
AN Irish based Palestinian darts champion says his country is now aiming to play in their first ever WDF World Cup this year - and he wouldn't mind playing against Ireland in it.
However Taiseer Mustafa says he's under no allusions of how difficult a test it would be to face an Ireland team packed with top class players.
Taiseer, who is reigning Palestine national darts champion, told Darts In Ireland: "The top Irish players now play at such a high standard, they are brilliant.
"They score heavy and they take out big finishes. They will be a very strong team at the World Cup."
Taiseer, who is from Ramallah but now lives in Swords, Dublin, says it will be a dream for Palestine to take part in the WDF World Cup in South Korea in September.
It would cap a remarkable couple of years since Palestine only joined the World Darts Federation in 2023, while Taiseer’s brother Riad was their first ever international participant at the 2023 Bahrain Open.
He said: "We are looking for sponsorship as obviously the trip to South Korea does not come cheap.
"It would be great for Palestine to play on the world stage like that."

The Palestine team certainly won't be overawed by the occasion, though, having already tasted some brilliant success at international tournaments.
Last October, Taiseer was part of a four-man Palestine team that competed at the WDF Africa Cup in Egypt, winning bronze medals in the singles, doubles and team events.
Meanwhile in January, Palestine secured more success at the WDF Arab Cup in Bharain, with Taiseer partnering Waseem Oseily to win bronze in the Pairs tournament.
The Palestine team, also made up of Riad Mustafa and Husam Al-Aref also finished joint-third in the tournament with Egypt.
Taiseer said: "It was great for us to do so well in these tournaments and it is gaining us more experience all the time.
"We had some great games against a strong Bahrain team, whose players play against the top PDC players in the Bahrain Darts Masters, and it was just their extra big game experience, and dealing with the nerves at crucial moments, that went in their favour in the end.
"But our game is definitely getting stronger. I play a lot of remote games online too and that is helping me get better."

Meanwhile, Taiseer said he hopes the game will continue to grow in Palestine, with up to 40 players now playing out of clubs in the West Bank.
He said: "Darts has traditionally been seen as just a pub game but it's not really like that any more.
"For a start there wouldn't be many pubs in the West Bank, but kids are playing the game in clubs there now, as are some women, so the game is growing all the time.
"Anybody who plays darts in Palestine knows all about Luke Littler.
"I'm on an Arabic WhatsApp group with about 40 other players and any time there is a PDC event on we tune into it and message each other as the games are going on.
"My personal favourite player is Luke Humphries, while my brother loves Michael van Gerwen, but many others are all about Luke Littler.
"It is a very tough time for us right now in Palestine but we all want to see a future that can be bright and sports like darts can help to make that happen.”
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