Format Legs Dates 6 Jun 2014 – 8 Jun 2014 Venue Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Winners share 40,000 GBP | High checkout 167 Phil Taylor Location Hamburg, Germany Country Germany Prize fund 200,000 GBP | |
Organisation Professional Darts Corporation |
The 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts was the fourth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 6–8 June in Hamburg, Germany.
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The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld won their country's second World Cup title by defeating defending champions Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final.
The Netherlands averaged the third highest television average of 117.88 against Northern Ireland in their semi-final doubles match, the highest ever televised doubles average.
Format
The tournament was expanded from 24 nations to 32 this year. 16 teams were seeded and were drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Unlike in previous years, there are no groups this year with the tournament being a straight knockout.
First round: Best of nine legs doubles.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.
Final: Four best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.
Prize money
Prize money is per team:
Results
The draw was made on 16 May by John McDonald and Wayne Mardle.