Austria's darts team fails Bitter at the World Cup against Australia!

Austria's darts team fails Bitter at the World Cup against Australia!

Austria suffered a bitter defeat at the World Cup of Darts 2025 in Frankfurt and was already eliminated in the group phase. The team, consisting of Mensur Suljovic and Rusty Jake-Rodriguez, was unable to win in the second group game against the Australian team, represented by Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock, and had to surrender 1: 4. The event, which takes place in the ice rink from June 12 to June 15, 2025, attracts a total of 40 nations that compete in a format system from pairs, such as dartsnews.com reported.

In the first group game, Austria had achieved a clear 4-1 win against Spain, which gave hope for a successful group phase. In the match against Australia, however, both teams started strongly and were able to win the first turkey leg. The British player Whitlock achieved an 180 in the third leg and set a decisive accent. Heta later made an outstanding leg with a checkout of 102 points, which took the start of the team from Australia and laid the foundation for the victory.

The group phase at a glance

The group phase at the World Cup of Darts is divided into 12 groups, with each group consists of three teams. The four best-placed nations automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 36 teams compete against each other in a round robin phase. Austria was represented in Group H with Spain and Australia. Several exciting games have already been played in the first two rounds, including the games between the Netherlands and Italy and Germany against Portugal, where both favorites had to take up sovereign defeats.

The decision at the moment came in the fifth leg of the game between Austria and Australia. Both teams left important darts to the doubles, which increased the pressure on the players. Whitlock finally took his chance and used the decisive match dart to the double 6, which secured the Australia the final victory. For Austria, which had reached the final last year, this failure means the early end of the tournament.

darts in Germany

Darts sport is becoming increasingly popular in Germany. In the period from 2018 to 2024, the number of members in the German Darts Association rose by 68 % to almost 20,000, as can be read on darts100.de. This reflects the growing demand and the increasingly sporting interest in darts. The latest figures show that most active players are male and between 27 and 60 years old, while women only make up about 8 % of organized players.

The Darts World Cup 2024 also took place in Germany with over £ 2.5 million, which underlines the continuing popularity and growth of sport. With events such as the darts World Cup in the Alexandra Palace in London and various tournaments in Germany, the decline in other sports is gradually recognized as a serious competitive sport.