One of the most extraordinary confrontations in history Darts World Cup it’s the one between Australia and Belgium in 2015 in which he features Kim Huybrechts AND Paul Nicholson. In the Double Top podcast titled Huybrechts recalled this particular match, after which both players received severe penalties.
Belgium and Australia met in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Darts World Cup. After Simon Whitlock put Australia ahead with a 4-2 victory Ronny HuybrechtsKim Huybrechts had a chance to keep the Belgians’ hopes alive in the match against Paul Nicholson. But rarely has the atmosphere been so hostile on stage, and both players didn’t hold back in celebrating their legs. Kim Huybrechts ultimately won this exciting match 4-3.
The two teams then faced each other again in the deciding pairs match. The situation there was not very friendly either, because a moment later, the gesture at Nicholson’s throat was followed by the same gesture from Kim Huybrechts. Ultimately, victory went to Belgium after Ronny secured the decisive point by hitting the bull’s-eye with a score of 86. Incidentally, Belgium reached the semi-finals that same year after a 2-0 defeat against England.
English-born Paul Nicholson played for many years in Australia
“There wasn’t really much going on during the singles shows,” recalls Kim Huybrechts. “I know Nicholson was particularly angry because he lost after leading 3-0.”
“During the match he made this gesture along his throat and I took it very personally. He later said it had something to do with wrestling, but then my cockiness came to the surface. By the way, the signs ended up costing Paul and both of them a lot of money because we received a fine from PDC in the mail.”
