The 2018 Betway World Cup of Darts was the eighth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 31 May–3 June 2018 in at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

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2018 Betway World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	31 May–3 June 2018
Venue	Eissporthalle
Location	Frankfurt
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£60,000
High checkout	170 Kyle Anderson (second round)
Champion(s)
Netherlands (Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld)
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The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were the reigning champions and they retained the title by defeating Scotland's Peter Wright and Gary Anderson 3–1 in the final.^[1]

The tournament will remain at 32 teams this year, with the top 8 teams being seeded and the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2018 with the tournament being a straight knockout.

First round: Best of nine legs doubles.
Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.
Final: Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches are played followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order are played to determine the champion.

Total prize money remained at £300,000, like last year. The prize money will be per team:

The Top 8 nations based on combined Order of Merit rankings on 14 May were seeded.

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Seeded nations Rank Country Entered players 1  Scotland Peter Wright and Gary Anderson[2] 2  England Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall[3][2] 3  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld[2] 4  Australia Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson[2] 5  Wales Gerwyn Price[4] and Jonny Clayton[2] 6  Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dolan[2] 7  Belgium Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri Van den Bergh[2] 8  Austria Mensur Suljović and Zoran Lerchbacher[2]

Unseeded nations (in alphabetical order)[3] Country Entered players  Brazil Diogo Portela and Bruno Rangel[5]  Canada John Part and Dawson Murschell[2]  China Momo Zhou and Zong Xiao Chen[6]  Czech Republic Karel Sedláček and Roman Benecký[3]  Denmark Per Laursen and Henrik Primdal[5]  Finland Marko Kantele and Kim Viljanen[5]  Germany Max Hopp and Martin Schindler[7]  Gibraltar Dyson Parody and Justin Broton[8]  Greece John Michael and Veniamin Symeonidis[2]  Hong Kong Royden Lam and Ho-Yin Shek[9]  Hungary Tamás Alexits and Nándor Bezzeg[10]  Ireland William O'Connor and Steve Lennon[2]  Italy Michel Furlani and Alessio Medaina[3]  Japan Seigo Asada and Haruki Muramatsu[9]  New Zealand Cody Harris and Warren Parry[3]  Poland Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik[2]  Russia Boris Koltsov and Aleksandr Oreshkin[11]  Singapore Paul Lim and Harith Lim[9]  South Africa Devon Petersen and Liam O'Brien[3]  Spain Cristo Reyes and Toni Alcinas[2]  Sweden Daniel Larsson and Dennis Nilsson[5]  Switzerland Alex Fehlmann and Andy Bless[12]  Thailand Thanawat Gaweenuntawong and Attapol Eupakaree[9]  United States Larry Butler and Darin Young[13]

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