The World Cup of Darts kicks off on Thursday, June 12, in Frankfurt, Germany, and England's dream team of world number one Luke Humphries and world number two Luke Littler will represent the country in the tournament.
The World Cup of Darts is an international doubles tournament that pairs up the top two best-ranked players in the PDC Order of Merit from a country to do battle for the trophy. Players throw three darts each and alternate throughout the match.
In total, 80 players from 40 nations compete, with England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland receiving a bye into the last 16 as they were the four top-ranked teams. The 36 other teams will first compete in 12 round-robin groups of three, with the top 12 teams going through to the last 16.
Key information
When: Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Sunday, June 15, 2025
Where: Eissporthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Times:
Thursday, June 12: 6pm BST
Friday, June 13:
- Afternoon Session: 11pm BST
- Evening Session: 6pm BST
Saturday, June 14:
- Afternoon Session: 12pm BST
- Evening Session: 6pm BST
Sunday, June 15:
- Afternoon Session: 12pm BST
- Evening Session: 6pm BST
Teams
Littler and Humphries are joining together to be the team to beat. The two men have been the best two players in the world the past two years and are the past two PDC World Champions, Premier League Champions and are the number one and two in the world. It's no wonder they are the bookmakers' favourites.
England are the reigning champions, with Humphries and Michael Smith winning the title last year. They have not retained the crown since they won in 2015 and 2016 with the pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis. Humphries and Littler are aiming to do the same this year.
‘The Green Machine’, Michael van Gerwen, has decided not to compete, meaning the Netherlands were sent to the group stages rather than getting a bye to the next round as the world number three was replaced by world number 23 Gian van Veen.
Seeds numbered in brackets
Into the last 16:
(1) England (Luke Humphries and Luke Littler)
(2) Wales (Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price)
(3) Scotland (Gary Anderson and Peter Wright)
(4) Northern Ireland (Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney)
Group stage
Group A
(5) Netherlands (Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen)
Italy (Michele Turetta and Massimo Dalla Rosa)
Hungary (Gyorgy Jehirszki and Gergely Lakatos)
Group B
(6) Belgium (Mike de Decker and Dimitri van den Bergh)
Latvia (Madars Razma and Valters Melderis)
Philippines (Lourence Ilagan and Paolo Nebrida)
Group C
(7) Germany (Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko)
Portugal (Jose de Sousa and Bruno Nascimento)
Singapore (Paul Lim and Phuay Wei Tan)
Group D
(8) Republic of Ireland (William O'Connor and Keane Barry)
Gibraltar (Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt)
China (Xiaochen Zong and Lihao Wen)
Group E
(9) Poland (Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szaganski)
South Africa (Cameron Carolissen and Devon Petersen)
Norway (Cor Dekker and Kent Joran Sivertsen)
Group F
(10) Canada (Matt Campbell and Jim Long)
Malaysia (Tengku Shah and Tan Jenn Ming)
Denmark (Denjamin Drue Reus and Andreas Hyllgaardhus)
Group G
(11) Sweden (Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak)
Lithuania (Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas)
France (Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre)
Group H
(12) Austria (Mensur Suljovic and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez)
Spain (Daniel Zapata and Ricardo Fernandez)
Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock)
Group I
(13) United States (Danny Lauby and Jules van Dongen)
Hong Kong (Man Lok Leung and Lok Yin Lee)
Bahrain (Sadeq Mohamed and Hasan Bucheeri)
Group J
(14) Czech Republic (Karel Sedlacek and Petr Krivka)
India (Nitin Kumar and Mohan Goel)
Chinese Taipei (Teng Lieh Pupo and An-Sheng Lu)
Group K
(15) Croatia (Pero Ljubic and Boris Krcmar)
Japan (Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto)
Switzerland (Stefan Bellmont and Alex Fehlmann)
Group L
(16) Finland (Teemu Harju and Marko Kantele)
New Zealand (Haupai Puha and Mark Cleaver)
Argentina (Jesus Salate and Victor Guillin)
Schedule
Thursday's first session will see the first group matches, where all the seeded teams in the group stage will feature.
On Friday, the second group matches take place in the afternoon session, with Thursday's losing team taking on the third nation in their respective group. Friday evening session will see Thursday's winning team taking on the third nation too.
Saturday is the start of the second round, with four matches in both the afternoon and evening sessions. Sunday’s afternoon session has the quarter-finals, before Sunday's evening session which has both the semi-finals and finals.
The group stage matches are best-of-seven legs, then the second round, quarter-finals and semi-finals are best of 15 legs. The final will be best of 19.
All games will be played in a doubles format (alternating players for each three throws), with a 501 straight start and double finish.
Prize fund
In total, there is a prize pot of £450,000 on offer to be split between all the teams. The winners will take home £80,000 between them.
- Winners: £80,000
- Runners-up: £50,000
- Semi-finalists: £30,000
- Quarter-finalists: £20,000
- Last 16 losers: £9,000
- Second place in group: £5,000
- Third place in group: £4,000
Where to watch
In the UK, the 2025 BetVictor World Cup of Darts will be available to watch on Sky Sports. The action will be split between the TV channels Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event, and each session will be shown live.