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From December 15th (7pm) the 28th Darts World Championship of the Professional Darts Corporation will take place in London's Alexandra Palace, also known as Ally Pally.
The field of participants consists of 96 participants, including two women.
The best 32 players of the Order of Merit, the unofficial darts world rankings, are set for the second round.
The final of the Sid Waddell Trophy will be played on January 3rd at 8:30 pm.
Defending champion: Peter Wright won the world title for the first time last year
Source: dpa / Steven Paston
As in the previous year, the game will be played in 28 sessions over 16 days.
In addition to the semi-finals and the final, there are only two game days, the opening day and the first Monday of the tournament, on which the arrows are not flying in the early afternoon.
As in the previous year, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve are free of play.
The PDC provided the first big surprise of the tournament in advance: The fans should make their comeback at the season highlight.
After the lockdown in March, all tournaments in Great Britain in the summer and autumn had so far been held in empty halls.
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At the World Cup, on the other hand, 1000 fans per session were allowed up to the day before the tournament began.
However, the tickets were only sold to residents of the UK.
In addition, chants and disguises were banned.
Food and drinks, including alcoholic ones, would have been ordered via an app and served at the table.
"World champion Peter Wright will be eliminated against a German"
Darts is booming, as evidenced by the number of hits on portals such as dartn.de.
Our guest and expert Marvin van den Boom sees good chances for Gabriel Clemens, Max Hopp and Nico Kurz at this World Cup and firmly believes in the first round of 16 participation by a German.
Source: WORLD
Of these, 238 were set up in the Alexandra Palace for four people each.
Prices during the first two rounds were £ 160 (afternoon) and £ 180 (evening), increasing to £ 280 per table by the end of the game.
Due to the current developments in the number of infections, however, the easing was withdrawn from the second day of the tournament.
Thus, spectators are only allowed on the opening evening.
From Wednesday, there will be ghost games for eight days.
What will be allowed after the Christmas break is open.
PDC Darts World Cup: Schedule of the 1st and 2nd round
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Session 1: Tuesday, December 15, 7:00 p.m.
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1 round:
Steve West (ENG) - Amit Gilitwala (IND) 3-0
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Steve Beaton (ENG) - Diogo Portela (BRA) 0: 3
Jeff Smith (CAN) - Keane Berry (IRL) 3-1
2nd round
Peter Wright (SCO / 2) - Steve West (ENG) 3-1
Session 2: Wednesday, December 16, at 1 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Ryan Joyce (ENG) - Karel Sedlacek (CZE) 3-2
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Ross Smith (ENG) - David Evans (ENG) 3-0
William O'Connor (IRL) - Niels Zonneveld (NED) 3-0
2nd round:
Chris Dobey (ENG / 22) - Jeff Smith (CAN) 3-2
Session 3: Wednesday, December 16, 7 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Max Hopp (GER) - Gordon Mathers (AUS) 3-0
Callan Rydz (ENG) - James Bailey (AUS) 3-1
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Adam Hunt (ENG) - Lisa Ashton (ENG) 3-2
2nd round:
Glen Durrant (ENG / 12) - Diogo Portela (BRA) 3-0
Session 4: Thursday, December 17th, 1 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Madars Razma (LAT) - Toru Suzuki (JPN) 3-0
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Mike De Decker (BEL) - Edward Foulkes (JPN) 0-3
Ryan Murray (SCO) - Lourence Ilagan (PHI) 3-1
2nd round:
Daryl Gurney (11) - William O'Connor (IRL) 3: 2
Session 5: Thursday, December 17th, 7:00 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Luke Woodhouse (ENG) - Jamie Lewis (WAL) 2-3
Ron Meulenkamp (NED) - Boris Krcmar (CRO) 3-1
Ryan Searle (ENG) - Danny Lauby (USA) 3-2
2nd round:
Jose de Sousa (POR / 14) - Ross Smith (ENG) 3-1
Session 6: Friday, December 18, at 1 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Mickey Mansell (NIL) - Hauptai Puha (NZL) 3: 0
Darius Labanauskas (LTU) - Liu Chengan (CHN) 3-0
Wayne Jones (ENG) - Ciaran Teehan (IRL) 3-2
2nd round:
Jamie Hughes (ENG / 28) - Adam Hunt (ENG) 0: 3
Session 7: Friday, December 18, 7:00 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED) - Bradley Brooks (ENG) 3-2
John Henderson (SCO) - Marko Kantele (FIN) 3-2
Luke Humphries (ENG) - Paul Lim (HKG) 2-3
2nd round:
James Wade (ENG / 7) - Callan Rydz (ENG) 3-0
Session 8: Saturday, December 19, at 1 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Steve Lennon (IRL) - Daniel Larsson (SWE) 3-1
Scott Waites (ENG) - Matt Campbell (CAN) 3-2
Kim Huybrechts (BEL) - Di Zhuang (CHN) 3-0
2nd round:
Mervyn King (ENG / 19) - Max Hopp (GER) 3-1
Session 9: Saturday, December 19, 7:00 p.m.
