The 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2010 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the first edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 3–5 December 2010 at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring, England.

The tournament was won by Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé for the Netherlands, who defeated Mark Webster and Barrie Bates of Wales in the final.World Cup Netzone pdc.tv, complete results

Format The participating teams were the top 24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of October after the 2010 World Grand Prix. Each nations top ranked player was then joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rank of both was used.

The top 8 nations automatically started in the second round (last 16). The other 16 nations played in the first round. Matches were best of 11 legs in doubles, and the losing team threw first in the next leg. The winners of the first round played the top eight ranked teams in the second round, also in best of 11 doubles.

The winners of the second round were placed into two groups of four (A & B). The teams in Group A would be seeds 2, 3, 6 & 7 (or whoever beat those seeds in the second round), and the teams in Group B would be seeds 1, 4, 5 & 8 (or whoever beat those seeds in the second round). Each team played each other once (three matches per team). Each match consisted of two singles and one doubles - all over best of five legs. 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win, with all points counting towards the overall league table. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals.

The semi-finals consisted of four singles games and one doubles game (if required) per match - all over best of 11 legs. Again, 1 point was awarded for a singles win, and 2 points for a doubles win. If the match score was 3–3 at the end of the games, then a sudden-death doubles leg would decide who goes through to the final.

The final was the same format as the semi-final, but each game was best of 15 legs.Cash Converters World Cup Format Retrieved 19 November 2010, PDC.tv

Prize money Position (no. of teams) Prize money(Total: £150,000)Winners (1) £40,000Runners-up (1) £20,000Semi-finalists (2) £12,000Third place in group stage (2) £8,000Fourth place in group stage (2) £5,000Last 16  (second round) (8) £3,000Last 24  (first round) (8) £2,000

Teams and seeding Rank Country Top Two Ranked Players Start In 1 Phil Taylor and James Wade Round 2 2 Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé 3 Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 4 Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton 5 Mark Webster and Barrie Bates 6 Brendan Dolan and John MaGowan 7 John Part and Ken MacNeil 8 Darin Young and Bill Davis 9 Mick McGowan and William O'Connor Round 1 10 Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge 11 Carlos Rodríguez and Antonio Alcinas 12 Jarkko Komula and Marko Kantele 13 Phillip Hazel and Warren Parry 14 Mensur Suljović and Maik Langendorf 15 Magnus Caris and Pär Riihonen 16 Anastasia Dobromyslova and Roman Konchikov 17 Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody 18 Osmann Kijamet and Sebastijan Pečjak 19 Per Laursen and Vladimir Andersen 20 Krzysztof Kciuk and Krzysztof Ratajski 21 Patrick Bulen and Rocco Maes 22 Haruki Muramatsu and Taro Yachi 23 Martin Kapucian and Pavel Drtil 24 Peter Martin and Oto Zmelik

Results

First and second rounds The matches were best of 11 legs in the doubles format.

Germany had a bye to the second round, as the Czech Republic were unable to travel due to the inclement weather.pdc.tv; Czechs Out Of World Cup

Group stage Singles matches were worth one point, doubles matches were worth two points. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals.

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/- = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points

Group A – 4 December (afternoon) POSTeamPWDLLFLA+/-PtsStatus133002218+49Advance to semi-finals2 (3)32012217+583 (7)31021819–15Eliminated4 (14)30031624–82

CountryPointsCountry 90.50 (2) 3 – 1 (7) 84.25Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 92.02 Raymond van Barneveld 3 – 0 Ken MacNeil 79.12 92.55 Co Stompé 2 – 3 John Part 85.56 87.65 van Barneveld & Stompé 3 – 2 MacNeil & Part 86.30

CountryPointsCountry 81.15 (14) 0 – 4 (3) 94.61Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 89.30 Mensur Suljović 2 – 3 Paul Nicholson 92.29 83.90 Maik Langendorf 1 – 3 Simon Whitlock 99.05 70.32 Suljović & Langendorf 2 – 3 Nicholson & Whitlock 93.60

CountryPointsCountry 87.33 (2) 3 – 1 (14) 84.78Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 82.82 Raymond van Barneveld 3 – 2 Maik Langendorf 81.17 89.83 Co Stompé 2 – 3 Mensur Suljović 89.87 90.04 van Barneveld & Stompé 3 – 2 Langendorf & Suljović 84.25

