2023 PDC World Cup of Darts

2023 My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	16–19 June 2023
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£450,000
Winner's share	£80,000
High checkout	144  Krzysztof Ratajski
Champion(s)
Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton)
«2022 2024»

The 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the thirteenth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place from 16 to 19 June 2023 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock) were the defending champions, after beating Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton) 3–1 in the 2022 final,[1] but they were eliminated in the quarter finals, losing 7–8 to Belgium .

Wales won the tournament for the second time, defeating Scotland (Peter Wright and Gary Anderson) 10–2 in the final.[2]

Format

A new format was introduced for 2023, with an expansion to 40 teams. The top four teams are seeded to the second round, with the other 36 competing in a group stage of twelve groups of three, with one qualifying from each group.[3]

In the new format all rounds consist of a doubles match, removing singles matches, which had been a part of World Cups in previous years, entirely.

Group stage: Best of seven legs.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Best of fifteen legs.
Final: Best of nineteen legs

Prize money

Total prize money was increased to £450,000 from the previous £350,000, with the winning prize going up to £80,000 from £70,000.[3]

The prize money per team was:

Position (no. of teams)		Prize Money (Total: £450,000)
Winners	(1)	£80,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£30,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£20,000
Last 16  (Second round)	(8)	£9,000
Second in group	(12)	£5,000
Third in group	(12)	£4,000

Teams and seedings

The top four nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings are seeded to the second round, while the next twelve nations are seeded in the group stage.[3]

On 22 February 2023, a Latin America qualifier was announced to determine a representative team from that region.[4]

The top two players from nations represented by the PDC Order of Merit were confirmed on 29 May; the top players from nations on the PDC Asian Tour were confirmed on 1 May, and the top players from the Nordic & Baltic regions were confirmed on 5 June.[3]

The expansion sees Bahrain, Guyana,[5] Iceland and Ukraine enter for the first time, while Croatia will compete for the first time since 2013, France for the first time since 2014, India for the first time since 2015, Thailand for the first time since 2018, and China return having missed the 2022 tournament.

Following the first round draw, Michael van Gerwen withdrew due to a dental operation, and was replaced with Dirk van Duijvenbode. This resulted in Wales moving ahead of the Netherlands in the seedings.[6]

The teams and players were as follows:

Seeded nations (top four to second round) Rank Country Players 1  England Michael Smith and Rob Cross 2  Wales Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton 3  Netherlands Danny Noppert and Dirk van Duijvenbode 4  Scotland Peter Wright and Gary Anderson 5  Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts 6  Germany Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler 7  Australia Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock 8  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney 9  Ireland William O'Connor and Keane Barry 10  Austria Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 11  Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk 12  Canada Matt Campbell and Jeff Smith 13  Czech Republic Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček 14  Spain José Justicia and Tony Martinez 15  Latvia Madars Razma and Dmitrijs Žukovs 16  Switzerland Stefan Bellmont and Marcel Walpen

Unseeded nations Country Players  Bahrain Bassim Mahmood and Abdulnaser Yusuf[7]  China Zong Xiao Chen and Lihao Wen  Croatia Boris Krčmar and Romeo Grbavac  Denmark Vladimir Andersen and Benjamin Drue Reus  Finland Marko Kantele and Paavo Myller  France Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre  Gibraltar Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt  Guyana Sudesh Fitzgerald and Norman Madhoo  Hong Kong Man Lok Leung and Lee Lok Yin  Hungary Patrik Kovács and Levente Sarai  Iceland Vitor Charrua and Hallgrímur Egilsson  India Prakash Jiwa and Amit Gilitwala  Italy Massimo Dante and Michele Turetta  Japan Jun Matsuda and Tomoya Goto  Lithuania Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas  New Zealand Ben Robb and Warren Parry[7]  Philippines Christian Perez and Lourence Ilagan  Portugal José de Sousa and Luis Ameixa  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim  South Africa Devon Petersen and Vernon Bouwers  Sweden Dennis Nilsson and Oskar Lukasiak  Thailand Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree  Ukraine Vladyslav Omelchenko and Ilya Pekaruk[7]  United States Jules van Dongen and Leonard Gates

Group stage

All group matches are best of 7 legs
After three games, the team that finishes top in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
If teams were tied on points after all the matches were completed, the ties were broken based on leg difference

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; LD = Leg difference; Pts = Points

Group A Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Belgium (5) 2 2 0 8 3 +5 4 Q 2  Finland 2 1 1 4 4 0 2 E 3  China 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 15 June  Belgium 91.09 4–0  Finland 74.00 16 June  Finland 79.11 4–0  China 77.76  Belgium 94.37 4–3  China 80.94

Group B Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Germany (6) 2 2 0 8 0 +8 4 Q 2  Japan 2 1 1 4 7 −3 2 E 3  Hong Kong 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 15 June  Germany 93.94 4–0  Hong Kong 80.85 16 June  Hong Kong 82.32 3–4  Japan 77.75  Germany 84.68 4–0  Japan 70.61

