Germany stun Luke Littler & Luke Humphries of England, eliminating them from 2025 World Cup of Darts

Alex Walsh

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There was a slight chance of it happening, but here we are, able to say that it did.

Germany stuns England, eliminating them in first round

I don't think anyone saw this coming.

Germany was the seventh seed entering the tournament.

The duo of Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko debuted this year together, as Ricardo hadn't played for Germany before.

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Schindler is the German #1, but boy was Ricardo huge for them today.

Ricardo was 5/7 (71%) on doubles, which proved to be a huge difference-maker as England's duo struggled in that area.

The media narrative going into the tournament was that England was to run away with the tournament, but Germany was able to eliminate them in the round of 16, with a dominating 8-4 win.

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England had their chances but missed important doubles and had some sloppy darts thrown that were costly.

The German crowd definitely played their part in backing up Germany's pair on the stage, and it looked like the environment and performance from Germany left Littler and Humphries shaken.

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Germany has a real chance to go on a run now, playing great throughout their first few games.

Germany will take on the winner of Australia vs. Argentina in the quarterfinals on Sunday.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.