Germany made it to the Round of 16 at the Darts World Cup. Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler defeated the Spanish team – albeit very narrowly.
Germany only reached the round of 16 at the Darts Team World Championships in Frankfurt am Main with a lot of effort. The duo Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler lived up to their role as favorites on Thursday evening and narrowly defeated Spain (Tony Martinez and Jose Justicia) 5:4.
In the second round on Saturday they face underdogs Denmark, who had won 5-2 against Singapore at the start of the competition. So far, Germany has never made it past the semi-finals at the World Team Championships.
Problems at the beginning of the match
In front of 1,700 spectators – including darts talent Fabian Schmutzler – the two Germans only called up their potential after a few problems at the beginning and only narrowly averted the first round of the game since 2016. With the score at 4:2 and 4:3, Schindler and Clemens missed several chances to win early. In the end it was enough in the ninth and all-important leg, Clemens converted the eleventh match dart under maximum pressure.
“I’m very happy. This audience is incredible,” said Clemens. Schindler added: “We didn’t manage to close the match. Now I’m over the moon.” In addition to Superman, Super Mario and numerous Vikings, this time there was also a Jesus double in the costumed audience. In the following days, the organizers expect increasing numbers of spectators, on Sunday 3,000 fans are expected to come to the hall.