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2022 World Cup of Darts Betting Tips And Predictions

With the Darts Premier League now firmly behind us, we move on to the PDC World Cup of Darts which gets underway at Frankfurt’s Eissporthalle on June 16th.

There will be 32 nations battling it out over four days for the title which is currently in the possession of 2021 champs Scotland.

Once again represented by Peter Wright and John Henderson, Scotland will fancy their chances of retaining the crown they won a year ago when they beat Austria in the final.

If they do manage to win it for the second year in a row, then it will be the third title for Scotland in four years.

This is the 12th staging of the annual pairs event and will feature eight of the planet’s top ten darts players on the PDC Order of Merit and with first-round fixtures such as The Netherlands versus Brazil and Wales taking on The Philippines, there will certainly be some mismatches to enjoy.

Hopefully, there will also be a few shocks on the cards too.

Let’s see what we can look forward to.

Top Half Of The Draw

England, who will be represented by Michael Smith and James Wade, are officially the top-ranked team in the tournament.

The Bully Boy and The Machine are ranked fourth and fifth in the world respectively.

Wade comes in for Rob Cross who partnered Smith in last year’s event where England disappointed, losing to Austria in the last four. 

There is a very strong possibility of the English meeting Scotland in the quarter-final stage should they both play to their best in the opening few matches.

Going with the rankings, you would have to fancy England over Scotland in that match despite the inclusion of the world number one Peter Wright.

Snakebite’s World Cup partner, John ‘The Highlander’ Henderson is ranked back in lowly 67^th place so will have his work cut out against England’s top pairing.

That could lead to a potential semi-final against Poland, who have an opening game against the USA to kick things off.

England then will surely be disappointed not to at least reach the final.

Bottom Half Of The Draw

On the other side of the draw, Wales and The Netherlands provide the big names and these two should meet in the last four.

Wales is the most interesting as we have seen a real power dynamic shift in the pair that won the 2020 renewal.

Although still ranked second in the world, Gerwyn Price hasn’t been playing well this season, while Jonny Clayton was the best player by far at the recent Darts Premier League where he topped the table but failed to lift the trophy.

That honour went to Michael van Gerwen who beat Joe Cullen in Monday night’s final at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin. 

Mighty Mike won’t be moving on to Frankfurt to play for his country though who will instead be represented by Danny Noppert and Dirk van Duijvenbode.

While they do still make a formidable pairing, you do get the impression that this could throw the momentum to Wales should they meet.

Backing Wales to overcome The Netherlands then, and maybe we can expect an England versus Wales final.

This hypothetical final could go either way but with The Iceman and The Ferret being friends in real life and having won this title together two years ago, I think they are better set to take down the 2022 World Cup of Darts.

Bet365 Darts Betting Outright Winner Odds

• Wales (11/8)
• England (9/2)
• Netherlands (5/1)
• Australia (10/1)
• Belgium (10/1)
• Scotland (11/1)
• Northern Ireland (16/1)
• Germany (33/1)
• Portugal (33/1)
• Austria (40/1)
• Poland (50/1)
• Republic of Ireland (66/1)
• Canada (100/1)
• Czech Republic (125/1)
• Latvia (150/1)
• Lithuania (150/1)
• Spain (200/1)
• USA (200/1)
• South Africa (200/1)
• Sweden (250/1)
• Singapore (350/1)
• Hungary (400/1)
• Hong Kong (400/1)
• Finland (400/1)
• Italy (500/1)
• Japan (500/1)
• Philippines (500/1)
• Denmark (500/1)
• Brazil (500/1)
• Gibraltar (500/1)
• New Zealand (500/1)
• Switzerland (500/1)

