The Random Darts Discussion Thread
This thread made because of the hijack created in the English Premier League thread.
Darts is one of the most popular pub sports in the world, and collects a decent TV audience in the United Kingdom, Europe and around the world. Like snooker, there is some decent money at the top of the game, and the best player in the world, Phil Taylor, made over 1MM pounds this year IIRC, with his prizemoney for winning the last World Championship being a quarter of a million pounds.
Anyway, this weekend is the last day of the newly formed World Cup of Darts, contested in two man teams. Like the world cup of football, it involved a number of countries (24 in this case) a group stage, semi's and a final, and some epic English fail.
In the qualifying rounds the top 8 teams (England, Netherlands, Australia, Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland, USA and Canada) played a weaker team that had won an initial qualifying round in a short, somewhat high variance best of 11 legs match. Spain went on to beat England 6-5 and knock them out before the group stage.
Today is semi-final and final day. In the first semi-final, Netherlands beat Spain 4-0. The second semi is on now, Wales for Australia. The format for the semis and final is 4 singles matches and a doubles match, just like the Davis Cup tennis, but the doubles is played last and worth double. If it ends 3-3 a sudden death leg is played, almost equivilent to a poker flipament. Its good theatre and a decent sport if you have someone to get behind.
Currently Simon Whitlock (AUS) is playing Mark Webster (WAL) the match is locked at 3-3 first to 6 and the tie itself is locked at 1-1 Webster and Whitlock winning their first doubles.
Oh, and LOL darts...
needs the next two
Very big leg here
whos this make-a-wish score announcer. wat happened
Littler holds off the challenge, leads 5-1
MvG not putting the darts where his mouth is
Littler 5-2, not over just yet, but almost
Luke with the darts in set 8
MVG really is money on T19
That 177 is game set match
Clinical
6-3, come on MvG, make it interesting
Sweet
7-3, too easy.
Could say this is a big month for Luke!
Can have his first beer as an adult within 3 weeks.
Batshit insane that Littler won one whole leg in the entire tournament on double 16 and it just happened to be the one that won him the title, that is epic spot fixing
LukeH
LukeL
MVG
Cross
Bunting
Gary** if he wants it
Dobey
Price
Heta ** if Gary doesn't want it
Feel like they might go Chisnall instead of Dobey for some reason but that would be bad.
I mean it should be the 7 less Gary you first say then weekly contender, there is the depth just below the top 10 to do that
64 why do you think MVG is past his prime? Is it because of physical aspects (operations) or mental / lack of motivation?
