Madhoo Returns to Winner’s Circle with Event #3 Triumph in Panama

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Norman Madhoo ended his long wait for another Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean Tour title on Sunday, defeating Dean Persad 6-1 in the Event #3 final in Panama City.

The Guyanese veteran, who made four consecutive finals to close out the 2025 CDLC season but came up short in all four, broke through in emphatic fashion to claim his first tour title since 2024.

Madhoo’s title run included a 6-1 quarterfinal win over Costa Rica’s Guillermo Soto before a statement 6-4 semifinal victory over Jesus Salate, ending the Argentine’s remarkable CDLC winning streak.

Salate had entered Event #3 seeking a third consecutive title in Panama and a fifth straight CDLC crown dating back to 2025. Instead, the top seed suffered his first CDLC defeat since Event #4 of the 2025 season, when he also fell in the semifinals — on that occasion to Rashad Sweeting.

The quarterfinals featured a rematch of Saturday’s Event #2 final, with Salate edging 2025 World Cup of Darts teammate Victor Guillin 6-4 to keep his weekend sweep bid alive. However, Madhoo halted the run one round later, holding off the Event #1 and Event #2 champion to reach another final.

Persad continued his own impressive rise, building on his first CDLC quarterfinal appearance in Event #2 by going two steps further on Sunday. The Trinidadian defeated Brazil’s Anderson Viera de Sousa 6-4 in the quarterfinals before seeing off fellow Trinidadian and Event #1 finalist, Joshua Balfour, 6-3 in the semifinals to reach his first CDLC final.

Balfour had earlier produced one of the day’s notable quarterfinal results, defeating second seed Rashad Sweeting 6-3. Sweeting still finished with the top average of the day at 77.47, while Salate led the 180 count with six maximums.

It was a stronger day overall for the seeded players, with five of the top eight advancing to the quarterfinals. The notable absence was Madhoo’s fellow Guyanese standout and former World Cup teammate Sudesh Fitzgerald, who fell in the Last 16 for the third straight event as his 2026 campaign endured a nightmare opening weekend.

For Madhoo, though, Event #3 delivered the long-awaited breakthrough that eluded him at the end of last season. After four straight runner-up finishes to close 2025, the Guyanese star returned to the winner’s circle in Panama and closed the opening weekend of the 2026 CDLC Tour with a statement victory.

Results

Quarterfinals
Jesus Salate (1) 6-4 Victor Guillin (8)
Norman Madhoo (4) 6-1 Guillermo Soto (5)
Rashad Sweeting (2) 3-6 Joshua Balfour
Dean Persad 6-4 Anderson Viera de Sousa

Semifinals
Jesus Salate 4-6 Norman Madhoo
Joshua Balfour 3-6 Dean Persad

Final
Norman Madhoo 6-1 Dean Persad

Salate Storms Past Guillin to Complete Panama Double

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Jesus Salate continued his dominant start to the 2026 Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean Tour on Saturday, defeating 2025 World Cup of Darts teammate Victor Guillin 6-1 in the Event #2 final in Panama City.

The top seed backed up his Event #1 title with another commanding run through the 75-player field, dropping just three legs from the quarterfinals through the final before claiming a second straight title of the weekend.

The victory also extends Salate’s remarkable CDLC winning streak to four consecutive titles dating back to 2025, further strengthening his position at the top of the early-season race.

Salate opened the final stages with a 6-0 whitewash of eighth seed Artur Valle before producing a 6-2 semifinal win over James Walkin, who had advanced to the last four with a 6-3 quarterfinal victory over Jonathan Quiros. His toughest test came earlier in the day, when Costa Rica’s Alex Gutierrez pushed the eventual champion to a deciding leg in the Last 32 before Salate survived to keep his title bid alive.

On the other side of the draw, Guillin delivered a strong knockout run of his own. After surviving a last-leg decider against Rashad Sweeting in the Last 16, the Argentine defeated Trinidad’s Dean Persad 6-1 in the quarterfinals and then ended Guillermo Soto’s run with a 6-3 semifinal win.

The final brought together two familiar faces, with Salate and Guillin having represented Argentina together at the 2025 BetVictor World Cup of Darts. The duo famously thrilled the crowd at Frankfurt’s Eissporthalle last year by winning their group on debut and advancing to the knockout round, but it was Salate who controlled Saturday’s all-Argentine final, running out a 6-1 winner to complete another dominant title charge.