2022 World Cup of Darts Line-ups

• Australia – Damon Heta & Simon Whitlock
• Austria – Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
• Belgium – Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts
• Brazil – Diogo Portela & Artur Valle
• Canada – Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell
• Czech Republic – Adam Gawlas & Karel Sedlacek
• Denmark – Vladimir Andersen & Andreas Toft Jörgensen
• England – Michael Smith & James Wade
• Finland – Marko Kantele & Aki Paavilainen
• Germany – Gabriel Clemens & Martin Schindler
• Gibraltar – Justin Hewitt & Craig Galliano
• Hong Kong – Lok Yin Lee & Ho Tung Ching
• Hungary – Nándor Prés & Gergely Lakatos
• Italy – Guiseppe Di Rocco & Gabriel Rollo
• Japan – Tomoya Goto & Toru Suzuki
• Latvia – Madars Razma & Nauris Gleglu
• Lithiuania – Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
• Netherlands – Danny Noppert & Dirk van Duijvenbode
• New Zealand – Ben Robb & Warren Parry
• Northern Ireland – Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan
• Philippines – Lourence Ilagan & RJ Escaros
• Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski & Sebastian Bialecki
• Portugal – Jose de Sousa & Vítor Jerónimo
• Republic of Ireland – William O’Connor & Steve Lennon
• Scotland – Peter Wright & John Henderson
• Singapore – Paul Lim & Harith Lim
• South Africa – Devon Petersen & Stefan Vermaak
• Spain – Jose Justicia & Tony Martinez
• Sweden – Daniel Larsson & Johan Engstrom
• Switzerland – Stefan Bellmont & Thomas Junghans
• USA – Danny Baggish & Jules van Dongen
• Wales – Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton

2022 World Cup of Darts Draw 

• England v Czech Republic
• Latvia v Hungary
• Scotland v Hong Kong
• Portugal v Italy
• Belgium v Japan
• Poland v USA
• Australia v Lithuania
• Sweden v South Africa
• Wales v Philippines
• Austria v Finland
• Germany v Spain
• Denmark v Singapore
• Netherlands v Brazil
• Republic of Ireland v Canada
• Northern Ireland v Gibraltar
• New Zealand v Switzerland

2022 World Cup of Darts Tournament Schedule (bet365 darts betting odds)

Thursday June 16

First Round (Best of nine legs – doubles)

• Denmark (11/8) v (4/7) Singapore
• New Zealand (8/11) v (11/10) Switzerland
• Republic of Ireland (8/13) v (11/10) Canada
• Austria (1/7) v (9/2) Finland
• Northern Ireland (1/20) v (10/1) Gibraltar
• Wales (1/25) v (12/1) Philippines
• Germany (2/5) v (2/1) Spain
• The Netherlands (1/25) v (12/1) Brazil

Friday June 17

First Round (Best of nine legs – doubles)

• Latvia (1/3) v (125/1) Hungary
• Poland (4/11) v (11/5) USA
• Sweden (10/11) v (10/11) South Africa
• Portugal (1/9) v (11/2) Italy
• Australia (2/9) v (10/3) Lithuania
• England (1/4) v (3/1) Czech Republic
• Scotland (1/20) v (10/1) Hong Kong
• Belgium (1/16) v (/1) Japan

Saturday June 18

Second Round (Best of 3 points)

(Two best of seven leg singles matches plus one best of seven doubles decider if required)

• Eight Matches

Sunday June 19

(Two best of seven leg singles matches plus one best of seven doubles decider if required)

• 4 x Quarter-Finals 
• 2 x Semi Finals 
• 1x Final (Best of 5 points – Two best of seven leg singles matches plus one best of seven doubles then reverse singles)

QUICK GLANCE AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP OF DARTS  

Venue: Eissporthalle Frankfurt

Dates: 16^th June – 19^th June

Format: Best of nine legs during the singles phase, before advancing to team matches and new format

Current Champion: Scotland (Peter Wright and John Henderson)

Where To Watch: Sky Sports Main Event HD & Sky Sports Arena HD

When To Watch: 18:00 UK

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World Cup of Darts 2021 Darts Betting Tips

Live televised PDC darts makes its return this week when the 2021 World Cup of Darts takes place in Jena, Germany. The Darts World Cup begins on Thursday with games taking place in evening and afternoon sessions over the weekend until we reach the final on Friday night.

