2015 PDC World Cup of Darts

2015 PDC World Cup of Darts 11–14 June 2015 Eissporthalle Frankfurt PDC Legs £250,000 £50,000 150 NED Michael van Gerwen 150 SCO Gary Anderson ENG (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) 2014 2016 The 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2015 bwin World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 11–14 June 2015 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany. The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the semi-finals by Scotland's Gary Anderson and Peter Wright. England with Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis won their third title in the event by defeating Scotland's Anderson and Wright 3–2 in the final.http://www.espn.co.uk/darts/story/_/id/13077477/phil-taylor-adrian-lewis-win-record-third-pdc-world-cup-england-beating-scotland-germany Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis clinch record third PDC World Cup win for England ESPN (UK) 14 June 2015 Format The tournament remained at 32 teams this year. 16 teams were seeded and drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2015 with the tournament being a straight knockout.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made Bwin World Cup of Darts Draw Made PDC 30 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150530002143/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made 2015-05-30 dead 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 was raised to £250,000 from last year's £200,000 prize fund. The prize money was per team:http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made Bwin World Cup of Darts Draw Made PDC 30 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150530002143/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made 2015-05-30 dead 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 There were only two changes from the 2014 tournament. France and Malaysia were replaced with the Philippines and the Czech Republic, who made their long-awaited debut, after having to withdraw from the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts, owing to adverse weather conditions.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made Bwin World Cup of Darts Draw Made PDC 30 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150530002143/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made 2015-05-30 dead Seeded nations Rank Country Top two ranked players 1 ENG Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2 SCO Gary Anderson and Peter Wright 3 NLD Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 4 AUS Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 5 BEL Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 6 NIR Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell 7 WAL Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis 8 AUT Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 9 GER Jyhan Artut and Max Hopp 10 IRL Connie Finnan and William O'Connor 11 CAN John Part and Ken MacNeil 12 ESP Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas 13 GIB Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio 14 RSA Devon Petersen and Graham Filby 15 SWE Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson 16 JPN Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto Unseeded nations (alphabetic order) Country Top two ranked players CHN Jun Chen and Xuejie Huang CZE Michal Kočík and Pavel Jirkal DEN Per Laursen and Per Skau FIN Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele HKG Scott MacKenzie and Royden Lam HUN Nándor Bezzeg and Gábor Takács IND Ashfaque Sayed and Nitin Kumar ITA Daniele Petri and Marco Brentegani NZL Rob Szabo and Warren Parry NOR Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll PHI Lourence Ilagan and Gilbert Ulang POL Tytus Kanik and Mariusz Paul RUS Boris Koltsov and Aleksei Kadochnikov SIN Paul Lim and Harith Lim THA Thanawat Yong and Attapol Eupakaree USA Darin Young and Larry Butler Results Draw The draw was made on 27 May by Rod Harrington and Mark Paul.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made Bwin World Cup of Darts Draw Made PDC 30 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150530002143/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wuypxfc42m9l1xjabligsdlrr/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-draw-made 2015-05-30 dead 1/3/3/3/5 sets high First round(best of 9 legs)11–12 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1kz3ggnl6tkcq1pkdu6ldu9vzx/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-day-one bwin World Cup of Darts Day One PDC 11 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150613234919/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1kz3ggnl6tkcq1pkdu6ldu9vzx/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-day-one 2015-06-13 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/rjv0onelm17g1nkud1m6pz07w/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-day-two bwin World Cup of Darts Day Two PDC 12 June 2015 15 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715151616/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/rjv0onelm17g1nkud1m6pz07w/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-day-two dead