2010 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2010 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts was the first edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 3–5 December 2010 at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring, England.

2010 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates3–5 December 2010
VenueRainton Meadows Arena
LocationHoughton-le-Spring
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£150,000
Winner's share£40,000
High checkout170 Australia Simon Whitlock
(semi-finals)
Champion(s)
 Netherlands
(Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé)
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The tournament was won by Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé for the Netherlands, who defeated Mark Webster and Barrie Bates of Wales in the final.[1]

Format

The participating teams were the top 24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of October after the 2010 World Grand Prix. Each nations top ranked player was then joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rank of both was used.

The top 8 nations automatically started in the second round (last 16). The other 16 nations played in the first round. Matches were best of 11 legs in doubles, and the losing team threw first in the next leg. The winners of the first round played the top eight ranked teams in the second round, also in best of 11 doubles.

The winners of the second round were placed into two groups of four (A & B). The teams in Group A would be seeds 2, 3, 6 & 7 (or whoever beat those seeds in the second round), and the teams in Group B would be seeds 1, 4, 5 & 8 (or whoever beat those seeds in the second round). Each team played each other once (three matches per team). Each match consisted of two singles and one doubles - all over best of five legs. 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win, with all points counting towards the overall league table. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals.

The semi-finals consisted of four singles games and one doubles game (if required) per match - all over best of 11 legs. Again, 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win. If the match score was 3–3 at the end of the games, then a sudden-death doubles leg would decide who goes through to the final.

The final was the same format as the semi-final, but each game was best of 15 legs.[2]

Prize money
Position (no. of teams) Prize money
(Total: £150,000)
Winners (1) £40,000
Runners-up (1) £20,000
Semi-finalists (2) £12,000
Third place in group stage (2) £8,000
Fourth place in group stage (2) £5,000
Last 16  (second round) (8) £3,000
Last 24  (first round) (8) £2,000

Teams and seeding
RankCountryTop Two Ranked PlayersStart In
1  England Phil Taylor and James Wade Round 2
2  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé
3  Australia Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson
4  Scotland Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton
5  Wales Mark Webster and Barrie Bates
6  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan and John MaGowan
7  Canada John Part and Ken MacNeil
8  United States Darin Young and Bill Davis
9  Ireland Mick McGowan and William O'Connor Round 1
10  Germany Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge
11  Spain Carlos Rodríguez and Antonio Alcinas
12  Finland Jarkko Komula and Marko Kantele
13  New Zealand Phillip Hazel and Warren Parry
14  Austria Mensur Suljović and Maik Langendorf
15  Sweden Magnus Caris and Pär Riihonen
16  Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova and Roman Konchikov
17  Gibraltar Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody
18  Slovenia Osmann Kijamet and Sebastijan Pečjak
19  Denmark Per Laursen and Vladimir Andersen
20  Poland Krzysztof Kciuk and Krzysztof Ratajski
21  Belgium Patrick Bulen and Rocco Maes
22  Japan Haruki Muramatsu and Taro Yachi
23  Czech Republic Martin Kapucian and Pavel Drtíl
24  Slovakia Peter Martin and Oto Zmelik

Results

First and second rounds

The matches were best of 11 legs in the doubles format.

First round
3 December (afternoon)[3]		Second round
3 December (evening)[4]
 Finland (12) 82.832  Canada (7) 86.666
 Belgium (21) 83.936  Belgium (21) 82.855
 Sweden (15) 86.586  United States (8) 83.646
 Slovenia (18) 70.492  Sweden (15) 81.074
 Austria (14) 86.636  Northern Ireland (6) 79.973
 Denmark (19) 82.854  Austria (14) 85.336
 New Zealand (13) 83.736  Wales (5) 85.046
 Poland (20) 74.372  New Zealand (13) 85.134
 Russia (16) 74.466  Scotland (4) 87.186
 Gibraltar (17) 71.614  Russia (16) 75.272
 Germany (10)w/o  Netherlands (2) 91.626
 Czech Republic (23)w/d  Germany (10) 81.792
 Spain (11) 87.876  England (1) 99.335
 Japan (22) 81.803  Spain (11) 92.316
 Ireland (9) 74.046  Australia (3) 82.966
 Slovakia (24) 74.903  Ireland (9) 80.365

Germany had a bye to the second round, as the Czech Republic were unable to travel due to the inclement weather.[5]

Group stage

Singles matches were worth one point, doubles matches were worth two points. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals.

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/- = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points
[6]

Group A – 4 December (afternoon)

POS Team P W D L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1  Netherlands (2) 33002218+49Advance to semi-finals
2  Australia (3) 32012217+58
3  Canada (7) 31021819–15Eliminated
4  Austria (14) 30031624–82

Group B – 4 December (evening)

POS Team P W D L LF LA +/- PTS Status
1  Wales (5) 32012116+57Advance to semi-finals
2  Spain (11) 32011719–27
3  Scotland (4) 31022018+26Eliminated
4  United States (8) 31021722–54

Semi-finals and final
Semi-finals
(first to 4 points)
5 December (afternoon) 		Final
(first to 4 points)
5 December (evening)
                 
A1 (2)  Netherlands 95.35 6 6 6 6 4
B2 (11)  Spain 89.49 2 3 4 5 0
A1 (2)  Netherlands 95.10 8 6 6 8 8 3
B1 (5)  Wales 91.40 4 8 8 5 5 2
B1 (5)  Wales 89.94 6 4 4 3 6 1S 3
A2 (3)  Australia 97.61 5 6 6 6 5 0 3

SThe score tied 3–3 after five matches (the doubles match worth 2 points), Wales won the sudden death doubles leg to progress.

Semi-finals – Afternoon

[7]

Final – Evening

[8]

Country Points Country
95.10  Netherlands (2)4 – 2  Wales (5) 91.40
Player(s) Legs Player(s)
89.83 Raymond van Barneveld8 – 4Barrie Bates 79.27
98.09 Co Stompé6 – 8Mark Webster 100.90
100.95 Raymond van Barneveld6 – 8Mark Webster 104.11
97.82 Co Stompé8 – 5Barrie Bates 89.74
89.36 van Barneveld & Stompé8 – 5Webster & Bates 84.67

References
  1. World Cup Netzone Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine pdc.tv, complete results
  2. Cash Converters World Cup Format Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 November 2010, PDC.tv
  3. "World Cup - First Round". PDC. December 3, 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "World Cup - Second Round". PDC. December 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. pdc.tv; Czechs Out Of World Cup
  6. "World Cup - Group Stage Reports". PDC. December 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  7. "World Cup - Semi-finals". PDC. December 5, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  8. "Dutch Secure World Cup Glory". PDC. December 5, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
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