32 nations will be represented by two-player teams the top seeds of which are England are the top seeds. James Wade and Phil Chisnall will be turning out for England, but it’s reigning champions Wales that catch the eye.

Since they took the title last year, Welsh darts has enjoyed something of a bumper year. Gerwyn Price was ranked third in the world this time in 2020 but has since usurped Michael van Gerwen as the world number one after he won the PDC World Championship in January. But, while that was largely expected, the rise of his Wales teammate Jonny Clayton has been more surprising. 

The Ferret is now the Darts Masters and Premier League of Darts champion as well as being ranked 13^th in the world. Clayton’s successes as well as those of the Iceman, means Welsh darts is thriving right now. This dangerous pairing, which has improved since conquering this event last year, are very much the team to beat.

The Iceman also travels to Germany on the back of winning the Hungarian Darts Trophy, while Clayton has banked four event wins this season and almost made it five in last month’s Players Championship.

Who is favored to win World Cup of Darts 2021?

Wales open up against Finland on Thursday and bet365 have priced them up at 15/8 to retain their title and it’s hard to argue against that. In addition to Finland, the Welsh quarter of the draw includes Hungary, Lithuania, Australia, Italy, the USA and Sweden.

While there isn’t too much in that quarter to worry the Welsh team, the threat of Australia can’t be overlooked. Australia will be represented by Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock, who will be hoping to do as well as possible to honour Australian darter Kyle Anderson, who died last month. 

When teamed up with Paul Nicholson back in 2012, Whitlock came close to winning this event and has made the last eight three times and the last four on three other occasions. The Aussie pair met recently at the Hungarian Darts Trophy, where Heta beat Whitlock. Their pooled talents here could prove to be a danger for the Welsh. 

Another home nation, Scotland, will be represented by Peter Wright, who is now joined by John ‘The Highlander’ Henderson following the withdrawal of Gary Anderson. At 12/1, Scotland represents real value and will begin their campaign against Chinese debutants Jianfeng Lu and Wenqing Liu in a match where it is hard to see the Scottish pair struggling, especially given how well the recently-crowned World Matchplay champion, Snakebite, performed when we last saw him.

That’s not to say that you don’t get shocks in this event. One year before they became World Champions, Wales was beaten by Singapore, who have also beaten Scotland in the past, but won’t come up against them in the early rounds this time thanks to the draw.

England’s James Wade and Dave Chisnall are the top seeds based on their respective rankings. The 4/1 shots find themselves in the first quarter of the draw alongside their first opponents Brazil, Spain, South Africa, Canada, Russia, Japan, and the host nation, Germany.

England is the odds-on favourites to win their draw but together Chizzy and The Machine haven’t won much of late, save for the UK Open in Wade’s case and an excellent and memorable win over Michael van Gerwen at the last World Championship in the case of Chisnall. This is hardly inspiring stuff from the English.

Speaking of Michael van Gerwen, he is partnered by debutant Dirk van Duijvenbode, which should make The Netherlands more than dangerous at 9/2. Drawn in the fourth quarter alongside the likes of Denmark, Gibraltar, Singapore, China, the Czech Republic, Poland and Scotland, the Netherlands — who open up against Denmark — should make it through to the final stages, although Scotland and Poland might prove tricky.

There is some top talent on show in the Second Quarter as well, where Belgium should prevail. Dimitri Van Den Bergh is partnered by Kim Huybrechts in a group that boasts Greece, Austria, Philippines, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, the Republic of Ireland and Portugal, for whom world number eight and PDC Grand Slam holder Jose De Sousa will star.

Belgium has been knocking at the door for some years now, reaching the final in 2013, but are now more threatening than ever due to the emergence of world number-five and former Matchplay winner Dimitri Van den Bergh.

