World Cup of Darts 2025 pairings: FULL list of players and nations competing in Frankfurt
THERE will be a staggering 40 nations competing in this year's World Cup of Darts - and the pairings for each country have been confirmed!
It came home last year as Luke Humphries and Michael Smith fired England to glory after beating Austria's pairing of Rowby-John Rodriguez and Menseur Suljovic 10-6 in the final.
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And not only did that victory end a seven-year English drought, but it also put England ahead of the Netherlands as the outright record holders with five triumphs.
World No1 Humphries will be hoping he can retain the title as he gets the chance to represent his country once again.
But Cool Hand is set to have a different partner to last year - a certain former Premier League winner and millionaire teen sensation.
World Cup of Darts 2025: FULL list of pairings and nations
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
How to watch World Cup of Darts 2025
The World Cup of Darts will be broadcast LIVE on Sky Sports.
Group stage matches begin at 6pm BST and then the latter stage fixtures are split in afternoon sessions (11am/12pm) and evening sessions (6pm)
Subscription members can stream the entire four-day event on NOW TV.
Alternatively, SunSport will be running a live blog providing leg-by-leg coverage of the World Cup of Darts 2025.
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