Schedule Saturday afternoon at World Cup of Darts including defending champion Australia and Scotland

The World Cup of Darts continues on Saturday afternoon with the knockout stage of the unique Nations tournament in Frankfurt. Defending champion Australia and outsider Scotland, among others, will be in action.

Scottish duo Peter Wright and Gary Anderson will play their first match of the tournament against the Philippines. The Scots had a bye in the first round, while the Philippines faced the Czech Republic and Singapore in the group stage.

Defending champion Australia meets Croatia. Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock won easily over Guyana (4-0) and Gibraltar (4-0) in the group stage, while Croatians Boris Krcmar and Romeo Grbavac managed to keep Ireland and Thailand behind in the group stage.

France caused a surprise by trailing Northern Ireland in the group stage. The duo of Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre now face Devon Petersen and Vernon Bouwers of South Africa.

The other duel on Saturday afternoon is between Sweden (Dennis Nilsson and Oskar Lukasiak) and Canadian duo Jeff Smith and Matt Campbell.

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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.

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Schedule World Cup of Darts 2023

Saturday 17 June

Afternoon session (from 12:00)

Second Round x4

France v South Africa

Sweden v Canada

Australia v Croatia

Scotland v Philippines