 At the World Cup of Darts, Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld produced a sensational 117.88 average in their doubles decider against Northern Ireland to whitewash them 4–0 and meet England's Taylor and Lewis in the final.Van Gerwen defeated Taylor 4–0 and Van Barneveld recorded the same scoreline against Lewis.He went into his singles match versus Lewis knowing a win would earn the Dutch pair the title and he did so with a 4–2 success.