Pair Secure Chinese World Cup Spots

YUANJUN LIU and Wenge Xie will represent China at the Betway World Cup of Darts after winning their qualifier for June's event, while Lihao Wen was the winner of the year's third event on the PDC-affiliated circuit.

Following victories for Dawei Zhang and Bin Ouyang in the year's first two tournaments, Lihao Wen was the winner of Stage Three in Ningbo, which featured 73 players.

After picking up wins over Feihu Sun, Wei Chen, Qi Xing, Jieyu Gao and Bin Xheng, he defeated Jianhua Shen 2-1 in a tight final, winning the opening set 3-1, losing the second 3-2 before taking the decider 3-2 in a sudden-death leg.

Stage Three was followed by the World Cup Qualifier, which featured 32 players based on the last eight players from the first three Stages and eight other seeds.

Yuanjun Liu defeated Lei Chen, 2015 World Cup player Zuejie Huang, Jianhua Shen and Zhipeng Fan as he qualified alongside Wenge Xie, who overcame Bin Zheng, 2016 World Championship qualifier Qiang Sun, Lihao Wen and 2015 World Cup ace Jun Chen.

Stage Three
Semi-Finals

Lihao Wen 2-1 Bin Zheng
Jianhua Shen 2-0 Weijie Zhao

Final
Lihao Wen 2-1 Jianhua Shen

World Cup Qualifier
Qualifiers: Yuanjun Liu, Wenge Xie
Semi-Finalists: Zhipeng Fan, Jun Chen
Quarter-Finalists: Lihao Wen, Di Zhuang, Jianhua Shen, Hu Ling
Last 16: Weihong Li, Guanshou Ruan, Yuyi SHao, Qiang Sun, Yanlai Shi, Xuejie Huang, Yin Deng, Dawei Zhang