2016 PDC World Cup of Darts

PDC World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	2–5 June
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt am Main
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£250,000
Winners share	£50,000
«2015	2017»

The 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts will be the sixth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts and will take place between 2–5 June in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Format

The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, but unlike recent years, only the top 8 teams are seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2016 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 remained at £250,000 as it was at last year's tournament. The prize money was per team:

Stage	Prize Money (Total: £250,000)
Winners	£50,000
Runners-up	£26,000
Semi-finalists	£15,000
Quarter-finalists	£10,000
Last 16	£7,000
Last 32	£3,000

Teams and seeding

In a change to the seeding system used in recent PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, only the top 8 countries were seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded. The ranking of the seeded nations was confirmed on 23 May 2016.

Seeded nations

Rank	Country	Top two ranked players
1	England	Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis
2	Scotland	Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton
3	Netherlands	Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld
4	Northern Ireland	Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney
5	Wales	Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price
6	Australia	Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson
7	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts
8	Austria	Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez

Unseeded nations (alphabetic order)

Country	Top two ranked players
Canada	John Part and Ken MacNeil
China	Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie
Czech Republic	Michal Kocik and Pavel Drtil
Denmark	Per Laursen and Daniel Jensen
Finland	Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele
Germany	Max Hopp and Jyhan Artut
Gibraltar	Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio
Greece	John Michael and Ioannis Selachoglou
Hong Kong	Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie
Hungary	Nándor Bezzeg and Patrik Kovacs
Ireland	William O'Connor and Mick McGowan
Italy	Daniele Petri and Michel Furlanis
Japan	Keita Ono and Haruki Muramatsu
New Zealand	Warren Parry and Cody Harris
Norway	Robert Wagner and Cor Dekker
Philippines	Gilbert Ulang and Alex Tagarao
Poland	Krzysztof Ratajski and Mariusz Paul
Russia	Aleksandr Oreshkin and Boris Koltsov
Singapore	Paul Lim and Harith Lim
South Africa	Devon Petersen and Graham Filby
Spain	Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas
Sweden	Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson
Thailand	Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree
United States	Darin Young and Larry Butler