CountryPointsCountry 98.70 (7) 1 – 3 (3) 96.38Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 97.18 John Part 2 – 3 Paul Nicholson 96.99 100.27 Ken MacNeil 3 – 1 Simon Whitlock 84.64 99.00 Part & MacNeil 1 – 3 Nicholson & Whitlock 108.41

CountryPointsCountry 90.21 (2) 3 – 1 (3) 93.72Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 91.50 Raymond van Barneveld 3 – 1 Paul Nicholson 91.94 79.28 Co Stompé 0 – 3 Simon Whitlock 90.18 97.33 van Barneveld & Stompé 3 – 2 Nicholson & Whitlock 97.56

CountryPointsCountry 89.16 (7) 3 – 1 (14) 81.92Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) John Part 3 – 0 Maik Langendorf Ken MacNeil 1 – 3 Mensur Suljović Part & MacNeil 3 – 1 Langendorf & Suljović

Group B – 4 December (evening) POSTeamPWDLLFLA+/-PTSStatus1 (5)32012116+57Advance to semi-finals2 (11)32011719–273 (4)31022018+26Eliminated431021722–54

CountryPointsCountry 84.83 (11) 3 – 1 (8) 84.32Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 93.31 Carlos Rodríguez 3 – 2 Bill Davis 92.01 80.96 Antonio Alcinas 1 – 3 Darin Young 83.82 79.39 Rodríguez & Alcinas 3 – 1 Davis & Young 76.23

CountryPointsCountry 88.38 (5) 3 – 1 (4) 83.91Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 95.94 Mark Webster 3 – 0 Robert Thornton 80.00 86.58 Barrie Bates 2 – 3 Gary Anderson 88.89 85.79 Webster & Bates 3 – 2 Thornton & Anderson 81.00

CountryPointsCountry 76.94 (11) 1 – 3 (5) 80.95Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 81.85 Carlos Rodríguez 3 – 1 Barrie Bates 77.57 80.82 Antonio Alcinas 1 – 3 Mark Webster 92.40 67.52 Rodríguez & Alcinas 0 – 3 Webster & Bates 72.73

CountryPointsCountry 86.58 (8) 0 – 4 (4) 96.20Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 82.59 Darin Young 2 – 3 Robert Thornton 84.29 78.00 Bill Davis 0 – 3 Gary Anderson 109.98 96.34 Young & Davis 2 – 3 Thornton & Anderson 102.35

CountryPointsCountry 95.08 (11) 3 – 1 (4) 94.93Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 81.40 Carlos Rodríguez 0 – 3 Robert Thornton 100.20 100.38 Antonio Alcinas 3 – 2 Gary Anderson 92.68 99.05 Rodríguez & Alcinas 3 – 1 Thornton & Anderson 93.70

CountryPointsCountry 79.72 (8) 3 – 1 (5) 87.18Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 88.87 Darin Young 3 – 2 Barrie Bates 87.70 70.00 Bill Davis 1 – 3 Mark Webster 98.46 77.53 Young & Davis 3 – 1 Bates & Webster 77.18

Semi-finals and final

Semi-finals – Afternoon

CountryPointsCountry 95.35 (2) 4 – 0 (11) 89.49PlayerLegsPlayer 103.14 Raymond van Barneveld 6 – 2 Antonio Alcinas 93.80 89.31 Co Stompé 6 – 3 Carlos Rodríguez 82.59 95.75 Raymond van Barneveld 6 – 4 Carlos Rodríguez 89.94 94.92 Co Stompé 6 – 5 Antonio Alcinas 92.64

CountryPointsCountry 89.94 (5) 4 – 3 (3) 97.61Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 88.17 Mark Webster 6 – 5 Paul Nicholson 96.16 90.45 Barrie Bates 4 – 6 Simon Whitlock 107.77 94.60 Mark Webster 4 – 6 Simon Whitlock 100.36 86.49 Barrie Bates 3 – 6 Paul Nicholson 95.44 87.84 (90.28 incl. s.d.) Webster & Bates 6 – 5 Nicholson & Whitlock 89.70 (91.03 incl. s.d.) Webster & Bates won the sudden death doubles leg against the throw to progress to the final.

Final – Evening

CountryPointsCountry 95.10 (2) 4 – 2 (5) 91.40Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 89.83 Raymond van Barneveld 8 – 4 Barrie Bates 79.27 98.09 Co Stompé 6 – 8 Mark Webster 100.90 100.95 Raymond van Barneveld 6 – 8 Mark Webster 104.11 97.82 Co Stompé 8 – 5 Barrie Bates 89.74 89.36 van Barneveld & Stompé 8 – 5 Webster & Bates 84.67

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