The number one seeds were knocked out by the Republic of Ireland in round two, as William O'Connor played the match of the tournament so far against Rob Cross.
Afternoon Session
South Africa 1-2 New Zealand
New Zealand already have outdone their previous best at a World Cup by making the quarter-finals after a nervy win against South Africa.
Cody Harris beat Vernon Bouwers 4-0, before Devon Petersen forced the doubles decider with a whitewash of his own over Haupai Puha.
In his singles match, Petersen averaged over 101, hitting a 132 checkout in the process, but he found his team 3-0 in the pairs match for a place in the last eight.
Him and World Cup debutant Bouwers rallied to get two legs on the board, as the Kiwis missed eight match darts.
Puha made amends for his singles loss by hitting the winning dart at tops, in the visit after Bouwers had missed a dart at the same red bit to force a deciding leg.
Singapore 0-2 Japan
Japan triumphed over Singapore with two singles wins.
Paul Lim had led 3-2 after consecutive checkouts of 160 and 72, before Seigo Asada won the next two legs to earn a point.
Japan's place in the quarter-finals for a second consecutive year was the sealed by Haruki Muramatsu who had a 4-2 win over Harith Lim.
(2) Scotland 2-0 Sweden
Gary Anderson and Peter Wright both won their singles matches as Scotland advanced to the last eight.
The Flying Scotsman whitewashed Magnus Caris in what turned out to be the 50-year-old's last match as a professional before retirement.
Snakebite's win was not as straightforward, with Dennis Nilsson taking out 81 as Scotland lost their first leg of the tournament.
Wright then won the next three legs, including a 121 checkout, but Nilsson stopped the rot with a 63 finish.
The Swede then missed four darts to level the match to force a decider, and Wright pounced on the error to wrap up the victory.
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South Africa 1-2 New Zealand
New Zealand already have outdone their previous best at a World Cup by making the quarter-finals after a nervy win against South Africa.
Cody Harris beat Vernon Bouwers 4-0, before Devon Petersen forced the doubles decider with a whitewash of his own over Haupai Puha.
In his singles match, Petersen averaged over 101, hitting a 132 checkout in the process, but he found his team 3-0 in the pairs match for a place in the last eight.
Him and World Cup debutant Bouwers rallied to get two legs on the board, as the Kiwis missed eight match darts.
Puha made amends for his singles loss by hitting the winning dart at tops, in the visit after Bouwers had missed a dart at the same red bit to force a deciding leg.
Singapore 0-2 Japan
Japan triumphed over Singapore with two singles wins.
Paul Lim had led 3-2 after consecutive checkouts of 160 and 72, before Seigo Asada won the next two legs to earn a point.
Japan's place in the quarter-finals for a second consecutive year was the sealed by Haruki Muramatsu who had a 4-2 win over Harith Lim.
(2) Scotland 2-0 Sweden
Gary Anderson and Peter Wright both won their singles matches as Scotland advanced to the last eight.
The Flying Scotsman whitewashed Magnus Caris in what turned out to be the 50-year-old's last match as a professional before retirement.
Snakebite's win was not as straightforward, with Dennis Nilsson taking out 81 as Scotland lost their first leg of the tournament.
Wright then won the next three legs, including a 121 checkout, but Nilsson stopped the rot with a 63 finish.
The Swede then missed four darts to level the match to force a decider, and Wright pounced on the error to wrap up the victory.
(7) Belgium 2-0 Germany
Hosts Germany were sent packing by a dominant Balgium.
Martin Schindler missed four darts to win his singles in the deciding leg, but Kim Huybrechts nicked it in the end, and his post-match celebration looked full of relief more than anything.
In leg five, Schindler had got seven darts into the perfect leg, but that was the last leg he won as Huybrechts won the next two for the point.
Max Hopp was beaten 4-0 by Dimitri van den Bergh, to secure their place in the last eight.
Evening Session
(5) Australia 0-2 Canada
Simon Whitlock couldn't lead Australia to a first final since 2012, as both he and Kyle Anderson lost singles may he's against Canada.
Both matches went to last leg deciders, but it was Dawson Murschell and Jim Long that held their nerve to progress.
Whitlock had taken out back to back 126 checkouts on the bull to lead 3-2, having fallen behind to Murschell who checked out 109 and 89.
Murschell hit a 180 in leg six, helping him to level before taking out 97 for the win.
Anderson missed a dart in the last leg to force a doubles decider, as Long came from 3-1 to win.
(8) Austria 2-0 USA
Austria eased past the USA into the last eight.
Zoran Lerchbacher won 4-1 against Darin Young before Mensur Suljovic whitewashed Chuck Puleo, averaging 113 and taking out finishes of 100 and 126.
(1) England 0-2 Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland stunned England with a sensational victory over the number one seeds as they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Darts for the first time.
Steve Lennon had to survive a match dart against World Championship finalist Michael Smith, before hitting double four himself to give Ireland the lead.
William O'Connor then averaged the 16th highest in televised darts history with 115.1 against former world champion Rob Cross.
Only Phil Taylor (x8), Michael van Gerwen (x4), Kim Huybrechts, Ronnie Huybrechts & Peter Wright managed higher.
In the five legs, O'Connor, who won his first PDC title just over a month ago, hit four 180s, with checkouts of 88, 70 and a crucial 64 to seal the victory.
(4) Netherlands 2-0 Poland
New look Dutch partnership Michael van Gerwen and Jermaine Wattimena both won their singles matches to see off Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik of Poland.
A brilliant 123 finish on the bulls eye put the world champion within one leg of victory against Ratajski, who went on to win 4-2.
Kanik threatened an upset against Wattimena, hitting a 180 followed by a 90 checkout in the first leg.
Wattimena levelled, before Kanik hit seven perfect darts at the start of the next leg.
In the same leg, the Pole missed several darts at double as Wattimena took out 88 on the bulls eye on his way to a 4-1 win.
Sunday Order of Play
Afternoon Session
Quarter-Finals (Best of 3 points - two best-of-7-leg singles matches & one best-of-7-leg doubles decider if required)
(2) Scotland v (7) Belgium
New Zealand v Japan
Republic of Ireland v (8) Austria
Canada v (4) Netherlands
Evening Session
- Semi-Finals (Best of 3 points - 2x best-of-7-leg singles matches & one best-of-7-leg doubles decider if required)
- Final (Best of 5 points -2x best-of-7-leg singles matches, one best-of-7-leg doubles, then reverse singles)
Draw
Section One
(1) England 5-1
Republic of Ireland 5-1
(8) Austria 5-3
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(8) Austria 2-0
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Republic of Ireland v (8) Austria
Section Two
(5) Australia 5-4
(4) Netherlands 5-0
Poland 5-2
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(4) Netherlands 2-0
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Canada v (4) Netherlands
Section Three
(2) Scotland 5-0
(7) Belgium 5-1
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(2) Scotland 2-0
(7) Belgium 2-0
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(2) Scotland v (7) Belgium
Section Four
New Zealand 5-1
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New Zealand v Japan
Day One Results and Report
Day Two Results and Report
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