2014 PDC World Cup of Darts

2014 PDC World Cup of Darts 6–8 June 2014 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Hamburg PDC Legs £200,000 £40,000 167 ENG Phil Taylor (quarter-finals) NED (Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld) 2013 2015 The 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2014 bwin World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 6–8 June 2014 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld won their country's second World Cup title by defeating defending champions Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2088430-pdc-world-cup-of-darts-2014-tracking-scores-and-results-from-hamburg PDC World Cup of Darts 2014: Tracking Scores and Results from Hamburg Bleacher Report The Netherlands averaged the third highest television average of 117.88 against Northern Ireland in their semi-final doubles match, the highest ever televised doubles average. Format The tournament was expanded from 24 nations to 32 this year. 16 teams were seeded and were drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Unlike in previous years, there are no groups this year with the tournament being a straight knockout.http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/1qe141p12e2lu134uyd7qv5xdk/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-schedule bwin World Cup of Darts Schedule PDC 4 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235225/http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/1qe141p12e2lu134uyd7qv5xdk/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-schedule 6 June 2014 dead dmy-all First round: Best of nine legs doubles. Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the tie. 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:http://dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=5212 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts Prize Money Darts Database 3 June 2014 6 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235916/http://dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=5212 dead Position (no. of teams) Prize money(Total: £200,000)Winners (1) £40,000Runners-Up (1) £20,000Semi-finalists (2) £14,000Quarter-finalists (4) £7,000Last 16  (second round) (8) £4,500Last 32  (first round) (16) £3,000 Teams and seeding In a change to recent years, the top 16 teams were seeded, while the other 16 teams were unseeded.http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/1veg60mtnd3qj194d1llg8u229/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-teams-unveiled bwin World Cup of Darts Teams Unveiled PDC 3 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223012/http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/1veg60mtnd3qj194d1llg8u229/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-teams-unveiled 2014-06-06 dead With there now being 32 nations this year, many new nations entered. The new entrants were China, France, Hong Kong, India, Norway, Singapore and Thailand. Russia also returned after missing the last two events, and Malaysia also returned after missing the 2013 event. 2013 quarter-finalists Croatia didn't return. Seeded nations Rank Country Top two ranked players 1 ENG Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2 NLD Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3 SCO Peter Wright and Robert Thornton 4 AUS Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 5 WAL Mark Webster and Richie Burnett 6 NIR Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell 7 BEL Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 8 IRL Connie Finnan and William O'Connor 9 GER Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge 10 AUT Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 11 CAN John Part and Shaun Narain 12 FIN Jarkko Komula and Jani Haavisto 13 HKG Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie 14 SWE Magnus Caris and Peter Sajwani 15 ESP Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodríguez 16 USA Darin Young and Larry Butler Unseeded nations Country Top two ranked players CHN Yin Deng and Jun Cai DEN Per Laursen and Dennis Lindskjold FRA Jacques Labre and Lionel Maranhao GIB Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody HUN Zsolt Mészáros and Nándor Bezzeg IND Amit Gilitwala and Nitin Kumar ITA Marco Brentegani and Daniele Petri JPN Morihiro Hashimoto and Haruki Muramatsu MAS Kesava Roa and Thomat Darus NZL Rob Szabo and Craig Caldwell NOR Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll POL Krzysztof Chmielewski and Krzysztof Stróżyk RUS Evgenii Zhukov and Evgenii Izotov SIN Paul Lim and Harith Lim RSA Devon Petersen and Graham Filby THA Thanawat Yong and Watanyu Charoonroj Results Draw 1/3/3/3/5 sets high First round(best of 9 legs)6 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13ot1jnntsvt21nv34y1z7tv3u/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-first-round bwin World Cup of Darts First Round PDC 6 June 2014 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043925/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13ot1jnntsvt21nv34y1z7tv3u/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-first-round dead Second round(best of 3 sets)7 