It was a difficult day for the seeded players overall, with only three of the top eight reaching the quarterfinals. Sweeting, one of the players expected to contend deep into the event, struggled to find top form before falling to Guillin in the Last 16.

Soto, meanwhile, continued his strong start to the 2026 campaign by reaching a second consecutive semifinal. The Costa Rican has rediscovered the form that proved elusive toward the end of last season and has quickly established himself as one of the most consistent performers of the opening weekend.

Trinidad’s Dean Persad also enjoyed a breakthrough day, reaching his first CDLC quarterfinal before bowing out to Guillin.

Salate led the statistical charts as well as the results sheet, finishing the day with a tournament-best 82.08 average and a field-leading seven 180s. Guyana’s Norman Madhoo posted the second-highest average of the event at 77.82, while Walkin and Brazil’s Anderson Viera De Sousa each fired in five maximums.

Guillin produced the highest checkout of the day, taking out 136 during his run to the final.

Weekend 1 of the 2026 CDLC Tour concludes Sunday with Event #3 in Panama City, beginning at 1:00 PM local time / 2:00 PM US Eastern.

Results

Quarterfinals
Jesus Salate (1) 6-0 Artur Valle (8)
James Walkin 6-3 Jonathan Quiros
Victor Guillin 6-1 Dean Persad
Guillermo Soto (6) 6-3 Joshua Balfour

Semifinals
Jesus Salate 6-2 James Walkin
Victor Guillin 6-3 Guillermo Soto

Final
Jesus Salate 6-1 Victor Guillin

Balfour and Walkin Power Trinidad and Tobago to BetVictor World Cup of Darts

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Joshua Balfour and James Walkin delivered a dominant final performance in Panama City, defeating Rashad Sweeting and Lorenzo Deveaux of the Bahamas 10-1 to win the CDLC BetVictor World Cup of Darts Qualifier and book Trinidad and Tobago’s place in the 2026 BetVictor World Cup of Darts.

The victory sends Balfour and Walkin to the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany, where they will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the Professional Darts Corporation’s BetVictor World Cup of Darts from June 11-14.

The qualifier featured 28 teams representing 12 countries, beginning with round-robin group play before the top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout rounds. By the end of the night, it was Trinidad and Tobago standing tall, with Balfour and Walkin capping their campaign with a clinical display against the first-time finalist Bahamian pairing.

Both teams were appearing in a World Cup Qualifier final for the first time, but the Trinidad duo settled into the occasion quickly. After taking the opening two legs, Balfour and Walkin briefly saw the Bahamas get on the board in the third, but that proved to be their only concession of the match. From there, Trinidad and Tobago reeled off eight straight legs to complete a 10-1 victory in 47 minutes.

Balfour and Walkin averaged 67.91 as a team, compared with 65.41 for Sweeting and Deveaux, and controlled the scoreboard throughout the contest. Their strongest legs came in Leg 2 and Leg 10, both won in 18 darts with 83.50 leg averages, while Leg 5 was a 17-dart hold that helped push the lead to 4-1 and fully swing the final in their favor.

Sweeting, who became one of the breakout stories of the 2025 World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, had been solid throughout the day alongside Deveaux, but the Bahamian challenge went off the boil in the final. The Bahamas pairing managed just one leg despite several competitive visits, while Balfour and Walkin repeatedly found enough scoring and finishing pressure to keep the match moving in one direction.

Balfour also gained a measure of revenge along the way. In the quarterfinals, he and Walkin edged Argentina’s Jesus Salate and Victor Guillin 5-4, eliminating the reigning qualifier champions and turning the tables on Salate, who had beaten Balfour in the final of the CDLC Tour kickoff event the previous day.

Salate and Guillin had lifted this title in 2025 before making an immediate impression on the World Cup stage, thrilling the crowd at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt by winning their group on debut and advancing to the knockout round. Their title defense in Panama City ended in a last-leg quarterfinal, but only after Balfour and Walkin survived one of the tournament’s defining matches.

That narrow win over Argentina proved to be the key hurdle. After sweeping Brazil’s Roberto Wentz and Claudio Domingues 5-0 in the Last 16, the Trinidad pair survived the quarterfinal thriller against Salate and Guillin before defeating Chile’s Mauricio Carcamo and George Patterson 8-4 in the semifinals. Once in the final, Balfour and Walkin produced their most complete performance of the tournament.