The Dream Maker played superbly in the recent Matchplay renewal, where despite chucking some stunning numbers, ultimately came up short against a Peter Wright who was himself throwing his best darts in years. Teamed with the 2013 runner-up Kim Huybrechts, Belgium look well worth their 6/1 price.

The fourth and final home nation, Northern Ireland, is also in this quarter and looks like providing a nice each-way bet at 14/1 with bet365. Their team consists of Brendan Dolan, who recently beat Michael van Gerwen on his way to the Hungarian Darts Trophy quarters, where he lost to eventual winner Gerwyn Price and whose average of 96 is the 12th highest here. He teams up with Daryl Gurney with whom he reached the semis during 2017 and neither should be troubled by their opening fixture against Hong Kong on Friday.

Darts World Cup 2021 Teams

• England – James Wade & Dave Chisnall
• Wales – Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton
• Netherlands – Michael van Gerwen & Dirk van Duijvenbode
• Belgium – Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts
• Northern Ireland – Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan
• Scotland – Peter Wright & John Henderson
• Australia – Simon Whitlock & Damon Heta
• Germany – Gabriel Clemens & Max Hopp
• Austria – Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
• Brazil – Diogo Portela & Artur Valle
• Canada – Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell
• China – Jianfeng Lu & Wenqing Liu
• Czech Republic – Karel Sedlacek & Adam Gawlas
• Denmark – Andreas Toft Jørgensen & Niels Heinsøe
• Finland – Marko Kantele & Veijo Viinikka
• Gibraltar – Sean Negrette & Justin Hewitt
• Greece – John Michael & Veniamin Symeonidis
• Hong Kong – Kai Fan Leung & Man Lok Leung
• Hungary – János Végső & Patrik Kovács
• Italy – Danilo Vigato & Michele Turetta
• Japan – Matsuda Jun & Yoshihisa Baba
• Lithuania – Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
• Philippines – Lourence Ilagan & Christian Perez
• Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski & Krzysztof Kciuk
• Portugal – Jose de Sousa & Jose Marques
• Republic of Ireland – William O’Connor & Steve Lennon
• Russia – Boris Koltsov & Evgenii Izotov
• Singapore – Paul Lim & Harith Lim
• South Africa – Devon Petersen & Carl Gabriel
• Spain – Jesus Noguera & Jose Justicia
• Sweden – Daniel Larsson & Johan Engström
• USA – Danny Lauby & Chuck Puleo

2021 World Cup of Darts Fixtures

Thursday September 9

First Round (Best of nine legs – doubles)

• Hungary v Lithuania
• Czech Republic v Poland

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Here’s What You Need To Know About The World Cup Of Darts 2020

The 2020 World Cup of Darts takes place this week in Salzburgarena, Austria running from November 6-8.

32 nations will be represented in total, all hoping to emulate last year’s winners and reigning champions Scotland. As a quick side note, Singapore will not be among these as planned due to Covid-19 restrictions preventing their travel to Austria meaning that they have been replaced by Portugal.

Michael van Gerwen’s Netherlands are the 2/1 with bet365 favourites to win the title for a fifth time, with Gerwyn Price’s Wales installed as the 11/4 second favourites. Wales may not represent enough value for some, but they do look a good shout with Jonny Clayton joining the World number two. Based on current form Wales should be favourites to go one better than 2017 when Price reached the World Cup final with Mark Webster.

Scotland’s chances have taken a hit owing to the fact that darting superstars Gary Anderson and Peter Wright have opted out and will be replaced instead by Robert Thornton and John Henderson. Had they had the world champions playing, they would unquestionably have been favourites themselves. Instead they are priced at 66/1 with bet365.

England though are the top seed and open up against Lithuania on Friday. The English pair Michael Smith and Rob Cross have had a tricky year, what was made of it anyway, but pairings are based on the PDC Order Of Merit, meaning Glenn Durrant and Nathan Aspinall, who have had stronger years, weren’t available for selection.

