World Cup of Darts...

[Trigger]

Is it really worth it?... A competition where only the top 3 seeds seriously have a chance of winning, maybe seeds 4 & 5 could cause an upset but unlikely, honestly, what is the point of all this?...

PDC World Cup – Competing Nations
England (1) – Phil Taylor & James Wade
Netherlands (2) – Raymond van Barneveld & Co Stompe
Australia (3) – Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson
Scotland (4) – Gary Anderson & Robert Thornton
Wales (5) – Mark Webster & Barrie Bates
Northern Ireland (6) – Brendan Dolan & John MaGowan
Canada (7) – John Part & Ken MacNeil
USA (8) – Darin Young & Bill Davis
Ireland (9) – Mick McGowan & William O’Connor
Germany (10) – Jyhan Artut & Andree Welge
Spain (11) – Carlos Rodriguez & Antonio Alcinas
Finland (12) – Jarkko Komula & Marko Kantele
New Zealand (13) – Phillip Hazel & Warren Parry
Austria (14) – Mensur Suljovic & Maik Langendorf
Sweden (15) – Magnus Caris & Par Riihonen
Russia (16) – Anastasia Dobromyslova & Roman Konchikov
Gibraltar (17) – Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody
Slovenia (18) – Osmann Kijamet & Sebastijan Pecjak
Denmark (19) – Per Laursen & Vladimiar Andersen
Poland (20) – Krzystof Kciuk & Krzsystof Ratajski
Belgium (21) – Patrick Bulen & Rocco Maes
Japan (22) – Haruki Muramatsu & Shintaro Hirai
Czech Republic (23) – Martin Kapucian & Pavel Drtil
Slovakia (24) – Peter Martin & Oto Zmelik

Mind you, the 16th seeds do have a nice little fitty in Anastasia Dobromyslova and have probably bribed someone...

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Fancy the sweaties @ 5/1 second favs..Anderson & Thornton really in form

 

[Pavilionaire]

Back in the 70s international darts was brilliant, especially the Home Internationals.

International darts is something the BDO still does, and it's a big reason why the likes of Martin Adams feel so allied to the BDO cause. I think the point is the PDC want to further alienate the BDO so to have a successful international tournament undermines the BDO still further.

I think the Top 4 seeds have got a decent chance, and Wales should not be written off.

Personally, I'd love to see an Ango-Dutch annual head-to-head - an "Ashes" of darts if you like.

Van Barneveld, Van Der Voort, Stompe, Van Gerwen, Scholten and Klaasen vs Taylor, Wade, Jenkins, Lewis, Baxter and King would be awesome.

 

[crodonilson]

Is it really worth it?... A competition where only the top 3 seeds seriously have a chance of winning, maybe seeds 4 & 5 could cause an upset but unlikely, honestly, what is the point of all this?...

PDC World Cup – Competing Nations
England (1) – Phil Taylor & James Wade
Netherlands (2) – Raymond van Barneveld & Co Stompe
Australia (3) – Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson
Scotland (4) – Gary Anderson & Robert Thornton
Wales (5) – Mark Webster & Barrie Bates
Northern Ireland (6) – Brendan Dolan & John MaGowan
Canada (7) – John Part & Ken MacNeil
USA (8) – Darin Young & Bill Davis
Ireland (9) – Mick McGowan & William O’Connor
Germany (10) – Jyhan Artut & Andree Welge
Spain (11) – Carlos Rodriguez & Antonio Alcinas
Finland (12) – Jarkko Komula & Marko Kantele
New Zealand (13) – Phillip Hazel & Warren Parry
Austria (14) – Mensur Suljovic & Maik Langendorf
Sweden (15) – Magnus Caris & Par Riihonen
Russia (16) – Anastasia Dobromyslova & Roman Konchikov
Gibraltar (17) – Dylan Duo & Dyson Parody
Slovenia (18) – Osmann Kijamet & Sebastijan Pecjak
Denmark (19) – Per Laursen & Vladimiar Andersen
Poland (20) – Krzystof Kciuk & Krzsystof Ratajski
Belgium (21) – Patrick Bulen & Rocco Maes
Japan (22) – Haruki Muramatsu & Shintaro Hirai
Czech Republic (23) – Martin Kapucian & Pavel Drtil
Slovakia (24) – Peter Martin & Oto Zmelik

Mind you, the 16th seeds do have a nice little fitty in Anastasia Dobromyslova and have probably bribed someone...

It's a fantastic idea, realistically how many teams can win a football or Rugby World Cup??

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Personally, I'd love to see an Ango-Dutch annual head-to-head - an "Ashes" of darts if you like.

Van Barneveld, Van Der Voort, Stompe, Van Gerwen, Scholten and Klaasen vs Taylor, Wade, Jenkins, Lewis, Baxter and King would be awesome.

There is a Netherlands v Rest of World tournament in January apparantly...rumour has it the bbc have got it and it's PDC!!

 

[Trigger]

Well, I didn't see that one coming but I guess if any country was going to fail it would be England after recent sporting disasters... I still think it'll be between Holland & Australia but England's abysmal performance has opened the door for Scotland and Wales, Spain and Austria have played very well though.

 

[Noldi]

Peter Martin now there is a good old Slovakian name.