2019 PDC World Darts Championship

The 2019 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 26th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 December 2018 to 1 January 2019.

2019 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates13 December 2018 –
1 January 2019
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£2,500,000
Winner's share£500,000
High checkout170 Brendan Dolan
170 Luke Humphries
170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2018 2020»

In the biggest overhaul since 2006, when 16 extra participants were added, the number of participants increased from 72 to 96. The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit competed with the 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and 32 qualifiers from around the world, including two female darts players. The tournament length was consequently increased from six to seven rounds, while the preliminary round was dropped. The tournament was played in 28 afternoon and evening sessions (an increase of six sessions over 2018) over the 20-day period with four rest days included for both Christmas and also New Year’s Eve, with 95 matches played.

Rob Cross was the defending champion, but lost 4–2 to Luke Humphries in the fourth round. Michael van Gerwen won his third world title with a 7–3 victory over Michael Smith.

It was the first PDC World Championship without retired Phil Taylor, and the first time Taylor had not played in either World Championship since 1989. 2004 runner-up Kevin Painter was also a notable absentee, failing to qualify for the first time since 1997, when he was a BDO player.

Background and qualification
Alexandra Palace, London, hosted the PDC World Championship for the twelfth time.

The 2018/2019 PDC World Darts Championship was the 26th World Darts Championship to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; and the twelfth to be held at Alexandra Palace, London. It was held between 13 December 2018 and 1 January 2019, the culmination of the 2018 Professional Darts Corporation season.[1] 96 players competed in the championship, an increase of 24 from the 2018 tournament;[2] with the thirty-two highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded to the second round, and the next thirty-two highest ranked players from the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and thirty-two players from a number of international and invitational qualifiers going into the first round.

Michael van Gerwen, the winner of the 2014 and 2017 championships, was top of the two-year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament.[3] Rob Cross was second seed and reigning champion, having won the 2018 championship on his debut.[3] As well as van Gerwen and Cross, three other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds, two-time champions Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis, and 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld. Three other seeds, 18th seeded Stephen Bunting, 20th seeded Steve Beaton and 24th seeded Jelle Klaasen, were previous champions of the BDO World Darts Championship, as was van Barneveld.[3]

The top seeds below van Gerwen and Cross were 2018 World Grand Prix runner-up Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, 2018 Players Championship Finals winner Daryl Gurney and 2018 Grand Slam of Darts winner Gerwyn Price.[3]

Danny Noppert, in his debut year with the PDC, was the highest ranked non-seed on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit.[3] As well as Noppert, 5 other qualifiers through the Pro Tour made their debut; Gabriel Clemens, Ryan Joyce, Nathan Aspinall, Ryan Searle and Matthew Edgar.[4] Edgar took the final qualification place after 2018 UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby withdrew.[3] The list of qualifiers also included the 2018 Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh and 2018 World Matchplay semi-finalist Jeffrey de Zwaan.[3]

As part of the expansion of the world championship, there was an increase in the number of tournaments and ranking systems offering qualification places. Places were now offered to the winner of the Challenge Tour, the top two from the Development Tour (where previously only the winner had qualified), the top four of the new Asian Tour, and the top American and Canadian players on the North American Championship Darts Circuit. Previous qualification places to the top two players on the Nordic & Baltic rankings and the winner of the Dartplayers Australia rankings also remained.[2]

The international qualifiers included new Indian and African qualifiers, and the Southern Europe qualifier being split into South/West and South/East. Tahuna Irwin, who won the New Zealand qualifier, had to withdraw after being denied entry to the UK, and subsequently being banned from entry, when attempting to compete in the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. His place was given to the New Zealand runner-up, Craig Ross.[5]

The tournament also saw two tournaments to qualify female players for the tournament. This followed the wildcard invitations of Gayl King to the 2001 tournament and Anastasia Dobromyslova to the 2009 tournament, and also came in the wake of the qualification of China's Momo Zhou for the 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts.[2] Dobromyslova, three times BDO women's world champion, returned to the PDC championship after winning the rest of the world tournament,[6] while the UK tournament was won by four time women's world champion, and reigning 2018 champion, Lisa Ashton.[7]

The final placings were determined by the PDPA qualifier held at Arena MK on 26 November, with two places as standard and an extra place as Youth Champion Van den Bergh had already qualified. Stephen Burton, Adam Hunt and Aden Kirk took the three places, all three of them making their debuts.[8]

