The 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2016 Betway World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 2–5 June 2016 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis retained their title after beating the Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3–2 in the final.

Format The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, but unlike recent years, only the top 8 teams are seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2016 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.

Prize money Prize money remained at £250,000 as it was at last year's tournament. The prize money was per team: Position (no. of teams) Prize money(Total: £250,000)Winners (1) £50,000Runners-Up (1) £26,000Semi-finalists (2) £15,000Quarter-finalists (4) £10,000Last 16  (second round) (8) £7,000Last 32  (first round) (16) £3,000

Teams and seeding In a change to the seeding system used in recent PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, only the top 8 countries were seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded. The only change in countries saw Greece make their debut, in place of India.

The ranking of the seeded nations was confirmed on 23 May 2016.

Seeded nations Rank Country Entered players 1 Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis 2 Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton 3 Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 4 Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney 5 Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price 6 Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson 7 Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts 8 Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez

Unseeded nations (alphabetic order) Country Entered players John Part and Ken MacNeil Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie Michal Kočík and Pavel Drtíl Per Laursen and Daniel Jensen Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele Max Hopp and Jyhan Artut Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio John Michael and Ioannis Selachoglou Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie Nándor Bezzeg and Patrik Kovács William O'Connor and Mick McGowan Daniele Petri and Michel Furlani Keita Ono and Haruki Muramatsu Warren Parry and Cody Harris Robert Wagner and Cor Dekker Gilbert Ulang and Alex Tagarao Krzysztof Ratajski and Mariusz Paul Aleksandr Oreshkin and Boris Koltsov Paul Lim and Harith Lim Devon Petersen and Graham Filby Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson Thanawat Yong and Attapol Eupakaree Darin Young and Larry Butler

Results Draw

Second round Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

(1) Score Phil Taylor 81.24 Yuanjun Liu 72.13 4–0 Adrian Lewis 89.73 Wenge Xie 73.50 4–0 Final result 2–0

(8) Score Mensur Suljović 101.38 Paul Lim 84.91 4–2 Rowby-John Rodriguez 96.29 Harith Lim 82.84 4–2 Final result 2–0

(5) Score Mark Webster 79.75 John Part 81.19 2–4 Gerwyn Price 95.43 Ken MacNeil 96.70 4–0 Webster & Price 84.38 Part & MacNeil 92.34 2–4 Final result 1–2

(4) Score Daryl Gurney 86.41 William O'Connor 75.69 4–1 Brendan Dolan 80.52 Mick McGowan 76.91 4–2 Final result 2–0

(2) Score Gary Anderson 88.74 Cor Dekker 80.33 4–3 Robert Thornton 85.00 Robert Wagner 78.07 4–1 Final result 2–0

(7) Score Kim Huybrechts 100.71 Nándor Bezzeg 88.43 4–1 Ronny Huybrechts 96.82 Patrik Kovács 82.42 4–1 Final result 2–0

(6) Score Simon Whitlock 89.73 Daniel Jensen 73.72 4–3 Kyle Anderson 84.36 Per Laursen 82.72 2–4 Whitlock & Anderson 93.94 Jensen & Laursen 72.40 4–0 Final result 2–1

(3) Score Michael van Gerwen 96.99 Gilbert Ulang 84.40 4–2 Raymond van Barneveld 101.75 Alex Tagarao 87.49 4–2 Final result 2–0

Quarter-finals Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

(1) (8) Score Phil Taylor 100.20 Mensur Suljović 92.15 4–0 Adrian Lewis 103.24 Rowby-John Rodriguez 102.59 4–1 Final result 2–0

(4) Score John Part 81.47 Brendan Dolan 79.46 4–3 Ken MacNeil 73.17 Daryl Gurney 82.36 0–4 Part & MacNeil 77.93 Dolan & Gurney 88.06 1–4 Final result 1–2

(2) (7) Score Gary Anderson 96.52 Kim Huybrechts 96.03 2–4 Robert Thornton 89.89 Ronny Huybrechts 86.04 4–1 Anderson & Thornton 94.70 K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 96.34 2–4 Final result 1–2

(6) (3) Score Simon Whitlock 94.15 Michael van Gerwen 98.49 1–4 Kyle Anderson 94.62 Raymond van Barneveld 91.44 4–3 Whitlock & Anderson 96.77 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 107.77 3–4 Final result 1–2

Semi-finals Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

(1) (4) Score Phil Taylor 96.97 Brendan Dolan 86.35 4–0 Adrian Lewis 95.96 Daryl Gurney 90.41 4–1 Final result 2–0

(7) (3) Score Ronny Huybrechts 86.78 Michael van Gerwen 102.70 1–4 Kim Huybrechts 101.21 Raymond van Barneveld 98.61 2–4 Final result 0–2

Final Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs reverse singles matches are played to determine the champion.

(1) (3) Score Phil Taylor 102.94 Michael van Gerwen 81.97 4–3 Adrian Lewis 103.62 Raymond van Barneveld 107.83 3–4 Taylor & Lewis 90.62 van Gerwen & van Barneveld 95.08 2–4 Phil Taylor 105.12 Raymond van Barneveld 105.45 4–1 Adrian Lewis 86.10 Michael van Gerwen 79.25 4–1 Final result 3–2

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