2021 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2021 Cazoo World Cup of Darts was the eleventh edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place from 9–12 September 2021 at the Sparkassen-Arena in Jena, Germany.[1]

2021 Cazoo World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates9–12 September 2021
VenueSparkassen-Arena
LocationJena
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£350,000
Winner's share£70,000
High checkout170  Danny Lauby (second round)
Champion(s)
 Scotland
(Peter Wright and John Henderson)
«2020 2022»

Wales (consisting of players Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton) were the defending champions, after beating the English team (Michael Smith and Rob Cross) 3–0 in the 2020 final. [2] However, they lost 2–1 to Scotland (Peter Wright and John Henderson) in the semi-finals.

Scotland went on to win their second title after beating Austria, represented by Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez, in the final 3–1.[3][4][5]

Format

The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, with the top 8 teams being seeded and the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. As with recent years, the tournament is 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

Total prize money remained at £350,000.[6]

The prize money per team was:

Position (no. of teams) Prize money
(Total: £350,000)
Winners (1) £70,000
Runners-Up (1) £40,000
Semi-finalists (2) £24,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £16,000
Last 16  (second round) (8) £8,000
Last 32  (first round) (16) £4,000

Teams and seedings

The competing nations were confirmed on 6 September 2021.[7] The Top eight nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings were seeded, and all players named to those teams were the top 2 of each nation on the PDC Order of Merit, with the exception of Scotland and the United States. Peter Wright revealed on September 4 that Gary Anderson would not be representing Scotland for personal reasons and that John Henderson would replace him, while Danny Baggish also had to withdraw from the United States team due to quarantine regulations, with Chuck Puleo replacing him.[8] Players representing unseeded nations were chosen by qualification tournaments specifically for this event.

China and Singapore returned to the competition after having to miss out last year, due to travel problems relating to COVID-19. Croatia were set to return, having not participated in the competition since 2013, but on 7 September, Croatia withdrew following an illness to Boris Krčmar, with Greece (represented by John Michael and Veniamin Symeonidis) replacing them.[9] New Zealand (who were to be represented by Warren Parry and Ben Robb) missed out for the first time owing to their country's COVID travel restrictions, and after a confusion by an incorrect communication sent by PDC Nordic & Baltic, it was revealed that the Latvian team of Madars Razma and Nauris Gleglu would be the first reserves, and not one of the 32 teams in the competition.

Paolo Nebrida was due to represent the Philippines, but had to withdraw as his COVID-19 vaccination was not on the approved list to get him into Germany, so he was replaced by Christian Perez. Russia's Dmitriy Gorbunov also had to withdraw to due quarantine regulations and was replaced by Evgenii Izotov.

The teams are as follows:

Results

Draw
First round
(best of 9 legs)
9–10 September 		Second round
(best of 3 matches)
11 September 		Quarter-finals
(best of 3 matches)
12 September 		Semi-finals
(best of 3 matches)
12 September 		Final
(best of 5 matches)
12 September
                             
1  England 80.95 5
32  Brazil 73.34 2
1  England 90.53 4 4 2
 South Africa 81.79 1 2 0
   Spain 91.24 4
16  South Africa 82.32 5
1  England 95.52 4 4 2
8  Germany 87.85 1 0 0
8  Germany 85.31 5
24  Canada 84.15 3
8  Germany 79.20 4 0 4 2
 Japan 81.35 2 4 2 1
   Russia 79.63 1
8  Japan 82.51 5
1  England 98.32 1 1 0
 Austria 105.90 4 4 2
4  Belgium 88.66 5
28  Greece 80.70 2
4  Belgium 93.22 1 2 0
 Austria 93.40 4 4 2
   Austria 90.00 5
12  Philippines 78.77 1
 Austria 92.57 3 4 4 2
5  Northern Ireland 88.44 4 2 3 1
5  Northern Ireland 86.63 5
20  Hong Kong 88.74 4
5  Northern Ireland 95.71 4 4 2
 Portugal 78.55 0 0 0
29  Ireland 86.42 4
4  Portugal 86.81 5
 Austria 84.84 4 1 3 3 1
6  Scotland 91.87 1 4 4 4 3
2  Wales 89.30 5
30  Finland 82.57 2
2  Wales 95.08 4 2 4 2
 Lithuania 81.47 2 4 3 1
19  Hungary 71.26 3
14  Lithuania 75.02 5
2  Wales 88.21 4 4 2
7  Australia 84.98 1 3 0
7  Australia 92.78 5
22  Italy 68.22 0
7  Australia 93.65 4 4 2
 United States 88.57 3 2 0
27  United States 91.99 5
6  Sweden 86.35 1
2  Wales 99.64 2 4 3 1
6  Scotland 93.32 4 2 4 2
3  Netherlands 92.35 5
26  Denmark 79.93 1
3  Netherlands 86.54 4 4 2
 Singapore 77.34 0 3 0
23  Gibraltar 71.48 4
10  Singapore 78.59 5
3  Netherlands 93.79 4 1 3 1
6  Scotland 92.90 1 4 4 2
6  Scotland 93.94 5
18  China 62.12 0
6  Scotland 88.84 4 4 2
 Poland 87.92 3 2 0
31  Czech Republic 103.47 2
2  Poland 104.97 5

