32 countries are represented at the event, with the top two players from each nation traveling to Germany to try and get their hands on the trophy.
It is a rare chance to see some doubles matches on the big stage as this is the only PDC event which involves pairs contests.
Netherlands go into the competition as the defending champions, with only the Dutch and the English ever winning the tournament in the past.
However, both sides are sporting brand new teams this year, with Michael Smith making his debut for England and Jermaine Wattimena for Netherlands.
What prize money is on offer at the PDC World Cup of Darts 2019?
Prize money (per team)
Winners £70,000
Runners-Up £40,000
Semi-finalists £24,000
Quarter-finalists £16,000
Last 16 (Second round) £8,000
Last 32 (First round) £4,000
Who will play in the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts?
Each national ‘team’ is made up of of two players. Eight countries have been seeded, 24 are unseeded.
Seeded
England – Rob Cross and Michael Smith
Scotland – Gary Anderson and Peter Wright
Wales – Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton
Netherlands – Michael van Gerwen and Jermaine Wattimena
Australia – Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson
Northern Ireland – Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dolan
Belgium – Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri Van den Bergh
Austria – Mensur Suljovic and Zoran Lerchbacher
Unseeded
Brazil – Diogo Portela and Artur Valle
Canada – Dawson Murschell and Jim Long
China – Xiaochen Zong and Qingyu Zhan
Czech Republic – Karel Sedláček and Pavel Jirkal
Denmark – Per Laursen and Niels Heinsøe
Finland – Marko Kantele and Kim Viljanen
Germany – Max Hopp and Martin Schindler
Gibraltar – Dyson Parody and Antony Lopez
Greece – John Michael and Veniamin Symeonidis
Hong Kong – Royden Lam and Kai Fan Leung
Hungary – Pál Székely and János Végső
Ireland – Steve Lennon and William O’Connor
Italy – Andrea Micheletti and Stefano Tomassetti
Japan – Seigo Asada and Haruki Muramatsu
Lithuania – Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas
New Zealand – Cody Harris and Haupai Puha
Philippines – Lourence Ilagan and Noel Malicdem
Poland – Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik
Russia – Boris Koltsov and Aleksei Kadochnikov
Singapore – Paul Lim and Harith Lim
South Africa – Devon Petersen and Vernon Bouwers
Spain – Cristo Reyes and Toni Alcinas
Sweden – Dennis Nilsson and Magnus Caris
United States – Darin Young and Chuck Puleo
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