In addition to the three PDPA qualifiers, 15 more of the international qualifiers were making their PDC World Championship debuts, Lisa Ashton,[7] James Bailey,[9] Kevin Burness,[10] Nitin Kumar,[11] Darius Labanauskas,[12] Daniel Larsson,[12] Yuanjun Liu,[13] Jim Long,[14] Noel Malicdem,[15] Yordi Meeuwisse,[16] Geert Nentjes,[17] Chuck Puleo,[14] Craig Ross,[5] Karel Sedláček[18] and Raymond Smith.[19] Labanauskas was the first ever Lithuanian to qualify for the PDC World Championship.[4]

Qualifiers

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Notes
  1. Corey Cadby, who was originally 28th on the Pro Tour list, was forced to withdraw from the field, with Matthew Edgar his replacement as the highest ranked Pro Tour player not yet qualified.
  2. Tahuna Irwin, winner of the DPNZ Qualifier,[25] was banned from entering the United Kingdom following an issue when attempting to enter for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. Craig Ross, the runner-up of the DPNZ Qualifier, was his replacement.[26][27][5]

Prize money
Number-one seed Michael van Gerwen won the World Championship for the third time in his career.

The prize money for the tournament was £2,500,000 in total, £700,000 more than 2018. The winner's prize money was £500,000, adding £100,000 to the previous year's winners share.[2]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £2,500,000)
Winner (1) £500,000
Runner-up (1) £200,000
Semi-finalists (2) £100,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £50,000
Fourth round losers (8) £35,000
Third round losers (16) £25,000
Second round losers (32) £15,000
First round losers (32) £7,500

Tournament summary
Michael Smith, the tenth seed, was runner-up after reaching his first World Championship final.

The top quarter of the draw saw number one seed Michael van Gerwen easily reach the quarter-final, knocking Alan Tabern out in the second round despite having beer thrown at him during the walk on,[29] before consecutive 4–1 victories over Max Hopp[30] and former world champion Adrian Lewis.[31] Other former champion Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated in the second round following a 3–2 loss to Darius Labanauskas.[32] James Wade controversially beat Seigo Asada in the second round, having been perceived to have shouted in his opponent's face after winning the second set, and saying after the match that he "wanted to hurt" Asada;[33] Wade subsequently apologised, citing a hypomania episode.[34] Wade was eliminated in the fourth round by debutant Ryan Joyce.[35] In the quarter-final, van Gerwen triumphed over Joyce, 5–1, to qualify for the semi-final for the sixth time in seven championships.[36]

In the second quarter, fourth seed Gary Anderson had to come through last-set deciders against Jermaine Wattimena[30] and Chris Dobey[31] to reach the quarter-final, while fifth-seed Daryl Gurney was eliminated in the third round by 2018 semi-finalist Jamie Lewis.[30] Dave Chisnall came back from 0–2 down against Josh Payne to run off eleven consecutive sets over three matches, beating Payne 3–2[37] before 4–0 wins over Kim Huybrechts[30] and Lewis.[35] In the quarter-final, Anderson won 5–2 against Chisnall to set up a semi-final with van Gerwen.[36]

In the third quarter, reigning champion Rob Cross defeated Jeffrey de Zwaan in the second round,[38] before beating Cristo Reyes 4–0 in the third round.[39] Two-time consecutive world youth champion Dimitri Van den Bergh was beaten by two-time consecutive Development Tour winner Luke Humphries in the third round.[40] In round four, Humphries played Cross. The defending champion went 2–0 up, before Humphries fought back to win 4–2 and end Cross's reign.[35] Seventh-seed Mensur Suljović was eliminated by Ryan Searle,[41] and tenth-seed Michael Smith eliminated Ron Meulenkamp[42] before beating John Henderson[43] and Searle to reach the quarter-final.[44] Smith secured a semi-final slot with a 5–1 win over Humphries.[36]

