Australia has surprisingly won the team world championship of darts professionals for the first time. Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock defeated tournament favorites Wales 3-1 in Frankfurt am Main.
First, Heta defeated ex-world champion Gerwyn Price 4-0 in the first singles game, then veteran Whitlock followed suit with a 4-2 win against Jonny Clayton.
The outsider got the third and decisive point through Heta, who also defeated Clayton in singles (4:2). Wales had won the doubles 4-3.
Earlier in the evening, Heta and Whitlock had defeated the English seeders (Michael Smith, James Wade) 2-0. For Australia it was after 2012 (already with Whitlock) the second final participation in the major competition.
Wales also easily made it into the final, the 2-0 win over the Netherlands without the injured Michael van Gerwen was safe. Germany lost 2-0 to Wales in the quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon.
After England, the Netherlands (four titles each), Scotland (two titles) and Wales (one title), Australia is the fifth victorious nation in the so-called World Cup, which this time was held in the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt.