2016 PDC World Cup of Darts

2016 PDC World Cup of Darts 2–5 June 2016 Eissporthalle Frankfurt PDC Legs £250,000 £50,000 170 ENG Adrian Lewis(semi-final) ENG (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) 2015 2017 The 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2016 Betway World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 2–5 June 2016 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany. The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis retained their title after beating the Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3–2 in the final. Format The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, but unlike recent years, only the top 8 teams are seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2016 with the tournament being a straight knockout. 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 will settle the match. Final: Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches are played followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order are played to determine the champion. Prize money Prize money remained at £250,000 as it was at last year's tournament. The prize money was per team: Position (no. of teams) Prize money(Total: £250,000)Winners (1) £50,000Runners-Up (1) £26,000Semi-finalists (2) £15,000Quarter-finalists (4) £10,000Last 16  (second round) (8) £7,000Last 32  (first round) (16) £3,000 Teams and seeding In a change to the seeding system used in recent PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, only the top 8 countries were seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded. The only change in countries saw Greece make their debut, in place of India. The ranking of the seeded nations was confirmed on 23 May 2016. Seeded nations Rank Country Entered players 1 ENG Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2 SCO Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton 3 NLD Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 4 NIR Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney 5 WAL Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price 6 AUS Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson 7 BEL Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 8 AUT Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez Unseeded nations (alphabetic order) Country Entered players CAN John Part and Ken MacNeil CHN Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie CZE Michal Kočík and Pavel Drtíl DEN Per Laursen and Daniel Jensen FIN Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele GER Max Hopp and Jyhan Artut GIB Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio GRE John Michael and Ioannis Selachoglou HKG Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie HUN Nándor Bezzeg and Patrik Kovács IRL William O'Connor and Mick McGowan ITA Daniele Petri and Michel Furlani JPN Keita Ono and Haruki Muramatsu NZL Warren Parry and Cody Harris NOR Robert Wagner and Cor Dekker PHI Gilbert Ulang and Alex Tagarao POL Krzysztof Ratajski and Mariusz Paul RUS Aleksandr Oreshkin and Boris Koltsov SIN Paul Lim and Harith Lim RSA Devon Petersen and Graham Filby ESP Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas SWE Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson THA Thanawat Yong and Attapol Eupakaree USA Darin Young and Larry Butler Results Draw 1/3/3/3/5 sets high First round(best of 9 legs)2–3 JuneBetway World Cup of Darts Day One https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/02/betway-world-cup-darts-day-one https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073348/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/02/betway-world-cup-darts-day-one dead February 14, 2018 PDC 27 October 2016 2 June 2016Betway World Cup of Darts Day Two https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/03/betway-world-cup-darts-day-two https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073351/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/03/betway-world-cup-darts-day-two dead February 14, 2018 PDC 27 October 2016 3 June 2016 Second round(best of 3 matches)4 JuneBetway World Cup of Darts Round Two https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/04/betway-world-cup-darts-round-two https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073333/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/04/betway-world-cup-darts-round-two dead February 14, 2018 PDC 27 October 2016 4 June 2016 Quarter-finals(best of 3 matches)5 JuneBetway World Cup of Darts Quarter-finals https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/05/betway-world-cup-darts-quarter-finals