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World Cup of Darts 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Latest updates Germany beat Finland with ease, Ireland and USA lose – live stream

• Jon Boon , Features writer
• Updated : 10:03, 29 Jun 2024

THE World Cup of Darts is well underway with 40 nations competing in Frankfurt.

England , Wales , Netherlands and Scotland are all seeded nations and will progress straight to the knockout rounds.

The group stages began today with some cracking match-ups and conclude on Friday with the second round beginning on Saturday.

• Start time: 12pm BST (morning session)
• TV channel: Sky Sports Main Event/Action
• Live stream: Sky Sports app / PDC.TV

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New Zealand 4-0 Finland

An absolute whitewash from New Zealand as they breeze past Kantele and Harju of Finland.

A 91 average from the New Zealanders was enough to put their first points on the board., but their fate is out of their hands.

Finland will need to do them a favour against Germany tonight to get them over the line and into the next round.

South Africa 4-2 Switzerland

South Africa pick up their first win of the tournament, but unfortunately still sit behind Northern Ireland in Group B.

The Irish duo can secure their spot in the next round when they take on Switzerland later this evening.

South Africa won't take to the oche again.

Up next is New Zealand vs Finland!

Singapore 1-4 Philippines

Singapore have also bowed out of the World Cup after a second consecutive defeat.

The Philippines due of Perez and Toylo breezed past their opponents 4-1.

Now they will head into their own straight shootout against Belgium at 9:05pm this evening.

USA 2-4 Italy

The United States are OUT!

Two losses from two in their group mean they have been dumped from the World Cup.

Italy now sit top of the group and will go head to head with Portugal for a place in the next round later tonight.

Norway 4-3 Hungary

Norway were close to being knocked out, but a double tops at the death saw take the win.

Unfortunately for Dekker and Bjorge Helling, that's not enough to see them through.

Now attention can be turned to a big next match... USA vs Italy.

Lithuania 3-4 Chinese Taipei

WHAT A DEBUT!

On their first ever World Cup of Darts appearance, Chinese Taipei have won!

The legs were shared back and forth throughout, but the newcomers wound up winners in the end.

They will have to beat Ireland this evening to advance.

Norway vs Hungary up next.

Malaysia 3-4 Canada

A valiant effort from Malaysia to try and keep their hopes of advancing alive.

But ultimately Canada managed to pull things back after trailing for most of the match.

The Canadians win a decisive final leg to book their spot in the second round.

Unfortunately for Malayasia, it means they are out.

Latvia 4-2 Denmark

Denmark started strong, but struggled to maintain their momentum.

Latvia pulled it back from 2-1 down to win the match and put themselves in with a shot of advancing to the next round.

They will need France to lose to Denmark tonight to be in with a shot though.

Malaysia vs Canada next.

Bahrain 0-4 Iceland

Ice cool from the Icelandic pair as they breeze past Bahrain.

It's Iceland's FIRST EVER win at the World Cup.

Olafsson and Gudmundsson now sit level on points with the Czech Republic, while Bahrain are out.

Iceland face a straight shootout with the Czechs at 6:35pm to see who will advance to the next round.

Latvia vs Denmark up next in Frankfurt.

Spain 3-4 Gibraltar

What a win for little old Gibraltar!

Both nations were down to one double to win it with the scored tied at three a piece.

But as double tops miss for Spain set uop the opportunity for Gibraltar to snatch it.

Sensational stuff.

It's Bahrain up against Iceland next!

We're underway!

Today's action has started in Frankfurt!

Spain's duo of Jose Justicia and Jesus Noguera start proceedings against Gilbraltar.

They need a big win.

15 minute warning

Today's action gets underway in just 15 minutes!

Spain and Gibraltar will kick things off when their chosen throwers take to the oche to see who can advance from Group K.

Follow along here for all the action and scores.

Pay the Price

Gerwyn Price was forced to withdraw from representing Wales at the World Cup of Darts on Wednesday due to "health issues".

Price has been replaced by Jim Williams, who will partner Jonny Clayton.

Here's what Price had to say about missing out.

I'm massively disappointed that I'm having to miss the World Cup and I always love representing Wales. I wish Jonny and Jim Williams the best of luck this weekend and hopefully they can bring back the title again! Gerwyn Price

More from Humphries

Luke Humphries is keen to write his own name in history alongside teammate Michael Smith at the World Cup this week.

Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis are the only pair to win the competition with England, but Cool Hand Luke is hoping to add his name to that list.

Speaking to PDC , he said: "Phil is obviously the greatest player of all-time, and Adrian [Lewis] is a legend of the game too.

“For me and Michael to join them in winning the World Cup for England, it really would mean the world to us.

“There’s a chance for us to go on and create our own history. We’re both really up for it, so hopefully everything goes well, because if it does, then we stand a great chance.

“Me and Michael both get along very well, we’re both heavy scorers and most of the time we’re good on our doubles, so if we put that all together, it will take something special to stop us.”

Humphries excited for 'special moment'

World number one Luke Humphries is excited to get out and make his World Cup debut tomorrow in Frankfurt.

Humphries, who is partnered with Michael Smith for the tournament, has described it as a "very special moment".

It will be a surreal feeling. It’s like the World Championship win. You don’t really think it’s going to happen to you until it does! It’s going to be a very special moment for me and my family. I’ve always wanted to represent my country, so I’m really looking forward to it. Luke Humphries PDC

World Cup pairings

Here’s a reminder of the pairings for every nation taking part in the World Cup this week…

England to struggle?

Australian star Simon Whitlock - who survived a scare from Japan with partner Damon Heta - is not convinced England should be the favourites for the World Cup.

The English team is Luke Humphries and Michael Smith, the world champions in 2024 and 2023, and the highest ranked pair with both players in the top 3.

But Whitlock isn't sure they will work in the pairs format.

He said: "They're both amazing players. But I don't think they will work together. I don't think it will work for them.

"That might be nasty saying that. They're more singles players while we play a lot of pairs in Australia and that's how it works for us."

As the top seed, the English pair don't get into action until after the group stage and begin their campaign on Saturday.

Belgian pair set aside differences

The Belgian team, Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts, weren't speaking on stage last year but have vowed to push aside their differences for the good of the nation.

"We're here for Belgium," Van den Bergh said, "We have learned a lot from last year.

"We haven't showed the best in the first game last year and this year we're in the position to say we've got to grow up. We've got a whole load of pressure on ourselves. What is that our national colours.

"That means so much more to us as a person and in that case that means even more to us as a country. That's what we're doing and need to be doing."

Huybrechts added: "There's no question mark for us. We are here, we're at the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt. I have to play with him, he has to play with me.

"Whether we like it or not, there's no question mark. We are here to win it, we are here to go all the way. I'm not saying we will win it but we have one goal and I have to do it with him and he has to do it with me. The only question marks are from the media. That's it.

"There's no doubt I know he's going to do his best and I'm going to do my best. We are here for Belgium. I want to win it, he wants to win it. We are not here for fun or to make friends. We are here to represent our country and be professional and I hope everybody around us is going to be professional."

Friday morning session

Play is set to resume at 11am with these matches coming up in the morning session:

• Spain v Gibraltar (K)
• Bahrain v Iceland (H)
• Latvia v Denmark (J)
• Malaysia v Canada (I)
• Lithuania v Taiwan (E)
• Norway v Hungary (G)
• United States v Italy (L)
• Singapore v Philippines (A)
• South Africa v Switzerland (B)
• New Zealand v Finland (C)
• Japan v Hong Kong (D)
• China v Guyana (F)

How the seeding works

The top four seeds at the World Cup of Darts join the tournament in Frankfurt at the second-round stage.

The other 12 seeds are taking part in the group stages - hoping to reach the last 16 for tomorrow and Sunday.

Straight into second round (last 16):

1 England – Luke Humphries, Michael Smith. 2 Wales – Jonny Clayton, Jim Williams. 3 Netherlands – Michael van Gerwen, Danny Noppert. 4 Scotland – Peter Wright, Gary Anderson.

