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‘Pure cinema… darts heritage' – Fans love Chinese Taipei vs India World Cup epic with team-mates ‘ready to throw hands'
A DARTS World Cup match featuring Chinese Taipei descended into chaos as two players rowed on stage.
Pupo Teng-Lieh and An-Sheng Lu were involved in a feisty war of words during a bizarre showdown with India on Friday.
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Heavy favourites for the match, Chinese Taipei had been expected to take the group stage game in a 4-0 whitewash.
They powered into a 3-0 lead - but things quickly unravelled between Pupo and Lu in the fourth leg.
The pair needed double 20 to take out 40 and seal a resounding win.
Lu strayed into the double 1 with his first match dart, before missing double 19 twice to close out the victory.
Veteran Pupo had the chance to seal a deserved win on his next visit.
But the 48-year-old appeared to have drifted off during his partner's time at the oche.
When Pupo returned - needing 38 - he wrongly believed that the leg was over.
Pupo, 48, launched his dart at the treble 20 and fired another quickfire shot into the 19.
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The two darts bust his score, with Lu racing over to ask why he wasn't aiming for the double 19.
Both players continued a heated discussion on stage as India's Mohan Kumar-Goel strode up to remove 14 and keep the match alive.
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One fan laughed on X: "Chinese Taipei about to start throwing hands at each other on stage, this is darts heritage."
Another said: "The greatest World Cup of darts match in my mind. Just pure cinema."
A third laughed: "Reason number 101 why the World Cup is my favourite Darts tourney."
While a third commented: "I don't care what anyone says, that's far more exciting and entertaining than Luke Humphries & Luke Littler being really good."
Pupo was guilty of another miscount in the fifth leg as the Indians threatened a stunning comeback.
But the Chinese Taipei pair eventually held their nerve to secure a 4-2 win.