https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073325/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/05/betway-world-cup-darts-quarter-finals dead February 14, 2018 PDC 27 October 2016 5 June 2016 Semi-finals(best of 3 matches)5 JuneFour-Some England's Betway World Cup Glory https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/05/four-some-englands-betway-world-cup-glory https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073354/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2016/06/05/four-some-englands-betway-world-cup-glory dead February 14, 2018 PDC 27 October 2016 5 June 2016 Final(best of 5 matches)5 June 170 1 ENG 90.99 5 ESP 95.68 4   CZE 77.06 3 CHN 80.81 5 8 AUT 85.40 5 ITA 76.93 0   RSA 75.22 1 SIN 81.28 5 5 WAL 84.52 5 FIN 77.17 1   GRE 76.96 2 CAN 81.85 5 4 NIR 85.80 5 JPN 79.98 2   IRL 82.09 5 HKG 79.40 4 2 SCO 93.50 5 NZL 90.80 3   NOR 76.36 5 GIB 71.49 2 7 BEL 91.78 5 POL 79.44 1   HUN 72.51 5 THA 69.51 3 6 AUS 85.40 5 GER 80.24 3   DEN 84.67 5 SWE 79.90 2 3 NED 82.52 5 RUS 80.01 3   USA 72.35 3 PHI 77.36 5 1 ENG 85.49 4 4 2 CHN 72.82 0 0 0 8 AUT 98.84 4 4 2 SIN 83.88 2 2 0 5 WAL 86.52 2 4 2 1 CAN 90.08 4 0 4 2 4 NIR 83.47 4 4 2 IRL 76.36 1 2 0 2 SCO 87.18 4 4 2 NOR 79.39 3 1 0 7 BEL 98.77 4 4 2 HUN 85.43 1 1 0 6 AUS 89.34 4 2 4 2 DEN 76.48 3 4 0 1 3 NED 99.37 4 4 2 PHI 85.95 2 2 0 1 ENG 101.89 4 4 2 8 AUT 97.95 0 1 0 CAN 78.29 4 0 1 1 4 NIR 83.29 3 4 4 2 2 SCO 93.93 2 4 2 1 7 BEL 93.20 4 1 4 2 6 AUS 95.29 1 4 3 1 3 NED 99.31 4 3 4 2 1 ENG 96.47 4 4 2 4 NIR 88.61 0 1 0 7 BEL 94.65 1 2 0 3 NED 100.66 4 4 2 1 ENG 98.19 4 3 2 4 4 3 3 NED 94.09 3 4 4 1 1 2 Second round Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match. ENG (1) CHN Score Phil Taylor 81.24 Yuanjun Liu 72.13 4–0 Adrian Lewis 89.73 Wenge Xie 73.50 4–0 Final result 2–0 AUT (8) SIN Score Mensur Suljović 101.38 Paul Lim 84.91 4–2 Rowby-John Rodriguez 96.29 Harith Lim 82.84 4–2 Final result 2–0 WAL (5) CAN Score Mark Webster 79.75 John Part 81.19 2–4 Gerwyn Price 95.43 Ken MacNeil 96.70 4–0 Webster & Price 84.38 Part & MacNeil 92.34 2–4 Final result 1–2 NIR (4) IRL Score Daryl Gurney 86.41 William O'Connor 75.69 4–1 Brendan Dolan 80.52 Mick McGowan 76.91 4–2 Final result 2–0 SCO (2) NOR Score Gary Anderson 88.74 Cor Dekker 80.33 4–3 Robert Thornton 85.00 Robert Wagner 78.07 4–1 Final result 2–0 BEL (7) HUN Score Kim Huybrechts 100.71 Nándor Bezzeg 88.43 4–1 Ronny Huybrechts 96.82 Patrik Kovács 82.42 4–1 Final result 2–0 AUS (6) DEN Score Simon Whitlock 89.73 Daniel Jensen 73.72 4–3 Kyle Anderson 84.36 Per Laursen 82.72 2–4 Whitlock & Anderson 93.94 Jensen & Laursen 72.40 4–0 Final result 2–1 NED (3) PHI Score Michael van Gerwen 96.99 Gilbert Ulang 84.40 4–2 Raymond van Barneveld 101.75 Alex Tagarao 87.49 4–2 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 will settle the match. ENG (1) AUT (8) Score Phil Taylor 100.20 Mensur Suljović 92.15 4–0 Adrian Lewis 103.24 Rowby-John Rodriguez 102.59 4–1 Final result 2–0 CAN NIR (4) Score John Part 81.47 Brendan Dolan 79.46 4–3 Ken MacNeil 73.17 Daryl Gurney 82.36 0–4 Part & MacNeil 77.93 Dolan & Gurney 88.06 1–4 Final result 1–2 SCO (2) BEL (7) Score Gary Anderson 96.52 Kim Huybrechts 96.03 2–4 Robert Thornton 89.89 Ronny Huybrechts 86.04 4–1 Anderson & Thornton 94.70 K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 96.34 2–4 Final result 1–2 AUS (6) NED (3) Score Simon Whitlock 94.15 Michael van Gerwen 98.49 1–4 Kyle Anderson 94.62 Raymond van Barneveld 91.44 4–3 Whitlock & Anderson 96.77 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 107.77 3–4 Final result 1–2 Semi-finals Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match. ENG (1) NIR (4) Score Phil Taylor 96.97 Brendan Dolan 86.35 4–0 Adrian Lewis 95.96 Daryl Gurney 90.41 4–1 Final result 2–0 BEL (7) NED (3) Score Ronny Huybrechts 86.78 Michael van Gerwen 102.70 1–4 Kim Huybrechts 101.21 Raymond van Barneveld 98.61 2–4 Final result 0–2 Final Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs reverse singles matches are played to determine the champion. ENG (1) NED (3) Score Phil Taylor 102.94 Michael van Gerwen 81.97 4–3 Adrian Lewis 103.62 Raymond van Barneveld 107.83 3–4 Taylor & Lewis 90.62 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 95.08 2–4 Phil Taylor 105.12 Raymond van Barneveld 105.45 4–1 Adrian Lewis 86.10 Michael van Gerwen 79.25 4–1 Final result 3–2 References 2 2016 World Cup PDC World Cup of Darts Category:Sports competitions in Frankfurt Category:2010s in Frankfurt Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany Category:Darts in Germany