The 2025 BetVictor World Cup of Darts begins on Thursday, as Luke Humphries and Luke Littler aim to steer England to a record-extending sixth World Cup crown in Frankfurt.

This year’s World Cup of Darts will see 40 nations going head-to-head at the Eissporthalle from June 12-15, with group and knockout stages featuring Doubles matches throughout the pairs event.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – the top four ranked nations based on lowest cumulative PDC Order of Merit ranking – will enter the tournament in Saturday's second round.

The remaining 36 nations have been split into 12 groups of three for the round-robin phase – including 12 seeded nations – from which each group winner will progress to the last 16.

Coverage starts at 6:00pm UK time on Sky Sports Action. All matches in the group stage are the best of 7 legs (first to 4).

>Tonight's matches (6:00pm UK start)
(11) Sweden v Lithuania [G]
(14) Czech Republic v Taiwan [J]
(15) Croatia v Japan [K]
(8) Ireland v Gibraltar [D]
(10) Canada v Malaysia [F]
(13) USA v Hong Kong [I]
(9) Poland v South Africa [E]
(6) Belgium v Latvia [B]
(5) Netherlands v Italy [A]
(7) Germany v Portugal [C]
(12) Austria v Spain [H]
(16) Finland v New Zealand [L]

>Tournament preview
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2025/06/11/2025-betvictor-world-cup-darts-preview