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 (quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
England (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis)
«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 separated 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 and Last 16: best of nine legs doubles.
Quarter-finals and semi-finals: 2 best of seven legs singles matches. Should the tie be 1–1, then a third and final doubles tie will be played.
Final: Up to the four best of seven legs singles matches. First team to 3 points wins the title. 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

The 24 teams were divided into three pools based on their rankings, with one team from each pool assigned to each group.

On 25 January, it was announced that the Philippines team of Lourence Ilagan and Christian Perez had to withdraw from the event due to travel problems and were replaced by Italy.

Pool A (Seeded Nations)

Rank	Country	Entered 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

Pool B

Country	Entered players
Austria	Mensur Suljović and Maik Langendorf
Belgium	Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts
Canada	John Part and Jeff Smith
Croatia	Robert Marijanović and Tonči Restović
Denmark	Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann
Finland	Jani Haavisto and Jarkko Komula
Gibraltar	Dyson Parody and Dylan Duo
Spain	Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodriguez

Pool C

Country	Entered players
Hungary	Nándor Bezzeg and Zsolt Mészáros
Italy	Daniele Petri and Matteo Dal Monte
Japan	Haruki Muramatsu and Sho Katsumi
New Zealand	Phillip Hazel and Craig Caldwell
Poland	Krzysztof Kciuk and Krzysztof Ratajski
South Africa	Charl Pietersen and Shawn Hogan
Sweden	Magnus Caris and Par Riihonen
United States	Darin Young and Larry Butler

Results

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	England (1)	2	2	0	10	2	+8	4	Q
2	Japan	2	1	1	5	9	–4	2
3	Austria	2	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

1 February

86.60  Austria	4 – 5	Japan 89.08
88.41  England	5 – 0	Japan 77.69

2 February

94.78  England	5 – 2	Austria 82.46

Group B

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Ireland (8)	2	1	1	9	5	+4	2	Q
2	South Africa	2	1	1	9	9	0	2
3	Denmark	2	1	1	5	9	–4	2	Eliminated

1 February

66.34  Denmark	5 – 4	South Africa 70.51
90.54  Ireland	5 – 0	Denmark 74.74

2 February

84.33  Ireland	4 – 5	South Africa 81.80

Group C

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Scotland (4)	2	2	0	10	5	+5	4	Q
2	Canada	2	1	1	8	9	–1	2
3	Sweden	2	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

1 February

91.15  Canada	5 – 4	Sweden 88.93
95.15  Scotland	5 – 3	Canada 95.45

2 February

82.40  Scotland	5 – 2	Sweden 82.98

Group D

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Wales (5)	2	2	0	10	2	+8	4	Q
2	Spain	2	1	1	7	8	–1	2
3	Italy	2	0	2	3	10	–1	0	Eliminated

1 February

81.68  Spain	5 – 3	Italy 84.66
76.61  Wales	5 – 2	Spain 74.28

2 February

82.58  Wales	5 – 0	Italy 79.00

Group E

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Netherlands (2)	2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2	Poland	2	1	1	8	7	+1	2
3	Gibraltar	2	0	2	2	10	–8	0	Eliminated

1 February

74.89  Gibraltar	2 – 5	Poland 70.36
91.61  Netherlands	5 – 3	Poland 83.04

2 February

85.40  Netherlands	5 – 0	Gibraltar 74.36

Group F

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Germany (7)	2	2	0	10	6	+4	4	Q
2	Finland	2	1	1	8	9	–1	2
3	United States	2	0	2	7	10	–3	0	Eliminated

1 February

85.55  Finland	5 – 4	United States 84.16
87.00  Germany	5 – 3	Finland 86.98

2 February

93.34  Germany	5 – 3	United States 89.07

Group G

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Australia (3)	2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2	Croatia	2	1	1	6	5	+1	2
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	2	10	–8	0	Eliminated

1 February

76.32  Croatia	5 – 0	New Zealand 77.66
84.88  Australia	5 – 1	Croatia 69.06

2 February

92.30  Australia	5 – 2	New Zealand 79.10

Group H

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Northern Ireland (6)	2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2	Belgium	2	1	1	7	5	+2	2
3	Hungary	2	0	2	1	10	–9	0	Eliminated

1 February

90.54  Belgium	5 – 0	Hungary 71.49
90.00  Northern Ireland	5 – 2	Belgium 89.44

2 February

76.05  Northern Ireland	5 – 1	Hungary 72.05

Knockout 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
	A1	England (1) 91.27	5
	B2	South Africa 84.21	4
						A1	England (1)	4	3	4	2
						A2	Japan	1	4	2	1
	B1	Ireland (8) 77.41	3
	A2	Japan 80.73	5
														A1	England (1)	4	3	4	2
														D1	Wales (5)	1	4	3	1
	C1	Scotland (4) 83.72	4
	D2	Spain 87.23	5
						D2	Spain	3	4	2	1
						D1	Wales (5)	4	3	4	2
	D1	Wales (5) 98.24	5
	C2	Canada 95.01	2
																						A1	England (1)	4	0	4	4		3
																						H2	Belgium	0	4	2	1		1
	E1	Netherlands (2) 97.38	3
	F2	Finland 96.00	5
						F2	Finland	1	4	4	2
						F1	Germany (7)	4	2	3	1
	F1	Germany (7) 81.37	5
	E2	Poland 72.80	2
														F2	Finland	1	4	0	1
														H2	Belgium	4	3	4	2
	G1	Australia (3) 95.57	1
	H2	Belgium 101.08	5
						H2	Belgium	4	4		2
						G2	Croatia	2	1		0
	H1	Northern Ireland (6) 83.58	4
	G2	Croatia 76.91	5

Quarter-finals

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

England (1)	Japan	Score
Phil Taylor 107.82	Haruki Muramatsu 100.05	4–1
Adrian Lewis 85.98	Sho Katsumi 81.18	3–4
Taylor & Lewis 99.60	Muramatsu & Katsumi 89.28	4–2
Final result		2–1

Spain	Wales (5)	Score
Antonio Alcinas 85.68	Mark Webster 88.29	3–4
Carlos Rodríguez 84.27	Richie Burnett 80.61	4–3
Alcinas & Rodríguez 82.53	Webster & Burnett 86.79	2–4
Final result		1–2

Finland	Germany (7)	Score
Jani Haavisto 92.07	Jyhan Artut 93.36	1–4
Jarkko Komula 78.48	Andree Welge 83.55	4–2
Haavisto & Komula 79.44	Artut & Welge 73.86	4–3
Final result		2–1

Belgium	Croatia	Score
Kim Huybrechts 93.69	Tonči Restović 84.42	4–2
Ronny Huybrechts 80.64	Robert Marijanović 77.16	4–1
Final result		2–0

Semi-finals

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

England (1)	Wales (5)	Score
Phil Taylor 101.97	Mark Webster 93.66	4–1
Adrian Lewis 90.66	Richie Burnett 89.19	3–4
Taylor & Lewis 94.62	Webster & Burnett 93.33	4–3
Final result		2–1

Finland	Belgium	Score
Jani Haavisto 81.66	Kim Huybrechts 98.75	1–4
Jarkko Komula 90.03	Ronny Huybrechts 84.90	4–3
Haavisto & Komula 86.22	K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 105.48	0–4
Final 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	Score
Phil Taylor 101.91	Ronny Huybrechts 83.25	4–0
Adrian Lewis 85.17	Kim Huybrechts 100.20	0–4
Adrian Lewis 105.75	Ronny Huybrechts 92.13	4–2
Phil Taylor 98.91	Kim Huybrechts 93.03	4–1
Final 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