Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen convincingly qualified for the second round of the World Cup of Darts on Friday. In Frankfurt, the Dutch duo was too strong for the Hungarian duo György Jehirszki and Gergely Lakatos with 4-0 in legs.
On Thursday, Noppert and Van Veen started the tournament in the Eissporthalle with a 4-0 victory over Italy. As a result, the Netherlands advances without losing a leg in a group of three countries. Italy and Hungary have been eliminated.
The Netherlands has won the World Cup of Darts four times. The last time this happened was in 2018. Then Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld appeared at the oche.
England is the defending champion at the World Cup of Darts. Luke Littler and Luke Humphries are competing for the English this year and they are the top favorites. The Netherlands is seeded fifth. A total of forty countries are participating in the World Cup of Darts. England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland were allowed to skip the group stage.
Philippines Stun Against Belgium
The World Cup of Darts continues on Saturday with the round of 16. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final are on Sunday. Belgium is missing in the round of 16 after a painful defeat on Friday in the second group match.
Mike De Decker and Dimitri Van den Bergh started as favorites against the duo Lourence Ilagan and Paolo Nebrida from the Philippines and also took a 3-0 lead.
Then things went completely wrong for the Belgians, who lost 3-4. After the last dart (double 3), Nebrida fell in disbelief and joy, after which he was hugged by teammate Ilagan.