The 2023 World Cup of Darts gets underway tonight in Frankfurt, Germany and it is the 13th edition of the competition. This year will also see the debut of a brand new format, which is explained below. Read on to see our World Cup of Darts tips, odds and more.
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2023 World Cup Of Darts Format
A new format has been introduced for the 2023 World Cup of Darts, with an expansion to 40 teams, up from the 32 that competed in last year’s competition.
As part of this new format, all rounds will be a single match played in doubles format, removing singles matches that we’d seen in previous years.
Group stage: Best of seven legs.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Best of 15 legs.
Final: Best of 19 legs
Prize Fund (Per Team)
Winners: £80,000
Runners-up: £50,000
Semi-Final losers: £30,000
Quarter-Final losers: £20,000
Last 16 losers: £9,000
Second in group: £5,000
Third in group: £4,000
Total: £450,000
2023 World Cup Of Darts Teams & Odds
The 2023 World Cup of Darts will take place at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt from June 15-18, with a prize fund of £450,000 under the new exciting format with 40 teams playing. Iceland, Ukraine, Guyana and Bahrain will make their debuts this year in the World Cup of Darts.
Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock won a historic first title for Australia last year after beating Wales in the final, and at a big price of 20/1 will look to retain their title.
The top four ranked nations will be seeded and will enter at the second round. Those teams are England (Michael Smith & Rob Cross), Netherlands (Dirk van Duijvenbode & Danny Noppert), Wales (Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton) and Scotland (Peter Wright & Gary Anderson). While the other 36 teams will be split into 12 groups.
See World Cup of Darts outright odds below.
Seeds
England – 10/3
Netherlands – 5/1
Wales – 6/4
Scotland – 7/1
Group A
Belgium (Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts) – 18/1
Finland (Marko Kantele and Paavo Myller) – 300/1
China (Zong Xiao Chen and Lihao Wen) – 400/1
Group B
Germany (Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler) – 18/1
Hong Kong (Man Lok Leung and Lee Lok Yin) – 500/1
Japan (Jun Matsuda and Tomoya Goto) – 300/1
Group C
Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock) – 20/1
Guyana (Sudesh Fitzgerald and Norman Madhoo) – 1000/1
Gibraltar (Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt) – 500/1
Group D
Northern Ireland (Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney) – 30/1
France (Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre) – 250/1
Ukraine (Vladyslav Omelchenko and Ilya Pekaruk) – 600/1
Group E
Republic of Ireland (William O’Connor and Keane Barry) – 50/1
Thailand (Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree) – 500/1
Croatia (Boris Krčmar and Romeo Grbavac) – 250/1
Group F
Austria (Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez) – 70/1
Denmark (Vladimir Andersen and Benjamin Drue Reus) – 400/1
USA (Jules van Dongen and Leonard Gates) – 100/1
Group G
Poland (Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk) – 66/1
Portugal (José de Sousa and Luis Ameixa) – 125/1
Lithuania (Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas) – 250/1
Group H
Canada (Matt Campbell and Jeff Smith) – 70/1
India (Prakash Jiwa and Amit Gilitwala) – 750/1
Hungary (Patrik Kovács and Levente Sarai) – 750/1
Group I
Czech Republic (Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedláček) – 80/1
Singapore (Paul Lim and Harith Lim) – 250/1
Philippines (Christian Perez and Lourence Ilagan) – 200/1
Group J
Spain (José Justicia and Tony Martinez) – 250/1
South Africa (Devon Petersen and Vernon Bouwers) – 300/1
Iceland (Vitor Charrua and Hallgrímur Egilsson) – 1000/1
Group K
Latvia (Madars Razma and Dmitrijs Žukovs) – 250/1
New Zealand (Ben Robb and Warren Parry) – 250/1
Bahrain (Bassim Mahmood and Abdulnaser Yusuf) – 1000/1
Group L
Switzerland (Stefan Bellmont and Marcel Walpen) – 250/1
Italy (Massimo Dante and Michele Turetta) – 750/1
Sweden (Dennis Nilsson and Oskar Lukasiak) – 350/1
World Cup of Darts Betting Tips
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 , 18:00 GMT • Eissporthalle am Ratsweg • PDC Darts Tour
Wales who won the World Cup of Darts back in 2020 will be represented for a sixth consecutive year by Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton, and they are the current outright favourites to win the competition.
We can’t see past a Wales win with the chemistry between the two players being so strong. Price is playing some great darts this season and is in top form, meanwhile Clayton has also enjoyed a good year so far. The latter won the Austrian Darts Open in April as well as Players Championship 12 last month.
As for Price, he won both the European Darts Open and International Darts Open on the Euro Tour earlier this year.
After just losing out on the World Cup last year to Australia, we’re tipping Wales to go one better this time around.
Back Wales to win the 2023 World Cup of Darts with Starsports @ 6/4.
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