The doubles competition is back, live on Sky Sports starting tonight.
The long standing English partnership of Taylor and Lewis was broken up last year with Taylor not participating. Lewis long run representing England also comes to an end now. Dave Chisnall keeps his place, and he is joined by Rob Cross, making his debut.
The Dutch will be favourites, with a pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld.
Wales were runners -up last year, but Gerwyn Price is partnered by Johnny Clayton this time, with Webster missing out.
Peter Wright and Gary Anderson are number 1 seeds, representing Scotland.
Other pairings include:
Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson - Australia
Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dolan - Northern Ireland
Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri van den Burgh - Belgium
Mensur Suljovic and Zoran Lerchbacher - Austria
Cristo Reyes and Toni Alcinas - Spain
John Part and Dawson Murschell - Canada
William O'Conner and Steve Lennon - Ireland
Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik - Poland
Schedule of Play - First Round
Thursday May 31 (7pm local time, 6pm BST)
Italy v Canada
Russia v Spain
Switzerland v China
Denmark v Brazil
Wales v Thailand
Australia v Hong Kong
Scotland v United States of America
Austria v Japan
Friday June 1 (7pm local time, 6pm BST)
New Zealand v Singapore
Greece v Finland
Northern Ireland v Poland
Hungary v South Africa
Belgium v Republic of Ireland
England v Czech Republic
Sweden v Germany
Netherlands v Gibraltar
Enjoy!
World Cup of Darts 2018.
posted on 31/5/18
Do think it would make sense to have "B" teams in it - like they do in the world cup of pool.
The Polish pair could cause a shock by beating Gurney/Dolan tomorrow.
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Austria lost.
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posted on 3/6/18
England go out to Belgium.
Scotland and Australia will be one semi.
Netherlands play Germany to see who faces Belgium in the other.
posted on 4/6/18
The Netherlands won the World Cup.
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