Darts News: The 32 two-player pairings for the Cazoo World Cup of Darts in 2022 have been revealed ahead of the tournament in June in Germany.
The 12th World Cup, which will be held at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt from June 16 to 19, will feature two-player teams representing their country in a combination of Doubles and Singles events over four days.
Many nations have already confirmed their two-player lineups through various qualification events and criteria, however, nations whose players qualified through the PDC Order of Merit had their lineups confirmed on Monday.
The 32 two-player pairings for the 2022 Cazoo World Cup of Darts have been confirmed ahead of June's tournament in Germany!🌍🏆
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Peter Wright and John Henderson won their second World Cup title for Scotland in 2021, and they are preparing to defend their title this summer.
While Scotland will stick with what they know, England and the Netherlands, both four-time winners, will be represented by new-look combinations.
England will be represented by Michael Smith and James Wade, while the Netherlands will be represented by Danny Noppert and Dirk van Duijvenbode, with Michael van Gerwen skipping the competition due to arm surgery to correct carpel tunnel syndrome in his throwing arm.
In a statement released earlier this week, Van Gerwen announced that he would have surgery:
“I have been receiving treatment for a while in order to ease the symptoms, enabling me to continue to play to a good level. However, it has become clear that I will require an operation for this problem to go away permanently.”
For the seventh year in a row, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton will return to recreate the partnership that brought the trophy to Wales in 2020.
Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez, last year’s runners-up, will team up again, while Belgium’s Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts will bring their enthusiasm to the stage.
Runners-up in 2019 William O’Connor and Steve Lennon will represent the Republic of Ireland once more.
Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock, as well as Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dolan for Northern Ireland, will try to bring the trophy back to Australia for the first time.
The German-dominated crowd in Frankfurt will undoubtedly support Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler.
Daniel Larsson’s run at the Jack’s Dutch Darts Championship last weekend in Zwolle saw him secure a place in the Sweden side to partner Johan Engstrom, with Dennis Nilsson missing out on qualification.
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