Sweeting and Deveaux also earned their place in the final with a strong knockout run. The Bahamians opened with a 5-1 win over Costa Rica’s Alex Gutierrez and Nelson Hernandez, then defeated fellow Bahamas representatives Nelson Rahming and Navarro Bastian 5-2 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they knocked out 2024 qualifier champions Sudesh Fitzgerald and Norman Madhoo of Guyana, 8-5, to secure their place in the title match.

Fitzgerald and Madhoo’s title defense ended one step short of the final, while Argentina’s reign as defending qualifier champions ended in a quarterfinal deciding leg. The depth of the field was on display across the knockout bracket, with four Last-16 matches going the full distance, including Jamaica’s Michael Pinnock and Vasseon Roye edging Costa Rica’s Guillermo Soto and Jafet Vanegas 5-4, Guyana’s Christopher Lochan and Luis Ramirez-Merlano surviving Panama’s Barry Snyder and Jaime Cerrada 5-4, and Chile’s Carcamo and Patterson defeating Costa Rica’s Jonathan Quiros and Ernesto Jimenez by the same score.

But the night belonged to Trinidad and Tobago.

With a first-time finalist on each side of the stage, Balfour and Walkin seized the moment, powered through the final, and claimed the World Cup ticket with authority. The 10-1 scoreline left no doubt, and Trinidad and Tobago will now carry the CDLC banner to Frankfurt in June.

Knockout Results

Last 16
Rashad Sweeting/Lorenzo Deveaux def. Alex Gutierrez/Nelson Hernandez, 5-1
Nelson Rahming/Navarro Bastian def. Michael Rivas/Mikhael Achong, 5-0
Sudesh Fitzgerald/Norman Madhoo def. David Alzola/Kimberli Rivas, 5-3
Michael Pinnock/Vasseon Roye def. Guillermo Soto/Jafet Vanegas, 5-4
Christopher Lochan/Luis Ramirez-Merlano def. Barry Snyder/Jaime Cerrada, 5-4
Mauricio Carcamo/George Patterson def. Jonathan Quiros/Ernesto Jimenez, 5-4
Joshua Balfour/James Walkin def. Roberto Wentz/Claudio Domingues, 5-0
Jesus Salate/Victor Guillin def. Samuel Marcelo de Olivera/Anderson Viera de Sousa, 5-1

Quarterfinals
Rashad Sweeting/Lorenzo Deveaux def. Nelson Rahming/Navarro Bastian, 5-2
Sudesh Fitzgerald/Norman Madhoo def. Michael Pinnock/Vasseon Roye, 5-2
Mauricio Carcamo/George Patterson def. Christopher Lochan/Luis Ramirez-Merlano, 5-1
Joshua Balfour/James Walkin def. Jesus Salate/Victor Guillin, 5-4

Semifinals
Rashad Sweeting/Lorenzo Deveaux def. Sudesh Fitzgerald/Norman Madhoo, 8-5
Joshua Balfour/James Walkin def. Mauricio Carcamo/George Patterson, 8-4

Final
Joshua Balfour/James Walkin def. Rashad Sweeting/Lorenzo Deveaux, 10-1

Salate Storms to Event #1 Title as 2026 CDLC Tour Opens in Panama City

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Jesus Salate made the perfect start to the 2026 Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean Tour on Friday, dropping just two legs from the quarterfinals onward as he powered to the Event #1 title in Panama City, Panama.

The top seed from Argentina led the 71-player field with an 83.13 tournament average across six matches and finished the day in emphatic style, whitewashing Trinidad’s Joshua Balfour 6-0 in the final to claim the opening title of the new CDLC season.

Salate’s dominant march through the closing rounds began with a 6-1 quarterfinal win over Artur Valle, before he brushed aside fourth-seeded Guillermo Soto by the same scoreline in the semifinals. Soto had earlier produced one of the day’s most convincing last-eight performances, eliminating fifth seed Roberto Wentz 6-0.

On the opposite side of the draw, Balfour produced the comeback of the day — and one of the most remarkable escapes in recent CDLC play — in his semifinal clash with fellow Trinidadian James Walkin. Trailing 5-0, Balfour survived 13 match darts from Walkin before completing a stunning 6-5 turnaround to reach the final.

Balfour had already ended the run of Victor Guillin in the quarterfinals, defeating the Argentinian 6-2 and denying Guillin the chance to keep pace with Salate at the top of the early points race. Guillin, Salate’s Team Argentina partner at last year’s World Cup of Darts, entered the weekend as one of the key names to watch, but was stopped short of the semifinals by Balfour’s strong run through the bottom half of the bracket.