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1p7xud0zzg9fq1frtcn5jnh4wx/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-second-round bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round PDC 8 June 2014 17 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022319/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1p7xud0zzg9fq1frtcn5jnh4wx/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-second-round dead Quarter-finals(best of 3 sets)8 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/yvjfw38kn26i1pf4gr3nyjaqn/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-quarter-finals bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-finals PDC 8 June 2014 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033614/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/yvjfw38kn26i1pf4gr3nyjaqn/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-quarter-finals dead Semi-finals(best of 3 sets)8 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/umzx8wfkpdiy1j1wuz4sj6lty/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-final-session bwin World Cup Glory For Dutch PDC 9 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150414084131/http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/umzx8wfkpdiy1j1wuz4sj6lty/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-final-session 2015-04-14 dead Final(best of 5 sets)8 June 170 1 ENG 91.65 5 THA 80.85 0 16 USA 94.15 5 HUN 77.04 1 8 IRL 82.44 3 SIN 86.04 5 9 GER 82.94 3 RSA 97.40 5 5 WAL 82.33 5 FRA 71.23 4 12 FIN 81.30 4 POL 83.48 5 4 AUS 87.98 5 DEN 85.13 2 13 HKG 84.98 5 NOR 84.57 2 2 NED 85.03 5 ITA 75.05 2 15 ESP 82.40 5 NZL 79.97 3 7 BEL 91.65 5 IND 69.96 0 10 AUT 70.79 5 CHN 63.78 2 6 NIR 97.14 5 MAS 73.16 2 11 CAN 78.57 4 JPN 77.33 5 3 SCO 87.82 5 RUS 76.15 1 14 SWE 75.89 5 GIB 76.49 2 1 ENG 4 1 4 2 16 USA 1 4 1 1   SIN 0 4 3 1 RSA 4 3 4 2 5 WAL 3 4 4 2 POL 4 2 3 1 4 AUS 4 1 4 2 13 HKG 2 4 0 1 2 NED 4 4 2 15 ESP 1 1 0 7 BEL 4 4 2 10 AUT 1 0 0 6 NIR 4 4 2 JPN 1 2 0 3 SCO 4 4 2 14 SWE 0 1 0 1 ENG 4 4 2 RSA 3 2 0 5 WAL 1 4 0 1 4 AUS 4 2 4 2 2 NED 2 4 4 2 7 BEL 4 2 0 1 6 NIR 4 3 4 2 3 SCO 2 4 1 1 1 ENG 4 2 4 2 4 AUS 1 4 0 1 2 NED 3 4 4 2 6 NIR 4 0 0 1 1 ENG 0 0 2 0 2 NED 4 4 4 3 Second round Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match. ENG (1) USA (16) Score Phil Taylor 96.24 Larry Butler 93.33 4–1 Adrian Lewis 90.44 Darin Young 91.04 1–4 Taylor & Lewis 98.25 Butler & Young 87.16 4–1 Final result 2–1 SIN RSA Score Paul Lim 73.30 Devon Petersen 87.13 0–4 Harith Lim 77.26 Graham Filby 73.74 4–3 P. Lim & H. Lim 86.07 Petersen & Filby 92.65 3–4 Final result 1–2 WAL (5) POL Score Mark Webster 74.44 Krzysztof Chmielewski 85.90 3–4 Richie Burnett 89.12 Krzysztof Stróżyk 84.16 4–2 Webster & Burnett 82.77 Chmielewski & Strozyk 90.58 4–3 Final result 2–1 AUS (4) HKG (13) Score Simon Whitlock 96.40 Royden Lam 92.90 4–2 Paul Nicholson 91.46 Scott MacKenzie 97.52 1–4 Whitlock & Nicholson 82.35 Lam & MacKenzie 78.33 4–0 Final result 2–1 NED (2) ESP (15) Score Michael van Gerwen 103.71 Toni Alcinas 82.80 4–1 Raymond van Barneveld 88.52 Carlos Rodríguez 86.23 4–1 Final result 2–0 BEL (7) AUT (10) Score Kim Huybrechts 105.17 Mensur Suljović 84.96 4–1 Ronny Huybrechts 92.49 Rowby-John Rodriguez 68.57 4–0 Final result 2–0 NIR (6) JPN Score Mickey Mansell 83.60 Haruki Muramatsu 78.53 4–1 Brendan Dolan 90.49 Morihiro Hashimoto 79.58 4–2 Final result 2–0 SCO (3) SWE (14) Score Peter Wright 92.49 Magnus Caris 77.29 4–0 Robert Thornton 78.95 Peter Sajwani 76.15 4–1 Final result 2–0 Quarter-finals Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match. ENG (1) RSA Score Phil Taylor 98.76 Devon Petersen 92.37 4–3 Adrian Lewis 97.74 Graham Filby 85.85 4–2 Final result 2–0 WAL (5) AUS (4) Score Mark Webster 85.30 Simon Whitlock 100.34 1–4 Richie Burnett 99.38 Paul Nicholson 87.59 4–2 Webster & Burnett 73.14 Whitlock & Nicholson 87.13 0–4 Final result 1–2 NED (2) BEL (7) Score Michael van Gerwen 100.33 Kim Huybrechts 106.76 2–4 Raymond van Barneveld 89.84 Ronny Huybrechts 90.00 4–2 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 91.09 K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 85.24 4–0 Final result 2–1 NIR (6) SCO (3) Score Brendan Dolan 94.90 Peter Wright 95.17 4–2 Mickey Mansell 94.99 Robert Thornton 107.97 3–4 Dolan & Mansell 93.76 Wright & Thornton 89.56 4–1 Final result 2–1 Semi-finals Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match. ENG (1) AUS (4) Score Phil Taylor 94.82 Simon Whitlock 84.58 4–1 Adrian Lewis 83.00 Paul Nicholson 86.90 2–4 Taylor & Lewis 92.49 Whitlock & Nicholson 80.15 4–0 Final result 2–1 NED (2) NIR (6) Score Michael van Gerwen 98.75 Brendan Dolan 99.46 3–4 Raymond van Barneveld 92.49 Mickey Mansell 78.24 4–0 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 117.88 Dolan & Mansell 95.19 4–0 Final result 2–1 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. ENG (1) NED (2) Score Phil Taylor 93.89 Michael van Gerwen 103.66 0–4 Adrian Lewis 76.91 Raymond van Barneveld 85.89 0–4 Adrian Lewis 95.13 Michael van Gerwen 97.25 2–4 Final result 0–3 References 2014 World Cup PDC World Cup of Darts Category:Sports competitions in Hamburg Category:Darts in Germany Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany Category:2010s in Hamburg