Paul Casey and Luke Donald won the World Cup in 2004

The World Cup will be in Barbados in December before switching to Mission Hills in Shenzhen for two years.

"We're disappointed there won't be any European WGC events for the foreseeable future," said European Tour director of international policy Keith Waters.

"We put our arguments forward and basically we lost out."

The WGC comprises five lucrative tournaments played under various formats and all with blue-chip sponsorship.

Courses in Spain and Portugal have held the World Cup in 2004 and 2005, but the extra prize money - rising to �2.7m from the present �2.1m - appears to have swung the decision in China's favour.

When all the WGC events have been played in America not all of us were totally best pleased European Tour executive director George O'Grady

The Mission Hills course will also play host to a world championship for a further 10 years, with the rest of the events set to be held in the United States.

European Tour executive director George O'Grady said he was worried by the American dominance in hosting the events.

"I think it's been well chronicled that when all the WGC events have been played in America not all of us were totally best pleased," he said.

"We have the Open and other events do have stellar fields from time to time.

"I think there is a view that the international television pictures of these WGC events take the message across the world, but I think it takes a very American message.

"That is one that we would do well to be concerned about and we do discuss behind closed doors and in our various board rooms."