The 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2017 Betway World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 1–4 June 2017 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the reigning champions, after beating the Netherlands' Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3–2 in the 2016 final. England were represented by Lewis and Dave Chisnall. However, they lost 2–0 to the Netherlands in the semi-finals.

The Netherlands went on to win their third title after beating Wales, represented by Gerwyn Price and Mark Webster, in the final 3–1.

Format The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, with the top 8 teams are seeded and the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2017 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 Total prize money was increased by £50,000 from last year's tournament, to a total of £300,000.

The prize money will be per team: Position (no. of teams) Prize money(Total: £300,000)Winners (1) £60,000Runners-Up (1) £32,000Semi-finalists (2) £20,000Quarter-finalists (4) £14,000Last 16  (second round) (8) £8,000Last 32  (first round) (16) £3,000

Teams and seeding The list of teams was announced on 19 April 2017, with the seeds announced on 22 May. Brazil and Latvia were due to make their debuts, with Norway and the Philippines missing from last year's tournament, but on the day of the announcement of all the teams, Latvia (who were to be represented by Madars Razma and Nauris Gleglu) withdrew and were replaced with another debutant in Switzerland. Final confirmation of all teams came on 22 May 2017.

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

Unseeded nations (in alphabetical order) Country Entered players Diogo Portela and Alexandre Sattin John Part and John Norman Jnr Weihong Li and Yuanjun Liu Karel Sedláček and František Humpula Per Laursen and Alex Jensen Kim Viljanen and Marko Kantele Max Hopp and Martin Schindler Dyson Parody and Dylan Duo John Michael and Ioannis Selachoglou Royden Lam and Kai Fan Leung Zoltán Mester and János Végső Mick McGowan and William O'Connor Daniele Petri and Gabriel Rollo Haruki Muramatsu and Yuki Yamada Cody Harris and Rob Szabo Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik Boris Koltsov and Aleksandr Oreshkin Paul Lim and Harith Lim Devon Petersen and Deon Oliver Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson Patrick Rey and Philipp Ruckstuhl 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.

Score Paul Lim 87.13 Antonio Alcinas 79.86 4–0 Harith Lim 73.97 Cristo Reyes 85.26 1–4 P. Lim & H. Lim 91.09 Reyes & Alcinas 87.24 4–0 Final result 2–1

(8) Score Kim Huybrechts 88.63 Ioannis Selachoglou 82.41 4–2 Ronny Huybrechts 115.62 John Michael 88.94 4–0 Final result 2–0

(5) Score Kyle Anderson 88.91 Aleksandr Oreshkin 93.41 2–4 Simon Whitlock 87.12 Boris Koltsov 87.27 4–1 Anderson & Whitlock 88.45 Oreshkin & Koltsov 93.94 0–4 Final result 1–2

(4) Score Gerwyn Price 83.83 Mick McGowan 82.56 4–3 Mark Webster 85.78 William O'Connor 91.35 4–3 Final result 2–0

(2) Score Adrian Lewis 87.13 Devon Petersen 75.64 4–0 Dave Chisnall 89.73 Deon Oliver 78.77 4–0 Final result 2–0

(7) Score Mensur Suljović 89.73 John Part 72.09 4–0 Rowby-John Rodriguez 80.78 John Norman Jnr 76.72 4–2 Final result 2–0

Score Martin Schindler 77.08 Alexandre Sattin 62.00 4–0 Max Hopp 93.04 Diogo Portela 75.24 4–1 Final result 2–0

(3) Score Michael van Gerwen 93.87 Darin Young 90.35 4–2 Raymond van Barneveld 98.34 Larry Butler 91.04 2–4 Van Gerwen & Van Barneveld 111.33 Young & Butler 85.82 4–0 Final result 2–1

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.

(8) Score Paul Lim 100.40 Kim Huybrechts 121.97 1–4 Harith Lim 79.25 Ronny Huybrechts 76.18 4–2 P. Lim & H. Lim 87.24 K. Huybrechts & R. Huybrechts 98.66 2–4 Final result 1–2

(4) Score Aleksandr Oreshkin 77.97 Gerwyn Price 80.21 1–4 Boris Koltsov 85.95 Mark Webster 96.97 0–4 Final result 0–2

(2) (7) Score Adrian Lewis 82.79 Mensur Suljović 101.90 0–4 Dave Chisnall 99.08 Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.01 4–1 Lewis & Chisnall 94.70 Suljović & Rodriguez 92.15 4–2 Final result 2–1

(3) Score Martin Schindler 93.34 Michael van Gerwen 97.31 2–4 Max Hopp 88.62 Raymond van Barneveld 91.00 4–3 Schindler & Hopp 96.17 Van Gerwen & Van Barneveld 105.17 1–4 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.

(8) (4) Score Kim Huybrechts 95.89 Gerwyn Price 101.04 2–4 Ronny Huybrechts 81.67 Mark Webster 95.90 2–4 Final result 0–2

(2) (3) Score Adrian Lewis 99.24 Michael van Gerwen 99.35 3–4 Dave Chisnall 94.57 Raymond van Barneveld 100.14 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.

(4) (3) Score Gerwyn Price 87.74 Michael van Gerwen 98.56 0–4 Mark Webster 93.40 Raymond van Barneveld 98.45 4–1 Price & Webster 92.39 Van Gerwen & Van Barneveld 93.96 1–4 Gerwyn Price 95.96 Raymond van Barneveld 101.06 2–4 Final result 1–3

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