World Cup of Darts draw: Welsh duo Price and Clayton face Finland, top seed England takes on Brazil

The PDC has confirmed the draw for the World Cup of Darts. Defending champion Wales, represented by Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton, opens the tournament against Finland. Top seed England, represented by James Wade and Dave Chisnall, take on Brazil.

The Netherlands will play Denmark in their opening match at the World Cup of Darts. Michael van Gerwen and Dirk van Duijvenbode will take on Andreas Toft Jørgensen and Niels Heinsøe.

Peter Wright and John Henderson, the latter replaces Gary Anderson, are meeting China in the opening round. Belgium of Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts take on Greece in the first round, while Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta start against Italy.

The World Cup of Darts will be held from 9 to 12 September in Jena, Germany. The event was won last year by Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton from Wales.

Draw World Cup of Darts

(1) England v Brazil

Spain v South Africa

(8) Germany v Canada

Russia v Japan

(4) Belgium v Greece

Austria v Philippines

(5) Northern Ireland v Hong Kong

Republic of Ireland v Portugal

(2) Wales v Finland

Hungary v Lithuania

(7) Australia v Italy

USA v Sweden

(3) Netherlands v Denmark

Gibraltar v Singapore

(6) Scotland v China

Czech Republic v Poland

Teams World Cup of Darts

(1) England - James Wade & Dave Chisnall

(2) Wales - Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton

(3) Netherlands - Michael van Gerwen & Dirk van Duijvenbode

(4) Belgium - Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts

(5) Northern Ireland - Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan

(6) Scotland - Peter Wright & John Henderson

(7) Australia - Simon Whitlock & Damon Heta

(8) Germany - Gabriel Clemens & Max Hopp

Austria - Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez

Brazil - Diogo Portela & Artur Valle

Canada - Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell

China - Jianfeng Lu & Wenqing Liu

Greece - John Michael & Veniamin Symeonidis

Czech Republic - Karel Sedlacek & Adam Gawlas

Denmark - Andreas Toft Jørgensen & Niels Heinsøe

Finland - Marko Kantele & Veijo Viinikka

Gibraltar - Sean Negrette & Justin Hewitt

Hong Kong - Kai Fan Leung & Man Lok Leung

Hungary - János Végső & Patrik Kovács

Italy - Danilo Vigato & Michele Turetta

Japan - Jun Matsuda & Yoshihisa Baba

Lithuania - Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas

Philippines - Lourence Ilagan & Christian Perez

Poland - Krzysztof Ratajski & Krzysztof Kciuk

Portugal - Jose de Sousa & Jose Marques

Republic of Ireland - William O’Connor & Steve Lennon

Russia - Boris Koltsov & Evgenii Izotov

Singapore - Paul Lim & Harith Lim

South Africa - Devon Petersen & Carl Gabriel

Spain - Jesus Noguera & Jose Justicia

Sweden - Daniel Larsson & Johan Engström

USA - Danny Lauby & Chuck Puleo