06/11/26(Thu)16:04:03The 2026 BetVictor World Cup of Darts begins on Thursday, as Northern Ireland's Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney look to defend their World Cup crown in Frankfurt.
This year’s World Cup of Darts will see 40 nations compete at the Eissporthalle from 11-14 June through group and knockout stages in the unique pairs event.
England, Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Scotland – the top four ranked nations based on the lowest cumulative PDC ranking of the two competing players - will enter the tournament in Saturday's second round.
The other 36 nations have been split into 12 groups of three for the group stage, with each group containing a seeded team, and the group winner will advance to the last 16.
Coverage starts at 6:00pm UK time on Sky Sports Action. All matches in the group stage are the best of 7 legs (first to 4).
>Tonight's matches (6:00pm UK start)
(12) Czech Republic v India [H]
(15) Croatia v Japan [K]
(16) Finland v Norway [L]
(8) Ireland v Singapore [D]
(9) Poland v Portugal [E]
(10) Sweden v South Africa [F]
(14) Latvia v Italy [J]
(6) Belgium v Hong Kong [B]
(5) Germany v Philippines [A]
(7) Wales v Lithuania [C]
(13) Austria v China [I]
(11) Australia v USA [G]
>Tournament preview
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/june/10/2026-betvictor-world-cup-of-darts -preview/
06/11/26(Thu)16:04:56Here it is. The proper world cup.
06/11/26(Thu)16:05:51Competing Nations & Pairs:
>Seeds 1-4: Exempt to Round Two
(1) England: Luke Littler & Luke Humphries
(2) Netherlands: Gian van Veen & Michael van Gerwen
(3) Northern Ireland: Josh Rock & Daryl Gurney
(4) Scotland: Gary Anderson & Cameron Menzies
Seeds 5-16: Seeded for Group Stage
(5) Germany: Martin Schindler & Ricardo Pietreczko
(6) Belgium: Mike De Decker & Dimitri Van den Bergh
(7) Wales: Jonny Clayton & Nick Kenny
(8) Republic of Ireland: William O'Connor & Mickey Mansell
(9) Poland: Krzysztof Ratajski & Sebastian Bialecki
(10) Sweden: Jeffrey de Graaf & Oskar Lukasiak
(11) Australia: Damon Heta & Adam Leek
(12) Czech Republic: Karel Sedlacek & Adam Gawlas
(13) Austria: Mensur Suljovic & Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
(14) Latvia: Madars Razma & Valters Melderis
(15) Croatia: Boris Krcmar & Pero Ljubic
(16) Finland: Jani Haavisto & Jonas Masalin
Unseeded Nations
Canada: Jim Long & David Cameron
China: Qingyu Zhan & Xiaochen Zong
Denmark: Andreas Toft Jorgensen & Jonas Graversen
France: Thibault Tricole & Nicolas Thuillier
Gibraltar: Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt
Hong Kong: Man Lok Leung & Lok Yin Lee
Hungary: Patrik Kovacs & Pal Szekely
India: Nitin Kumar & Ankit Goenka
Italy: Michele Turetta & Riccardo Castelli
Japan: Motomu Sakai & Haruki Muramatsu
Lithuania: Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
Mongolia: Altantulkhuur Myagmarsuren & Ganzorig Lkhagvasuren
New Zealand: Jonny Tata & Ben Robb
Norway: Cor Dekker & Kent Sivertsen
Philippines: Alexis Toylo & Paolo Nebrida
Portugal: Luis Camacho & Jose de Sousa
Singapore: Paul Lim & Phuay Wey Tan
Slovenia: Benjamin Pratnemer & Stefano Bozicek
South Africa: Graham Filby & Devon Petersen
Spain: Cristo Reyes & Jose Justicia
Switzerland: Stefan Bellmont & Marcel Walpen
Thailand: Sarayut Ouamumpa & Sowaris Rodman
Trinidad and Tobago: Joshua Balfour & James Walklin
USA: Adam Sevada & Stowe Buntz
>Uganda withdrawal statement
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/june/10/gibraltar-replace-uganda-in-2026- betvictor-world-cup-of-darts/
06/11/26(Thu)16:07:02based and darts-pilled
fuck the football
06/11/26(Thu)16:28:04>>155118584
>Japan has madman Sakai and the original ladyboy Muramatsu
based
06/11/26(Thu)16:31:17Lets go lads!
06/11/26(Thu)16:53:08so this is the world cup everybody's talking about right
06/11/26(Thu)17:02:36Shoot care about this more than the real world cup tbqhwy. Shame about Uganda, could have been a riot of guys in livestream chats making spearchucker jokes.
06/11/26(Thu)17:03:19>>155118199
Scotland should be fun. Gando is lazy with low tolerance for shit these days, and Menzies brings nothing but shit.
06/11/26(Thu)17:04:22Mardle's been on the zempic, fucking hell.
06/11/26(Thu)17:04:28Ooofff Emma
06/11/26(Thu)17:05:11>no snakeshite
damn
06/11/26(Thu)17:10:31India is bro tier
06/11/26(Thu)17:10:50>>155119311
He can stay away the jobbing cunt. Cammy in good form recently.
06/11/26(Thu)17:12:05>Ricardo Pietreczko v Alexis Toylo
we might be here for a few hours
06/11/26(Thu)17:15:44>>155119422
whats wrong with this pietreczko guy, why is he jerking off the dart instead of throwing it
06/11/26(Thu)17:16:59>Netherlands
>Pink and the Brain
06/11/26(Thu)17:18:29>feeling too self-conscious to wave to the crowd so he does a kind of half-assed salute instead
I feel you Nitin.
06/11/26(Thu)17:25:41"WHISTLERS could be here" he thought, "I've never been in this neighbourhood before. There could be WHISTLERS anywhere." The cool wind felt good against his bare chest. "I HATE WHISTLERS" he thought. Bulletproof reverberated his entire car, making it pulsate even as the $9 whine circulate through his powerful thick veins and washed away his (merited[ fear of hecklers after dar. "With a dart, you can go anywhere you want" he said to himself, out loud.
06/11/26(Thu)17:28:35how the fuck did Finland sneak into the seeding places
06/11/26(Thu)17:29:45It’s so much better with England/Scotland flags on espee. Also fuck me, this is some dire darts.
06/11/26(Thu)17:31:14Never seen anyone start 130 and finish with 5 left, having hit single 5 first dart. Gawlas fortunate the Indians are complete shit.
>>155119823
Literally two Euro Tour appearances (one for Haavisto, one for Masalin)
06/11/26(Thu)17:31:19Blessed jobber rounds
06/11/26(Thu)17:32:12>>155119823
Have you forgot Jani Haavisto's stunning run at the 2015 Worlds? (he lost in the preliminary round to John Michael)
06/11/26(Thu)17:32:34>>155119897
There’s like a billion of them, and these are the best two. Howling.
06/11/26(Thu)17:33:10Time for three meme players and 'pub player' Pero Ljubic (Ljubic the only one of them with a Tour Card but has still averaged sub-60 in multiple Pro Tour matches this season).
06/11/26(Thu)17:33:58India are shit enough when they have some ringer from Seven Kings or Romford representing them, they're even worse when its actual people born in India turning up.
06/11/26(Thu)17:35:54>>155119951
like hyperinflation. you just keep printing more and they are worth less.
06/11/26(Thu)17:37:13>>155119989
RIP Big Prakash's career
06/11/26(Thu)17:43:11le wacky japanese man
06/11/26(Thu)17:43:11the size differnce kek
06/11/26(Thu)17:44:00Is there the guy who used to feud with the Big Boss Man in early 90s WWF on the stage, because I'm seeing a lot of nails
06/11/26(Thu)17:45:01>>155120292
>haribo with a pint
Only discovered this in the past six months and it's a gamechanger
06/11/26(Thu)17:46:45owari da
06/11/26(Thu)17:53:55>Nippon counting
06/11/26(Thu)18:01:20based nips, never doubted them
06/11/26(Thu)18:02:41banzai
06/11/26(Thu)18:03:01Haruki definitely looking like an old Japanese woman now.
06/11/26(Thu)18:04:55banzai
(i'm not watching)
06/11/26(Thu)18:07:04He’s a big lad.
06/11/26(Thu)18:11:59Part is so shit on comms.
06/11/26(Thu)18:34:12>>155121824
That match was horrendous on all fronts bar the finishing. I blame Studd for enabling it.
06/11/26(Thu)18:39:13BIG FIIIIISH
06/11/26(Thu)18:40:18BIG FISH PHWOAAAA
06/11/26(Thu)18:40:46YEEEEEW!!!!!! FIIIIISH
06/11/26(Thu)18:46:36Tan’s throwing technique is really odd, dos he have a dodgy arm or something?
06/11/26(Thu)18:55:57Why is it 2 points for a win? You can’t get a draw, so it might as be 1 point.
06/11/26(Thu)18:58:35Both these teams look like father and son.
06/11/26(Thu)18:58:56Białecki is so fucking fat holy shit
he might just be the next shittler fr