Taking part in group stage:

5 Belgium – Dimitri Van den Bergh, Kim Huybrechts. 6 Northern Ireland – Josh Rock, Brendan Dolan. 7 Germany – Martin Schindler, Gabriel Clemens. 8 Australia – Damon Heta, Simon Whitlock. 9 Republic of Ireland – William O’Connor, Keane Barry. 10 Austria – Rowby-John Rodriguez, Mensur Suljovic. 11 Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski, Radek Szaganski. 12 Czechia – Adam Gawlas, Karel Sedlacek. 13 Croatia – Boris Krcmar, Romeo Grvabac. 14 France – Jacques Labre, Thibault Tricole. 15 Sweden – Jeffrey de Graaf, Oskar Lukasiak. 16 USA – Danny Lauby, Jules van Dongen.

What comes today at World Cup of Darts

We'll see the rest of the World Cup of Darts group games split over afternoon and evening sessions today.

Then comes the second round - the last 16 on Saturday.

Sunday afternoon brings the quarter-finals, followed by the semis and the final that evening.

The eventual champions will scoop £80,000 between them in prize money.

Group Stage  - Best of seven legs Second Round  - Best of 15 legs Quarter-Finals  - Best of 15 legs Semi-Finals  - Best of 15 legs Final  - Best of 19 legs

No Littler, no problem?

Luke Littler-less England are odds-on favourites to win the World Cup of Darts.

Luke Humphries and Michael Smith are No 1 and 2 in the PDC Order of Merit.

That's why England are rated at around 8/13 - with the Netherlands duo Michael van Gerwen and Danny Noppert next best on 4/1.

Then come Germany on 15/2 and Scotland 10/1, with Wales and Northern Ireland on 14/1.

Recap of the tournament format

Last year’s successful format is being repeated - meaning groups and knockout stages of all doubles matches over four days.

The top four seeds are the nations with the lowest combined PDC Order of Merit ranking of their two players.

Those four countries – England, Wales, the Netherlands, Scotland – enter at the second-round stage.

The other 36 teams are split into 12 groups of three for the round-robin first round – battling to join the four seeds on Saturday.

Here's how the weekend action pans out

Afternoon Session (12pm BST) Second Round - 4 matches

Evening Session (6pm BST) Second Round - 4 matches

Afternoon Session (12pm BST) Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (6pm BST) Semi-Finals Final

Tomorrow's action

Afternoon Session (11am BST) Group Stage - Second Matches

Evening Session (6pm BST) Group Stage - Final Matches

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Updated PDC Development Tour Order of Merit after 4 events

The first four events on the 2020 pdc development tour took place this past weekend with ryan meikle in particular impressing..

Meikle who has been one of the standout names on the Development Tour for the past few seasons leads the way by virtue of winning back-to-back events (2 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday) and is currently on £4,200.

Wessel Nijman who is also in the winners' circle again on the Development Tour follows him with £2,250 closely by compatriot Berry van Peer who is on £2,200.

Martin Schindler is fourth with £2,050, while Dom Taylor also known as 'The Skyscraper' who impressed many at Q-School has brought that form onto the secondary tour and rounds out the top five.

The likes of Nico Kurz and Brian Raman are also in the top ten; with Ted Evetts who has been imperious on the tour for the past few years not being as successful as usual currently sitting in 12th place.

Click here for more information on this years’ Development Tour.

