Austria starts strongly: Darts duo clearly defeats Spain with 4: 1!

Austria starts strongly: Darts duo clearly defeats Spain with 4: 1!

Austria put a strong start to the World Cup of Darts on Thursday, June 12, 2025. In the first round, Mensur Suljovic and the debutant Rusty-Jake Rodriguez clearly prevailed against the Spanish duo Daniel Zapata Castillo and Ricardo Fernández Carballo. The final score was 4: 1 for Austria. The team was able to quickly decide their own turkey legs what their dominance in the game underlined.

The fourth leg was particularly remarkable, in which Rodriguez checked the double 20, which took Austria 3-1. In the decisive fifth leg, Suljovic secured victory by hit the double-16 the first time. Overall, the two players showed an impressive average of 99, which emphasizes the high quality of the game. After this successful start, the next match against Australia is on the program. The Australians, consisting of Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock, are likely to be a challenge.

The current course of the tournament

The World Cup of Darts will be held in Frankfurt from June 12th to 15th, and a total of 36 nations take part, divided into 12 groups with three teams. The group phase stipulates that the group winners rise to the next round. The second group games followed on June 13, 2025, followed by the third group games in the evening.
England, which emerged victorious from the last edition, is represented by Luke Littler and Luke Humphries. You are already qualified for the second round as one of the top-lendary teams.

The other top seeds are Wales with Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price, as well as Scotland and Northern Ireland, which also provide strong combinations. Overall, the spectators can expect an exciting competition phase where the group winners are randomly pulled on Friday evening.

statistics and trends in the darts

darts is enjoying growing popularity in Germany, which is reflected in the increasing number of members and events. Between 2018 and 2024, the German Darts Association recorded an increase in members by 68 % to almost 20,000 players. The typical active dart player is male and moves between the ages of 27 and 60, whereby women only make up about 8 % of organized players.

The Darts World Cup 2024 saw five German participants for the first time and set up a new record. England had most of the participants among the 27 reported countries. The winner of the last World Cup received prize money of £ 500,000. The increasing interest in this sport can also be seen

With exciting tournaments, strong performance and a steadily growing followers, darts remains one of the most fascinating and dynamic sports today.