bwin World Cup of Darts Media Release - Schedule of Play Please see below a media release confirming the schedule of play, format and BWIN WORLD CUP OF DARTS SCHEDULE OF PLAY CONFIRMED THE schedule of play for the bwin World Cup of Darts has been confirmed ahead of the fourth staging of the event next week. An expanded World Cup of Darts will this year see 32 nations, each represented by two players, competing for the title and a £200,000 prize fund at the Sporthalle Hamburg from June 6-8. The knockout event will kick off on Friday June 6, with the first round being held across two sessions as the 16 seeded nations face the 16 unseeded countries. Host nation German will take on South Africa in one of the eight fixtures to be played in Fridays afternoon session, while last years semi-finalists Finland will kick off the tournament against Poland and 2010 semi-finalists Spain face New Zealand. The top eight seeds will enter the first round on Friday night, with reigning champions England beginning their bid for a third successive title as they meet Thailand. Netherlands, who won the 2010 event, will play Italy in the first round, while last years beaten finalists Belgium take on debutants India and 2012 runners-up Australia play Denmark. Saturday June 7 will see the second round split across two sessions as the remaining 16 nations face off, with the quarter-finals being held on Sunday afternoon and seeing a mixture of Singles and Doubles games. The tournament will then conclude on Sunday evening, with the semi-finals and final also featuring a mixture of Singles and Doubles contests. bwin World Cup of Darts Friday June 6 Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST) First Round Finland (12) v Poland USA (16) v Hungary Hong Kong (13) v Norway Austria (10) v China Sweden (14) v Gibraltar Canada (11) v Japan Germany (9) v South Africa Spain (15) v New Zealand Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST) First Round Republic of Ireland (8) v Singapore Wales (5) v France Belgium (7) v India Northern Ireland (6) v Malaysia Scotland (3) v Russia England (1) v Thailand Netherlands (2) v Italy Australia (4) v Denmark Saturday June 7 Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST) Second Round Northern Ireland/Malaysia v Canada/Japan Belgium/India v Austria/China Wales/France v Finland/Poland Republic of Ireland/Singapore v Germany/South Africa Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST) Second Round Australia/Denmark v Hong Kong/Norway Scotland/Russia v Sweden/Gibraltar England/Thailand v USA/Hungary Netherlands/Italy v Spain/New Zealand Sunday June 8 Afternoon Session (2pm-6pm local time, 1pm-5pm BST) Quarter-Finals Order of Play TBC Evening Session Evening Session (8pm-12am local time, 7pm-11pm BST) Semi-Finals Final Format First Round Best of nine legs Doubles Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals The Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play. In the event of both nations winning one Singles match apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie. Final The Final will be played as four best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, and then Reverse Singles following. The first team to win three games is declared the winner. In the event of both nations winning two Singles matches apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie. Competing Nations Seeded Nations 1 - England (Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis) 2 - Netherlands (Michael van Gerwen & Raymond van Barneveld) 3 - Scotland (Peter Wright & Robert Thornton) 4 - Australia (Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson) 5 - Wales (Mark Webster & Richie Burnett) 6 - Northern Ireland (Brendan Dolan & Michael Mansell) 7 - Belgium (Kim Huybrechts & Ronny Huybrechts) 8 - Republic of Ireland (Connie Finnan & William OConnor) 9 - Germany (Jyhan Artut & Andree Welge) 10 - Austria (Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez 11 - Canada (John Part & Shaun Narain) 12 - Finland (Jarkko Komula & Jani Haavisto) 13 - Hong Kong (Ting Chi Royden Lam & Scott Mackenzie) 14 - Sweden (Magnus Caris & Peter Sajwani) 15 - Spain (Antonio Alcinas & Carlos Rodriguez) 16 - USA (Darin Young & Larry Butler) Unseeded Nations China (Yin Deng & Jun Cai) Denmark (Per Laursen & Dennis Lindskjold) France (Jacques Labre & Lionel Maranhao) Gibraltar (Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody) Hungary (Zsolt Meszaros & Nandor Bezzeg) India (Amit Gilitwala & Nitan Kumar) Italy (Marco Brentegani & Daniele Petri) Japan (Morihiro Hashimoto & Haruki Muramatsu) Malaysia (Kesava Roa & Thomat Darus) New Zealand (Rob Szabo & Craig Caldwell) Norway (Robert Wagner & Vegar Elvevoll) Poland (Krzysztof Chmielewski & Krzysztof Strozyk) Russia (Evgenii Zhukov & Evgenii Izotov) Singapore (Paul Lim & Harith Lim) South Africa (Devon Petersen & Graham Filby) Thailand (Thanawat Gaweenuntawong & Watanyu Charoonroj) Prize Fund Winning Team: £20,000 per player Runners-Up: £10,000 per player Semi-Finalists: £7,000 per player Quarter-Finalists: £3,500 per player Second Round Losers: £2,250 per player First Round Losers: £1,500 per player Total: £200,000
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 12:11:24 +0000
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