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THE bwin World Cup of Darts sees an expanded 32 nations competing for £200,000 in prize money at the Sporthalle Hamburg from June 6-8.

The knockout event will kick off on Friday June 6, with the first round being held across two sessions as the 16 seeded nations face the 16 unseeded countries.

Saturday June 7 will see the second round split across two sessions as the remaining 16 nations face off, with the quarter-finals being held on Sunday afternoon and seeing a mixture of Singles and Doubles games.

The tournament will then conclude on Sunday evening, with the semi-finals and final also featuring a mixture of Singles and Doubles contests.

bwin World Cup of Darts
Friday June 6
Afternoon Session
First Round
Finland (12) 4-5 Poland
USA (16) 5-1 Hungary
Hong Kong (13) 5-2 Norway
Austria (10) 5-2 China
Sweden (14) 5-2 Gibraltar
Canada (11) 4-5 Japan
Germany (9) 3-5 South Africa
Spain (15) 5-3 New Zealand

Evening Session
First Round
Republic of Ireland (8) 3-5 Singapore
Wales (5) 5-4 France
Belgium (7) 5-0 India
Northern Ireland (6) 5-2 Malaysia
Scotland (3) 5-1 Russia
England (1) 5-0 Thailand
Netherlands (2) 5-2 Italy
Australia (4) 5-2 Denmark

Saturday June 7
Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST)
Second Round
Northern Ireland 2-0 Japan
Singles 1 - Michael Mansell 4-1 Haruki Muramatsu
Singles 2 - Brendan Dolan 4-2 Morihiro Hashimoto
Doubles (not needed) - Mansell/Dolan v Muramatsu/Hashimoto

Belgium 2-0 Austria
Singles 1 - Kim Huybrechts 4-1 Mensur Suljovic
Singles 2 - Ronny Huybrechts 4-0 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Doubles (not needed) - Huybrechts/Huybrechts v Suljovic/Rodriguez

Wales 2-1 Poland
Singles 1 - Mark Webster 3-4 Krzysztof Chmielewski
Singles 2 - Richie Burnett 4-2 Krzysztof Strozyk
Doubles - Webster/Burnett 4-3 Chmielewski/Strozyk

Singapore 1-2 South Africa
Singles 1 - Paul Lim 0-4 Devon Petersen
Singles 2 - Harith Lim 4-3 Graham Filby
Doubles - Lim/Lim 3-4 Petersen/Filby

Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST)
Second Round
Australia 2-1 Hong Kong
Singles 1 - Simon Whitlock 4-2 Ting Chi Royden Lam
Singles 2 - Paul Nicholson 1-4 Scott Mackenzie
Doubles - Whitlock/Nicholson 4-0 Lam/Mackenzie

Scotland 2-0 Sweden
Singles 1 - Peter Wright 4-0 Magnus Caris
Singles 2 - Robert Thornton 4-1 Peter Sajwani
Doubles (not needed) - Wright/Thornton v Caris/Sajwani

England 2-1 USA
Singles 1 - Phil Taylor 4-1 Larry Butler
Singles 2 - Adrian Lewis 1-4 Darin Young
Doubles - Taylor/Lewis 4-1 Butler/Young

Netherlands 2-0 Spain
Singles 1 - Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Antonio Alcinas
Singles 2 - Raymond van Barneveld 4-1 Carlos Rodriguez
Doubles (not needed) - van Gerwen/van Barneveld v Alcinas/Rodriguez

Sunday June 8
Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST)
Quarter-Finals
Northern Ireland 2-1 Scotland
Singles 1 - Brendan Dolan 4-2 Peter Wright
Singles 2 - Michael Mansell 3-4 Robert Thornton
Doubles - Dolan/Mansell 4-1 Wright/Thornton

Netherlands 2-1 Belgium
Singles 1 - Michael van Gerwen 2-4 Kim Huybrechts
Singles 2 - Raymond van Barneveld 4-2 Ronny Huybrechts
Doubles - van Gerwen/van Barneveld 4-0 Huybrechts/Huybrechts

