The 2023 World Cup of Darts will see all games be played as pairs, the PDC announced.
The event, scheduled to be at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt from Thursday 15 June – Sunday 18 June, will see 40 nations compete for the prestigious title.
It marks a change from previous editions of the tournament, which saw a mixture of singles and doubles matches played.
Australia won last year’s event, beating 2020 champions Wales in an epic final. Now, the team of Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta will play each game of their defence together as a pair.
The format now sees 40 nations, up from 32 last year. based on the lowest cumulative PDC Order of Merit ranking of the two competing players, will be seeded and will enter at the second round stage.
The remaining 36 teams will be split into 12 groups of three for the round-robin first round – including 12 seeded nations –from which each group winner will progress.
“To move to an all doubles format is something that I know a lot of people have talked about for a long time,” PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter told Online Darts in an exclusive interview.
“Time will tell if it proves to be exactly the right decision, but we’re always happy to try things. I think the feedback and the comments we had about this format shows that it could be the right move for the event.”
Porter also spoke of his joy to see the event expanded to 40 nations including debuts for Iceland, Ukraine and Bahrain. He also mentioned that an extra session will also be played on Friday afternoon to accomodate the change.
You can view the entire conversation with Matt Porter later on this page.
Thursday 15 June (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Group Stage – Opening Matches
Friday 16 June
Afternoon Session (1200 local time, 1100 BST)
Group Stage – Second Matches
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Group Stage – Final Matches
Saturday 17 June
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Second Round x4
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Second Round x4
Sunday 18 June
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Semi-Finals
Final
Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, USA, Wales + Latin America Qualifier
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
All games will be played in a Doubles format.
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