As Europe looks to secure a historic Ryder Cup victory on American soil later this year, 20 players hoping to join Luke Donald's side will duke it out in a three-day special teams event this week.
DP World Tour golfers from the UK and Ireland will compete against golfers from continental Europe in a unique competition at the Group Cup at the Abu Dhabi Golf Resort. sky sports golf live broadcast on Friday.
Who plays in it? How does the format work? Will the same players play in the Ryder Cup? Here’s everything you need to know about the tournament…
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What is a Team Cup?
The Team Cup is the DP World Tour's team championship, pitting 10 players from the UK and Ireland against 10 players from continental Europe over three days of match play.
Justin Rose and Francesco Molinari will captain both teams, and the event has been added to the DP World Tour schedule, allowing players to gain more in a Ryder Cup-style competition. experience.
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Donald selected both line-ups in consultation with the two captains before he will lead Team Europe against the United States in this September's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.
How did the players advance?
The top four players in the Dubai 2024 rankings have secured spots on each team, with Donald announcing five captaincy picks for both sides at the end of the season at the DP World Tour Championship.
The final members of both sides were then named after the Nedbank Golf Challenge, the third event of the 2025 Race to Dubai, with both teams containing former Ryder Cup players and a number of DP World Tour rising stars.
Who plays for Great Britain and Ireland?
Tyrell Hatton is the only LIV golfer involved, and he hopes to compete in his fourth consecutive Ryder Cup later this year, Tommy FleetwoodAbu Dhabi HSBC Championship Champion Paul Welling and Matt Wallace All automatically promoted.
Northern Irish Tom McKibbin – Obtained dual PGA Tour membership – Two-time DP World Tour Champion Jordan Smith, Laurie Kanter and Aaron Ray is part of Rose's lineup, Matthew Jordan Complete the UK and Ireland games.
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What about continental Europe?
Thorbjorn OlsenRepresented Europe in the 2018 Ryder Cup and was one of four automatic qualifiers for Molinari's team. Rasmus Hoygaard, Niklas Norgaard and Italian Matteo Manassero Also earn a spot through the Race to Dubai rankings.
Matthew Parvin – First Frenchman to win on PGA Tour in more than 100 years – Antoine Roznerryder cup player Nicola Hoggard and Challenge Tour No. 1 Rasmus Nergaard Peterson Features, Molinari as captain, Roman Langeske Final choice.
What is the format?
Like the Ryder Cup, the Team Cup is a three-day team match play event that includes four-ball, foursomes and singles events, but the big difference is that every player plays in every match.
Two 10-man teams will play a four-ball match on Friday and two four-ball matches on Saturday, with five games played and a maximum of one point allowed in each game.
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Foursomes is a game in which two golfers from one team compete against two golfers from the other team, with the players taking turns hitting the ball, with each team using one ball. In a four-ball game, each player uses his or her own ball, and the lowest-scoring ball from each pair counts toward their side's score.
Each player then returns for Sunday's singles match, earning a total of 25 points over three days.
Who has impressed you at this event before?
The Team Cup (previously known as the Hero Cup) was held for the first time in January 2023, with Molinari leading the continental team to a 14.5 -10.5 win over England and Ireland, captained by Tommy Fleetwood.
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The tournament has similarities to the Seve Trophy, which was named after Seve Ballesteros and was held eight times between 2000 and 2013 for future Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie , Jose Maria Olazabal, Sir Nick Fedor, Paul McGinley and Thomas Bjorn provide captaincy experience.
What does this mean for the Ryder Cup?
Six players taking part in the tournament in 2023 went on to represent Team Europe at the Ryder Cup later that year, with Great Britain and Ireland captain Fleetwood scoring the winning point in a 16.5-11.5 win over the United States in Rome.
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Shane Lowry and Hatton are both part of the Fleetwood squad, as is Robert McIntyre ahead of his Ryder Cup debut, while Nicolai Hoggard and Sepp Straka All in the continental line-up.
Several of the players taking part in the Team Cup are likely to play for Team Europe in New York this September, where Donald's side will be hoping for their first away win since the 'Miracle of Medina' in 2012.
How to watch Team Cup matches?
Sky Sports will broadcast all three days of the event, a first for the 2025 DP World Tour, with live coverage starting at 7am on Friday on the Sky Sports Golf Channel.
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Saturday's doubles match begins at 2.30am, following the second round of the Hawaii PGA Tour Sony Open, with the second foursomes expected to start live at 7am.
Sunday's singles kick off early at 6.30am and you can download the Sky Sports app to follow the dedicated blog, which provides live text commentary, highlights, scores and analysis for all three days.
Viewers can follow reports anytime and anywhere via SkyGo, while non-Sky subscribers can keep up to date with reports or live NOW highlights through Sky Sports. The DP World Tour will be broadcast live exclusively on Sky Sports Golf during the 2025 season.
