
The 2022 Cazoo World Cup of Darts begins in Germany on Thursday as the annual 32-nation festival of darts returns to Frankfurt's Eissporthalle.
This year’s World Cup of Darts marks the 12th edition of the popular pairs event, which will see 32 countries represented by two-player teams from June 16-19.
We take a look at the first round of games scheduled to take place at this amazing unique event.
16th June 2022
18:00pm BST
Denmark (Vladimir Andersen & Andreas Toft Jörgensen) vs Singapore (Paul Lim & Harith Lim)
19:00pm BST
Canada (Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell) vs Ireland (William O'Connor & Steve Lennon)
20:00pm BST
Northern Ireland (Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan) vs Gibraltar (Justin Hewitt & Craig Galliano)
21:30pm BST
Netherlands (Danny Noppert & Dirk van Duijvenbode) vs Brazil (Diogo Portela & Artur Valle)
17th June 2022
20:00pm BST
Australia (Simon Whitlock & Demon Heta) vs Lithuania (Daruis Labanauskas & Mindaugus Barauskas)
Saturday June 18
Afternoon Session (1300 local time)
Second Round x4
Evening Session (1900 local time)
Second Round x4
Sunday June 19
Afternoon Session (1300 local time)
Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (1900 local time)
Semi-Finals
Final
Draw Bracket
(1) England v Czech Republic
Latvia v Hungary
(8) Scotland v Hong Kong
Portugal v Italy
(4) Belgium v Japan
Poland v USA
(5) Australia v Lithuania
Sweden v South Africa
(2) Wales v Philippines
Austria v Finland
(7) Germany v Spain
Denmark v Singapore
(3) Netherlands v Brazil
Republic of Ireland v Canada
(6) Northern Ireland v Gibraltar
New Zealand v Switzerland
Competing Nations & Pairings
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
Lithuania - 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