The World Cup with Darts: Luke Littler and Luke Humphries to lead Team England on Frankfurt’s Eissporthalle from June 12 to 15 | DART NEWS

The dream team by Luke Littler and Luke Humphries will aim to lead Team England to the World Cup in Dart-Hero at Frankfurt’s Eissporthalle from 12 to 15 June.

The reigning masters of England have been grafted as one of the top four nations-based on the lowest cumulative PDC order for the meritration of the two competing players and will enter the second round with two-time masters Wales and Scotland and the fourth seed Northern Ireland reaching the semi-finals in 2014 and 2016.

The remaining 36 nations have been divided into 12 groups of three to the round -robin phase – including 12 grafted nations – from which each group winner will move on.

Danny Noppert will join forces with the World Cup Gian van Veen for the Netherlands, as the Dutch Duo headline group A together with 2024 quarterfinals Italy and Hungary.

There will also be a new-look Belgian mating on the show this year, like the World Grand Prix champion Mike de Decker Partners The Returning Dimitri van den Bergh.

The 2013 runners have since appeared in seven semi-finals without lifting the title and will aim to correct it when playing Latvia and the Philippines in Group B.

Ricardo Pietreczko will make his World Cup for the hosts Germany as he and Martin Schindler face Portugal and Singapore – led by the 71 -year -old icon Paul Lim – in Group C. C.

The Republic of Ireland, the finalists in 2019, will meet Gibraltar and China in Group D, while Poland goes up in Group E, which contains Norway and two-time quarter-finalists South Africa.

Three-time quarterfinals Canada takes the center of Group F-AS also contains Malaysia and Denmark-The former quarter-final Sweden and France, together with Lithuania in Group G.

Mensur Suljovic will maintain his always present world championship record for 2024 runners-up Austria, with Rusty-Jake Rodriguez ready to represent his country for the first time-statted brother Rowby-John in pairing.

They will go head-to-head with Spain and the 2022 Champions Australia in a Blockbuster group H as Simon Whitlock returns his big scene with World No 8 Damon Heta.

The United States, Hong Kong and Bahrain are fighting for it in Group I, with Group J, consisting of the Czech Republic, Chinese Taipei and India returning to the World Cup after missing out on last year.

Croatia, 2024 quarterfinals, headline Group K with Japan and Switzerland, while Finland, New Zealand and the World Cup debutants Argentina Complete Group L.

The losing nations from Thursday’s opening of round-robin matches play the third team drawn in each group in Friday’s afternoon session before the crucial group games are played Friday night.

England’s dream team

At the end of the group play, the draw for the last 16 will take place on Friday night as England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland open their title bid in Saturday’s second round.

Recent Krone Premier League champion Humphries and world champion Littler will form a dream partnership for five-time winners England as Littler debuts with highly expected World Cup.

Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price will aim to lead Wales to a third triumph in the couples, while Gary Anderson and Peter Wright again merging for Third Seeds Scotland.

Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney form a new look partnership for Northern Ireland, which brings Brendan Dolan’s always present record at this event to an end.

The four top grafted nations will be predetermined in the draw in the last 16, with the 12 group winners to be drawn randomly.

The second round takes place across two sessions on Saturday, followed by the quarterfinals, the semi -finals and the final on a bumper final day in Frankfurt on Sunday 15 June.

2025 Betvictor World Cup of Dart
12-15 JUNE 2025, EISSPORTHALLE, Frankfurt, Germany
Poded through for the second round
(1) England
(2) Wales
(3) Scotland
(4) Northern Ireland