In the fourth quarter, the four top seeds were eliminated in the second round, with third-seed Peter Wright losing to Toni Alcinas,[45] sixth-seed Gerwyn Price being eliminated by Nathan Aspinall,[46] eleventh-seeded Ian White losing to South African Devon Petersen[46] and Brendan Dolan whitewashing fourteenth seed Joe Cullen.[47] Further seeds were eliminated in the third round, with thirtieth seed Benito van de Pas being the only seed from this quarter in the fourth round,[31] and unseeded players Aspinall, Petersen and Dolan taking the other three slots. Aspinall defeated Petersen, with Dolan getting a 4–1 win over van de Pas to reach the quarter-final.[35] In the quarter-final, Aspinall easily beat Dolan 5–1 to reach the semi-final on his debut year.[36]

In the first semi-final, Aspinall played Smith. Smith won the first two sets without dropping a leg, before Aspinall came back to make it 2–2. Each player won one of the next two sets to make it 3–3, before Smith won two consecutive sets 3–1 and the final set 3–0 to win the match and qualify for the first World Championship final of his career. Smith scored 17 180s, the most by a player in a World Championship semi-final.[48]

In the second semi-final, Anderson played van Gerwen in a repeat of the 2017 final. After van Gerwen won the first set in a last-leg decider, he then won twelve of the next thirteen legs to quickly take a 5–0 lead in the first-to-six match. Anderson managed to avoid the whitewash by winning the sixth set, but van Gerwen completed the rout in the next set,[49] qualifying for the final for the fourth time in his career.[50]

In the final, held on New Year's Day 2019, van Gerwen won the first two legs before missing one set-dart in each of the next two legs for Smith to force a last-leg set decider, which van Gerwen won. Van Gerwen broke Smith's throw with a 3–1 win in the second set, and lengthened his lead by taking the third set by the same scoreline. Smith lost the fourth set after missing four darts at double 12 in the decider, but won the fifth set 3–2 to avoid the whitewash and took the sixth set 3–0. Van Gerwen restored his three-set advantage with a 3–1 win in the seventh set. Smith missed three darts for the eighth set, which van Gerwen won to go one set away from victory. The ninth set went to a deciding leg, which Smith won to prolong the match. Van Gerwen took the first two legs in the tenth set, and missed one dart for the championship in the third leg; in the next, he hit double 16 to take the set and win the World Championship for the third time.[51][52][53]

