is not the first time the two Dutchmen will play together. They also formed a duo at last year's World Cup of Darts. Then they eventually lost to Wales in the semi-finals.
That country is now the top favourite for overall victory and will also be in action on Saturday night. Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price will face Vladimir Andersen and Benjamin Drue Reus from Denmark.
First-placed England, with Michael Smith and Rob Cross in the ranks, will battle Latvian duo Madars Razma and Dmitrijs Žukovs. The evening concludes with a fine friendly between Poland and Germany. Poland impressed in the group stage by throwing an average of 118.10 in their second match. This average by Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk was the highest team average in the history of the Nations tournament. Germany did not concede a leg in the group stage with easy wins over Hong Kong (4-0) and Japan (4-0).
Where can the World Cup of Darts be seen on TV?
The World Cup of Darts will be shown in full on Sky Sports in the UK as well as PDCTV as well as Viaplay and DAZN in other territories.
On Thursday 15 June and Friday 16 June, the matches from the group phase are scheduled. On Saturday 17 June, the second round is scheduled. The rest of the tournament will be completed on Sunday. In the afternoon, the quarter-finals will take place, followed by the semi-finals and the final in the evening session.
What is the distribution of prize money at the World Cup of Darts?
There will be £450,000 in prize money during this pairs tournament. The event has a higher prize pool than last year. A total of £100,000 has been added to the prize money to be distributed.
The 36 countries in the group stage will receive a minimum of £2,000 per player, while players from the top four seeded countries will receive at least £9,000 each. This could eventually rise to £40,000 per player on winning the World Cup of Darts.
Saturday 17 June
Evening session (from 18:00)
Second round
Wales v Denmark
England v Latvia
Netherlands v Belgium
Poland v Germany
RECAP! What an afternoon session at the Eissporthalle, as France, Sweden, Australia and Scotland all move through to the World Cup of Darts quarter-finals. We're back from 1800 BST, as England, Wales and Netherlands all enter the fray in Frankfurt! 📺 bit.ly/WorldCup23Live