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1 round:
Andy Hamilton (ENG) - Nico Kurz (GER) 1: 3
Andy Boulton (ENG) - Deta Hedman (ENG) 3: 1
Damon Heta (AUS) - Danny Baggish (USA)
2nd round:
Michael van Gerwen (NED / 1) - Ryan Murray (SCO)
Session 10: Sunday, December 20, at 1 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Derk Telnekes (NED) - Nick Kenny (WAL)
Jason Lowe (ENG) - Dmitriy Gorbunov (RUS)
Maik Kuivenhoven (NED) - Matthew Edgar (ENG)
2nd round:
Vincent van der Voort (NED / 27) - Ron Meulenkamp (NED)
Session 11: Sunday, December 20, 7:00 p.m.
CET
1 round:
Martijn Kleermaker (NED) - Cameron Carolissen (SAF)
Keegan Brown (ENG) - Ryan Meikle (ENG)
2nd round:
Jeffrey de Zwaan (NED / 23) - Ryan Searle (ENG)
Jonny Clayton (WAL / 17) - John Henderson (SCO)
Session 12: Monday, December 21, 7:00 p.m.
CET
2nd round:
Krzysztof Ratajski (POL / 15) - Ryan Joyce (ENG)
Ian White (ENG / 10) - Kim Huybrechts (BEL)
Gerwyn Price (WAL / 3) - Jamie Lewis (WAL)
Gabriel Clemens (GER / 31) - Nico Kurz (GER)
Impulsive Welshman: Gerwyn Price wants to win his first world title after the semi-finals last year
Source: dpa / Simon Cooper
Session 13: Tuesday, December 22nd, 1:00 p.m.
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2nd round:
Brendan Dolan (NIL / 30) - Edward Foulkes (JPN)
Joe Cullen (ENG / 16) - Wayne Jones (ENG)
Simon Whitlock (AUS / 18) - Darius Labanauskas (LTU)
Adrian Lewis (ENG / 21) - Damon Heta (AUS) / Danny Baggish (USA)
Session 14: Tuesday, December 22nd, 7:00 p.m.
CET
2nd round:
Danny Noppert (NED / 25) - Martijn Kleermaker (NED) / Cameron Carolissen (SAF)
Devon Petersen (SAF / 29) - Steve Lennon (IRL)
Rob Cross (ENG / 5) - Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED)
Dimtri van den Bergh (BEL / 9) - Paul Lim (HKG)
Session 15: Wednesday, December 23rd, 1 p.m.
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2nd round:
Ricky Evans (ENG / 32) - Mickey Mansell (NIL)
Gary Anderson (SCO / 13) - Madars Razma (LAT)
Stephen Bunting (ENG / 26) - Andy Boulton (ENG) / Deta Hedman (ENG)
Scale Suljovic (AUT / 20) - Maik Kuivenhoven (NED) / Matthew Edgar (ENG)
Session 16: Wednesday, December 23rd, 7:00 p.m.