PDC Development Tour Order of Merit after 4 events

1 Ryan Meikle £4,200 2 Wessel Nijman £2,250 3 Berry van Peer £2,200 4 Martin Schindler £2,050 5 Dom Taylor £1,600 6 Niels Zonneveld £1,600 7 Nico Kurz £1,500 8 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £900 9 Brian Raman £850 10 Sebastian Bialecki £800 11 Keelan Kay £750 12 Ted Evetts £700 13 Kevin Troppmann £650 14 Bradley Brooks £650 15 Jamai van den Herik £600 16 Kevin Doets £600 17 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £600 18 Lewis Williams £550 19 Maikel Verberk £500 20 Geert Nentjes £400 21 Damian Mol £400 22 Mike van Duivenbode £400 23 Luke Colwill £400 24 Gian van Veen £400 25 Joshua Richardson £400 26 Keane Barry £400 27 Marcus Tommaso Brambati £350 28 Brad Phillips £350 29 Ciaran Teehan £350 30 Joe Davis £350 31 Bertus Herks £350 32 Daan Bastiaansen £300 33 Aaron Ayres £300 34 Liam Meek £300 35 Justin van Tergouw £300 36 Kalem Marsh £300 37 Reece Colley £300 38 Sven Hesse £300 39 Thomas Lovely £300 40 Jack Main £300 41 James Beeton £300 42 Moreno Blom £250 43 Robin Beger £250 44 Philipp Hagemann £250 45 Owen Roelofs £250 46 Adam Gawlas £250 47 Alec Small £250 48 Jack Male £200 49 Brent Plaisier £200 50 Nathan Girvan £200 51 Jurjen van der Velde £200 52 Raphael Leufgen £200 53 Jitse Van der Wal £200 54 Danny van Trijp £150 55 Vilem Sedivy £150 56 Cameron Doyle £150 57 Ben Cheeseman £150 58 Charlie Green £150 59 Sam Coenders £150 60 Marcus Kirchmann £150 61 Henry Cutting £150 62 Ben West £150 63 Charlie Symons £150 64 Aiden Cope £150 65 Keith O'Neill £150 66 Michael Poole £150 67 Egor Tvorogov £150 68 David Schlichting £100 69 Lewis Gurney £100 70 Nico Blum £100 71 Rene Molendijk £100 72 Levy Frauenfelder £100 73 Marc Legant £100 74 Sebastian Oschitzki £100 75 Keanu van Velzen £100 76 Lennon Cradock £100 77 Leon Rudolf £100 78 Timo Van den Elshout £100 79 Tom Heldt £100 80 Callum Wilson £100 81 Nathan Rafferty £100 82 Niklas Thunemann £100 83 Justin Hewitt £100 84 Henry Reddin £100 85 Jordan Ward £100 86 Alessio Marconi £100 87 Owen Emmett-Bowden £50 88 Dylan Dowling £50 89 Ryan Ward £50 90 Lewis Plank £50 91 Jack Neary £50 92 Lewis McGuigan £50 93 Robbie Chalmers £50 94 Colin Philippi £50 95 Owen Maiden £50 96 Ben Quenby £50 97 Josh Brake £50 98 Mattia Pinelli £50 99 Amos Menghini £50 100 Jonas Aplowski £50 101 Lerena Rietbergen £50 102 Spyridon Ballas £50 103 Youri Brouwer £50 104 Manuel Strobel £50 105 Leon Remde £50 106 Mike Tiedemann £50 107 Nathan Boon £50 108 Jack Sargeant £50 109 Kevin Schiller £50 110 Joost Geurts £50 111 Christian Helmecke £50 112 Joe Higgins £50 113 Alexander Rolf £50 114 Justin Paul £50 115 Lukas Fabian Schwarzbach £50 116 Joshua Hermann £50 117 Roman Benecky £50 118 Andy Kent £50 119 Kevin Knopf £50 120 Dylan Powell £50 121 Alfie Jacques £50 122 Winston van de Graaf £50 123 Kai Haddock £50 124 Maximilian Johansen £50 125 Connor Pickett £50 126 Marvin van Velzen £50 127 Viani Van den bergh £50 128 Kieran Hoare £50 129 Thomas King £50 130 Danny Jansen £50

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Former PDC player Nigel Birch passes away

The Professional Darts Corporation sends its condolences to the family & friends of former player Nigel Birch, who has passed away.

Birch competed on the PDC circuit for a decade from 2007-2017, initially making his PDC debut at the UK Open as a Punch Taverns amateur qualifier.

He defeated Mark Wilson, Stuart Holden and Steve Brown in Bolton before being defeated in the last 64 to Kevin Painter.

Birch then began competing on the full PDC circuit in 2008, and on his second UK Open appearance overcame Paul Knighton, Dale Pinch, Shane Cox and Dennis Priestley before losing to Jelle Klaasen in the last 32.

The Stoke thrower continued to play on the circuit until the end of 2017, which was his fourth year playing on the Challenge Tour.

Former World Championship finalist Andy Hamilton paid tribute to "one of Stoke's finest" , describing Birch as "a great dart player, a fierce opponent, a brilliant captain but most importantly an even better man" .

Wayne Mardle described Birch - nicknamed "Nutty Nigel" as "always such fun to be around" .

Birch's son Chris is now part of the PDC's marking scheme at non-televised events in the UK, retaining the family's links to the sport.