Group step
Group A.
(5) Holland
Italy
Hungary

Group B.
(6) Belgium
Latvia
The Philippines

Group C.
(7) Germany
Portugal
Singapore

Group D.
(8) Republic Ireland
Gibraltar
China

Group E.
(9) Poland
South Africa
Norway

Group f
(10) Canada
Malaysia
Denmark

Group G.
(11) Sweden
Lithuania
France

Group H.
(12) Austria
Spain
Australia

Group I.
(13) USA
Hong Kong
Bahrain

Group J.
(14) Czech Republic
Chinese Taipei
India

Group K.
(15) Croatia
Japan
Switzerland

Group L.
(16) Finland
New Zealand
Argentina

Character fittings – the second round onwards
(1) England vs.
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(4) Northern Ireland against
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(2) Wales vs.
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(3) Scotland vs.
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Session plan
Thursday 12 June (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
First Group Matches (Seeded Nation V Nation 2)
Sweden against Lithuania (G)
Czech Republic vs Chinese Taipei (J)
Croatia vs japan (k)
Republic Ireland vs. Gibraltar (D)
Canada vs Malaysia (F)
US VS HONG KONG (I)
Poland against South Africa (s)
Belgium vs Latvia (B)
Holland against Italy (A)
Germany vs Portugal (c)
Austria vs. Spain (H)
Finland vs new zealand (l)

Friday 13. June
Afternoon session (1200 local time, 1100 bst)
Other group matches
(Thursday’s losing Team V Nation 3)

Plan in the same group order as Thursday’s evening session

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Third group matches
(Thursday’s winning team against nation 3)

Plan in the same group order as Thursday’s evening session

Saturday 14 June
Afternoon session (1300 local time, 1200 bst)
Second Round X4

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Second Round X4

Sunday 15 June
Afternoon session (1300 local time, 1200 bst)
Quarterfinals

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Semi -final
Finally

Match format
First round (group step) – best of seven legs
Second round – best of 15 legs
Quarterfinals – best of 15 legs
Semi -final – best of 15 legs
Final – best of 19 legs

All games are played in a double format, 501 with straight start and double finish.

Competing nations and mating
(1) England – Luke Humphries & Luke Littler
(2) Wales – Jonny Clayton & Gerwyn Price
(3) Scotland – Gary Anderson & Peter Wright
(4) Northern Ireland – Josh Rock & Daryl Gurney
Argentina – Jesus Salate & Victor Guillin
Australia – Damon Heta & Simon Whitlock
Austria – Mensur Suljovic & Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Bahrain – Sadeq Mohamed & Hasan Buchereri
Belgium – Mike de decker & dimitri van den bergh
Canada – Matt Campbell & Jim Long
China – Xiaochen Zong & Lihao Wen
Chinese Taipei – Pupo Teng-Lieh & An-Sheng Lu
Croatia – Pero Ljubic & Boris Krcmar
Czech Republic – Karel Sedlacek & Petr Krivka
Denmark – Benjamin Reus & Andreas Hyllgaardhus
Finland – Teemu Harju & Marko Kantle
France – Thibault Tricole & Jacques Labre
Germany – Martin Schindler & Ricardo Pietreczko
Gibraltar – Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt
Hong Kong – Man Lok Leung & Lok Yin Lee
Hungary – György jehirszki & gergely lakatos
India – Nitin Kumar & Mohan Goel
Italy – Michele Turetta & Massimo Dalla Rosa
Japan – Ryusei Azemoto & Tomoya Goto
Latvia – MADARS RAZMA & VALTERS REMOVALSIS
Lithuania – Darius Labanskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
Malaysia – Tengku Shah & Tan Jenn Ming
The Netherlands – Danny Noppert & Gian Van Veen
New Zealand – HAUPAI PUHA & MARK CLEAVER
Norway – Cor Dekker & Kent Joran Sivertsen
The Philippines – Lourence Ilagan & Paolo Nebrida
Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski & Radek Szaganski
Portugal – Jose de Sousa & Bruno Nascimento
Republic Ireland – William O’Connor & Keane Barry
Singapore – Paul Lim & Phuay Wei Tan
South Africa – Cameron Carolissen & Devon Petersen
Spain – Daniel Zapata & Ricardo Fernandez
Sweden – Jeffrey de Graaf & Oskar Lukasiak
Switzerland – Stefan Bellmont & Alex Fehlmann
The US – the US – Danny Lauby & Jules Van Dngen

Price Fund (per Team)
Winners – £ 80,000
Runners -Up – £ 50,000
Semi -finalists – £ 30,000
Quarterfinals – £ 20,000
Last 16 losers – £ 9,000
Second in group – £ 5,000
Third in Group – £ 4,000
A total of £ 450,000

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