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2nd round:
Dave Chisnall (ENG / 8) - Keegan Brown (ENG) / Ryan Meikle (ENG)
Jermaine Wattimena (NED / 24) - Derk Telnekes (NED) / Nick Kenny (WAL)
Nathan Aspinall (ENG / 6) - Scott Waites (ENG)
Michael Smith (ENG / 4) - Jason Lowe (ENG) / Dmitriy Gorbunov (RUS)
Darts World Cup 2021: Schedule of the 3rd round
Session 17: Sunday, December 27th at 1 p.m.
CET
3 x 3rd round
Session 18: Sunday, December 27th, 7:00 p.m.
CET
3 x 3rd round
Session 19: Monday, December 28, at 1 p.m.
CET
3 x 3rd round
Session 20: Monday, December 28th, 7:00 p.m.
CET
3 x 3rd round
Session 21: Tuesday, December 29th, 1 p.m.
CET
3 x 3rd round
Session 22: Tuesday, December 29th, 7:00 p.m.
CET
1 x 3rd round
2 x round of 16
Uncertain look: How far does it go this time for World Matchplay winner Dimitri van den Bergh?
Source: Getty Images / Alex Burstow
Schedule: The Darts World Cup round of 16
Session 23: Wednesday, December 30th, 1
p.m. CET
3 x round of 16
Session 24:
Wednesday, December 30th,
7:00 p.m. CET
3 x round of 16
This is what life is like in the player's hotel at the Darts World Cup
Jana Wosnitza, who reports on the Darts World Cup for Sport1 and lives with the players in the same hotel, is a guest at the Boardschau today.
The journalist describes the processes that cannot be seen on television and provides us with the latest information about the German matches.
Source: WORLD
Schedule: The quarterfinals of the Darts World Championship
Session 25: Friday, January 1st, 1 p.m. CET
2 x quarter finals
Session 26: Friday, January 1st, 7:00 p.m. CET
2 x quarter finals
Schedule: The semifinals at a glance
Session 27: Saturday, January 2nd, 7:00 p.m. CET
2 x semi-finals
Schedule: The 2021 World Cup final
Session 28: Sunday, January 3, 8:30 p.m. CET
Endgame
That's what the darts world champion said about the title
Peter Wright became world darts champion for the first time that year.
In the new edition of the final in 2014, the Scot had defeated the Dutchman and defending champion Michael van Gerwen 7-3.
Source: WELT / Thomas Laeber
Draw and tournament tree for the Darts World Cup 2021
The draw took place on December 3rd and resulted in the following tournament tree (eliminated players in italics, participants of the third round in bold).
Upper quarter 1
Michael van Gerwen (1) - Ryan Murray
/ Lourence Ilagan
Ricky Evans (32) - Mickey Mansell
/ Hauptai Puha
Joe Cullen (16) - Wayne Jones
/ Ciaran Teehan
Jonny Clayton (17) - John Henderson
/ Marko Kantele
Upper quarter 2
Dave Chisnall (8) - Keegan Brown / Ryan Meikle
Danny Noppert (25) - Martijn Kleermaker / Cameron Carolissen
Dimtri van den Bergh (9) -
Luke Humphries /
Paul Lim
Jermaine Wattimena (24) - Derk Telnekes / Nick Kenny
Upper quarter 3
Michael Smith (4) - Jason Lowe / Dmitriy Gorbunov
Devon Petersen (29) - Steve Lennon
/ Daniel Larsson
Gary Anderson (13) - Madars Razma
/ Toru Suzuki
Scale Suljovic (20) - Maik Kuivenhoven / Matthew Edgar
Upper quarter 4
Rob Cross (5) - Dirk van Duijvenbode
/ Bradley Brooks
Jamie Hughes (28)
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Adam Hunt
/ Lisa Ashton
Glen Durrant (12)
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Steve Beaton / Diogo Portela
Adrian Lewis (21) - Damon Heta / Danny Baggish
Lower quarter 1
Peter Wright (2)
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Steve West / Amit Gilitwala
Gabriel Clemens (31) -
Andy Hamilton /
Nico Kurz
Krzysztof Ratajski (15) - Ryan Joyce
/ Karel Sedlacek
Simon Whitlock (18) - Darius Labanauskas
/ Liu Chengan
Lower quarter 2
James Wade (7)
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Callan Rydz / James Bailey
Stephen Bunting (26) - Andy Boulton
/ Deta Hedman
Ian White (10) - Kim Huybrechts
/ Di Zhuang
Jeffrey de Zwaan (23) - Ryan Searle
/ Danny Lauby
Lower quarter 3
Gerwyn Price (3) -
Luke Woodhouse /
Jamie Lewis
Brendan Dolan (30) -
Mike De Decker /
Edward Foulkes
Jose de Sousa (14)
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Ross Smith / David Evans
Mervyn King (19)
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Max Hopp / Gordon Mathers
Lower quarter 4
Nathan Aspinall, 6 - Scott Waites
/ Matt Campbell
Vincent van der Voort (27) - Ron Meulenkamp
/ Boris Krcmar
Daryl Gurney (11)
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William O'Connor / Niels Zonneveld
Chris Dobey (22)
- Jeff Smith / Keane Berry
The mode of the PDC Darts World Championship 2021
Three legs won result in a set.
