Overview

• Twelve group winners advanced to join four seeded nations in the round of 16 after two days of round-robin matches at Frankfurt’s Eissporthalle.
• Top seeds Luke Humphries and Luke Littler will begin their title defence against Germany’s Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko on Saturday.
• Second seeds Wales face the Philippines, third seeds Scotland play the Netherlands and fourth seeds Northern Ireland take on South Africa, while Argentina meet Australia and Switzerland meet Ireland.
• Round-of-16 ties will be best of 15 legs on June 14, leading into a single-day finals event with best-of-19 legs scheduled for Sunday, June 15.
• The £450,000 prize fund awards £80,000 to the winning team and the tournament is broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK.