World Cup of Darts

2024 was been a resurgent year for interest in darts, and it all started 12 months ago at the World Darts Championship. A 16-year-old Luke Littler took the tournament by storm and almost finished as champion.

A year on from that defining tournament, we wait as the 2025 instalment gets underway.

2025 QUALIFYING TARGET PLAYERS

LUKE LITTLER

JOSH ROCK

DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH

KEANE BARRY

JEFFREY DE GRAAF

DANNY LAUBY

PAUL LIM

PHAU WEI TAN

LOK YIN LEE

TARGET PLAYER DARTS

If you're looking to buy darts of your favourite Target player to celebrate this year's World Cup of Darts, look no further.

WHO HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE WORLD CUP OF DARTS 2025?

The pairs for seeded nations, such as England, are selected by the PDC order of merit, with the top 2 players selected from each nation to represent their chosen country.

Unseeded nations often use the same system to select their players, although they may use a different system to select their top 2 players.

There will be 40 teams in this year's World Cup of Darts. The top four teams are seeded and go straight into the second round, with the other 36 competing in a group stage of twelve groups of three, with one qualifying from each group.

The top four seeded nations are chosen based on combined Order of Merit rankings and go straight into the second round. The next 12 highest-ranking nations (5-16) are seeded in the group stage along with another 24 unseeded teams.

Argentina will be making its debut in the competition, while India will return after missing out on last year's competition.

SEEDED TEAMS

Country	Players
England	Luke Humphries & Luke Littler
Wales	Jonny Clayton & Gerwyn Price
Scotland	Gary Anderson & Peter Wright
Northern Ireland	Josh Rock & Daryl Gurney
Netherlands	Danny Noppert & Gian van Veen
Belgium	Mike De Decker & Dimitri Van den Bergh
Germany	Martin Schindler & Ricardo Pietreczko
Republic of Ireland	William O’Connor & Keane Barry
Poland	Krzysztof Ratajski & Radek Szaganski
Canada	Matt Campbell & Jim Long
Sweden	Jeffrey de Graaf & Oskar Lukasiak
Austria	Mensur Suljović & Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
United States	Danny Lauby & Jules van Dongen
Czechia	Karel Sedlacek & Petr Krivka
Croatia	Boris Krcmar & Pero Ljubic
Finland	Marko Kantele & Teemu Karju

UNSEEDED TEAMS

Country	Players
Argentina	Victor Gulin & Jesus Salate
Australia	Damon Heta & Simon Whitlock
Bahrain	Hassan Bucheeri & Sadiq Dasmal
China	Zong Xiao Chen & Lihao Wen
Chinese Taipei	Pupo Teng Lieh & An Sheng Lu
Denmark	Benjamin Reus & Andreas Hyllgaardhus
France	Thibault Tricole & Jacques Labre
Gibraltar	Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt
Hong Kong	Man Lok Leung & Lok Yin Lee
Hungary	Gyorgy Jehirszki & Gergely Lakatos
India	Nitin Kumar & Mohan Goel
Italy	Michele Turetta & Massimo Dalla Rosa
Japan	Ryusei Azemoto & Tomoya Goto
Latvia	Madars Razma & Valters Melderis
Lithuania	Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
Malaysia	Tengku Shah & Jenn Ming Tan
New Zealand	Haupai Puha & Mark Cleaver
Norway	Cor Dekker & Kent Joran Sivertsen
Philippines	Laurence Ilagan & Paolo Nebrida
Portugal	Jose de Sousa & Bruno Nascimento
Singapore	Paul Lim & Phuay Wei Tan
South Africa	Cameron Carolissen & Devon Petersen
Spain	Ricardo Fernandez & Ricardo Carballo
Switzerland	Stefan Bellmont & Alex Fehlmann

TARGET PLAYER SHIRTS

Support your favourite player by repping their darts shirt for this World Cup of Darts.

WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF THE WORLD CUP OF DARTS 2025?

After the success of last year's tournament, this year will stay the same, with the tournament consisting of double matches for all rounds.

Here is how each stage will be played out and won.

·         Group stage: Best of seven legs. 

·         Second Round, Quarter-Final and Semi-Finals: Best of fifteen legs. 

·         Final: Best of nineteen legs 

From the group stage, only 12 teams will emerge to accompany the top 4 seeded teams in the Second Round. From the second round onwards, the competition is a straight knockout format with only the best pair making it to the final.