2013 PDC World Cup of Darts

2013 Betfair World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	1–3 February 2013
Venue	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£150,000
Winner's share	£40,000
High checkout	167 Phil Taylor
Champion(s)
England
«2012 2014»

The 2013 Betfair World Cup of Darts was the third edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 1–3 February 2013 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.

England's Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the defending champions after defeating Australia's Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson in the 2012 final, and they retained their title by defeating the Belgian brothers Ronny and Kim Huybrechts 3–1 in the final.

Format

24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit on 1 January after the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship were represented at the 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts. Each nation's top ranked player was joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rankings of the players was used, with the top eight seeds heading each of the eight groups of three countries.

The 24 countries were split into eight groups of three. Each team played one best of nine leg match against the other two in their group. The top two from each group advanced to the last 16 where the tournament became a straight knockout bracket.

Group matches – best of nine legs (doubles)
Last 16 – best of nine legs (doubles)
Quarter-finals – 2 best of seven legs matches (singles). Should the tie be 1–1 then a third and final doubles tie will be played
Semi-finals – 2 best of seven legs matches (singles). Should the tie be 1–1 then a third and final doubles tie will be played
Final – 4 best of seven legs matches (singles). Should the tie be 2–2, then a fifth and final doubles tie will be played.

Prize money

Prize money is per team:

Position (no. of teams)		Prize Money (Total: £150,000)
Winners	(1)	£40,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£20,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£13,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£6,000
Last 16  (Second round)	(8)	£3,000
Last 24  (Group stage)	(8)	£2,000

Teams and seeding

Rank	Country	Top Two Ranked Players
1	England	Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis
2	Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld
3	Australia	Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson
4	Scotland	Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton
5	Wales	Mark Webster and Richie Burnett
6	Northern Ireland	Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell
7	Germany	Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge
8	Ireland	William O'Connor and Connie Finnan
	Spain	Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodriguez
	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts
	Canada	John Part and Jeff Smith
	Finland	Jani Haavisto and Jarkko Komula
	Austria	Mensur Suljović and Maik Langendorf
	Croatia	Robert Marijanović and Tonči Restović
	Gibraltar	Dyson Parody and Dylan Duo
	Denmark	Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann
	Sweden	Magnus Caris and Par Riihonen
	Japan	Haruki Muramatsu and Sho Katsumi
	United States	Darin Young and Larry Butler
	South Africa	Charl Pietersen and Shawn Hogan
	New Zealand	Phillip Hazel and Craig Caldwell
	Hungary	Nándor Bezzeg and Zsolt Meszaros
	Poland	Krzysztof Kciuk and Krzysztof Ratajski
	Italy	Daniele Petri and Matteo Dal Monte

Philippines (Lourence Ilagan and Christian Perez) withdrew from the event due to travel problems and were replaced by Italy.

Results

Group stage

If teams were tied on number of wins, the tie-breakers were leg difference and then group stage average.

Group A

Team	W	L	LD
England (1)	2	0	+8
Japan	1	1	−4
Austria	0	2	−4

1 February

(86.61) Austria	4 – 5	Japan (89.07)
(94.77) England	5 – 2	Austria (82.47)
(88.41) England	5 – 0	Japan (77.70)

Group B

Team	W	L	LD
Ireland (8)	1	1	+4
South Africa	1	1	0
Denmark	1	1	−4

1 February

(66.33) Denmark	5 – 4	South Africa (70.50)
(90.54) Ireland	5 – 0	Denmark (74.73)
(84.33) Ireland	4 – 5	South Africa (81.81)

Group C

Team	W	L	LD
Scotland (4)	2	0	+5
Canada	1	1	−1
Sweden	0	2	−4

1 February

(91.14) Canada	5 – 4	Sweden (88.92)
(95.16) Scotland	5 – 3	Canada (95.61)
(82.41) Scotland	5 – 2	Sweden (82.98)

Group D

Team	W	L	LD
Wales (5)	2	0	+8
Spain	1	1	−1
Italy	0	2	−7

1 February

(81.69) Spain	5 – 3	Italy (84.66)
(76.62) Wales	5 – 2	Spain (74.28)
(82.59) Wales	5 – 0	Italy (78.99)

Group E

Team	W	L	LD
Netherlands (2)	2	0	+7
Poland	1	1	+1
Gibraltar	0	2	−8

1 February

(74.88) Gibraltar	2 – 5	Poland (70.35)
(85.41) Netherlands	5 – 0	Gibraltar (74.37)
(91.62) Netherlands	5 – 3	Poland (83.04)