Walkin also impressed on the day, defeating third seed Norman Madhoo 6-2 in the quarterfinals before narrowly missing out on a place in the final. He finished level with Salate atop the 180 count, with both players firing in four maximums across the tournament.

Second seed Sudesh Fitzgerald was another notable casualty, falling in the Last 16 as the opening event delivered early movement in the race for CDLC ranking points.

For Salate, however, Event #1 was a statement performance. The top seed controlled the business end of the bracket, led the field statistically, and closed the tournament with a clean-sheet victory in the final to take the first title of the 2026 campaign.

The CDLC Tour continues Saturday from Panama City with the region’s World Cup of Darts Qualifier at 3:00 PM local time, followed by Events #2 and #3 of the Tour on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Quarterfinals

Jesus Salate (1) def. Artur Valle, 6-1
Guillermo Soto (4) def. Roberto Wentz (5), 6-0
Joshua Balfour def. Victor Guillin, 6-2
James Walkin def. Norman Madhoo (3), 6-2

Semifinals

Jesus Salate def. Guillermo Soto, 6-1
Joshua Balfour def. James Walkin, 6-5

Final

Jesus Salate def. Joshua Balfour, 6-0

CDC/CDLC Agree to Three-Year Extension of PDC Affiliate Tour Agreement

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NEW AGREEMENT SEES BOOST TO PRIZE FUND, INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE

LONDON/CHICAGO, December 24th, 2025 – Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) and its subsidiary, Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean (CDLC), in conjunction with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) today announce a three-year extension of their Affiliate Agreement. This extension, part of a large-scale initiative by the PDC to increase support for the game of darts at the highest levels across the globe, will see CDC (in North America) and CDLC (in Latin America and the Caribbean) remain at the center of professional darts across the hemisphere until at least 2028.

With the agreement comes an immediate increase to the prize fund on the CDC circuit, with a minimum of $250,000 paid-out across 16 events, the Cross Border Challenge and Continental Cup in 2026 and eyes towards further increases in the coming years. In addition, the following international opportunities are available to players in the CDC/CDLC ecosystem:

  • The CDC Tour Points leaders from the US and Canada at the conclusion of each year will receive a berth in the PaddyPower World Darts Championship, to be joined by the CDLC Tour Champion, CDC Continental Cup and CDC Cross Border Darts Challenge champions and the winner of the North American Darts Championship.
  • The top 8 players at the conclusion of each CDC and CDLC season will receive complimentary entry to PDC Q-School, with both Tour Champions receiving an exemption through to the second stage.
  • The Winmau World Masters will see the top-8 players on each tour compete in the preliminary round, vying to earn a spot in the main event to join the top-24 on the PDC Order of Merit on one of the biggest stages in darts.
  • Berths in the BetVictor World Cup of Darts for select nations as-available

“This is a huge show of support for all our Global Affiliate Tours and possibly the most significant announcement ever for the worldwide growth of darts,” said PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter. “We have worked hard alongside our local partners in each region to build their calendars and provide increased opportunities and pathways for their players – and the results we are starting to see in our Premier events, plus the growing spread of Tour Card Holders, shows that we are heading in the right direction to achieve our goal of truly globalizing professional darts.

Peter Citera, CEO of Championship Darts Corporation, said “We continue to see exponential growth in our sport across this hemisphere. This agreement provides certainty for our player base and demonstrates the shared commitment that the PDC, CDC and CDLC have in continuing to bring darts into the mainstream of the sporting landscape in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. I believe the next three years will truly be the brightest in the history of the sport on this side of the globe and look forward to working with Matt, Dave Allen and the rest of the PDC staff to take the game into the stratosphere.”

The 2026 CDC Tour will kick-off in Deer Lake, NL, Canada with the Cross Border Darts Challenge on April 17-18 and CDLC play will commence with weekend 1 on the CDLC Tour in Panama City April 23-26. Further details on both Tours will be released shortly.

The full announcement from the PDC can be found at: https://www.pdc.tv/news/2025/12/24/global-boost-pdcs-new-ps3-million-plus-investment-affiliate-tours

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Salate Clinches Ally Pally Berth with Santiago Sweep

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Argentina’s Jesus Salate left no doubt.

The 2025 CDLC Tour came to a thrilling conclusion on Sunday in Santiago, with Salate sweeping the weekend in dominant fashion, capping off the last event of the year with another 6-0 demolition of Norman Madhoo in the final – identical to his performance the day prior.

