McIlroy and McDowell for Ireland

Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell have been confirmed as the Irish pairing for the World Cup in China in November.

Swedes Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson will defend their title from 26-29 November.

The full list of 28 teams is:

Spain (Sergio Garcia, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano), Sweden (Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson), Ireland (Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell), England (Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher) Germany (Martin Kaymer, Alex Cejka), South Africa (Rory Sabbatini, Richard Sterne), United States (Nick Watney, John Merrick), Australia (Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby) Denmark (Soren Hansen, Soren Kjeldsen), India (Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa), Thailand (Thongchai Jaidee, Pryad Marksaeng), Argentina (Tano Goya, Rafa Echenique) Italy (Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari), Japan (Ryuji Imada, Hiroyuki Fujita), France (Thomas Levet, Christian Cevaer), Taiwan (Lin Wen-Tang, Lu Wei-Chih) New Zealand (David Smail, Danny Lee), South Korea (YE Yang, Charlie Wi), Wales (Stephen Dodd, Jamie Donaldson), Scotland (David Drysdale, Alastair Forsyth) Canada (Graeme Deleat, Stuart Anderson), China (Liang Wen-chong, Zhang Liang-Wei), Singapore (Lam Chih Bing, Mardan Mamat), Philippines (Angelo Que, Marc Pucay) Venezuela (Jhonattan Vegas, Alfredo Adrian), Chile (Martin Ureta, Hugo Leon), Pakistan (Muhammad Munir, Muhammad Shabbir), Brazil (Rafael Barcellos, Ronaldo Francisco).