Group F

Team	W	L	LD
Germany (7)	2	0	+4
Finland	1	1	−1
United States	0	2	−3

1 February

(85.56) Finland	5 – 4	United States (84.15)
(87.00) Germany	5 – 3	Finland (86.97)
(93.33) Germany	5 – 3	United States (89.07)

Group G

Team	W	L	LD
Australia (3)	2	0	+7
Croatia	1	1	−2
New Zealand	0	2	−5

1 February

(76.32) Croatia	5 – 0	New Zealand (77.67)
(84.87) Australia	5 – 1	Croatia (69.06)
(92.31) Australia	5 – 2	New Zealand (79.11)

Group H

Team	W	L	LD
Northern Ireland (6)	2	0	+7
Belgium	1	1	+2
Hungary	0	2	−9

1 February

(90.54) Belgium	5 – 0	Hungary (71.49)
(90.00) Northern Ireland	5 – 2	Belgium (89.43)
(76.05) Northern Ireland	5 – 1	Hungary (72.06)

Knock-out stage

	Second round (best of 9 legs) 2 February					Quarter-finals (best of 3 matches) 3 February					Semi-finals (best of 3 matches) 3 February					Final (best of 5 matches) 3 February
	1	England 91.27	5
		South Africa 84.21	4
						1	England	2
							Japan	1
	8	Ireland 77.41	3
		Japan 80.73	5
											1	England	2
											5	Wales	1
	4	Scotland 83.72	4
		Spain 87.23	5
							Spain	1
						5	Wales	2
	5	Wales 98.24	5
		Canada 95.01	2
																1	England	3
																	Belgium	1
	2	Netherlands 97.38	3
		Finland 96.00	5
							Finland	2
						7	Germany	1
	7	Germany 81.37	5
		Poland 72.80	2
												Finland	1
												Belgium	2
	3	Australia 95.57	1
		Belgium 101.08	5
							Belgium	2
							Croatia	0
	6	Northern Ireland 83.58	4
		Croatia 76.91	5

Quarter-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied after that, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

England (1)	Japan	Legs	Matches
Phil Taylor 107.82	Haruki Muramatsu 100.05	4–1	1–0
Adrian Lewis 85.98	Sho Katsumi 81.18	3–4	1–1
Taylor & Lewis 99.60	Muramatsu & Katsumi 89.28	4–2	2–1
Result			2–1

Spain	Wales (5)	Legs	Matches
Antonio Alcinas 85.68	Mark Webster 88.29	3–4	0–1
Carlos Rodríguez 84.27	Richie Burnett 80.61	4–3	1–1
Alcinas & Rodríguez 82.53	Webster & Burnett 86.79	2–4	1–2
Result			1–2

Finland	Germany (7)	Legs	Matches
Jani Haavisto 92.07	Jyhan Artut 93.36	1–4	0–1
Jarkko Komula 78.48	Andree Welge 83.55	4–2	1–1
Haavisto & Komula 79.44	Artut & Welge 73.86	4–3	2–1
Result			2–1

Belgium	Croatia	Legs	Matches
Kim Huybrechts 93.69	Tonči Restović 84.42	4–2	1–0
Ronny Huybrechts 80.64	Robert Marijanović 77.16	4–1	2–0
Result			2–0

Semi-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied after that, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

England (1)	Wales (5)	Legs	Matches
Phil Taylor 101.97	Mark Webster 93.66	4–1	1–0
Adrian Lewis 90.66	Richie Burnett 89.19	3–4	1–1
Taylor & Lewis 94.62	Webster & Burnett 93.33	4–3	2–1
Result			2–1

Finland	Belgium	Legs	Matches
Jani Haavisto 81.66	Kim Huybrechts 98.75	1–4	0–1
Jarkko Komula 90.03	Ronny Huybrechts 84.90	4–3	1–1
Haavisto & Komula 86.22	K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 105.48	0–4	1–2
Result			1–2

Final

Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches were played, followed by reverse singles matches. If the score had been level after that, a best of seven legs doubles match would have been played to determine the champion.

England (1)	Belgium	Legs	Matches
Phil Taylor 101.91	Ronny Huybrechts 83.25	4–0	1–0
Adrian Lewis 85.17	Kim Huybrechts 100.20	0–4	1–1
Adrian Lewis 105.75	Ronny Huybrechts 92.13	4–2	2–1
Phil Taylor 98.91	Kim Huybrechts 93.03	4–1	3–1
Result			3–1

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands and Fox Sports in Australia.

External links

• World Cup Netzone, Schedule, results