THE Cash Converters World Cup of Darts will be held from February 3-5 2012 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany and features 24 nations represented by two-man teams.
Televised live on Sky Sports HD, the event will feature a combination of both Doubles and Singles games throughout three days of play.
Information, fixtures and results will be updated below throughout the tournament.
Watch Live!Coverage of the Cash Converters World Cup will be live on Sky Sports HD and also via Sky Go in the UK & Ireland.
The tournament will also be screened around the world on RTL7 in the Netherlands, Fox Sports in Australia and Orbit Showtime Network in the Middle East.
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Highlights will also be available from every session for all LIVEPDC.TV subscribers.
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Cash Converters World Cup of Darts
Schedule of Play
All times local (GMT+1)
Friday February 3
Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm)First Round x8 Games
Best of nine legs, 501 Doubles, loser throws first.
Knockout between teams 9-24
First Round Order of PlayCanada (John Part & Ken MacNeil) 5-3 Hungary (Nandor Bezzeg & Kristian Kaufmann)
Republic of Ireland (William O'Connor/Mick McGowan 5-2 Malaysia (Lee Choon Peng/Amin Bin Abdul Ghani)
USA (Darin Young & Gary Mawson) 5-3 Philippines (Christian Perez & Lourence Ilagan)
Austria (Mensur Suljovic & Dietmar Burger) 5-3 New Zealand (Warren French & Preston Ridd)
Sweden (Magnus Caris & Dennis Nilsson) 5-2 Japan (Haruki Muramatsu & Morihiro Hashimoto)
Spain (Antonio Alcinas & Carlos Rodriguez) 2-5 South Africa (Devon Petersen & Shawn Hogan)
Finland (Petri Korte & Marko Kantele) 4-5 Croatia (Boris Krcmar & Tonci Restovic)
Gibraltar (Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody) 4-5 Denmark (Per Laursen & Jann Hoffmann)
Click here for First Round round-up & match informationClick here for First Round Photo GallerySecond RoundPlay split across Friday night & Saturday afternoon sessions
Draw Bracket - to be used from Second Round onwards
England (1) v Canada
Germany (8) v USA
Wales (5) v Croatia
Scotland (4) v South Africa
Australia (2) v Republic of Ireland
Belgium (7) v Sweden
Northern Ireland (6) v Denmark
Netherlands (3) v Austria
Evening Session (8pm-12am)16 x Singles matches. Top ranked player from each team plays second ranked player from opposing team.
Best of seven legs, 501 Singles, loser throws first.
One point awarded for each match winner.
Click here for Second Round Singles match details & round-upSecond Round Singles Order of PlayNorthern Ireland 1-1 DenmarkBrendan Dolan 3-4 Jann Hoffmann
Michael Mansell 4-1 Per Laursen
Belgium 1-1 SwedenKim Huybrechts 4-1 Dennis Nilsson
Kurt Van De Rijck 2-4 Magnus Caris
Australia 2-0 Republic of IrelandSimon Whitlock 4-1 Mick McGowan
Paul Nicholson 4-0 William O'Connor
Wales 2-0 CroatiaMark Webster 4-0 Tonci Restovic
Richie Burnett 4-3 Boris Krcmar
Germany 1-1 USAJyhan Artut 4-3 Gary Mawson
Bernd Roith 2-4 Darin Young
Scotland 2-0 South AfricaGary Anderson 4-3 Shawn Hogan
Peter Wright 4-1 Devon Petersen
England 0-2 CanadaPhil Taylor 3-4 Ken MacNeil
Adrian Lewis 3-4 John Part
Netherlands 1-1 AustriaRaymond van Barneveld 4-3 Dietmar Burger
Vincent van der Voort 3-4 Mensur Suljovic
Saturday February 4
Afternoon Session (2.30pm-6.30pm)
Second Round8x Doubles matches. Best of nine legs, 501 Doubles, loser throws first.
Two points awarded for each match winner. In the event of this resulting in a 2-2 tie between countries, a sudden death doubles leg will take place with the team who threw first in the doubles match throwing first for the bull in the sudden death leg.
Second Round Doubles Order of PlayNorthern Ireland v Denmark
Belgium v Sweden
Australia v Republic of Ireland
Wales v Croatia
Germany v USA
Scotland v South Africa
England v Canada
Netherlands v Austria
Evening Session (8pm-12am)
Quarter-Finals4x Quarter-Final ties. Play proceeds in bracket order from the Second Round onwards.
Same format as Second Round, with Doubles match immediately following second Singles match in each tie.
Order of Play TBC
Sunday February 5
Afternoon Session (3pm-6.30pm)
Semi-Finals2x Semi-Final ties.
Semi-finals consist of four best of nine leg Singles games followed by a best of nine leg Doubles match (if required).
One point is awarded per singles match won, two per doubles. Loser throws first.
If the match finishes all square (3-3), a sudden-death Doubles leg will be played with a bull-up on stage to determine who throws first. Once a team has an unassailable lead, the tie is over and no further matches shall be played.
Order of Play TBC
Evening Session (8pm-11.30pm)
FinalSame format as semi-finals but matches played over the best of 15 legs.
Prize Fund
| Winning Team |
£20,000 each |
| Runners-Up |
£10,000 each |
| Semi-Finalists |
£6,500 each |
| Quarter-Finalists |
£3,000 each |
| Second Round Losers |
£1,500 each |
| First Round Losers |
£1,000 each |
| Total |
£150,000 |
Cash Converters World Cup of Darts Teams1 - England (Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis)
2 - Australia (Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson)
3 - Netherlands (Raymond van Barneveld & Vincent van der Voort)
4 - Scotland (Gary Anderson & Peter Wright)
5 - Wales (Mark Webster & Richie Burnett)
6 - Northern Ireland (Brendan Dolan & Michael Mansell)
7 - Belgium (Kim Huybrechts & Kurt Van De Rijck)
8 - Germany (Jyhan Artut & Bernd Roith)
9 - Canada (John Part & Ken MacNeil)
10 - Republic of Ireland (William O'Connor & Mick McGowan)
11 - USA (Darin Young & Gary Mawson)
12 - Austria (Mensur Suljovic & Dietmar Burger)
13 - Sweden (Magnus Caris & Dennis Nilsson)
14 - Spain (Antonio Alcinas & Carlos Rodriguez)
15 - Finland (Petri Korte & Marko Kantele)
16 - Gibraltar (Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody)
17 - Denmark (Per Laursen & Jann Hoffmann)
18 - Croatia (Boris Krcmar & Tonci Restovic)
19 - South African (Devon Petersen & Shawn Hogan)
20 - Japan (Haruki Muramatsu & Morihiro Hashimoto)
21 - New Zealand (Warren French & Preston Ridd)
22 - Philippines (Christian Perez & Lourence Ilagan)
23 - Malaysia (Lee Choon Peng & Amin Bin Abdul Ghani)
24 - Hungary (Nandor Bezzeg & Kristian Kaufmann)
Session TimesThe World Cup of Darts session times are (German times):
Friday February 3 - 2pm-6pm, 8pm-12am
Saturday February 4 - 2.30pm-6.30pm, 8pm-12am
Sunday February 5 - 3pm-6.30pm, 8pm-11.30pm
UK Times are:
Friday February 3 - 1pm-5pm, 7pm-11pm
Saturday February 4 - 1.30pm-5.30pm, 7pm-11pm
Sunday February 5 - 2pm-5.30pm, 7pm-10.30pm
