Schedule Friday evening 2022 World Cup of Darts including England, Scotland and Belgium

On Friday evening, the last 16 countries at the World Cup of Darts will be involved in Frankfurt aiming to reach the second round with England, Belgium and defending champions Scotland the leading lights.

Michael Smith and James Wade are top seeds for England this year who face a difficult opening test in Czech duo, Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedlacek. Both have impressed at times in particular on the European Tour this season.

While Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts have both set their sights highly on finally sealing the title and will face Japan's Toru Suzuki and Tomoya Goto.

Peter Wright and John Henderson face Hong Kong as they begin their title defence with Lee Lok Yin and Ching Ho Tung. Australia also starts their tournament on Friday evening. Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock face Lithuanian duo Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas.

Friday June 17 (1900 local time)

First Round x8

Latvia v Hungary

Poland v USA

Sweden v South Africa

Portugal v Italy

Australia v Lithuania

England v Czech Republic

Scotland v Hong Kong

Belgium v Japan