Second round

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

 England (1)  South Africa Score
James Wade 90.26Carl Gabriel 77.644–1
Dave Chisnall 90.81Devon Petersen 85.944–2
Final result2–0
 Germany (8)  Japan Score
Gabriel Clemens 84.03Jun Matsuda 80.724–2
Max Hopp 71.91Yoshihisa Baba 82.360–4
Clemens & Hopp 79.22Matsuda & Baba 80.974–2
Final result2–1
 Belgium (4)  Austria Score
Kim Huybrechts 108.38Mensur Suljović 107.911–4
Dimitri Van den Bergh 78.06Rowby-John Rodriguez 78.902–4
Final result0–2
 Northern Ireland (5)  Portugal Score
Brendan Dolan 95.43José Marquês 72.104–0
Daryl Gurney 96.97José de Sousa 85.004–0
Final result2–0
 Wales (2)  Lithuania Score
Gerwyn Price 91.25Mindaugas Barauskas 71.364–2
Jonny Clayton 95.36Darius Labanauskas 88.082–4
Price & Clayton 98.11Barauskas & Labanauskas 84.484–3
Final result2–1
 Australia (7)  United States Score
Simon Whitlock 96.47Danny Lauby 91.974–3
Damon Heta 90.84Chuck Puleo 85.184–2
Final result2–0
 Netherlands (3)  Singapore Score
Michael van Gerwen 88.41Paul Lim 75.554–0
Dirk van Duijvenbode 84.67Harith Lim 79.144–3
Final result2–0
 Scotland (6)  Poland Score
Peter Wright 92.01Krzysztof Kciuk 90.374–3
John Henderson 85.68Krzysztof Ratajski 85.474–2
Final result2–0

Quarter-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match settled the match.

 England (1)  Germany (8)Score
James Wade 101.31Gabriel Clemens 93.754–1
Dave Chisnall 89.73Max Hopp 81.954–0
Final result2–0
 Austria  Northern Ireland (5)Score
Mensur Suljović 93.17Brendan Dolan 90.373–4
Rowby-John Rodriguez 99.67Daryl Gurney 87.974–2
Suljović & Rodriguez 84.88Dolan & Gurney 86.924–3
Final result2–1
 Wales (2)  Australia (7)Score
Gerwyn Price 85.99Simon Whitlock 83.244–1
Jonny Clayton 90.43Damon Heta 86.724–3
Final result2–0
 Netherlands (3)  Scotland (6)Score
Michael van Gerwen 93.16John Henderson 93.404–1
Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.16Peter Wright 96.041–4
Van Gerwen & Van Duijvenbode 93.97Henderson & Wright 89.273–4
Final result1–2

Semi-finals

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

 England (1)  Austria Score
James Wade 91.91Mensur Suljović 109.661–4
Dave Chisnall 104.73Rowby-John Rodriguez 102.131–4
Final result0–2
 Wales (2)  Scotland (6)Score
Gerwyn Price 103.33John Henderson 95.202–4
Jonny Clayton 90.93Peter Wright 88.294–2
Price & Clayton 103.93Henderson & Wright 96.033–4
Final result1–2

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 were played to determine the champion.

 Austria  Scotland (6)Score
Mensur Suljović 89.84John Henderson 87.934–1
Rowby-John Rodriguez 78.12Peter Wright 98.091–4
Suljovic & Rodriguez 87.83Henderson & Wright 82.683–4
Mensur Suljović 83.07Peter Wright 98.773–4
Final result1–3

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