The match went all the way, being decided by a sudden death leg where all four players had darts at double before Adrian Lewis reigned in victory for England.

[2] But in 2022, their 10-year agony came to an end when Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock beat Wales in the final to become the 5th different nation to win the trophy.

Triple World champion John Part was an ever-present in this tournament until 2018, with the team reaching the quarter-finals on four separate occasions.

Despite beating New Zealand and Northern Ireland to reach the quarter-finals in 2013, they hadn't been invited back to another World Cup, until a surprise recall in 2021, but they then had to withdraw owing to an illness to Boris Krčmar.

After being forced to withdraw from the inaugural World Cup in 2010 due to inclement weather, the Czech Republic had to wait until 2015 to make its debut.

After the loss to Spain in the inaugural World Cup in 2010, England reached the final in the next 5 editions, winning 4 of them, thanks to the combination of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis.

However, they were able to finally win their 5th World Cup in the 2024 edition, with the pairing of Luke Humphries and Michael Smith.

Despite having home advantage for most of the tournaments, the German's best runs came in 2020 and 2023, when they reached the semi-finals in Austria and Germany respectively, which included wins over their rivals, The Netherlands and former winners, England.

The smallest nation in the tournaments by both size and population, Gibraltar's only wins to date came in 2015, 2023 and 2024, respectively when they beat Italy, Guyana and Spain.

Greece were the only team to debut in the 2016 World Cup after John Michael secured a Tour Card at Q-School.

[9] After a relatively unspectacular record in the competition, the Irish reached the final in 2019 after impressive wins over England and the Netherlands, before Scotland claimed the title.

Latvia were set to debut at the 2017 World Cup led by tour card holder Madars Razma along with Nauris Gleglu, but withdrew late on and were replaced by Switzerland.

[41][15] Following China's withdrawal from the 2020 tournament due to flight issues, Latvia finally made their long-awaited debut with a last leg victory over Hong Kong.

[36] Lithuania were the only team to debut in the 2019 World Cup, taking the place of Switzerland after former WDF number one Darius Labanauskas secured a Tour Card at Q-School.

The winners of the inaugural tournament, the Netherlands have won the event on three other occasions, and have only failed to reach the quarter-finals stage three times.

Spain debuted in the inaugural World Cup with a second round upset of the top seed England in 2010, and progressing through the group stage eventually being swept by Netherlands in the semi-finals.

Switzerland were one of two teams to debut in the 2017 World Cup as a last minute addition due to the withdrawal of Latvia.