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Scotland's Peter Wright and John Henderson will be aiming to retain their World Cup of Darts title in Frankfurt, but they'll face stiff competition from 31 other nations.

The 32-nation tournament will return to the Eissporthalle from June 16-19 - live on Sky Sports - for an annual festival of darts which sees two-player teams competing in a mixture of Doubles and Singles games.

With the first round split across the opening two nights, Scotland's Peter Wright and John Henderson begin their title defence against Hong Kong, but they face competition with England, Wales, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Australia all in the mix of claiming victory.

Here's Sky Sports' Laura Turner with her top tips...

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"It's a really, really tough one to call. I really fancy Australia to do well. It's the third time Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock have played together and they've been a bit unlucky having lost in the quarter-finals twice before - both times to Wales. If they pay Wales, it wouldn't be until the final this year. Australia could go all the way."

"For me, it's one of my favourite events in the calendar. It just has a different dynamic in the fact that players are so used to playing as individuals and this event has that doubles element which makes it sometimes unpredictable.

"It's quite a short format in those opening rounds and there are some really tough opening draws."

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"Canada are taking on Ireland and with Jeff Smith and Matt Campbell in their team, they're both very capable players so that could be a potential banana skin for Ireland.

"Also England facing the Czech Republic. I think that's a really, really tough match for both with the fiery Adam Gawlas and Karel Sedlacek having experience of playing together. I think that really is a big thing, especially in pairs competition that you're comfortable with your partner.

"This is the first time Michael Smith and James Wade have played together so it's a question of how well and how quickly they can gel because in that short-format matches you have to kind of hit the floor running."

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"I'm really interested to see the USA because I think the pairing of Danny Baggish and Jules van Dongen is really strong.

"I'm also keen to see how Justin Hewitt and Craig Galliano get on for Gibraltar against Northern Ireland because they're both doing well on the Development Tour and they're both very, very committed to darts. Galliano played the event as an 18-year-old. There's some really good young talent coming through in Gibraltar."

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"I like pairs because it's something different from a playing point of view and as a spectator. It's a different layer, a different element, and makes it stand out from all the other tournaments.

"I would like to see more pairs instead of the singles. The way it is at the moment it's seemingly the fairest way with two singles but it would be quite good to maybe trial doubles first perhaps and see how it goes. Unless it goes 1-1 we don't see that pairs element after the first round."

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"From a playing point of view, there's nothing better than representing your country because you're so used to playing darts as an individual that the opportunity to go up there and represent your country is a unique opportunity within the PDC.

"It also gives players, who don't play on TV too often, the opportunity to step up. We get to see new faces, new players. Looks at Devon Petersen, who first played in the event 12 years ago, playing alongside Stefan Vermaak, who will be making his debut.

"This event can open doors and can offer opportunities and valuable experience in front of big crowds and TV."

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2022 World Cup of Darts Schedule of Play Thursday June 16 (1800 BST) First Round x8 Denmark vs Singapore New Zealand vs Switzerland Republic of Ireland vs Canada Austria vs Finland Northern Ireland vs Gibraltar Wales vs Philippines Germany vs Spain Netherlands vs Brazil

Friday June 17 (1800 BST) First Round x8 Latvia vs Hungary Poland vs USA Sweden vs South Africa Portugal vs Italy Australia vs Lithuania England vs Czech Republic Scotland vs Hong Kong Belgium vs Japan

Saturday June 18 Afternoon Session (1200 BST) Second Round x4 Evening Session (1800 BST) Second Round x4

Sunday June 19 Afternoon Session (1200 BST) Quarter-Finals Evening Session (1800 BST) Semi-Finals Final

Competing Nations & Pairings Australia - Damon Heta & Simon Whitlock Austria - Mensur Suljovic & Rowby-John Rodriguez Belgium - Dimitri Van den Bergh & Kim Huybrechts Brazil - Diogo Portela & Artur Valle Canada - Jeff Smith & Matt Campbell Czech Republic - Adam Gawlas & Karel Sedlacek Denmark - Vladimir Andersen & Andreas Toft Jörgensen England - Michael Smith & James Wade Finland - Marko Kantele & Aki Paavilainen Germany - Gabriel Clemens & Martin Schindler Gibraltar - Justin Hewitt & Craig Galliano Hong Kong - Lok Yin Lee & Ho Tung Ching Hungary - Nándor Prés & Gergely Lakatos Italy - Guiseppe Di Rocco & Gabriel Rollo Japan - Tomoya Goto & Toru Suzuki Latvia - Madars Razma & Nauris Gleglu Lithuania - Darius Labanauskas & Mindaugas Barauskas Netherlands - Danny Noppert & Dirk van Duijvenbode New Zealand - Ben Robb & Warren Parry Northern Ireland - Daryl Gurney & Brendan Dolan Philippines - Lourence Ilagan & RJ Escaros Poland - Krzysztof Ratajski & Sebastian Bialecki Portugal - Jose de Sousa & Vítor Jerónimo Republic of Ireland - William O'Connor & Steve Lennon Scotland - Peter Wright & John Henderson Singapore - Paul Lim & Harith Lim South Africa - Devon Petersen & Stefan Vermaak Spain - Jose Justicia & Tony Martinez Sweden - Daniel Larsson & Johan Engstrom Switzerland - Stefan Bellmont & Thomas Junghans USA - Danny Baggish & Jules van Dongen Wales - Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton

Format First Round Best of nine legs doubles

Second Round, Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals The second round, quarter-finals & semi-finals will be played as two best of seven leg 501 singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play. In the event of both nations winning one singles match apiece, a best of seven leg 501 doubles match will be played to decide the tie.

Final The final will be played as two best of seven leg 501 Singles matches, with both nations nominating the order in which their players play the first two matches, followed by a best of seven leg 501 doubles match and then reverse singles matches. The first team to win three games is declared the winner.