Schedule
Thursday, 13 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
011 Jeffrey de Zwaan3 – 0Nitin Kumar 3 – 03 – 23 – 1N/AN/A
021 Martin Schindler2 – 3Cody Harris 1 – 33 – 10 – 33 – 11 – 3
031 Jan Dekker3 – 1Lisa Ashton 0 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 1N/A
042 Rob Cross3 – 1Jeffrey de Zwaan 0 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1N/A
Friday, 14 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
051 Michael Barnard3 – 2José de Sousa 3 – 23 – 22 – 31 – 33 – 2
061 Alan Tabern3 – 2Raymond Smith 3 – 13 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 0
071 Paul Nicholson0 – 3Kevin Burness 2 – 31 – 31 – 3N/AN/A
082 Jamie Lewis3 – 2Cody Harris 3 – 13 – 12 – 32 – 33 – 0
091 Danny Noppert3 – 0Royden Lam 3 – 13 – 03 – 0N/AN/A
101 Simon Stevenson0 – 3Ted Evetts 2 – 32 – 31 – 3N/AN/A
111 Chris Dobey3 – 0Boris Koltsov 3 – 03 – 03 – 2N/AN/A
122 Gary Anderson3 – 1Kevin Burness 3 – 21 – 33 – 03 – 0N/A
Saturday, 15 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
131 Richard North3 – 2Robert Marijanović 2 – 32 – 33 – 23 – 23 – 1
141 Mickey Mansell1 – 3Jim Long 3 – 22 – 30 – 32 – 3N/A
151 Josh Payne3 – 2Jeff Smith 1 – 33 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 0
162 Max Hopp3 – 0Danny Noppert 3 – 03 – 13 – 2N/AN/A
171 Toni Alcinas3 – 0Craig Ross 3 – 03 – 03 – 1N/AN/A
181 Ryan Searle3 – 0Stephen Burton 3 – 23 – 03 – 1N/AN/A
191 Keegan Brown3 – 0Karel Sedláček 3 – 23 – 23 – 1N/AN/A
202 Michael van Gerwen3 – 1Alan Tabern 3 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 2N/A
Sunday, 16 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
211 Gabriel Clemens3 – 0Aden Kirk 3 – 03 – 13 – 2N/AN/A
221 William O'Connor3 – 0Yordi Meeuwisse 3 – 13 – 23 – 2N/AN/A
231 Brendan Dolan3 – 0Yuanjun Liu 3 – 03 – 03 – 1N/AN/A
242 Dave Chisnall3 – 2Josh Payne 0 – 30 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1
251 Luke Humphries3 – 0Adam Hunt 3 – 13 – 03 – 0N/AN/A
261 Matthew Edgar1 – 3Darius Labanauskas 3 – 11 – 31 – 30 – 3N/A
271 Ross Smith3 – 1Paul Lim 3 – 23 – 00 – 33 – 0N/A
282 Peter Wright1 – 3Toni Alcinas 2 – 31 – 33 – 02 – 3N/A
Monday, 17 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
291 Vincent van der Voort3 – 1Lourence Ilagan 3 – 11 – 33 – 23 – 2N/A
301 Wayne Jones2 – 3Devon Petersen 2 – 30 – 33 – 03 – 22 – 3
311 Ryan Joyce3 – 0Anastasia Dobromyslova 3 – 13 – 03 – 2N/AN/A
322 Raymond van Barneveld2 – 3Darius Labanauskas 1 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 20 – 3
Tuesday, 18 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
331 Robert Thornton1 – 3Daniel Larsson 1 – 33 – 21 – 32 – 3N/A
341 Ricky Evans1 – 3Rowby-John Rodriguez 2 – 33 – 11 – 32 – 3N/A
351 Krzysztof Ratajski2 – 3Seigo Asada 3 – 23 – 12 – 31 – 31 – 3
362 Darren Webster0 – 3Vincent van der Voort 1 – 30 – 30 – 3N/AN/A
371 Steve Lennon3 – 0James Bailey 3 – 13 – 23 – 1N/AN/A
381 Ron Meulenkamp3 – 2Diogo Portela 0 – 31 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 1
391 Dimitri Van den Bergh3 – 0Chuck Puleo 3 – 03 – 13 – 2N/AN/A
402 Daryl Gurney3 – 0Ross Smith 3 – 23 – 03 – 0N/AN/A
Wednesday, 19 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
411 Nathan Aspinall3 – 0Geert Nentjes 3 – 13 – 13 – 2N/AN/A
421 Jeffrey de Graaf2 – 3Noel Malicdem 1 – 33 – 13 – 21 – 30 – 3
432 Joe Cullen0 – 3Brendan Dolan 0 – 30 – 31 – 3N/AN/A
442 Kim Huybrechts3 – 0Daniel Larsson 3 – 03 – 03 – 0N/AN/A
452 James Wilson2 – 3William O'Connor 3 – 11 – 31 – 33 – 21 – 3
462 Simon Whitlock0 – 3Ryan Joyce 2 – 31 – 31 – 3N/AN/A
472 Michael Smith3 – 1Ron Meulenkamp 3 – 23 – 11 – 33 – 1N/A
482 James Wade3 – 2Seigo Asada 1 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 14 – 2
Thursday, 20 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
492 Jermaine Wattimena3 – 0Michael Barnard 3 – 23 – 13 – 0N/AN/A
502 Alan Norris3 – 2Steve Lennon 2 – 33 – 02 – 33 – 26 – 5
512 Stephen Bunting1 – 3Luke Humphries 2 – 31 – 33 – 12 – 3N/A
522 Steve Beaton0 – 3Chris Dobey 2 – 30 – 30 – 3N/AN/A
