It's the closing day of the World Cup of Darts with all but one seeded nation through to the quarter-finals in Frankfurt.
The only unseeded nation left in Canada face number 4 seeds Northern Ireland in the opening fixture of the afternoon session. John Part managed to revive the spirit of 2003 by delivering a brutal 161 checkout and then a 76 finish to eliminate Wales. Ken MacNeil has also impressed in the tournament, and what with Brendan Dolan's performances recently being utter shit, there's definitely potential for another seed to be eliminated.
The winner of the opening fixture will play the winner of the second fixture in the semifinals with England (read: Stoke) playing "Austria". While Phil Taylor was unconvincing against Liu Yuanjun and Adrian Lewis was professional against the ABSOLUTE MADMAN of Wenge Xie, Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez far outclassed them in their 2-0 defeat of Singapore, but you just know this will be the day when Taylel actually plays for once and ruins everything yet again.
In the bottom half of the draw, two nations who have had vastly different tournaments collide as Scotland take on Belgium. The Huybrechts have only dropped a total of three legs all tournament, while Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton have had to fight back from 3-1 down against New Zealand in the first round before Gando had to take out 160 just to beat Cor Dekker in the singles. Will the Belgian team spirit or the Scottish resilience prevail?
Closing the afternoon are the Netherlands and Australia. While Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld haven't really been pushed in this tournament, Kyle Anderson nearly embarrassed his country by forgetting how to finish in his singles match against Per Laursen, meaning Simon Whitlock had to rescue his partner YET AGAIN. You would think not having Paul Nicholson in the side would improve them, but it appears not to be the case.
Coverage starts from 1:00pm UK time on Sky Sports 1.
>Afternoon Session (Quarter Finals; 1pm UK time) Canada v Northern Ireland (4) England (1) v Austria (8) Scotland (2) v Belgium (7) Australia (6) v Netherlands (3)
>Evening Session (Semi-Finals & Final; 7pm UK time) England/Austria v Canada/Northern Ireland Scotland/Belgium v Australia/Netherlands
England/Austria/Canada/Northern Ireland v Scotland/Belgium/Australia/Netherlands
The Semi-Finals will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play. In the event of both nations winning one Singles match apiece, a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match will be played to decide the tie.
The Final will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, followed by a best of seven leg 501 Doubles match and then Reverse Singles matches. The first team to win three games is declared the winner.
Isaac Peterson
Believe in Austria, lads.
Ian Lewis
canada would be USA tier if not for John Part
Camden Hall
>tfw three teams remaining that I like, and all of them are probably going to lose
Joshua Adams
At least you got trips
Christian Price
and we're on now!
Leo Gomez
hoping and praying for Dolan to get pumped by the fat man.
Ayden Howard
c'mon Austria
BIG MENS
Wyatt Wright
>audio randomly cutting out repeatedly get it together, sky
Angel Price
ENG CAN SCO NED
Gabriel Reed
>SCO >NED
no kidding
Brandon Wilson
you're not giving AUS enough credit
that match will be the closest of the 4
Jace Kelly
who /BIGMENS/ here?
Xavier Jackson
Here.
Him and Rowby Roddy Piper to crush Stoke's dreams
Ayden Long
>rod wanting philth to molest ladyboy rodriguez again
Jaxon Lee
Giving AUS any credit is where nothing but pain lies. Straya has so many ways he can disappoint you, and Anderson better hope to hell and back that he worked out his double problems from yesterday.
Pretty much everybody is.
Aaron Hall
>imperial march Been far too long for that not to be heard.
Liam Carter
HAHA TIME FOR PART
Right here.
Nolan Brown
Remember when Brendan Dolan hit a nine darter from a double start?
Hunter Taylor
Up the ra
Gabriel Torres
>We're sorry about the sound problems. kek
Jaxson Long
brendan looks shit scared
Christopher Brooks
>switching streams like a madman because of the audio >suddenly "we're sorry about the audio problems" pops up on screen
God damnit, Sky.
Jace Green
Dancing Devon in the house.
Carter Nelson
...
