Germany went into their first match on home soil in the World Cup of Darts against Portugal.
Having taken an early lead, the Germans found themselves pegged back by Portugal.
However, Martin Schindler really stepped up to the plate to take the pressure off debutant Ricardo Pietreczko to ensure they top their group at the end of day one.
Netherlands may have put in the most dominant performance of the World Cup of Darts so far.
Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen destroyed the Italians with a 4-0 whitewash in Frankfurt.
The victory took only seven minutes and showed what a dangerous opponent the Dutch can be in this tournament.
As the World Cup of Darts got started this evening, we had some solid darts to see from quite a few teams.
Here are tonight’s results in full:
Sweden 4-1 Lithuania
Czechia 4-2 Chinese Taipei
Japan 4-3 Croatia
Republic of Ireland 4-2 Gibraltar
Malaysia 4-1 Canada
Hong Kong 4-1 USA
Poland 4-3 South Africa
Belgium 4-1 Latvia
Netherlands 4-0 Italy
Germany 4-2 Portugal
Austria 4-1 Spain
New Zealand 4-0 Finland
New Zealand beat Finland 4-0
Another maximum from Puha puts the Kiwis in control in this one.
Finland just do not have an answer for this New Zealand pair.
Puha returns to notch yet another maximum.
With 86 remaining, Cleaver sets up his partner on 32.
However, Puha may be scoring heavily but he is not looking clinical on his doubles.
Cleaver returns to the oche and misses three match darts.
Harju narrowly misses the bull to claw a leg back and Puha hits double 1 to win the match.
A terrible visit from Cleaver is rectified by Puha.
His partner makes up for it with 177 on his next visit to the oche.
Finland are still in the 300s as Puha narrowly misses two darts at double tops.
Cleaver gets another visit and puts them within one leg of victory.