Group C Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Australia (7) 2 2 0 8 0 +8 4 Q 2  Gibraltar 2 1 1 4 5 −1 2 E 3  Guyana 2 0 2 1 8 −7 0 15 June  Australia 81.24 4–0  Guyana 69.46 16 June  Guyana 62.86 1–4  Gibraltar 74.29  Australia 88.41 4–0  Gibraltar 75.36

Group D Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  France 2 2 0 8 1 +7 4 Q 2  Northern Ireland (8) 2 1 1 5 4 +1 2 E 3  Ukraine 2 0 2 0 8 −8 0 15 June  Northern Ireland 81.83 1–4  France 83.09 16 June  Northern Ireland 96.97 4–0  Ukraine 60.75  France 81.24 4–0  Ukraine 73.60

Group E Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Croatia 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  Ireland (9) 2 1 1 5 5 0 2 E 3  Thailand 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 15 June  Ireland 84.31 4–1  Thailand 76.17 16 June  Thailand 71.66 3–4  Croatia 77.57  Ireland 81.97 1–4  Croatia 85.13

Group F Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Denmark 2 1 1 7 6 +1 2 Q 2  Austria (10) 2 1 1 6 6 0 2 E 3  United States 2 1 1 6 7 −1 2 15 June  Austria 91.74 2–4  Denmark 90.94 16 June  Austria 88.40 4–2  United States 80.91  Denmark 81.77 3–4  United States 85.89

Group G Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Poland (11) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  Lithuania 2 1 1 5 5 0 2 E 3  Portugal 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 15 June  Poland 80.37 4–3  Portugal 81.20 16 June  Portugal 79.70 1–4  Lithuania 88.04  Poland 118.10 4–1  Lithuania 86.75

Group H Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Canada (12) 2 2 0 8 3 +5 4 Q 2  Hungary 2 1 1 5 4 +1 2 E 3  India 2 0 2 2 8 −6 0 15 June  Canada 81.94 4–2  India 72.42 16 June  India 71.80 0–4  Hungary 76.10  Canada 89.82 4–1  Hungary 87.76

Group I Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Philippines 2 2 0 8 2 +6 4 Q 2  Czech Republic (13) 2 1 1 5 6 −1 2 E 3  Singapore 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 15 June  Czech Republic 88.65 4–2  Singapore 85.16 16 June  Singapore 78.38 1–4  Philippines 82.70  Czech Republic 75.00 1–4  Philippines 86.03

Group J Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  South Africa 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  Spain (14) 2 1 1 6 6 0 2 E 3  Iceland 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 15 June  Spain 82.69 2–4  South Africa 84.69 16 June  Spain 78.05 4–2  Iceland 69.56  South Africa 89.16 4–2  Iceland 66.64

Group K Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Latvia (15) 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  New Zealand 2 1 1 6 5 +1 2 E 3  Bahrain 2 0 2 3 8 −5 0 15 June  Latvia 87.82 4–2  New Zealand 83.13 16 June  New Zealand 83.90 4–1  Bahrain 63.10  Latvia 86.79 4–2  Bahrain 71.73

Group L Pos Team Pld W L LF LA LD Pts Status 1  Sweden 2 2 0 8 4 +4 4 Q 2  Italy 2 1 1 7 7 0 2 E 3  Switzerland (16) 2 0 2 4 8 −4 0 15 June  Switzerland 76.66 3–4  Italy 78.53 16 June  Switzerland 82.79 1–4  Sweden 79.92  Italy 78.22 3–4  Sweden 88.02

Knockout stage

	Second round (best of 15 legs) 17 June					Quarter-finals (best of 15 legs) 18 June					Semi-finals (best of 15 legs) 18 June					Final (best of 19 legs) 18 June
	1	England 93.50	8
	15	Latvia 83.98	4
						1	England 94.07	3
						6	Germany 92.67	8
	11	Poland 89.67	6
	6	Germany 87.31	8
											6	Germany 84.45	5
											4	Scotland 86.27	8
	4	Scotland 89.01	8
		Philippines 87.91	5
						4	Scotland 89.07	8
							France 80.59	0
		France 83.43	8
		South Africa 75.99	4
																4	Scotland 90.08	2
																2	Wales 96.18	10
	2	Wales 99.97	8
		Denmark 82.27	2
						2	Wales 92.34	8
							Sweden 82.78	5
		Sweden 91.44	8
	12	Canada 87.66	5
											2	Wales 95.85	8
											5	Belgium 92.25	7
	3	Netherlands 93.20	7
	5	Belgium 92.13	8
						5	Belgium 92.52	8
						7	Australia 95.12	7
	7	Australia 89.60	8
		Croatia 85.65	6

References

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2. Allen, Dave (18 June 2023). "Wonderful Wales win My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts for second time". PDC.tv.
3. Allen, Dave (9 March 2023). "World Cup of Darts expanded as radical new format announced". PDC. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
4. Allen, Dave (22 February 2023). "Latin America Qualifier announced for 2023 World Cup of Darts". PDC.tv.
5. Gorton, Josh (15 May 2023). "Guyana win Latin American Qualifier to confirm World Cup of Darts debut". PDC. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
6. Wood-Thompson, Lewis (14 June 2023). "Van Gerwen withdraws from World Cup of Darts". PDC. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
7. "Quartet of pairings confirmed for World Cup of Darts". PDC.tv. 28 March 2023.