Evan Wood
>1 GJGE John
Jackson Russell
this commentator sounds like Super Hans
Jayden Bell
>DOLEL
Noah Nguyen
>double in double out man
Brody Long
>be 152 points ahead with opponent not on a finish >lose Dolan channelling the spirit of Mick McGowan from yesterday.
Christian Butler
>1 ffs Part
Joseph Russell
>that doop doop doop chant
Levi Peterson
Neither Part nor Dolan averaging 80.
Get to Lakeside, lads.
Caleb Gray
I thought my satellite signal was fucked, but the sound is a mess.
Connor Kelly
...ugh
David Cruz
>dolan winning three legs straight Ah shit.
Easton Scott
John Part getting blown the fuck out
Ryder Cox
NO NO NO
Wyatt Bailey
>27
Mason Ward
>this match
Ryder Jenkins
>69
nice
Carter Richardson
>dolel >again
Leo Miller
MON PART
Isaiah Sullivan
>this game
Brody Lewis
>41
The fuck is this?
Luke Diaz
John Fat pulling out the clutch when required.
Jayden Flores
fucking HELL
Nolan Kelly
Gurney's going to punch Dolan out if he doesn't win this.
Carson Howard
>single 11
I wouldn't turn around to watch this match in the pub.
Daniel Cooper
>le average 90 to 99 man not even averaging 80 THANK YOU BASED JOHNNY FAT
Michael Rivera
do any of them weigh less than 100kg?
Sebastian Russell
THANK YOU FAT MAN
who /ken/ here?
Ryder Bailey
Well, that was like pulling fucking teeth. At least the result was proper.
Thomas Rodriguez
SWEET CAROLINE
DA DA DA
Jordan Williams
>Sweet Caroline
OK, that's a new one for me. Did I just not notice that yesterday?
Elijah Sullivan
TOUCHING ME
TOUCHING YOUUUUU
Jackson Murphy
Nah, I think it's new.
Ryan Flores
Sound's been fixed.
Who /silverdart/ here
Asher Allen
gurney's had it as his walk-on for a while
definitely had it at the players champs when he got smacked silly by MVG
Joshua Nelson
>canadian unable to cope with temperatures above 10 degrees
Adam Torres
Yeah. Used to have the Outhere Brothers "Boom Boom Boom" as his song.
Jace Rogers
THAT GURNEY 151
Chase Howard
Oh Ken.
Isaiah Thompson
DAAAAAARYL
Oh okay. My memory is getting worse.
Hudson Cooper
>Part >88 left >hit 1
>MacNeil >88 left >hit 1
Well done, Canada.
Levi Hill
>MacShit
Isaiah Martin
DAT PART START
Connor King
MacNeil looks absolutely fucked.
Nolan King
OH GOD HE'S HANKEYING
Zachary Roberts
Is MacNeill having a nervous breakdown?
Angel Davis
Mac doing a man Andy Fordham?
Xavier Gray
Stroke incoming?
Christian Murphy
He's trying to tap into that MVG autism
Jose Sullivan
>that last dart from Dolan Nearly hit the number 5, let alone the 5 bed.
DAT PART 68
David Clark
BASED PART
Christopher Nguyen
>MacNeil forgetting which way to go again
Josiah Phillips
Well, regardless of who wins this one, either England or Austria are going to have an easy ride to the finals. This is a mess.
Ian Phillips
>gurney's face [memories of omagh intensify]
Evan Lee
OC, do not steal
Grayson Scott
lel
Ryan Clark
Gurney's face just then. Terrifying.
Landon Watson
Dolan told him "Sevco are not the same football team as Rangers, you know?"
Jace Butler
l-let's get this Party started
Andrew Flores
>that first dart
what
Andrew Evans
>touch the barrel lewd
Ayden Diaz
Part been let down big time by MacNeil fluffing both singles matches.
Carter Robinson
Was MacNeil this bad the days before? Seems like there's something seriously fucking with him.
Angel Lopez
>MACNEIL JUST
Kayden Sanchez
>MacNeil
Chase Morales
Yesterday and when they played Greece he was great. Was outplayed by Price but should have won one leg at least.
Today he looks absolutely knackered.
Lucas Ross
>it's painful to watch at times isn't it >at times
