2015 PDC World Cup of Darts


The 2015 bwin World Cup of Darts was the fifth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 11–14 June 2015 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the defending champions. England with Taylor and Lewis won their third title in the event by defeating Scotland's Gary Anderson and Peter Wright 3–2 in the final.

Format

The tournament remained at 32 teams this year. 16 teams were seeded and drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2015 with the tournament being a straight knockout.
First round: Best of nine legs doubles.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.
Final: Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches are played followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order are played to determine the champion.

Prize money

Prize money was raised to £250,000 from last year's £200,000 prize fund. The prize money was per team:

Teams and seeding

Seeded nations
RankCountryTop two ranked players
1Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis
2Gary Anderson and Peter Wright
3
4Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson
5Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts
6Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell
7Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis
8Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez
9Jyhan Artut and Max Hopp
10Connie Finnan and William O'Connor
11John Part and Ken MacNeil
12Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas
13Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio
14Devon Petersen and Graham Filby
15Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson
16Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto

Unseeded nations
CountryTop two ranked players
Jun Chen and Xuejie Huang
Michal Kocik and Pavel Jirkal
Per Laursen and Per Skau
Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele
Scott MacKenzie and Royden Lam
Nándor Bezzeg and Gabor Takacs
Ashfaque Sayed and Nitin Kumar
Daniele Petri and Marco Brentegani
Rob Szabo and Warren Parry
Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll
Lourence Ilagan and Gilbert Ulang
Tytus Kanik and Mariusz Paul
Boris Koltsov and Aleksei Kadochnikov
Paul Lim and Harith Lim
Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree
Darin Young and Larry Butler

Results

Draw

The draw was made on 27 May by Rod Harrington and Mark Paul.

Second round

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

Quarter-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

Semi-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

Final

Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs reverse singles matches are played to determine the champion.