Duo Up For The Cup

The field for the PDC World Cup of Darts has been confirmed with English duo Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis named as the top seeds.

The second PDC World Cup will be live on Sky Sports from February 3-5 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, featuring 24 countries competing for a £150,000 prize fund.
England have been installed as top seeds with Australian duo Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson number two and defending champions the Netherlands number three, with Raymond van Barneveld and Vincent van der Voort confirmed in their team.
Scotland's Gary Anderson and Peter Wright are seeded four, Welsh pair Mark Webster and Richie Burnett are five, Northern Ireland's Brendan Dolan and Michael Mansell are six, Belgium's Kim Huybrechts and Kurt Van De Rijck are seven and the German pair of Jyhan Artut and Bernd Roith are the eighth seed on home soil.
The top eight seeds will enter the tournament at the second round stage, with the teams ranked 9-24 contesting the first round in the opening session on Friday February 3.
Five new countries will compete for the first time in 2012, including South Africa, the Philippines and Malaysia.