Michael van Gerwen withdraws from 2023 World Cup of Darts
Michael van Gerwen has withdrawn from the 2023 World Cup of Darts and will be replaced by Dirk van Duijvenbode in the Netherlands team.
Van Gerwen had a pre-planned dental operation on Monday and has not recovered sufficiently in order to compete in Frankfurt this weekend.
The prestigious pairs event will be held from June 15-18 as 40 teams compete for a total prize fund of £450,000.
As world number 11 Dirk van Duijvenbode is the next highest ranked Dutch player in the PDC Order of Merit, he will now partner Danny Noppert for the second successive year.
The change now means that Netherlands will become the third seeds in the Second Round draw, with Wales’ Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton moving up to second seeds.
The top four ranked nations, based on the lowest cumulative PDC Order of Merit ranking of the two competing players, are seeded and will enter at the Second Round stage on Saturday.
The remaining 36 teams will be split into 12 groups of three for the round-robin first round – including 12 seeded nations – from which each group winner will progress.
Another change to previous years will see the event feature solely doubles matches for the first time – as opposed to the combination of Singles and Doubles ties used in previous years.
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