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