World Cup of Darts 2020: Draw, teams, schedule and results

Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton life the trophy

England's bid for a first World Cup of Darts title since 2016 will begin against the Philippines, while defending champions Scotland face Japan.

• Champions Anderson and Wright step aside for Scotland
• Noppert gets Dutch call as World Cup teams announced

Schedule of play

Sunday November 8

Final

England (1) 0-3 Wales (2)
Michael Smith 1-4 Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross 2-4 Jonny Clayton
Smith/Cross 3-4Price/Clayton

Semi-Finals

England (1) 2-0 Belgium (5)
Michael Smith 4-3 Kim Huybrechts
Rob Cross 4-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Wales (2) 2-0 Germany
Gerwyn Price 4-2 Gabriel Clemens
Jonny Clayton 4-2 Max Hopp

Quarter-Finals

Canada 1-2 Belgium (5)
Jeff Smith 1-4 Kim Huybrechts
Matt Campbell 4-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Smith/Campbell 2-4 Huybrechts/Van den Bergh

England (1) 2-1 Austria (8)
Michael Smith 3-4 Mensur Suljovic
Rob Cross 4-3 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Smith/Cross 4-3 Suljovic/Rodriguez

Wales (2) 2-1 Australia
Gerwyn Price 4-3 Simon Whitlock
Jonny Clayton 2-4 Damon Heta
Price/Clayton 4-2 Whitlock/Heta

Netherlands (3) 2-1 Germany
Danny Noppert 3-4 Gabriel Clemens
Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Max Hopp
Noppert/Van Gerwen 3-4 Clemens/Hopp

Saturday November 7 - Second Round

Australia 2-0 Poland
Simon Whitlock 4-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Damon Heta 4-1 Krzysztof Kciuk

Wales (2) 2-1 Scotland
Gerwyn Price 4-2 John Henderson
Jonny Clayton 2-4 Robert Thornton
Price/Clayton 4-0 Henderson/Thornton

Germany (6) vs Greece
Gabriel Clemens 4-1 John Michael
Max Hopp 4-0 Veniamin Symeonidis

Netherland (3) vs Spain
Michael van Gerwen 4-0 Toni Alicinas
Danny Noppert 4-3 Jesus Nogeura

Canada 2-0 New Zealand
Jeff Smith 4-1 Haupai Puha
Matt Campbell 4-2 Cody Harris

Austria (8) 2-0 Portugal
Mensur Suljovic 4-2 Jose De Sousa
Rowby-John Rodriguez 4-1 Jose Marques

Belgium (5) 2-0 Latvia
Kim Huybrechts 4-0 Janis Mustafejevs
Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-3 Madars Razma

England (1) 2-0 Lithuania
Michael Smith 4-0 Darius Labanauskas
Rob Cross 4-2 Mindaugas Barauskas

Friday, November 6 - First Round

Lithuania 5-3 Gibraltar
Portugal 5-0 Hungary
New Zealand 5-2 Denmark
Northern Ireland 2-5 Canada
Belgium 5-4 Czech Republic
Austria 5-2 USA
England 5-3 Philippines
Italy 4-5 Spain

Sweden 0-5 Greece
Japan 3-5 Scotland
Poland 5-0 South Africa
Republic of Ireland 2-5 Australia
Wales 5-0 Russia
Germany 5-0 Finland
Netherlands 5-1 Brazil
Hong Kong 4-5 Latvia

World Cup of Darts Draw

Final

(1) England 0-3 (2) Wales

Semi-Finals

(1) England 2-0 (5) Belgium

(2) Wales 2-0 (6) Germany

Quarter-Finals

Top Half

(1) England 2-1 (8) Austria

Canada 1-2 (5) Belgium

Bottom Half

(2) Wales 2-1 Australia

(3) Netherlands 1-2 (6) Germany

Second Round

Top Half

(1) England 2-0 Lithuania

(8) Austria 2-0 Portugal

Canada 2-0 New Zealand

(5) Belgium 2-0 Latvia

Bottom Half

(2) Wales 2-1 Scotland

Australia 2-0 Poland

(3) Netherlands 2-0 Spain

(6) Germany 2-0 Greece

First Round

Top Half

(1) England 5-3 Philippines

Lithuania 5-3 Gibraltar

(8) Austria 5-2 USA

Portugal 5-0 Hungary

(4) Northern Ireland 2-5 Canada

New Zealand 5-2 Denmark

(5) Belgium 5-4 Czech Republic

Hong Kong 4-5 Latvia

Bottom Half

(2) Wales 5-0 Russia

Japan 3-5 Scotland

(7) Republic of Ireland 2-5 Australia

Poland 5-0 South Africa

(3) Netherlands 5-1 Brazil

Italy 4-5 Spain

(6) Germany 5-0 Finland

Sweden 0-5 Greece

2020 BetVictor World Cup of Darts teams

(Seeding in brackets)
(1) England - Michael Smith & Rob Cross
(2) Wales - Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton
(3) Netherlands - Michael van Gerwen & Danny Noppert
(4) Northern Ireland - Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan
(5) Belgium - Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts
(6) Germany - Max Hopp & Gabriel Clemens
(7) Republic of Ireland - William O'Connor & Steve Lennon
(8) Austria - Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
Australia - Simon Whitlock & Damon Heta
Brazil - Diogo Portela & Bruno Rangel
Canada - Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell
Czech Republic - Karel Sedlacek & Adam Gawlas
Denmark - Neils Heinsøe & Per Laursen
Finland - Marko Kantele & Veijo Viinikka ****Viinikka replaces Kim Viljanen****
Gibraltar - Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt
Greece - John Michael & Veniamin Symeonidis
Hong Kong - Kai Fan Leung & Royden Lam
Hungary - Patrik Kovacs & Janos Vegsö
Italy - Andrea Micheletti & Daniele Petri
Japan - Seigo Asada & Yuki Yamada
Latvia - Madars Razma & Janis Mustafejevs ****replace China****
Lithuania - Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas
New Zealand - Cody Harris & Haupai Puha
Philippines - Lourence Ilagan & Noel Malicdem
Poland - Krzysztof Ratajski & Krzysztof Kciuk
Portugal - Jose De Sousa and Jose Marques ****replace Singapore****
Russia - Boris Koltsov & Aleksei Kadochnikov
Scotland - John Henderson & Robert Thornton
South Africa - Devon Petersen & Carl Gabriel
Spain - Jesus Noguera & Toni Alcinas ****Noguera replaces Cristo Reyes****
Sweden - Daniel Larsson & Dennis Nilsson
USA - Chuck Puleo & Danny Lauby

Darts is back on Sky Sports in November with a double bill, starting with three days of coverage from the World Cup of Darts (Nov 6-8) and continuing with nine days of the Grand Slam of Darts which gets under way on November 16