In a year of shocks both Durrant and Aspinall have been winning PDC debutants as has Dimitri Van den Bergh who won the World Matchplay at the first time of asking. Van den Bergh, playing here with Kim Huybrechts, makes Belgium look a real threat to go deep here. Bet365 clearly agree and have ranked Belgium as the fourth favourites.

Germany’s Gabriel Clemens and Max Hopp are another pair to keep your eye on. There has never been bigger than a 6-1 winner in the Darts World Cup but the Germans are 14/1 at bet365 and some might be tempted to take that punt on each way.

As for the Dutch favourites, world number one Michael van Gerwen teams up with PDC World Cup debutant Danny Noppert who is currently 21st in the PDC rankings. Holland have had a fine record in the ten years this trophy has been up for grabs. Not surprising given the perfect pairing of MVG and Raymond van Barneveld.Netherlands are the third seeds even though MVG hasn’t been his normal dominant self this season. Such form shouldn’t last long though as there is simply too much class and ability there. Of course, he did still take down the UK Open over the summer so he has still done better than most and with Noppert in tow could well fancy his chances of adding a World Cup to his 2020 trophy haul too.

World Cup Of Darts Teams

• England – Michael Smith & Rob Cross
• Wales – Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton
• Netherlands – Michael van Gerwen & Danny Noppert
• Northern Ireland – Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan
• Belgium – Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts
• Germany – Max Hopp & Gabriel Clemens
• Republic of Ireland – William O’Connor & Steve Lennon
• Austria – Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
• Australia – Simon Whitlock & Damon Heta
• Brazil – Diogo Portela & Bruno Rangel
• Canada – Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell
• China – Zizhao Zheng * & Di Zhuang
• Czech Republic – Karel Sedlacek & Adam Gawlas
• Denmark – Neils Heinsøe & Per Laursen
• Finland – Marko Kantele & Kim Viljanen
• Gibraltar – Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt
• Greece – John Michael & Veniamin Symeonidis
• Hong Kong – Kai Fan Leung & Royden Lam
• Hungary – Patrik Kovacs & Janos Vegsö
• Italy – Andrea Micheletti & Daniele Petri
• Japan – Seigo Asada & Yuki Yamada
• Lithuania – Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
• New Zealand – Cody Harris & Haupai Puha
• Philippines – Lourence Ilagan & Noel Malicdem
• Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski & Krzysztof Kciuk
• Portugal – Jose De Sousa & Jose Marques
• Russia – Boris Koltsov & Aleksei Kadochnikov
• Scotland – John Henderson & Robert Thornton
• South Africa – Devon Petersen & Carl Gabriel
• Spain – Jesus Noguera & Toni Alcinas
• Sweden – Daniel Larsson & Dennis Nilsson
• USA – Chuck Puleo & Danny Lauby

Friday November 6 from 12.00

First Round (Best of nine legs – doubles)

• Lithuania v Gibraltar
• Hong Kong v China
• Portugal v Hungary
• New Zealand v Denmark
• Northern Ireland v Canada
• Belgium v Czech Republic
• Austria v USA
• England v Philippines
• Italy v Spain
• Sweden v Greece
• Japan v Scotland
• Poland v South Africa
• Republic of Ireland v Australia
• Wales v Russia
• Germany v Finland
• Netherlands v Brazil

Saturday November 7 from 12.30

Second Round (Best of 3 points)

• Eight Matches

Sunday November 8 from 12.00

Four Quarter-Finals (Best of 3 points)

• Semi-Finals (Best of 3 points)
• Final (Best of 5 points)

QUICK GLANCE AT 

Venue: Salzburgarena, Austria

Dates: November 6 – November 8

Format: Best of nine legs, 3 points, 5 points

Current Champion: Scotland

Where To Watch: Sky Sports

When To Watch: (1900 GMT)

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