The 2025 World Cup of Darts is almost here and we will be treated to seeing the world’s two best players team up in Germany.

England will be represented by Luke Humphries and Luke Littler, who will go from rivals to teammates on the world stage. 

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In 2024, Humphries and Michael Smith were victorious after beating Austria in the final, but now Littler has been drafted in to make his World Cup debut. 

Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price, who won the title two years ago, are representing Wales again, while Scotland’s team is Gary Anderson and Peter Wright. 

Belgium, Scotland, Netherlands and hosts Germany all have strong pairings for the tournament too. 

World Cup of Darts: Dates and start times 

The 2025 PDC World Cup of Darts will begin on Thursday, June 12. 

It will run over four days and come to a close on Sunday, June 15. 

The tournament is being held at Eissporthalle am Ratsweg in Frankfurt, Germany. 

On the opening day of play, the group stage begins at 6pm UK time before days are then split into afternoon and evening sessions. 

Afternoon sessions start at either 11am or 12pm UK time, while evening sessions get going at 6pm each day. 

Quarter-finals will be held on June 15 in the afternoon session, beginning at 12pm in the UK.

The semi-final and final of the World Cup will then be held from 6pm on the same day. 

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World Cup of Darts: How to follow 

Sky Sports will have live coverage of the entire tournament.

You can sign up for Sky Sports and find out how to stream with NOW TV here. 

talkSPORT will also provide live coverage of the event in Germany. 

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. 

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Meanwhile, talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the latest. 

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World Cup of Darts: Format

40 different nations will be taking part in the World Cup of Darts.

The top four nations will be straight through to the second round, while the remaining 36 nations are split into 12 groups of three. 

The winner of each group will progress through to the second round, and then the tournament will be knockout from then on.

Each group stage game sees teams compete in a best-of-seven legs match, before the second round, quarter-finals and semi-finals are all best of 15 legs.

The World Cup final will be best of 19 legs. 

All matches are played in the doubles format, with teammates taking turns at the oche.

World Cup of Darts: Nations and players 

Here are all of the nations and players taking part in the 2025 World Cup of Darts: 

Seeded nations (straight into second round)

• (1) England – Luke Littler, Luke Humphries
• (2) Wales – Jonny Clayton, Gerwyn Price
• (3) Scotland – Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
• (4) Northern Ireland – Josh Rock, Daryl Gurney

Unseeded nations 

• Argentina – Jesus Salata, Victor Guillin
• Australia – Damon Heta, Simon Whitlock
• Austria – Mensur Suljovic, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
• Bahrain – Sadiq Dasmal, Hassan Bucheeri
• Belgium – Mike De Decker, Dimitri Van den Bergh
• Canada – Matt Campbell, Jim Long
• China – Xiaochen Zong, Lihao Wen
• Chinese Taipei – Pupo Teng-Lieh, An-Sheng Lu
• Croatia – Pero Ljubic, Boris Krcmar
• Czechia – Karel Sedlacek, Petr Krivka
• Denmark – Benjamin Reus, Andreas Hyllgaardshus
• Finland – Teemu Harju, Marko Kantele
• France – Thibault Tricole, Jacques Labre
• Germany – Martin Schindler, Ricardo Pietreczko
• Gibraltar – Craig Galliano, Justin Hewitt
• Hong Kong – Man Lok Leung, Lok Yin Lee
• Hungary – György Jehirszki, Gergely Lakatos
• India – Nitin Kumar, Mohan Goel
• Italy – Michele Turetta, Massimo Dalla Rosa
• Japan – Ryusei Azemoto, Tomoya Goto
• Latvia – Madars Razma, Valters Melderis
• Lithuania – Darius Labanauskas, Mindaugas Barauskas
• Malaysia – Tengku Shah, Jenn Ming Tan
• Netherlands – Danny Noppert, Gian van Veen
• New Zealand – Haupai Puha, Mark Cleaver
• Norway – Cor Dekker, Kent Joran Sivertsen
• Philippines – Lourence Ilagan, Paolo Nebrida
• Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski, Radek Szaganski
• Portugal – Jose de Sousa, Bruno Nascimento
• Republic of Ireland – William O’Connor, Keane Barry
• Singapore – Paul Lim, Phuay Wei Tan
• South Africa – Cameron Carolissen, Devon Petersen
• Spain – Daniel Zapata Castillo, Ricardo Fernandez Carballo
• Sweden – Jeffrey de Graaf, Oskar Lukasiak
• Switzerland – Stefan Bellmont, Alex Fehlmann
• USA – Danny Lauby, Jules van Dongen

World Cup of Darts: Full schedule 

All times GMT

Thursday, June 12 – Group Stage 

• Opening matches – 6pm

Friday, June 13 – Group Stage 

• Afternoon session – 11am 
• Evening session – 6pm

Saturday, June 14 – Second Round 

• Afternoon session – 12pm 
• Evening session – 6pm

Sunday, June 15 – Finals 

• Quarter-finals – 12pm 
• Semi-finals and finals – 6pm