2014 PDC World Cup of Darts
The 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2014 bwin World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 6–8 June 2014 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.
The Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld won their country's second World Cup title by defeating defending champions Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis of England 3–0 in the final.
The Netherlands averaged the third highest television average of 117.88 against Northern Ireland in their semi-final doubles match, the highest ever televised doubles average.
Format
The tournament was expanded from 24 nations to 32 this year. 16 teams were seeded and were drawn to face the remaining 16 teams in the first round. Unlike in previous years, there are no groups this year 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 settled the tie.
Final: Up to the four best of seven legs singles matches. First team to 3 points wins the title. Should the tie be 2–2, then a fifth and final doubles tie will be played.
Prize money
Prize money is per team:Teams and seeding
In a change to recent years, the top 16 teams were seeded, while the other 16 teams were unseeded.With there now being 32 nations this year, many new nations entered. The new entrants were China, France, Hong Kong, India, Norway, Singapore and Thailand. Russia also returned after missing the last two events, and Malaysia also returned after missing the 2013 event. 2013 quarter-finalists Croatia didn't return.
Seeded nations
| Rank | Country | Top two ranked players |
| 1 | Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis | |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld | |
| 3 | Peter Wright and Robert Thornton | |
| 4 | Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson | |
| 5 | Mark Webster and Richie Burnett | |
| 6 | Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell | |
| 7 | Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts | |
| 8 | Connie Finnan and William O'Connor | |
| 9 | Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge | |
| 10 | Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez | |
| 11 | John Part and Shaun Narain | |
| 12 | Jarkko Komula and Jani Haavisto | |
| 13 | Royden Lam and Scott MacKenzie | |
| 14 | Magnus Caris and Peter Sajwani | |
| 15 | Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodríguez | |
| 16 | Darin Young and Larry Butler |
Unseeded nations
| Country | Top two ranked players |
| Yin Deng and Jun Cai | |
| Per Laursen and Dennis Lindskjold | |
| Jacques Labre and Lionel Maranhao | |
| Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody | |
| Zsolt Mészáros and Nándor Bezzeg | |
| Amit Gilitwala and Nitin Kumar | |
| Marco Brentegani and Daniele Petri | |
| Morihiro Hashimoto and Haruki Muramatsu | |
| Kesava Roa and Thomat Darus | |
| Rob Szabo and Craig Caldwell | |
| Robert Wagner and Vegar Elvevoll | |
| Krzysztof Chmielewski and Krzysztof Stróżyk | |
| Evgenii Zhukov and Evgenii Izotov | |
| Paul Lim and Harith Lim | |
| Devon Petersen and Graham Filby | |
| Thanawat Yong and Watanyu Charoonroj |