Whoever wins three sets (best of 5) first moves into the next round.
In the third and fourth round, four set wins (best of 7) are required, in the quarterfinals five (best of 9).
In the semifinals and the finals, too, the scope increases by one additional rate each.
The semifinals will be decided by winning six rounds (best of 11).
To become world champion, you have to get seven sets in the final (best of 13).
What is new is that overtime is no longer played in the decisive set when the score is 2: 2 legs.
So far, the two-clear-leg rule has applied, according to which a final decision leg was only played when the score was 5: 5.
This is now done directly when the score is 2: 2.
Darts World Cup prize money: 500,000 pounds for the world champion
As in 2019 and 2020, the PDC is distributing £ 2.5 million.
The winner alone pocketed half a million pounds.
The losing finalist will receive £ 200,000.
The two losers in the semi-finals are rewarded with 100,000 pounds, in the quarter-finals 50,000 are due.
The end in the round of 16 is rewarded with £ 35,000, in the third it is £ 25,000, in the second £ 15,000.
If you are eliminated at the beginning, you still get £ 7,500.
Development of the World Cup prize money
1994 £ 64,000 (World Champion £ 16,000)
1995 £ 55,000 (World Champion £ 12,000)
1996 £ 61,000 (World Champion £ 14,000)
1997 £ 98,000 (World Champion £ 45,000)
1998 £ 71,000 (World Champion £ 20,000)
1999 £ 104,000 (World Champion £ 30,000)
2000 £ 110,000 (World Champion £ 31,000)
2001 £ 124,000 (World Champion £ 33,000)
2002 £ 200,000 (World Champion £ 50,000)
2003 £ 200,000 (World Champion £ 50,000)
2004 £ 256,000 (World Champion £ 50,000)
2005 £ 300,000 (World Champion £ 60,000)
2006 £ 500,000 (World Champion £ 100,000)
2007 £ 500,000 (World Champion £ 100,000)
2008 £ 605,000 (World Champion £ 100,000)
2009 £ 735,000 (World Champion £ 125,000)
The first prize money millionaire in history: legend Phil Taylor used to screw toilet lids together
Source: dpa
2010 £ 1,000,000 (World Champion £ 200,000)
2011 £ 1,000,000 (World Champion £ 200,000)
2012 £ 1,000,000 (World Champion £ 200,000)
2013 £ 1,000,000 (World Champion £ 200,000)
2014 £ 1,050,000 (World Champion £ 250,000)
2015 £ 1,250,000 (World Champion £ 250,000)
2016 £ 1,500,000 (World Champion £ 300,000)
2017 £ 1,650,000 (World Champion £ 350,000)
2018 1,800,000 pounds (World Champion 400,000 pounds)
2019 £ 2,500,000 (World Champion £ 500,000)
2020 £ 2,500,000 (World Champion £ 500,000)
2021 £ 2,500,000 (World Champion £ 500,000)
All 9-darters in World Cup history
2009 Raymond van Barneveld (against Jelle Klaasen)
2010 Raymond van Barneveld (against Brendan Dolan)
2011 Adrian Lewis (against Gary Anderson)
2013 Dean Winstanley (against Vincent van der Voort)
2013 Michael van Gerwen (against James Wade)
2014 Terry Jenkins (against Per Laursen)
2014 Kyle Anderson (versus Ian White)
2015 Adrian Lewis (against Raymond van Barneveld)
Here Gary Anderson throws the first nine-darter of the World Cup
Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis are in the final of the Darts World Cup in London.
