World Cup of Darts: Wales' Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton lose in semi-finals

Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton defeated England 3-0 in the 2020 final to win the World Cup of Darts for the first time

Wales' Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton were unable to defend their World Cup of Darts title, losing 2-1 to Scotland in the semi-finals.

Price was beaten 4-2 by John Henderson in his singles match but Clayton beat Peter Wright 4-2 to take the match to a deciding doubles contest.

Wright and Henderson won the pairs match 4-3 to advance to the final.

The Scots went on to defeat Austria pair Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez 3-1 to take the 2021 title.

Defending champions Wales had secured their place in the semi-finals with victory over Australia in Jena, Germany.

Price beat Simon Whitlock 4-1 while Clayton beat Damon Heta 4-3.

Scotland advanced to the semi-finals after Henderson and Wright beat the Dutch pair of Michael van Gerwen and Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Wales had beaten Lithuania in the quarter-finals, Price defeating Mindaugas Barauskas 4-2 although Clayton was beaten 4-2 by Darius Labanauskas.

But in the deciding set, Clayton and Price won the pairs 4-3 to set up their last eight game against Australia.

The World Cup is the only chance in the PDC calendar for players to play for their countries.

This was the 32-nation annual tournament's eleventh edition.

Price and Clayton have dominated darts since winning the title for the first time in Salzburg last November.

Price, 36, has won the 2021 World Championship, became world number one and won a European Tour title and two Players Championship titles.

Clayton, 46, has won the 2021 Masters, 2021 Premier League of Darts and two Players Championships titles.

Price went into this year's tournament having recently won the inaugural Hungarian Darts Trophy, his fourth European Tour title.