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The 2025 World Cup of Darts gets underway today, with Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton teaming up once again to target Wales’ third title.

Price, from Markham, and Carmarthenshire’s Clayton, who won the competition together in 2020 and again in 2023, are the number two seeds going into this year’s edition.

It will be the first time Price has taken part in the event since Wales’ win in 2023. Last year, he pulled out due to illness and was replaced by Jim Williams.

Clayton and Price are the most successful pairing in this year’s showpiece, with two titles under their belts so far.

Price goes into the competition ranked 11th on the PDC Order of Merit – which is based on the amount of prize money won by a player over a two-year period – while Clayton is above him in fifth.

Welsh number one Clayton has enjoyed a welcome return to form over recent months, while Price goes into the world cup following a strong Premier League campaign, where he reached the play-offs.

“We’re there to try and win the trophy. We’ve done it twice before and we believe we can do it again,” declared Clayton.

“I don’t care that Luke and Luke are world number one and the world number two. Us Welsh boys are going to stop them.

“If you want to win trophies you’ve got to beat big names and top players, so we’re ready to go.

“Representing your country – whatever the sport – is a fantastic feeling. It’s just special.”

In total, 40 nations will be involved in this year’s world cup, which is being held in Frankfurt, Germany, between Thursday June 12 and Sunday June 15.

Going in as top seeds are heavy favourites England, who will be represented by reigning world champion Luke Littler, and reigning Premier League champion Luke Humphries.

Elsewhere, Gary Anderson and Peter Wright unite for third seeds Scotland, while Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney team up for Northern Ireland, who are the fourth seeds.

The top four seeds will enter the competition in the second round.

The remaining 36 teams will be split into 12 groups of three for the round-robin first round – including 12 seeded nations – from which each group winner will progress.

The second round will feature the last 16 nations, before the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

The winners will clinch an £80,000 prize, with £50,000 for the runners-up.

Semi-finalists will pocket £30,000, while quarter-finalists will go home with £20,000, and the losers of the last 16 fixtures will receive £9,000.

Pairs that finish second in their groups will walk away with £5,000, while those finishing bottom of their groups will take £4,000 home.

Who is competing?

Seeded

• (1) England – Luke Littler and Luke Humphries
• (2) Wales – Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price
• (3) Scotland – Gary Anderson and Peter Wright
• (4) Northern Ireland – Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney

Group A

• (5) Netherlands – Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen
• Italy – Michele Turetta and Massimo Dalla Rosa
• Hungary – György Jehirszki and Gergely Lakatos

Group B

• (6) Belgium – Mike De Decker and Dimitri Van Den Bergh
• Latvia – Madars Razma and Valters Melderis
• Philippines – Lourence Ilagan and Paolo Nebrida

Group C

• (7) Germany – Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko
• Portugal – Jose de Sousa and Bruno Nascimento
• Singapore – Paul Lim and Phuay Wei Tan

Group D

• (8) Republic of Ireland – William O’Connor and Keane Barry
• Gibraltar – Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt
• China – Xiaochen Zong and Lihao Wen

Group E

• (9) Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski and Radek Szaganski
• South Africa – Cameron Carolissen and Devon Petersen
• Norway – Cor Dekker and Kent Joran Sivertsen

Group F

• (10) Canada – Matt Campbell and Jim Long
• Malaysia – Tengku Shah and Tan Jenn Ming
• Denmark – Benjamin Reus and Andreas Hyllgaardhus

Group G

• (11) Sweden – Jeffrey de Graaf and Oskar Lukasiak
• Lithuania – Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas
• France – Thibault Tricole and Jacques Labre

Group H

• (12) Austria – Mensur Suljovic and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
• Spain – Daniel Zapata and Ricardo Fernandez
• Australia – Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock

Group I

• (13) USA – Danny Lauby and Jules van Dongen
• Hong Kong – Man Lok Leung and Lok Yin Lee
• Bahrain – Sadeq Mohamed and Hasan Bucheeri

Group J

• (14) Czechia – Karel Sedlacek and Petr Krivka
• Chinese Taipei – Pupo Teng-Lieh and An-Sheng Lu
• India – Nitin Kumar and Mohan Goel

Group K

• (15) Croatia – Pero Ljubic and Boris Krcmar
• Japan – Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto
• Switzerland – Stefan Bellmont and Alex Fehlmann

Group L

• (16) Finland – Teemu Harju and Marko Kantele
• New Zealand – Haupai Puha and Mark Cleaver
• Argentina – Jesus Salate and Victor Guillin