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2013 PDC World Cup of Darts

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Dates
  
February 1–3

Country
  
Germany

Format
  
Legs

Location
  
Hamburg

Organisation(s)
  
PDC

Venue
  
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle

The 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts (also known as the Betfair World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between February 1 to 3. England's Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the defending champions after defeating Australia's Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson in the 2012 final, and they retained their title by defeating the Belgian brothers Ronny and Kim Huybrechts in the final.

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Format

24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit on January 1 after the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship were represented at the 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts. Each nation's top ranked player was joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rankings of the players was used, with the top eight seeds heading each of the eight groups of three countries.

The 24 countries were split into eight groups of three. Each team played one best of nine leg match against the other two in their group. The top two from each group advanced to the last 16 where the tournament became a straight knockout bracket.

Group matches – best of nine legs (doubles)
Last 16 – best of nine legs (doubles)
Quarter-finals – 2 x best of seven legs matches (singles). Should the tie be 1–1 then a third and final doubles tie will be played
Semi-finals – 2 x best of seven legs matches (singles). Should the tie be 1–1 then a third and final doubles tie will be played
Final – 4 x best of seven legs matches (singles). Should the tie be 2–2 then a fifth and final doubles tie will be played

Prize money

Prize money is per team:

 Philippines (Lourence Ilagan and Christian Perez) withdrew from the event due to travel problems and were replaced by Italy.

Group stage

If teams were tied on number of wins, the tie-breakers were leg difference and then group stage average.

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands and Fox Sports in Australia.

References

2013 PDC World Cup of Darts Wikipedia