2016 PDC World Cup of Darts
The 2016 Betway World Cup of Darts was the sixth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 2–5 June 2016 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
England retained their title after beating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final.
Format
The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, but unlike recent years, only the top 8 teams are seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2016 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 will settle the match.
Final: Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches are played followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order are played to determine the champion.
Prize money
Prize money remained at £250,000 as it was at last year's tournament. The prize money was per team:Teams and seeding
In a change to the seeding system used in recent PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, only the top 8 countries were seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded. The ranking of the seeded nations was confirmed on 23 May 2016.Seeded nations
| Rank | Country | Entered players |
| 1 | Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis | |
| 2 | Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney | |
| 5 | Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price | |
| 6 | Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson | |
| 7 | Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts | |
| 8 | Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez |
Unseeded nations
| Country | Entered players |
| John Part and Ken MacNeil | |
| Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie | |
| Michal Kocik and Pavel Drtil | |
| Per Laursen and Daniel Jensen | |
| Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele | |
| Max Hopp and Jyhan Artut | |
| Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio | |
| John Michael and Ioannis Selachoglou | |
| Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie | |
| Nándor Bezzeg and Patrik Kovacs | |
| William O'Connor and Mick McGowan | |
| Daniele Petri and Michel Furlani | |
| Keita Ono and Haruki Muramatsu | |
| Warren Parry and Cody Harris | |
| Robert Wagner and Cor Dekker | |
| Gilbert Ulang and Alex Tagarao | |
| Krzysztof Ratajski and Mariusz Paul | |
| Aleksandr Oreshkin and Boris Koltsov | |
| Paul Lim and Harith Lim | |
| Devon Petersen and Graham Filby | |
| Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas | |
| Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson | |
| Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree | |
| Darin Young and Larry Butler |