The 2026 World Cup of Darts starts on Thursday, 11 June and lasts for four days in Frankfurt, Germany.
Northern Ireland are the defending champions after the duo of Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney won 10-9 in a thrilling final against Wales’ Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price 12 months ago.
For the second year running, England’s team will consist of Luke Littler and Luke Humphries, the top two ranked players in the world.
Each team consists of the two best-ranked players from each nation based on the Professional Darts Corporation’s Order of Merit on 11 May.
The two players in each team will throw three darts each and alternate throughout the match.
A total of 40 nations compete at the World Cup of Darts.
The four top-ranked nations – England, Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Scotland – will receive a bye into the second round, which consists of 16 nations.
The other 12 second round spots are determined via the results of the group stage, where 36 teams compete.
Those 36 nations are split into 12 round robin groups of three, with the group winners advancing to the second round.
The top 16 nations are seeded, with the nations ranked between five and 16 separated in the groups to face two unseeded nations in the group stage.
Rankings are determined by the joint-rankings of players.
Wales would have been a seeded nation. However, Gerwyn Price has withdrawn from the competition.