While Saturday’s title put the Argentinian squarely in control of the Tour Points race, it was his 6-3 semifinal win over Rashad Sweeting that sealed the deal. Sweeting started strong and led 2–1, but Salate found another gear, punishing missed doubles and reeling off three consecutive legs from 3–3 to punch his ticket to the PDC PaddyPower World Darts Championship.

The final itself was over in just 14 minutes, with Salate producing relentless scoring and flawless finishes, showing no signs of easing up despite having already secured the points title.

Norman Madhoo, ever-consistent, reached his fifth final in six events but once again came up short – unable to convert any into a title. He finishes the season in a distant third behind Salate and Sweeting on the Tour Points List, putting his quest for a fifth World Championship appearance on hold until 2026.

In other standout performances:

  • Costa Rica’s Guillermo Soto pushed Salate hard in the quarters for the second day in a row but couldn’t hold his early advantage.

  • Bahamian Nelson Rahming made his first quarterfinal of the year, notching impressive wins over Navarro Bastian and Fitzroy Ellison.

  • Guyanese standout Sudesh Fitzgerald found the form that has been eluding him for much of the year, reaching the semis where he narrowly fell to his countryman 6-3.

Salate led the field in both scoring and power. His 85.12 average across 40 legs was the best on the day and four 180s put him ahead of Sweeting and Fitzgerald by one/

With four CDLC titles this season, Jesus Salate stands atop the Latin America and Caribbean Tour and will now carry the hopes of Argentina and all Latin America to Alexandra Palace this December.

QUARTERFINALS:
Rashad Sweeting (1) 6-4 Daniel Riveros
Jesus Salate (4) 6-4 Guillermo Soto (5)
Sudesh Fitzgerald (2) 6-3 Jonathan Heron (7)
Norman Madhoo (3) 6-2 Nelson Rahming

SEMIFINALS:
Rashad Sweeting 3-6 Jesus Salate
Sudesh Fitzgerald 3-6 Norman Madhoo

FINAL:
Jesus Salate 6-0 Norman Madhoo

Salate Shines in Santiago

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Jesus Salate delivered a statement performance in the penultimate event of the 2025 Championship Darts Latin America & Caribbean Tour, storming through the field at CDLC Tour Event #5 in Santiago without dropping a single leg in the final. His 6–0 demolition of Norman Madhoo capped off a brilliant day that saw him seize control of the race for a spot at the PDC World Darts Championship.

Entering the event two points behind Bahamian rival Rashad Sweeting, Salate’s path to the title – and the Tour Points lead – included a critical semifinal win over Sweeting himself, followed by clinical dominance in the final. The Argentinian now holds an 8-point edge heading into Sunday’s finale and is on the cusp of a dream debut at Alexandra Palace. For Sweeting to reclaim the top spot, he’ll need to win Event #6 and hope Salate fails to make the final.

The event marked Salate’s third CDLC title of the season, with Sweeting owning the other two. The match of the quarterfinal round may have come from Costa Rica’s Guillermo Soto, who pushed Salate to the limit before missed doubles proved costly. Soto’s upset bid could’ve all but clinched Sweeting’s World Championship return, but Salate held firm and never looked back.

Jamaica’s Jonathon Heron continued his rise on the Tour, reaching the semifinals in his return to action after a finals appearance in Panama. Meanwhile, Guyana’s Norman Madhoo made his fourth final of the season but saw his slim bid for a fifth World Championship appearance dashed by the consistency of both Salate and Sweeting. His countryman and former World Cup of Darts partner, Sudesh Fitzgerald exited early at the hands of Costa Rica’s Jafet Vanegas.

Statistically, Salate topped the field with an 85.10 average over 36 legs and shared the 180 lead with Heron — both hitting five. The storyline now turns to Sunday’s Event #6, where the World Championship berth and Tour title will be decided at 2:00 PM local time.

QUARTERFINALS:
Rashad Sweeting (1) 6-0 Daniel Riveros
Jesus Salate (4) 6-4 Guillermo Soto (5)
Jafet Vanegas 3-6 Jonathan Heron (7)
Norman Madhoo (3) 6-2 Roberto Wentz (6)

SEMIFINALS:
Rashad Sweeting 2-6 Jesus Salate
Jonathon Heron 4-6 Norman Madhoo

FINAL:
Jesus Salate 6-0 Norman Madhoo

Sweeting Sweeps to Third CDLC Title in Panama City

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Rashad Sweeting powered to his third career CDLC Main Tour title on Sunday, producing a dominant 6-0 victory over Jamaica’s Jonathon Heron in the final of Event 2 in Panama City.

