PDC World Cup of Darts - everything you need to know ahead of 2025 tournament

The next televised PDC tournament is on the horizon as some of the stars of the sport take part in the 2025 PDC World Cup of Darts.

Although this is an event that brings no rewards in terms of money on the PDC Order of Merit, it is one of the more enjoyable competitions on the calendar due to its different format.

Here, Sports Mole provides you with the lowdown of the tournament, which is taking place at Eissporthalle in Frankfurt.

When is the 2025 Darts World Cup? How can you watch it?

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This staging of the event - the 15th in its history - will take place across four days between June 12 and June 15.

Sky Sports will be providing live coverage of the tournament in its entirety, starting at 6pm (BST) on the opening night.

From there, afternoon and evening sessions will be staged across the final three days, the competition initially starting with 40 teams.

What is the tournament format?

Players are chosen for their respective nation through their positions in the PDC Order or Merit or through domestic qualifiers that are played to determine the pairings.

The top four seeds are decided on their combined world ranking spots, with Luke Humphries and Luke Littler the natural top seeds representing England.

England - as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - have byes through to the second round, with the other 36 nations split across 12 groups of three in the first round.

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Whoever tops those groups, with games played over a best of seven legs, will progress to the last 16.

In the second round, quarter-finals and semi-finals, matches will be played over a best of 15, that increasing to best of 19 for the final.

Previous editions have seen a mixture of singles and doubles matches, but each game in this tournament is now purely doubles encounters.

Who is representing each nation?

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Starting with the top four seeds in the competition, below is the list of pairings for the tournament:

(1) England - Luke Humphries, Luke Littler (2) Wales - Jonny Clayton, Gerwyn Price (3) Scotland - Gary Anderson, Peter Wright (4) Northern Ireland - Josh Rock, Daryl Gurney Argentina - Jesus Salate, Victor Guillin Australia - Damon Heta, Simon Whitlock Austria - Mensur Suljovic, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez Bahrain - Sadeq Mohamed, Hasan Bucheeri Belgium - Mike De Decker, Dimitri Van den Bergh Canada - Matt Campbell, Jim Long China - Xiaochen Zong, Lihao Wen Chinese Taipei - Pupo Teng-Lieh, An-Sheng Lu Croatia - Pero Ljubic, Boris Krcmar Czechia - Karel Sedlacek, Petr Krivka Denmark - Benjamin Reus, Andreas Hyllgaardhus Finland - Teemu Harju, Marko Kantele France - Thibault Tricole, Jacques Labre Germany - Martin Schindler, Ricardo Pietreczko Gibraltar - Craig Galliano, Justin Hewitt Hong Kong - Man Lok Leung, Lok Yin Lee Hungary - György Jehirszki, Gergely Lakatos India - Nitin Kumar, Mohan Goel Italy - Michele Turetta, Massimo Dalla Rosa Japan - Ryusei Azemoto, Tomoya Goto Latvia - Madars Razma, Valters Melderis Lithuania - Darius Labanauskas, Mindaugas Barauskas Malaysia - Tengku Shah, Tan Jenn Ming Netherlands - Danny Noppert, Gian van Veen New Zealand - Haupai Puha, Mark Cleaver Norway - Cor Dekker, Kent Joran Sivertsen Philippines - Lourence Ilagan, Paolo Nebrida Poland - Krzysztof Ratajski, Radek Szaganski Portugal - Jose de Sousa, Bruno Nascimento Republic of Ireland - William O'Connor, Keane Barry Singapore - Paul Lim, Phuay Wei Tan South Africa - Cameron Carolissen, Devon Petersen Spain - Daniel Zapata, Ricardo Fernandez Sweden - Jeffrey de Graaf, Oskar Lukasiak Switzerland - Stefan Bellmont, Alex Fehlmann USA - Danny Lauby, Jules van Dongen