The Republic of Ireland will take on Northern Ireland in the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Darts after both countries marched into the last eight on Saturday.
Irish pair Keane Barry and Willie O'Connor comfortably defeated unseeded Switzerland's Stefan Bellmont and Alex Fehlmann 8-3 to maintain their progress.
They were never troubled at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, but can expect a much sterner test in Sunday's quarters.
The North, represented by Daryl Gurney and Josh Rock, are fourth seeds (Ireland are eighth) and really flexed their muscles to swat South Africa aside 8-3 in the last 16.
Luke Littler and Luke Humphries suffered a nightmare as defending champions England were dumped out of the competition by hosts Germany.
The world's top two players trailed 2-0 and 5-2 to Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko and eventually went down 8-4.
World champion Littler, who has struggled in Germany in the recent past, was far from his best in front of a partisan crowd in his first appearance in the competition.
Germany's reward is a quarter-final tie against Australia, who routed Argentina 8-1 with Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock proving too strong for Jesus Salate and Victor Guillin despite missing 21 of their 29 attempts at doubles.
Twice-winners Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton secured Wales' passage with a resounding 8-2 win over the Philippines.
The Welsh pair, who claimed the crown in 2020 and 2023, powered their way through to a last eight clash with Hong Kong with the minimum of fuss despite the first three legs going against the darts.
However, Scotland's Peter Wright and Gary Anderson found themselves on the wrong end of a demolition job as they went down 8-0 to the Netherlands in just 15 minutes.
Danny Noppert and world youth champion Gian Van Veen, who took out 130 to claim the fourth leg on Scotland's throw, were in inspired form, averaging 100.2 and converting eight of the 12 darts they had at doubles to breeze through to a meeting with the Czech Republic.
Earlier Hong Kong powered past Sweden 8-4, and the Czechs beat Malaysia 8-3.
A total of 40 teams entered the tournament.
Additional reporting: PA