Wales 1-2 Australia
Singles 1 - Mark Webster 1-4 Simon Whitlock
Singles 2 - Richie Burnett 4-2 Paul Nicholson
Doubles (if needed) - Webster/Burnett 0-4 Whitlock/Nicholson

England 2-0 South Africa
Singles 1 - Phil Taylor 4-3 Devon Petersen
Singles 2 - Adrian Lewis 4-2 Graham Filby
Doubles (not needed) - Taylor/Lewis v Petersen/Filby

Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST)
Semi-Finals
Netherlands v Northern Ireland
Singles 1 - Michael van Gerwen 3-4 Brendan Dolan
Singles 2 - Raymond van Barneveld 4-0 Michael Mansell
Doubles - van Gerwen/van Barneveld 4-0 Dolan/Mansell

England 2-1 Australia
Singles 1 - Phil Taylor 4-1 Simon Whitlock
Singles 2 - Adrian Lewis 2-4 Paul Nicholson
Doubles (if needed) Taylor/Lewis 4-0 Whitlock/Nicholson

Final
Netherlands 3-0 England
Singles 1 - Michael van Gerwen 4-0 Phil Taylor
Singles 2 - Raymond van Barneveld 4-0 Adrian Lewis
Singles 3 - Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Adrian Lewis
Singles 4 - Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor (not needed)
Doubles - van Gerwen/van Barneveld v Taylor/Lewis (not needed)

FIRST TEAM TO WIN THREE TIES WINS THE GAME

Format
First Round
Best of nine legs Doubles
Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals
The Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play. In the event of both nations winning one Singles match apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie.
Final
The Final will be played as four best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, and then Reverse Singles following. The first team to win three games is declared the winner. In the event of both nations winning two Singles matches apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie.

Competing Nations
Seeded Nations
1 - England (Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis)
2 - Netherlands (Michael van Gerwen & Raymond van Barneveld)
3 - Scotland (Peter Wright & Robert Thornton)
4 - Australia (Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson)
5 - Wales (Mark Webster & Richie Burnett)
6 - Northern Ireland (Brendan Dolan & Michael Mansell)
7 - Belgium (Kim Huybrechts & Ronny Huybrechts)
8 - Republic of Ireland (Connie Finnan & William O'Connor)
9 - Germany (Jyhan Artut & Andree Welge)
10 - Austria (Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
11 - Canada (John Part & Shaun Narain)
12 - Finland (Jarkko Komula & Jani Haavisto)
13 - Hong Kong (Ting Chi Royden Lam & Scott Mackenzie)
14 - Sweden (Magnus Caris & Peter Sajwani)
15 - Spain (Antonio Alcinas & Carlos Rodriguez)
16 - USA (Darin Young & Larry Butler)

Unseeded Nations
China (Yin Deng & Jun Cai)
Denmark (Per Laursen & Dennis Lindskjold)
France (Jacques Labre & Lionel Maranhao)
Gibraltar (Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody)
Hungary (Zsolt Meszaros & Nandor Bezzeg)
India (Amit Gilitwala & Nitan Kumar)
Italy (Marco Brentegani & Daniele Petri)
Japan (Morihiro Hashimoto & Haruki Muramatsu)
Malaysia (Kesava Roa & Thomat Darus)
New Zealand (Rob Szabo & Craig Caldwell)
Norway (Robert Wagner & Vegar Elvevoll)
Poland (Krzysztof Chmielewski & Krzysztof Strozyk)
Russia (Evgenii Zhukov & Evgenii Izotov)
Singapore (Paul Lim & Harith Lim)
South Africa (Devon Petersen & Graham Filby)
Thailand (Thanawat Gaweenuntawong & Watanyu Charoonroj)

Prize Fund
Winning Team: £20,000 per player
Runners-Up: £10,000 per player
Semi-Finalists: £7,000 per player
Quarter-Finalists: £3,500 per player
Second Round Losers: £2,250 per player
First Round Losers: £1,500 per player
Total: £200,000

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