@@JamesToney-kw2hy no, they changed the rules a couple of years ago to pairs only. Before that they played 2 singles games and only played a pairs game if the teams were tied after the singles.
I love that this year every country will actually have their own countries design, instead of just the same pattern in different colours! Finally we have our checkerboard shirt! 🇭🇷🇭🇷
@@filipstenta5079 Jedino za koga mislim da bi se trebali brinut je Kanada jer je Campbell malo podigo formu sad ali vjerujem da bumo prošli bez nekih poteškoća
@@danielbarberini3091 I expect Iceland to be tricky. But yes, with teams like Lithuania, Canada, Latvia or Portugal in the draw, and also all the Asian teams which tend to get underestimated (Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines) we got one of very favourable options. Reminded that the Czechs have never made it into top 16. The quality simply wasn't there during the 2010s. Now it's always the Sedláček + Gawlas duo representing, but always unfortunate to some extent: - 2020 - Drawing eventual semifinalists Belgium in first round of 2020 (and only losing in the last possible leg) - 2021 - Getting eliminated with 103.4 average in first round (Poland had 104.9 average) - 2022 - Drawing eventual semifinalists England in first round - 2023 - Having an extraordinarily bad match against the Philippines, making it the worst match in country's history regarding three-darts average. (75.0 - Even the first two years playing at the World Cup weren't this bad.) Also, Philippines were kinda sick and they'd make it tough for probably any team that year. I'm hoping they can upset Belgium this year, which might not look very likely, but it's a best-of-seven-legs match, so a lot can happen.
@@yankeeclipper4326 I fully agree. I know draws aren't the most entertaining anyway, but if they added a little more personality to it, it would've been more bearable. Even Emma Paton or Wayne Mardle would've been good to see do the draw. And they only give very basic info on the teams
PDC Darts fans breaking news Beau Greaves just won Winmau Developement Tour 11. Field up to 256 and mainly Men. Well done Beau. Brilliant. Though do not expect to be invited on invite Mens events ahead of Fallon. She must be a much better player than you. I do not think so.
Both love a fast pace and would complement each other very well. Can understand why they do automatical selection based on the world rankings order of merit to take away any controversial decisions.
Based on world rankings, and there’s a few English players who are higher than him because he started playing so recently, no doubt he’ll probably be here next year though
Its based on the order of merit rankings! So team england is luke humphries #1 and Michael smith #3 🎉 littler is #25! Probably not even next year either?
They take the 2 highest ranked players of the country for the contest. In England, there are still Michael Smith, Cross, Chisnall, Dobey, Cullen, R. Smith, Bunting, Gilding, Searle and Wade, who are higher ranked than Littler
Michael Smith is ranked 3rd in the Order of Merit… Luke Littler is 25th! The majority of Littler’s fantastic success has been in non-ranking tournaments such as Premier League and the World Series. Don’t worry… Littler is climbing the rankings at an astonishing pace and will be ranked up with Humphries within 12 months.
Luke Humphries and Michael Smith are the two top ranked players in the PDC. Luke Littler is currently 25th in the PDC order of merit. Does that finally answer your question or shall I go on?
@javieryeo4032 belgium with dimitri van den Bergh on great form and Kim Huybrechts looking decent after his shoulder injury. Can only see Phillipines pushing them to a close game for now 😢 but yeah it's a short format so never know haha
