Eight more countries are vying for the title at the 2023 World Cup of Darts. The four quarter-finals are scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Frankfurt, Germany.
The Netherlands are no longer in it. The duo Danny Noppert and Dirk van Duijvenbode lost 8-7 to Belgium in the second round on Saturday evening. Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts now take on Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta. The Australian duo are the defending champions at the World Cup of Darts.
The winner of the Belgium-Australia encounter will play Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton) or Sweden (Dennis Nilsson and Oskar Lukasiak) in the semi-final on Sunday evening.
In the first quarterfinal, England (Michael Smith and Rob Cross) and Germany (Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler) will battle for a semi-final spot. The remaining quarter-finals will be between Scotland (Peter Wright and Gary Anderson) and France (Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre).
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.
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.
Sunday 18 June
Afternoon session (from 12:00pm)
Quarter-finals
England v Germany
Scotland v France
Wales v Sweden
Belgium v Australia