532 Cristo Reyes3 – 2Rowby-John Rodriguez 2 – 32 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 0
542 Mervyn King3 – 2Jan Dekker 3 – 23 – 02 – 32 – 34 – 2
552 Adrian Lewis3 – 0Ted Evetts 3 – 23 – 23 – 1N/AN/A
562 Mensur Suljović1 – 3Ryan Searle 3 – 11 - 31 – 31 – 3N/A
Friday, 21 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
572 Benito van de Pas3 – 2Jim Long 3 – 13 – 10 – 32 – 35 – 3
582 John Henderson3 – 2Gabriel Clemens 3 – 22 – 32 – 33 – 23 – 1
592 Steve West3 – 1Richard North 3 – 03 – 22 – 33 – 2N/A
602 Kyle Anderson3 – 1Noel Malicdem 3 – 22 – 33 – 23 – 0N/A
612 Ian White2 – 3Devon Petersen 3 – 13 – 01 – 31 – 33 – 5
622 Jelle Klaasen1 – 3Keegan Brown 3 – 20 – 31 – 31 – 3N/A
632 Gerwyn Price2 – 3Nathan Aspinall 3 – 23 – 22 – 31 – 30 – 3
642 Jonny Clayton1 – 3Dimitri Van den Bergh 0 – 33 – 11 – 32 – 3N/A
Saturday, 22 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
653 Ryan Joyce4 – 3Alan Norris 0 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 21 – 33 – 1
663 Dave Chisnall4 – 0Kim Huybrechts 3 – 23 – 23 – 03 – 1N/AN/AN/A
673 Daryl Gurney3 – 4Jamie Lewis 2 – 30 – 33 – 21 – 33 – 03 – 12 – 4
683 Ryan Searle4 – 1William O'Connor 1 – 33 – 13 – 23 – 13 – 0N/AN/A
693 Gary Anderson4 – 3Jermaine Wattimena 2 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 21 – 32 – 35 – 3
703 Michael van Gerwen4 – 1Max Hopp 3 – 03 – 13 – 00 – 33 – 2N/AN/A
Sunday, 23 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
713 Vincent van der Voort3 – 4Chris Dobey 1 – 33 – 20 – 33 – 23 – 00 – 31 – 3
723 Brendan Dolan4 – 2Mervyn King 3 – 13 – 22 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 2N/A
733 James Wade4 – 3Keegan Brown 2 – 32 – 33 – 10 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 1
743 Adrian Lewis4 – 0Darius Labanauskas 3 – 03 – 13 – 13 – 1N/AN/AN/A
753 Nathan Aspinall4 – 1Kyle Anderson 3 – 23 – 11 – 33 – 13 – 2N/AN/A
763 Rob Cross4 – 0Cristo Reyes 3 – 13 – 03 – 23 – 2N/AN/AN/A
Thursday, 27 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
773 Devon Petersen4 – 2Steve West 0 – 33 – 13 – 00 – 33 – 23 – 1N/A
783 Dimitri Van den Bergh1 – 4Luke Humphries 2 – 32 – 33 – 11 – 30 – 3N/AN/A
793 Michael Smith4 – 2John Henderson 2 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 03 – 13 – 0N/A
803 Toni Alcinas2 – 4Benito van de Pas 1 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 22 – 32 – 3N/A
814 Gary Anderson4 – 3Chris Dobey 2 – 31 – 33 – 03 – 22 – 33 – 24 – 2
824 Michael van Gerwen4 – 1Adrian Lewis 3 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 23 – 2N/AN/A
Friday, 28 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
834 Nathan Aspinall4 – 3Devon Petersen 1 – 30 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 21 – 34 – 2
844 Benito van de Pas1 – 4Brendan Dolan 1 – 31 – 30 – 33 – 22 – 3N/AN/A
854 Ryan Joyce4 – 3James Wade 3 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 00 – 33 – 23 – 1
864 Ryan Searle1 – 4Michael Smith 1 – 32 – 30 – 33 – 22 – 3N/AN/A
874 Jamie Lewis0 – 4Dave Chisnall 2 – 31 – 32 – 31 – 3N/AN/AN/A
884 Rob Cross2 – 4Luke Humphries 3 – 03 – 21 – 31 – 31 – 32 – 3N/A
Saturday, 29 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9
89QF Nathan Aspinall5 – 1Brendan Dolan 3 – 03 – 23 – 13 – 10 – 33 – 1N/AN/AN/A
90QF Dave Chisnall2 – 5Gary Anderson 0 – 31 – 32 – 33 – 21 – 33 – 22 – 3N/AN/A
91QF Luke Humphries1 – 5Michael Smith 1 – 30 – 33 – 01 – 32 – 31 – 3N/AN/AN/A
92QF Michael van Gerwen5 – 1Ryan Joyce 3 – 03 – 12 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1N/AN/AN/A
Sunday, 30 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11
93SF Michael Smith6 – 3Nathan Aspinall 3 – 03 – 02 – 31 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 0N/AN/A
94SF Michael van Gerwen6 – 1Gary Anderson 3 – 23 – 03 – 03 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 1N/AN/AN/AN/A
Tuesday, 1 January
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11 Set 12 Set 13
95F Michael van Gerwen7 – 3Michael Smith 3 – 23 – 13 – 13 – 22 – 30 – 33 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 1N/AN/AN/A