Gary Anderson in particular showed his outstanding form in the semifinals and threw the first nine-darter of the World Cup.
The highlights.
Source: Omnisport
2016 Gary Anderson (against Jelle Klaasen)
Raymond van Barneveld and Adrian Lewis are the only players who have twice managed the perfect game of clearing 501 points with nine arrows at a World Cup.
The Darts World Championship 2021 on TV and live stream
Sport1 is now broadcasting the World Cup games live on free TV for the 17th time.
The broadcaster will broadcast the entire event, i.e. all 28 sessions, and cover the tournament for more than 140 hours.
At the last World Cup, the station was able to celebrate the second-best rate for a darts broadcast on German TV.
The record is held by the 2018 World Cup final, which debutant Rob Cross won against legend Phil Taylor.
The final between the Scot Peter Wright and the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen was followed by an average of 1.59 million viewers, which meant a rate of 4.5 percent.
At its peak it was up to 2.22 million in front of the television.
Presenter Hartwig Thöne and reporter Jana Wosnitza are present in London.
Basti Schwele will comment on the matches.
Robert Marijanovic and Martin Schindler are on duty as experts.
DAZN commentator Elmar Paulke is the "voice of darts" in Germany
Source: pa / obs / Prosieben / Willi Weber
Streaming service DAZN, which also shows all matches, is starting the race with commentator Elmar Paulke, as in the past two years.
Changing experts will also be deployed for the streaming service, primarily Tomas Seyler and René Eidams.
The qualification for the Darts World Cup 2021 in London
In 1994 the tournament was launched with a starting field of 24 places.
The first expansion took place in 1999, when the field of participants was increased to 32 players, the next in 2004 (48) with the introduction of an international preliminary round.
In the years 2006 to 2009 the number varied between 64 and 70 participants.
From 2010 there were a constant 72 players.
Until two years ago, when the field was expanded to 96 participants and two women, Lisa Ashton and Anastasia Dobromyslova, were also there.
The composition of the field results from the two rankings PDC Order of Merit and Pro Tour Order of Merit, as well as numerous, mostly regional, qualification tournaments, of which not all could be played due to the corona pandemic.
As a consequence, the PDC nominated the Brazilian Diogo Portela and Amit Gilitwala from India as representatives for South America and India.
In addition, at the qualification tournament of the PDPA players' union, six instead of the usual two tickets were given away.
Split into four participants from the UK and two from the rest of the world.
The deadline for the rankings and the resulting seeding list was November 29th, after the final of the Players Championship Finals.
PDC Order of Merit (32 qualifiers)
32 players who were already seeded for the second round qualified via the PDC's prize money ranking, calculated from the prizes of the past two years:
1. Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
2. Peter Wright (Scotland)
3. Gerwyn Price (Wales)
4. Michael Smith (England)
5. Rob Cross (England)
6. Nathan Aspinall (England)
As of 2019 and 2020 in the World Cup semi-finals: Nathan Aspinall
Source: pa / augenklick / firo Sportphoto / PSI
7. James Wade (England)
8. Dave Chisnall (England)
9. Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)
10. Ian White (England)
11. Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)
12. Glen Durrant (England)
13. Gary Anderson (Scotland)
14. José de Sousa (Portugal)
De Sousa throws nine darts at the European Darts Championship in Oberhausen
José de Sousa caused a bang on the first day of the European Darts Championship in Oberhausen.
The Portuguese manages the perfect game.
In the press round that followed, he spoke about his form, his special relationship with Glen Durrant and revealed that he and his wife had corona.
