SUCCESS FOR SWEDEN! 🇸🇪 Delight for Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak, who defy a late fightback from Czechia to reach the quarter-finals for a second straight year! 📺 bit.ly/24WCODLive #WorldCupofDarts | R2
Sweden into quarterfinals for second year in a row; Austria stops Chinese Taipei's fairy tale at World Cup of Darts
PDCSaturday, 29 June 2024 at 15:05
Sweden and Austria are the first two countries to qualify for the quarter-finals at the World Cup of Darts. For Sweden, it is the second time in a row that they are in the last eight at the country tournament in Frankfurt.
Oskar Lukasiak also achieved this success last year alongside Dennis Nilsson, but Lukasiak is teaming up with Jeffrey de Graaf this time. The latter was born in Holland, but has been living in Sweden since 2018. Since 2023, therefore, De Graaf also darts under Swedish citizenship.
Sweden had already started the tournament strongly with wins over Spain (4-0) and Gibraltar (4-1). A confrontation with the Czech Republic awaited at the last sixteen. The Swedish duo fell behind early, but then managed to put things in order.
Karel Sedlacek and Adam Gawlas had taken the Czech Republic to a 2-0 lead via a 20-darter and a 22-darter. Lukasiak then put Sweden on the scoreboard for the first time with a brilliant 127 finish, after which De Graaf started the fourth leg with a 180. A 16-darter then made it 2-2. After that, the Swedish duo quickly ran out to a 5-2 lead.
De Graaf and Lukasiak then allowed the Czechs to come back to 6-4, after which Sedlacek and Gawlas both missed a handful of doubles to further reduce the deficit. A 58 finish by De Graaf then put Sweden up 7-4. Again the Czechs managed to rally and come back to 7-6. A chance for 7-7 was missed, after which Lukasiak ended the match with a 38 finish.
Austria then put an end to Chinese Taipei's brilliant tournament, making their debut at the World Cup of Darts. The Asian country had added extra color to their debut by winning over Ireland in the group stage, allowing Teng Lieh Pupo and An-Sheng Lu to advance to the knockout stage.
At the last sixteen, however, Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez proved to be a few sizes too big. The Austrian duo quickly jumped out to a 4-0 lead and then went on to a 7-2 lead. The two darters from Taiwan then took two more legs, before Austria decided the game with a 12-darter.
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- Am not outraged and as said above i dont like anyone from any country doing it to anyone from any country. Whoever is going for a double should have best of order.Mysstree17-11-2024
- Say what? It happens in other countries; Littler in January - this year (Holland), go and watch the evidence on YouTube. If it is going to be done to English players, then we are more than entitled to dish the same back when players face off in England. When it happened to Littler in Holland in January... where was your outrage then? ABE attitude.MrYnyslas197117-11-2024
- I dont like individuals or crowds trying to put any player off when they are trying to check out, how anyone can think its okay for the crowd to whistle or shout as someone is throwing for a double is beyond me but it does seem to have become part and parcel of the modern game. I no longer play now, darts is as good as dead at a local level round my way but when i did play many years ago, no matter how intense the rivalry you never shouted out or whistled when an opponent from the other team was throwing for a double.Mysstree17-11-2024
- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024