Draw

Finals
Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
30 December 		Final (best of 13 sets)
1 January
         
1 Michael van Gerwen 101.12 5
Ryan Joyce 88.35 1
1 Michael van Gerwen 104.76 6
4 Gary Anderson 97.98 1
12 Dave Chisnall 96.54 2
4 Gary Anderson 103.03 5
1 Michael van Gerwen 102.21 7
10 Michael Smith 95.29 3
Luke Humphries 94.18 1
10 Michael Smith 103.00 5
10 Michael Smith 105.22 6
Nathan Aspinall 100.53 3
  Nathan Aspinall 99.72 5
Brendan Dolan 93.87 1

Section 1
  First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December
[54][55][56][57][58][59][60]		 Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December
[61][62]		 Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December
[63][64]		 Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		 Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
                                               
  Alan Tabern 91.12 3     1 Michael van Gerwen 102.59 3  
  Raymond Smith 86.14 2     Alan Tabern 93.45 1  
  1 Michael van Gerwen 101.51 4  
  32 Max Hopp 96.68 1  
  Danny Noppert 96.19 3 32 Max Hopp 93.51 3
  Royden Lam 85.72 0     Danny Noppert 97.35 0  
  1 Michael van Gerwen 108.08 4  
  16 Adrian Lewis 101.16 1  
  Simon Stevenson 93.96 0     16 Adrian Lewis 97.20 3  
  Ted Evetts 92.97 3     Ted Evetts 95.92 0  
  16 Adrian Lewis 97.43 4
  Darius Labanauskas 89.74 0  
  Matthew Edgar 83.41 1 17 Raymond van Barneveld 89.57 2
  Darius Labanauskas 93.57 3     Darius Labanauskas 86.81 3  
  1 Michael van Gerwen 101.12 5
  Ryan Joyce 88.35 1
  Ryan Joyce 90.34 3     8 Simon Whitlock 87.63 0  
  Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.32 0     Ryan Joyce 90.40 3  
  Ryan Joyce 87.74 4
  25 Alan Norris 89.65 3  
  Steve Lennon 87.22 3 25 Alan Norris 92.23 3
  James Bailey 80.18 0     Steve Lennon 87.89 2  
  Ryan Joyce 87.69 4
  9 James Wade 90.77 3  
  Krzysztof Ratajski 90.21 2     9 James Wade 93.57 3  
  Seigo Asada 90.64 3     Seigo Asada 97.50 2  
  9 James Wade 94.71 4
  Keegan Brown 91.01 3  
  Keegan Brown 95.78 3 24 Jelle Klaasen 79.24 1
  Karel Sedláček 92.15 0     Keegan Brown 82.55 3  

Section 2
  First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December		 Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December		 Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December		 Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		 Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
                                               
  Ross Smith 91.89 3     5 Daryl Gurney 100.30 3  
  Paul Lim 91.28 1     Ross Smith 88.69 0  
  5 Daryl Gurney 91.08 3  
  28 Jamie Lewis 93.94 4  
  Martin Schindler 85.18 2 28 Jamie Lewis 92.32 3
  Cody Harris 88.66 3     Cody Harris 92.52 2  
  28 Jamie Lewis 93.75 0  
  12 Dave Chisnall 98.50 4  
  Josh Payne 87.34 3     12 Dave Chisnall 95.58 3  
  Jeff Smith 88.98 2     Josh Payne 98.49 2  
  12 Dave Chisnall 97.60 4
  21 Kim Huybrechts 89.84 0  
  Robert Thornton 87.15 1 21 Kim Huybrechts 103.26 3
  Daniel Larsson 91.03 3     Daniel Larsson 91.26 0  
  12 Dave Chisnall 96.54 2
  4 Gary Anderson 103.03 5
  Paul Nicholson 85.03 0     4 Gary Anderson 94.92 3  
  Kevin Burness 88.55 3     Kevin Burness 92.35 1  
  4 Gary Anderson 97.33 4
  29 Jermaine Wattimena 95.19 3  
  Michael Barnard 88.08 3 29 Jermaine Wattimena 89.94 3
  José de Sousa 87.83 2     Michael Barnard 83.34 0  
  4 Gary Anderson 98.75 4
  Chris Dobey 100.83 3  
  Vincent van der Voort 94.06 3     13 Darren Webster 85.48 0  
  Lourence Ilagan 95.52 1     Vincent van der Voort 87.81 3  
  Vincent van der Voort 93.43 3
  Chris Dobey 98.39 4  
  Chris Dobey 92.56 3 20 Steve Beaton 89.27 0
  Boris Koltsov 79.19 0     Chris Dobey 93.44 3  