Source: PDC / WELT
15. Krzystof Ratajski (Poland)
16. Joe Cullen (England)
17. Jonny Clayton (Wales)
18. Simon Whitlock (Australia)
19. Mervyn King (England)
20. Scale Suljovic (Austria)
21. Adrian Lewis (England)
22. Chris Dobey (England)
23. Jeffrey De Zwaan (Netherlands)
24. Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands)
25. Danny Noppert (Netherlands)
26. Stephen Bunting (England)
27. Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)
28. Jamie Hughes (England)
29. Devon Petersen (South Africa)
30. Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
31. Gabriel Clemens (Germany)
32. Ricky Evans (England)
Pro Tour Order of Merit (32 qualifiers)
The 32 best players who had not already been placed through the Order of Merit qualified via the smaller tournament series, which also includes events on the European Tour.
1. Damon Heta (Australia)
2. Ryan Searle (England)
3. Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands)
4. Ross Smith (England)
5. Madars Razma (Latvia)
6. Ryan Joyce (England)
7. Martijn Kleermaker (Netherlands)
8. Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
9. Jeff Smith (Canada)
10. William O'Connor (Ireland)
11. Steve Lennon (Ireland)
12. Jason Lowe (England)
13. Mark Kuivenhoven (Netherlands)
14. Derk Telnekes (Netherlands)
15. Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania)
16. Mickey Mansell (Northern Ireland)
17. Adam Hunt (England)
18. Max Hopp (Germany)
19. Scott Waites (England)
20. Andy Boulton (England)
21. Ryan Murray (Scotland)
22. Keegan Brown (England)
23. Steve Beaton (England)
24. Luke Woodhouse (England)
25. Luke Humphries (England)
26. Callan Rydz (England)
27. Mike De Decker (Belgium)
28. Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
29. Steve West (England)
30. Wayne Jones (England)
31. Andy Hamilton (England)
32. John Henderson (Scotland)
International qualification (32 qualifiers)
ASIA
China: Di Zhuang (China)
China: Liu Chengan (China)
Hong Kong: Paul Lim (Hong Kong)
Long runner: The "Singapore Slinger" Paul Lim is already playing his 24th World Championship.
He was there for the first time in 1982
Source: Getty Images / Getty Images Europe
India: Amit Gilitwala (India)
Japan: Edward Shouji Folkes (Japan)
Japan: Toru Suzuki (Japan)
Philippines: Lourence Ilagan (Philippines)
OCEANIA
Australia 1: Gordon Mathers (Australia)
Australia 2: James Bailey (Australia)
New Zealand: Hauptai Puha (New Zealand)
Max Hopp shows the trickshots while playing darts
AMERICA
North America Champion: Danny Lauby (USA)
USA: Danny Baggish (USA)
Canada: Matt Campbell (Canada)
South America: Diogo Portela (Brazil)
AFRICA
Cameron Carolissen (South Africa)
EUROPE
Superleague Germany: Nico Kurz (Germany)
Eurasia: Dimitri Gorbunov (Russia)
Northern Europe / Baltic States: Daniel Larsson (Sweden)
Northern Europe / Baltic States: Marko Kantele (Finland)
Eastern Europe: Boris Krcmar (Croatia)
FURTHER
Junior World Champion: Bradley Brooks (England)
Development Tour: Ryan Meikle (England)
Development Tour: Keane Barry (Ireland)
Challenge Tour: David Evans (England)
PDPA Qualifier UK: Ciaran Teehan (Ireland)
PDPA Qualifier UK: Jamie Lewis (Wales)
PDPA Qualifier UK: Matthew Edgar (England)
PDPA Qualifier UK: Nick Kenny (Wales)
PDPA Qualifier Rest of the World: Karel Sedlacek (Czech Republic)
PDPA Qualifier Rest of the World: Niels Zonneveld (Netherlands)
Women's qualification 1: Lisa Ashton (England)
Women's qualification 2: Deta Hedman (England)
The German World Cup participants around Gabriel Clemens
As last year, Germany will be represented by Gabriel Clemens, Max Hopp, and Nico Kurz.
