Luke Humphries and Luke Littler have been dumped out of the World Cup of Darts.
The English pair were beaten by host nation Germany as their title defence ended at the first hurdle.
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After entering in the second round as top seeds, Humphries and Littler failed to get going after being booed by the crowd in Frankfurt.
Instead, Ricardo Pietreczko and Martin Schindler produced a dominant display on home soil to reach the quarter-finals.
After building a comfortable lead, the German duo were able to hold on to win 8-4.
Their victory prompted wild celebrations from the crowd at the Eissporthalle, who had jeered Humphries and Littler during their walk-on.
Having entered the tournament as both top seeds and favourites, the loss left Wayne Mardle stunned on commentary.
The Sky Sports pundit exclaimed: “That is one of the biggest upsets you will see in the World Cup of Darts.”
Their shock exit comes less than 24 hours after both Humphries and Littler were recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Both players are set to receive an MBE for their services to darts.
Following the match-winning dart, a frustrated Littler stormed off the stage.
Meanwhile, his team-mate remained for far longer as he shook hands with his opponents and the referee.
It comes just a year after Humphries had won the tournament alongside Michael Smith, clinching a record fifth English victory.
Meanwhile, the match represented the first time Cool Hand had teamed up with Littler.
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The pair are currently ranked as the top two players in the world as the last two PDC World Darts Championship winners.
In contrast, Schindler and Pietreczko are ranked 18th and 28th in the PDC Order of Merit, respectively.
Phil Taylor and James Wade were previously the world’s top two when they were beaten by Spain at the 2010 World Cup of Darts.
The Spanish pairing of Carlos Rodriguez and Toni Alcinas dumped out the tournament favourites 15 years before Littler and Humphries’ defeat.
Germany will now face either Argentina or Australia on Sunday for a place in the semi-finals.
They have never reached the final of the event in any of their previous 14 appearances.