THE second PDC World Cup of Darts will be held in Hamburg, Germany from February 3-5 2012, and screened live on Sky Sports.

The tournament was a huge success when first staged in December 2010, with the Dutch pair of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompe taking victory for the Netherlands.

They defeated the Welsh team of Mark Webster and Barrie Bates in the final, while Australia and Spain lit up the tournament in their runs to the semis.

Next year’s 24-team event will be held across three days from February 3-5 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg.

Each team will feature the leading two PDPA members from each nation on the PDC Order of Merit at January 3 2012 following the forthcoming Ladbrokes World Darts Championship.

In the event that this does not produce 24 competing nations, further nations which have two players featured on the PDC’s Order of Merit* who are not full PDPA members shall be included.

In the event that this still does not produce 24 competing nations, further nations will be invited to participate at the discretion of the PDC’s Board of Directors.

The 24 nations will be seeded from 1-24 based on a cumulative total of the competing players’ ranking position, with the lowest total seeded 1 and the highest total seeded 24. For example, should Phil Taylor (1) and Adrian Lewis (2) represent England, their cumulative total would be 3.

The top eight seeds will come in at the second round stage, with the countries ranked 9-24 competing in the first round on Friday afternoon.

The Welsh left-hander, who won the 2008 Lakeside Championship, booked his place in the final at the Doncaster Dome with another assured display as he chases the £60,000 first prize.

He hit 180s in winning the first two legs before posting double ten in the third to leave Newton reeling at 3-0 down.

The Fleetwood ace hit tops to get off the mark in the fourth, and hit scores of 177 and 180 in the next to set up a potential nine-darter.

Although he was unable to achieve a perfect leg, he took out 86 for a 12-dart finish to pull back to 3-2.

Webster, though, hit a 168 to set up double ten in winning the sixth, and added tops to lead 5-2 before Newton posted two 180s and double 16 to reply.

The pair traded 180s in the ninth, with Webster’s maximum leaving 67 but only able to watch as Newton produced a 138 checkout on double nine to pull back to 5-4.

He was crucially unable to level, though, with Webster hitting double ten to edge away and 180 in setting up double nine to lead 7-4.

Newton hit double ten to win two of the next three legs, but a miss at tops for a 110 finish allowed Webster to move a leg away from victory at 9-6.

Webster would miss tops in the next, for a 106 finish, as Newton posted double eight to stay in the contest, but even a 180 from the UK Open runner-up was not enough to continue the fightback as the Welshman sealed victory on double ten.

“My finishing was pretty sharp and I’m delighted to be through,” said Webster. “I had a little bit of luck but I’ve not beaten Wes for a while so it’s nice to end that run.

“Hopefully I can go on to win the final now.”

Newton admitted: “It’s disappointing for me and I felt that the little things didn’t go my way and I wasn’t able to gain any momentum. I came back into it after the start, but Mark did well and never let me get on level terms.”