Martin Schindler and Christian Bunse gave away their last chance at the PDPA qualifier on November 30th to qualify for the World Cup.
Schindler played his way into the final with averages of 93.4 and 102.3, but then lost to Niels Zonneveld from the Netherlands 4: 7 and only got a throwing average of 88.2 in the decisive match.
Clemens leads the German colors into the tournament as number one for the first time.
The Saarwellinger has worked his way up eleven places from 42nd place in the past twelve months and is entering the tournament as a seeded player.
Clemens has already doubled his premium with a guaranteed 15,000 pounds.
If the 37-year-old wins his opening match in round two, he would likely meet world champion Peter Wright.
Thanks to his world rankings, Clemens is already further than at the 2020 World Cup. At that time he surprisingly lost 3-2 to Benito van de Pas in round one and missed the German duel against Hopp.
At the World Cup they reached the semi-finals together, now Gabriel Clemens (left) and Max Hopp are challenged at the World Cup
Source: PDC Europe / Kais Bodensieck
The Hessian does not go into the tournament as the German number one for the first time in his eighth participation.
In the Order of Merit he dropped from 25th to 41st, but thanks to a strong sprint at the end of the season he was still able to qualify via the Pro Tour Order of Merit.
At the last World Cup, the 24-year-old made it into the third round after beating Benito van de Pas 3-2, but lost 4-2 against Darius Labanauskas.
Two years ago, the round of 32 ended with a 4-1 defeat against Michael van Gerwen.
Nico Kurz also surprisingly reached the third round last year after 3-1 wins over James Wilson and Joe Cullen, losing 4-2 to the junior world champion and later quarter-finalist Luke Humphries.
That's what Nico Kurz says about his unusual run-in song
The Superleague Germany begins.
Nico Kurz is also at the start.
In an exclusive interview he talks about his unusual run-in song, the search for a nickname and the sport of darts in Germany.
Source: Lutz Wöckener, André Elsner
As in 2019, the amateur qualified as the winner of the German Superleague for London.
In a dramatic final he defeated Dragutin Horvat 10: 9.
So far, no German has made it past the top 32 in London.
All three German starters have the potential to do so.
Who is responsible for the premiere?
The favorites for the world title in 2021
The starting field is even more open than last year, when there were already numerous surprises.
The season has shown how the sport has expanded further after the dominance of Phil Taylor.
Spectacular duels can be seen early on in the tournament.
A dozen players can seriously calculate their chances of winning the World Cup: Defending champion Peter Wright, world number one Michael van Gerwen, World Grand Prix and World Cup winner Gerwyn Price are slightly favored in the race.
But especially van Gerwen, who has returned to his old darts after the biggest crisis of his career and won the dress rehearsal at the Players Championship Finals, has lost his nimbus.
The row behind the top three has moved up.
These include, above all, World Match Play winner and Grand Slam semi-finalist Dimitri van den Bergh, Michael Smith, the 2019 World Cup finalist, and Nathan Aspinall, Premier League finalist.
Glen Durrant, the league format winner, has lost his form since his triumph.
The first Portuguese to win a major tournament: Jose de Sousa is also a secret favorite at the World Cup
Source: LAWRENCE FUNNY
In addition, old masters such as Mervyn King, Simon Whitlock or James Wade have already proven that they can still advance to the finals or semi-finals even in major tournaments.
The appearance of Devon Petersen, Grand Slam winner Jose de Sousa, who has had their best year on the tour and will be seeded for the first time, will also be exciting.
Darts World Cup 2020: results and course
On the second day of the tournament there was a big surprise when Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated.
The darts legend had previously announced his retirement and ended his career with a poor performance and a 1: 3 against the American Darin Young.
An unworthy ending, as van Barneveld seemed to find.
In January he wants to secure the Tourcard again at Q-School and return to Alexandra Palace in a year.
Fallon Sherrock, who was the first woman to win a match on the World Cup stage, quickly pushed the departure of “Barney” into the background.
