PDC World Cup

[Justin Credible]

According to @MattPorter_PDC, draw and full team of the World Cup of Darts, will be announced on Wednesday.

[skweezit]

I'd like to see the Philippines and Croatia get invited this year, but I doubt it's going to happen,
so I'll probably root for the good ol' USA.
Let's see. How does that chant go?

[skweezit]

I remember darin young kicking Adrian lewis' ass last year. 4-1

then in 2012 Adrian Lewis kicked Darin young's ass 4-3,
but Gary Mawson kicked Phil Taylor's ass 4-3

This tournie clashes with the world stage #3 in France, be interesting to see how that plays out & who plays where among the soft tippers.

[Mr. Myers]

I remember darin young kicking Adrian lewis' ass last year. 4-1

then in 2012 Adrian Lewis kicked Darin young's ass 4-3,
but Gary Mawson kicked Phil Taylor's ass 4-3

This tournie clashes with the world stage #3 in France, be interesting to see how that plays out & who plays where among the soft tippers.

Americans beat us Brits in many, many things; but darts isn't one of them mate

[Surreys finest]

I assume it will be Taylor and Lewis for England. Chizzy should be there but wont be.

Gary Anderson and Martin Phillips for Scotland?

[skweezit]

I remember darin young kicking Adrian lewis' ass last year. 4-1

then in 2012 Adrian Lewis kicked Darin young's ass 4-3,
but Gary Mawson kicked Phil Taylor's ass 4-3

This tournie clashes with the world stage #3 in France, be interesting to see how that plays out & who plays where among the soft tippers.

Americans beat us Brits in many, many things; but darts isn't one of them mate

you better have a crying towel ready, cuz the US is hunting bear this year.
I'll be happy if we get to play either England, the Netherlands or the Scots.
hopefully all three.

[Justin Credible]

the list of names that make up the teams has been released seemingly on twitter, but as to how accurate it is , well thats another thing.

Nothing official yet

[Mothy]

The lineup, as announced by Sky (https://twitter.com/SkySportsDarts) on Twitter

NED - Raymond van Barneveld & Michael van Gerwen
ENG - Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis
SCO - Gary Anderson & Peter Wright
WAL - Mark Webster & Jamie Lewis
IRE - Connie Finnan & William O'Connor
NIR - Brendan Dolan & Daryl Gurney (despite other claims on Twitter that Michael Mansell confirmed being in the NIR team)
GER - Jyhan Artut & Max Hopp
AUS - Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson
SPA - Cristo Reyes & Antonio Alcinas
CAN - John Part & Ken MacNeil
RSA - Devon Petersen & Graham Filby
AUT - Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez
SIN - Paul Lim & Harith Lim
BEL - Kim Huybrechts & Ronny Huybrechts
JAP - Haruki Muramatsu & Morihiro Hashimoto

That's 15 countries accounted for so far. I think there are supposed to be 32 in total?

[Randall]

Fewer dark horses these days with the demise of the aussie pair, be better with Anderson.
Nobody will want to draw Spain of the lesser teams.
Thornton must be Pissed off losing out to a fake.
Can't see beyond Holland or Scotland.

[Mothy]

Would have liked to see a few different names, like MvG+VvdV for the Dutch pairing, Kyle Anderson for Australia (really, current Aussie lineup is pretty shit), Gerwyn Price for Wales. Maybe next year I guess.

[Randall]

It's done on rankings presumably

[Justin Credible]

finnan and O Connor both in decent enough form, especially willie who only for a couple of awful first round sraws against the top players has been picking up decent victories

Wales likewise, Webster too back to some great form and Lewis has been excellent lately....2 dangerous dark horses as Taylor is poor and lewis inconsistent
Wright and Ando are not known for their consistency either

[Justin Credible]

It's done on rankings presumably

OoM yes.

Therein lies another problem with a 2 year OoM.

No way is Nicholson better than Kyle Anderson at the moment, is taylor and lewis the best performing english players ? Doubtful

[Mothy]

Wright has been in pretty good form lately outside the premier league, handful of floor wins, a bunch of semis, UK Open final etc. And Ando has been having a pretty good run of major wins recently. Wouldn't count out Scotland.

Taylor hasn't been exactly winning but when he does win games he does it convincingly (aside from the floor games last week). If he's in a winning mood he can basically carry himself and Lewis far into the tournament. Wouldn't surprised if they reached the semis or final this way.

Australia is just shit. When's the last time either one of these players won a game on TV?

