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