Schedule Friday afternoon at World Cup of Darts including United States, Singapore and Spain

On Friday afternoon from 11:00am, the second series of group matches at the World Cup of Darts will begin. The losers of Thursday night's matches will then play against the third country of their group.

So that means it will be the last chance for half of the countries to still have a chance of qualifying for the knockout phase of this tournament. The United States and Singapore, among others, began the group stage with a defeat on Thursday.

Singapore's iconic duo Paul Lim and Harith Lim lost to Belgium in their first group match on Thursday. That means they will have to win against the Philippines (Christian Perez and Alexis Toylo) on Friday afternoon to still have a chance at a spot in the last 16.

The United States also started Thursday's tournament with a defeat. Jules van Dongen lost 4-2 to Portugal with his teammate Danny Lauby, requiring a win over Italy on Friday afternoon.

Furthermore, countries such as Spain (Jose Justicia and Jesus Noguera) and New Zealand (Haupai Puha and Ben Robb) will play their second group match, while for countries such as Gibraltar, Denmark, Canada and Hong Kong, the tournament will not start until Friday afternoon.

The revamped format, which was successfully introduced last year, will return in 2024. The tournament will begin with a group stage before moving into a knockout phase. In addition, all matches will consist of pairings.

All group matches will be played on Thursday, June 27, and Friday, June 28. The group winner of each pool advances to the last sixteen. The second round, with the last remaining sixteen countries, compete on Saturday, June 29, for a spot in the quarterfinals. These will take place on Sunday afternoon, June 30. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for Sunday evening.

The tournament was won in 2023 for the second time by Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton, after they proved to be the best duo earlier in 2020. However, due to health reasons, Price cannot participate in the upcoming edition of the World Cup of Darts. His place will be taken by Jim Williams. Four-time champion England will be represented by world champion Luke Humphries - making his debut at the World Cup - and world number three Michael Smith. Peter Wright and Gary Anderson make up the Scottish team. On behalf of the Netherlands, Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert will play at the World Cup of Darts.

The tournament will be broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports. On Friday afternoon at 11:00 the second series of group matches will already begin. The evening session will then start again at 18:00, when the final matches of the group stage will be played.

The 12 group stage winners will advance to the last sixteen. Then the four top nations also advance into the tournament. The first four duels of the second round will be played from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 29. Consequently, the format has gone up considerably. From best of 7 legs in the group stage to best of 15 legs in the knockout stage.

On Saturday night, June 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., the last four matches of the second round will be played. After that, it will be known which eight countries will advance to the final day of the World Cup of Darts. The quarter-finals will take place on Sunday, June 30, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The semifinals and final of the World Cup of Darts are scheduled on Sunday evening from 6 p.m.

A total of 450,000 pounds of prize money will be distributed at the World Cup of Darts. All participants in the pool phase will receive at least 2,000 pounds per person. The players from the top four countries will receive £9,000 per person anyway.

Only after that does it get really lucrative. The quarter-finalists each receive £10,000 credited to their bank accounts. The semi-finalists each receive 15,000 pounds for their performance. The losing finalists both receive £25,000 in prize money, while the winners go home with £40,000 each. The prize money won does not count toward the world rankings, by the way.

Second group matches.

Spain v Gibraltar (K)

Bahrain v Iceland (H)

Latvia v Denmark (J)

Malaysia v Canada (I)

Lithuania v Taiwan (E)

Norway v Hungary (G)

United States v Italy (L)

Singapore v Philippines (A)

South Africa v Switzerland (B)

New Zealand v Finland (C)

Japan v Hong Kong (D)

China v Guyana (F)