Wales players have indeed been in good form lately. Can see them making an impression. Ireland too, O'Connor in particular.

And of course the Netherlands will be favorites, MvG in good form (despite losing the PL final), and Barney should also be good if he brings his can't-lose form from the PL with him.

Interested to see how some other countries like Germany (Hopp), Spain (Reyes), South Africa (Petersen) or Austria (Suljovic) will do with each of their "star" players who have been rising on the tour this year.

[Mothy]

OoM yes.

Therein lies another problem with a 2 year OoM.

No way is Nicholson better than Kyle Anderson at the moment, is taylor and lewis the best performing english players ? Doubtful

I'd say Kyle Anderson is better than both Whitlock and Nicholson at the moment.

For England, I'd go with Chizzy and Taylor for the top two. Lewis is inconsistent, Wade hasn't shown much form outside of floor comps, and I wouldn't rate either of King/Jenkins/Smith/Bunting/etc over Taylor at the moment.

[Justin Credible]

OoM yes.

Therein lies another problem with a 2 year OoM.

No way is Nicholson better than Kyle Anderson at the moment, is taylor and lewis the best performing english players ? Doubtful

I'd say Kyle Anderson is better than both Whitlock and Nicholson at the moment.

For England, I'd go with Chizzy and Taylor for the top two. Lewis is inconsistent, Wade hasn't shown much form outside of floor comps, and I wouldn't rate either of King/Jenkins/Smith/Bunting/etc over Taylor at the moment.

Considering there has been nothing really bar the PL and it was obvious Wade gave up in that long ago I would still say wade is playing as well as lewis or taylor, certainly on the floor and if you take away the pl exbo Where taylor was as poor as wade. its really close.

Agree with you on Chizzy though

[Mothy]

Another list of confirmations from Sky (http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12 ... ey-reunite). Now Northern Ireland is apparently unconfirmed. 28 confirmed countries now.

ENGLAND: Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis.
SCOTLAND: Gary Anderson & Peter Wright.
WALES: Mark Webster & Jamie Lewis.
REP of IRELAND: Connie Finnan & William O'Connor.
NETHERLANDS: Michael van Gerwen & Raymond van Barneveld.
AUSTRALIA: Simon Whitlock & Paul Nicholson.
BELGIUM: Kim Huybrechts & Ronny Huybrechts.
GERMANY: Jyhan Artut & Max Hopp.
AUSTRIA: Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez.
NEW ZEALAND: Rob Szabo & Warren Parry.
USA: Darin Young & Larry Butler.
CANADA: John Part & Ken MacNeil.
JAPAN: Haruki Muramatsu & Morihiro Hashimoto.
ITALY: Daniele Petri & Marco Bretagani.
SOUTH AFRICA: Devon Petersen & Graham Filby.
INDIA: Ashfaque Sayed & Nitin Kumar.
THAILAND: Thanawat Gaweenuntawong & Attapol Eupakaree.
SPAIN: Cristo Reyes & Antonio Alcinas.
PHILIPPINES: Lourence Ilagan & Gilbert Ulang.
GIBRALTAR: Dyson Parody & Manuel Vilerio.
CZECH REP: Michal Kocik & Pavel Jirka.
HUNGARY: Nandor Bezzeg & Gabor Takacs.
SINGAPORE: Paul Lim & Harith Lim.
POLAND: Tytus Kanik & Mariusz Paul.
HONG KONG: Scott MacKenzie & Ting Chi Royden Lam.
RUSSIA: Boris Koltsov & Roman Obukhov Alexey Kadochnikov.
CHINA: Jun Chen & Xuejie Huang.

EDIT: Northern Ireland is confirmed on the PDC website to be Dolan & Mansell. That plus the four Scandinavian countries noted below should be it.

EDIT2: Russia should have Boris Koltsov in place of Alexey Kadochnikov.
EDIT3: Or not, Koltsov is with Kadochnikov according to the PDC website.

[skweezit]

Big Daddy will have a butler with him. He travels in style.

[mc1958]

The Scandinavian representatives (according to the SDC anyway) are

DENMARK: Per Laursen & Per Skau
FINLAND: Kim Viljanen & Marko Kantele
NORWAY: Robert Wagner & Vegar Elvevoll
SWEDEN: Magnus Caris & Daniel Larsson


So once the Northern Ireland team is confirmed that should be them all

[Justin Credible]

shame no Jani Haavisto for Finland

Wait til that thick cunt Mardle has to pronounce the players on the Thailand team