Second round(best of 3 matches)13 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/s3stxvty6erc1aovmfj7o03yz/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-second-round bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round PDC 13 June 2015 6 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006112343/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/s3stxvty6erc1aovmfj7o03yz/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-second-round dead Quarter-finals(best of 3 matches)14 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1j2lkrkzk2fst1vqj6y0cz5m5b/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-quarter-finals bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-finals PDC 14 June 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061655/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1j2lkrkzk2fst1vqj6y0cz5m5b/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-quarter-finals dead Semi-finals(best of 3 matches)14 Junehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ucltoe1carht1shoy9g4m0y66/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-final-session bwin World Cup of Darts Final Session PDC 14 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150616075303/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ucltoe1carht1shoy9g4m0y66/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-final-session 2015-06-16 dead Final(best of 5 matches)14 June 170 1 ENG 87.38 5 DEN 73.63 0 16 JPN 82.58 5 CHN 80.89 0 8 AUT 83.90 5 CZE 77.19 2 9 GER 81.68 5 IND 67.73 0 5 BEL 93.92 5 PHI 87.78 1 12 ESP 90.54 5 NOR 71.54 0 4 AUS 82.94 5 RUS 78.61 1 13 GIB 71.60 5 ITA 71.35 2 2 SCO 92.71 5 SIN 85.09 1 15 SWE 78.73 2 HUN 81.52 5 7 WAL 80.15 3 HKG 85.74 5 10 IRL 81.68 5 POL 69.53 0 6 NIR 82.06 5 THA 81.36 2 11 CAN 79.86 4 NZL 82.79 5 3 NED 91.13 5 USA 89.06 2 14 RSA 85.16 5 FIN 81.72 4 1 ENG 91.67 4 4 2 16 JPN 75.65 0 1 0 8 AUT 85.30 3 2 0 9 GER 88.88 4 4 2 5 BEL 90.90 4 4 2 12 ESP 85.94 1 1 0 4 AUS 80.34 4 4 2 13 GIB 71.94 0 3 0 2 SCO 93.08 4 4 2 HUN 73.40 2 0 0 HKG 84.52 4 3 4 2 10 IRL 84.69 1 4 3 1 6 NIR 96.80 4 4 2 NZL 80.07 1 0 0 3 NED 102.70 4 4 2 14 RSA 81.24 0 1 0 1 ENG 104.89 4 4 2 9 GER 87.12 1 0 0 5 BEL 86.59 2 4 4 2 4 AUS 84.86 4 3 2 1 2 SCO 90.21 4 4 2 HKG 85.57 2 2 0 6 NIR 93.53 2 4 0 1 3 NED 98.58 4 3 4 2 1 ENG 99.83 4 4 2 5 BEL 92.74 3 2 0 2 SCO 100.48 3 4 4 2 3 NED 94.24 4 1 1 1 1 ENG 102.73 4 1 4 1 4 3 2 SCO 101.70 0 4 3 4 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) JPN (16) Score Phil Taylor 93.94 Haruki Muramatsu 73.40 4–0 Adrian Lewis 89.39 Morihiro Hashimoto 77.45 4–1 Final result 2–0 AUT (8) GER (9) Score Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.40 Jyhan Artut 88.43 3–4 Mensur Suljović 88.20 Max Hopp 89.32 2–4 Final result 0–2 BEL (5) ESP (12) Score Ronny Huybrechts 88.28 Cristo Reyes 85.70 4–1 Kim Huybrechts 93.52 Toni Alcinas 86.17 4–1 Final result 2–0 AUS (4) GIB (13) Score Simon Whitlock 76.10 Dyson Parody 66.77 4–0 Paul Nicholson 82.76 Manuel Vilerio 74.89 4–3 Final result 2–0 SCO (2) HUN Score Gary Anderson 87.59 Nándor Bezzeg 76.07 4–2 Peter Wright 98.56 Gábor Takács 69.40 4–0 Final result 2–0 HKG IRL (10) Score Royden Lam 90.55 William O'Connor 85.38 4–1 Scott MacKenzie 74.81 Connie Finnan 82.82 3–4 Lam & MacKenzie 88.19 O'Connor & Finnan 85.88 4–3 Final result 2–1 NIR (6) NZL Score Brendan Dolan 97.89 Rob Szabo 84.04 4–1 Mickey Mansell 95.43 Warren Parry 75.10 4–0 Final result 2–0 NED (3) RSA (14) Score Michael van Gerwen 105.47 Graham Filby 73.88 4–0 Raymond van Barneveld 99.93 Devon Petersen 87.12 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 will settle the match. ENG (1) GER (9) Score Phil Taylor 104.31 Jyhan Artut 92.52 4–1 Adrian Lewis 105.47 Max Hopp 80.37 4–0 Final result 2–0 BEL (5) AUS (4) Score Ronny Huybrechts 85.77 Simon Whitlock 90.71 2–4 Kim Huybrechts 80.64 Paul Nicholson 76.99 4–3 R. Huybrechts & K. Huybrechts 93.35 Whitlock & Nicholson 86.87 4–2 Final result 2–1 SCO (2) HKG Score Gary Anderson 90.54 Royden Lam 88.32 4–2 Peter Wright 89.88 Scott MacKenzie 82.82 4–2 Final result 2–0 NIR (6) NED (3) Score Brendan Dolan 86.97 Michael van Gerwen 91.84 2–4 Mickey Mansell 99.80 Raymond van Barneveld 96.55 4–3 Dolan & Mansell 92.39 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 107.36 0–4 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) BEL (5) Score Phil Taylor 102.48 Ronny Huybrechts 91.93 4–3 Adrian Lewis 96.73 Kim Huybrechts 93.55 4–2 Final result 2–0 SCO (2) NED (3) Score Peter Wright 103.27 Michael van Gerwen 106.57 3–4 Gary Anderson 97.22 Raymond van Barneveld 81.88 4–1 Wright & Anderson 99.82 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 89.33 4–1 Final result 2–1 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) SCO (2) Score Phil Taylor 113.43 Peter Wright 104.00 4–0 Adrian Lewis 96.43 Gary Anderson 103.14 1–4 Taylor & Lewis 103.20 Wright & Anderson 95.71 4–3 Phil Taylor 97.45 Gary Anderson 108.04 1–4 Adrian Lewis 103.15 Peter Wright 97.62 4–1 Final result 3–2 References 2 2015 World Cup PDC World Cup of Darts Category:Sports competitions in Frankfurt Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany Category:2010s in Frankfurt Category:Darts in Germany