The Englishwoman, who was the only participating woman alongside Mikuru Suzuki, beat compatriot Ted Evetts 3-2 in round one and began to make her mark on the tournament.
When, four days later, she also defeated the Austrian Mensur Suljovic, who was seeded at number eleven, 3-1, the fairy tale of the “Queen of the Palace” was written.
Sherrock became a global issue, and the 25-year-old became a superstar.
The PDC marketed their new draft horse and hoped for another chapter in the third round.
But Sherrock lost 4-2 to Chris Dobey the day after Christmas.
A time when Rob Cross (2), Michael Smith (4), James Wade (8), Ian White (9), Dave Chisnall (10), Mensur Suljovic (11), Joe Cullen (15), Jonny Clayton (16), Jermaine Wattimena (18), Mervyn King (19), Darren Webster (20), Krzysztof Ratajski (21), Max Hopp (24), Keegan Brown (26), Steve West (28), Danny Noppert (31 ) and Ricky Evans (32) more than half of the seeded players were eliminated.
Peter Wright was also about to end in his opening match.
Against Noel Malicdem from the Philippines, the Scot had to survive a match dart and only just won 3: 2.
As the Christmas elf in round two, Peter Wright was threatened with the big mess
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In the third round, things went better for Snakebite in a 4-2 win against Seigo Asada.
The round of 16 against Jeffrey De Zwaan (4: 3) was hard work.
He also gave up three sets in the quarter-finals against Luke Humphries (5: 3) and the anticipated final in the semi-finals against Gerwyn Price (6: 3).
The final was the best match of the tournament.
Wright and Michael van Gerwen, who had won his semi-final 6: 3 against Nathan Aspinall, scored consistently high and ended up with an average of 103, “but Peter just hit the doubles.
That was phenomenal, ”as the Dutchman correctly analyzed.
The preliminary decision was made at a score of 4: 3 for the Scotsman.
MVG missed the double-20 in the decider of the eighth round, while Wright checked the double-16 and was now 5: 3 ahead.
A very important moment, as van Gerwen also classified: “If you don't use these opportunities, you can't win.
It's that simple. ”In the end, the score was 7: 3, and 49-year-old Wright, the second oldest world champion in history, celebrated.
The tears of the winner and a fair loss: r Michael van Gerwen congratulates Peter Wright on his first world title
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All darts world champions of the PDC
1994 Dennis Priestley (6-1 against Phil Taylor)
1995 Phil Taylor (6-2 against Rod Harrington)
1996 Phil Taylor (6-4 against Dennis Priestley)
1997 Phil Taylor (6-3 against Dennis Priestley)
1998 Phil Taylor (6-0 against Dennis Priestley)
1999 Phil Taylor (6-2 against Peter Manley)
2000 Phil Taylor (7-3 against Dennis Priestley)
2001 Phil Taylor (7-0 against John Part)
2002 Phil Taylor (7-0 against Peter Manley)
2003 John Part (7: 6 against Phil Taylor)
2004 Phil Taylor (7: 6 against Kevin Painter)
2005 Phil Taylor (7-4 against Mark Dudbridge)
2006 Phil Taylor (7-0 against Peter Manley)
2007 Raymond van Barneveld (7: 6 against Phil Taylor)
2008 John Part (7-2 vs. Kirk Shepherd)
2009 Phil Taylor (7-1 against Raymond van Barneveld)
2010 Phil Taylor (7-3 against Simon Whitlock)
2011 Adrian Lewis (7-5 against Gary Anderson)
2012 Adrian Lewis (7-3 against Andy Hamilton)
2013 Phil Taylor (7: 4 against Michael van Gerwen)
2014 Michael van Gerwen (7: 4 against Peter Wright)
2015 Gary Anderson (7: 6 against Phil Taylor)
2016 Gary Anderson (7-5 against Adrian Lewis)
2017 Michael van Gerwen (7-3 against Gary Anderson)
2018 Rob Cross (7-2 vs. Phil Taylor)
2019 Michael van Gerwen (7: 3 against Michael Smith)
2020 Peter Wright (7: 3 against Michael van Gerwen)