2014 PDC World Cup of Darts


The 2014 bwin World Cup of Darts was the fourth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 6–8 June 2014 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.
The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld won their country's second World Cup title by defeating defending champions Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final.
The Netherlands averaged the third highest television average of 117.88 against Northern Ireland in their semi-final doubles match, the highest ever televised doubles average.

Format

The tournament was expanded from 24 nations to 32 this year. 16 teams were seeded and were drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Unlike in previous years, there are no groups this year with the tournament being a straight knockout.
First round: Best of nine legs doubles.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.
Final: Four best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

Prize money

Prize money is per team:

Teams and seeding

Seeded nations
RankCountryTop two ranked players
1Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis
2Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld
3Peter Wright and Robert Thornton
4Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson
5Mark Webster and Richie Burnett
6Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell
7Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts
8Connie Finnan and William O'Connor
9Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge
10Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez
11John Part and Shaun Narain
12Jarkko Komula and Jani Haavisto
13Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie
14Magnus Caris and Peter Sajwani
15Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodriguez
16Darin Young and Larry Butler

Unseeded nations
CountryTop two ranked players
Yin Deng and Jun Cai
Per Laursen and Dennis Lindskjold
Jacques Labre and Lionel Maranhao
Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody
Zsolt Meszaros and Nándor Bezzeg
Amit Gilitwala and Nitin Kumar
Marco Brentegani and Daniele Petri
Morihiro Hashimoto and Haruki Muramatsu
Kesava Roa and Thomat Darus
Rob Szabo and Craig Caldwell
Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll
Krzysztof Chmielewski and Krzysztof Strozyk
Evgenii Zhukov and Evgenii Izotov
Paul Lim and Harith Lim
Devon Petersen and Graham Filby
Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Watanyu Charoonroj

Results

Second round

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied after that, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

Quarter-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied after that, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

Semi-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied after that, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

Final

Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches were played, followed by reverse singles matches. If the score had been level after that, a best of seven legs doubles match would have been played to determine the champion.