The most hard-to-love team in this year’s tournament is definitely Belgium. However, we will see a new lineup this year as Mike De Decker has taken the spot from Kim Huybrecht.

Ranking: 6
Players: Mike De Decker / Dimitri Van Bergh

Mike De Decker surprisingly won the World Grand Prix in autumn 2024, which gave him a big leap in the world rankings — he is now ranked 21st globally. However, his performance in 2025 has been quite inconsistent. Together with the ever-arrogant Dimitri Van Bergh, they form the most disliked pair in the World Cup of Darts.

It will be interesting to see if the players can get along on stage or if their body language will reveal that they don’t like each other!?

In the group, Belgium faces Latvia and the Philippines. The key match will definitely be against the Philippines, which on paper is one of the absolute highlight matches of the group stage. For Belgium to advance far in the tournament, De Decker and Van Bergh will need to put old disputes behind them.