2023 PDC World Cup of Darts

 Wales
(Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton)

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The 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the thirteenth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place from 16 to 19 June 2023 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock) were the defending champions, after beating Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton) 3–1 in the 2022 final,^[1] but they were eliminated in the quarter finals, losing 7–8 to Belgium .

Wales won the tournament for the second time, defeating Scotland (Peter Wright and Gary Anderson) 10–2 in the final.^[2]

Format

A new format was introduced for 2023, with an expansion to 40 teams. The top four teams are seeded to the second round, with the other 36 competing in a group stage of twelve groups of three, with one qualifying from each group.^[3]

In the new format all rounds consist of a doubles match, removing singles matches, which had been a part of World Cups in previous years, entirely.

Group stage: Best of seven legs.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Best of fifteen legs.
Final: Best of nineteen legs

Prize money

Total prize money was increased to £450,000 from the previous £350,000, with the winning prize going up to £80,000 from £70,000.^[3]

The prize money per team was:

Position (no. of teams)		Prize Money (Total: £450,000)
Winners	(1)	£80,000
Runners-Up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£30,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£20,000
Last 16  (Second round)	(8)	£9,000
Second in group	(12)	£5,000
Third in group	(12)	£4,000

Teams and seedings

The top four nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings are seeded to the second round, while the next twelve nations are seeded in the group stage.^[3]

On 22 February 2023, a Latin America qualifier was announced to determine a representative team from that region.^[4]

The top two players from nations represented by the PDC Order of Merit were confirmed on 29 May; the top players from nations on the PDC Asian Tour were confirmed on 1 May, and the top players from the Nordic & Baltic regions were confirmed on 5 June.^[3]

The expansion sees Bahrain, Guyana,^[5] Iceland and Ukraine enter for the first time, while Croatia will compete for the first time since 2013, France for the first time since 2014, India for the first time since 2015, Thailand for the first time since 2018, and China return having missed the 2022 tournament.

Following the first round draw, Michael van Gerwen withdrew due to a dental operation, and was replaced with Dirk van Duijvenbode. This resulted in Wales moving ahead of the Netherlands in the seedings.^[6]

The teams and players were as follows:

Group stage

All group matches are best of 7 legs
After three games, the team that finishes top in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
If teams were tied on points after all the matches were completed, the ties were broken based on leg difference

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; LD = Leg difference; Pts = Points

Knockout stage

	Second round (best of 15 legs) 17 June					Quarter-finals (best of 15 legs) 18 June					Semi-finals (best of 15 legs) 18 June					Final (best of 19 legs) 18 June
	1	England 93.50	8
		Latvia 83.98	4
						1	England 94.07	3
							Germany 92.67	8
		Poland 89.67	6
		Germany 87.31	8
												Germany 84.45	5
											4	Scotland 86.27	8
	4	Scotland 89.01	8
		Philippines 87.91	5
						4	Scotland 89.07	8
							France 80.59	0
		France 83.43	8
		South Africa 75.99	4
																4	Scotland 90.08	2
																2	Wales 96.18	10
	2	Wales 99.97	8
		Denmark 82.27	2
						2	Wales 92.34	8
							Sweden 82.78	5
		Sweden 91.44	8
		Canada 87.66	5
											2	Wales 95.85	8
												Belgium 92.25	7
	3	Netherlands 93.20	7
		Belgium 92.13	8
							Belgium 92.52	8
							Australia 95.12	7
		Australia 89.60	8
		Croatia 85.65	6

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