The Bahamian star, who captured headlines with his historic World Darts Championship debut last December, was in impressive form throughout the day. Sweeting edged past Jesus Salate 6-5 in the quarterfinals and took out top seed Sudesh Fitzgerald 6-2 in the semifinals before racing to a whitewash win in the final.

Sweeting’s 76.48 tournament average was second only to Salate’s 81.09, but it was his finishing that made the difference on the final day of the Panama City weekend. He also topped the 180 chart, landing six maximums across his matches.

Heron made history of his own by becoming the first Jamaican player to reach a CDLC Main Tour final, narrowly edging out Brazil’s Artur Valle 6-5 in the semifinals after seeing off Costa Rican, Jonathan Quiros, in the last eight.

Fitzgerald, who had reached the final of Event 1, continued his consistent run with a semifinal appearance, falling just short of another title shot. Meanwhile, Trinidad’s James Walkin finished second behind Sweeting in the 180 race, firing in four on the day.

The CDLC Tour resumes action July 25-27 in Freeport, Bahamas, as players look to continue their push toward World Championship qualification.

Salate Stays Hot in Maiden CDLC Win

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Jesus Salate remained in blistering form as he stormed through the field in Panama City to claim his first CDLC Main Tour title, edging Sudesh Fitzgerald 6-5 to win Event 1 on the 2025 Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean (CDLC) circuit on Saturday.

Fresh off leading Argentina to World Cup qualification on Friday alongside Victor Guillin, Salate extended his winning streak with another impressive run. The eighth seed powered through Bruno Amaro 6-0 in the quarterfinals and outlasted fourth seed Rashad Sweeting 6-4 in the semis before battling through a tense final against Fitzgerald.

The title match saw both players miss nine match darts in a nervy deciding leg, but it was Salate who finally found the winning double to lift the trophy. Fitzgerald averaged 72.47 in the final compared to Salate’s 71.84, but it was Salate’s superior scoring that told the story of the day, leading the field with six 180s and an 80.08 overall average, bolstered by an 88.79 first nine.

Fitzgerald’s path to the final included dominant wins over Robin Allbury and Victor Guillin, the latter of whom battled through a tough draw featuring seeded opponents in three consecutive matches.

Salate went 36-9 in legs on the day to Fitzgerald’s 35-10, highlighting just how little separated the two in what was a thrilling start to the 2025 CDLC season.

Weekend 1 on the 2025 CDLC Tour comes to a close on Sunday with Event #2 from Panama City.

Argentina’s Salate and Guillin Make History with World Cup Qualification

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Jesus Salate and Victor Guillin made history on Friday, clinching Argentina’s first-ever berth in the Professional Darts Corporation BetVictor World Cup of Darts with a dominant run at the Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean (CDLC) World Cup Qualifier.

The duo averaged 81.16 across four knockout matches on the day, sealing their spot in Frankfurt with a commanding 7-2 victory over Costa Rica’s Jason Calderon and Jonathan Quiros in the final. Salate and Guillin were in control from the outset, producing a polished performance to cap a dominant day that began with a perfect group stage.

The Argentines’ road to glory included a semifinal triumph over defending champions Norman Madhoo and Sudesh Fitzgerald, ending Team Guyana’s hopes of back-to-back World Cup appearances with a 6-2 win. In the quarterfinals, Salate and Guillin held off a spirited challenge from Bahamian pair Rashad Sweeting and Lorenzo Deveaux, edging through a last-leg decider to keep their title hopes alive.

Over the course of the event, Salate and Guillin compiled a 30-10 leg record, hitting six 180s between them — four coming from Guillin — and showcasing their consistency in both the round-robin and knockout phases. Calderon and Quiros, who impressed throughout the day and reached the final by defeating fellow countrymen Jafet Vanegas and Guillermo Soto 6-1, averaged 74.80 in the final but were unable to match Argentina’s relentless pace.

Following Team Guyana’s breakthrough in 2024, Argentina becomes the second consecutive CDLC nation to debut at the World Cup, with Salate and Guillin set to make their mark in Frankfurt from June 12-15.

The CDLC weekend continues with Events 1 and 2 on the 2025 CDLC Tour, set for Saturday and Sunday.