Section 3
  First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December		 Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December		 Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December		 Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		 Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
                                               
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.18 3     2 Rob Cross 102.93 3  
  Nitin Kumar 77.75 0     Jeffrey de Zwaan 106.09 1  
  2 Rob Cross 101.72 4  
  31 Cristo Reyes 96.20 0  
  Ricky Evans 90.74 1 31 Cristo Reyes 89.30 3
  Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.30 3     Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.28 2  
  2 Rob Cross 97.38 2  
  Luke Humphries 99.71 4  
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.25 3     15 Jonny Clayton 92.68 1  
  Chuck Puleo 83.34 0     Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.45 3  
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.82 1
  Luke Humphries 89.64 4  
  Luke Humphries 97.58 3 18 Stephen Bunting 88.21 1
  Adam Hunt 81.40 0     Luke Humphries 95.56 3  
  Luke Humphries 94.18 1
  10 Michael Smith 103.00 5
  Ryan Searle 87.82 3     7 Mensur Suljović 90.83 1  
  Stephen Burton 87.06 0     Ryan Searle 90.66 3  
  Ryan Searle 89.40 4
  William O'Connor 89.76 1  
  William O'Connor 87.12 3 26 James Wilson 93.80 2
  Yordi Meeuwisse 84.30 0     William O'Connor 98.73 3  
  Ryan Searle 96.22 1
  10 Michael Smith 99.72 4  
  Ron Meulenkamp 93.56 3     10 Michael Smith 94.07 3  
  Diogo Portela 92.12 2     Ron Meulenkamp 93.81 1  
  10 Michael Smith 100.47 4
  23 John Henderson 94.65 2  
  Gabriel Clemens 83.27 3 23 John Henderson 95.17 3
  Aden Kirk 80.31 0     Gabriel Clemens 93.89 2  

Section 4
  First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December		 Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December		 Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December		 Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		 Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
                                               
  Nathan Aspinall 88.42 3     6 Gerwyn Price 89.08 2  
  Geert Nentjes 78.03 0     Nathan Aspinall 92.28 3  
  Nathan Aspinall 96.17 4  
  27 Kyle Anderson 98.52 1  
  Jeffrey de Graaf 78.52 2 27 Kyle Anderson 96.41 3
  Noel Malicdem 85.86 3     Noel Malicdem 92.93 1  
  Nathan Aspinall 95.76 4  
  Devon Petersen 90.75 3  
  Wayne Jones 83.66 2     11 Ian White 98.66 2  
  Devon Petersen 84.79 3     Devon Petersen 94.68 3  
  Devon Petersen 92.25 4
  22 Steve West 95.68 2  
  Richard North 92.82 3 22 Steve West 89.49 3
  Robert Marijanović 85.99 2     Richard North 95.96 1  
  Nathan Aspinall 99.72 5
  Brendan Dolan 93.87 1
  Toni Alcinas 86.03 3     3 Peter Wright 94.70 1  
  Craig Ross 71.47 0     Toni Alcinas 93.12 3  
  Toni Alcinas 84.53 2
  30 Benito van de Pas 85.61 4  
  Mickey Mansell 75.22 1 30 Benito van de Pas 86.62 3
  Jim Long 75.33 3     Jim Long 85.71 2  
  30 Benito van de Pas 86.67 1
  Brendan Dolan 89.77 4  
  Brendan Dolan 86.63 3     14 Joe Cullen 85.16 0  
  Yuanjun Liu 78.45 0     Brendan Dolan 92.72 3  
  Brendan Dolan 95.73 4
  19 Mervyn King 92.22 2  
  Jan Dekker 88.95 3 19 Mervyn King 97.76 3
  Lisa Ashton 88.56 1     Jan Dekker 87.56 2  

Final
Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: Kirk Bevins (first half) and George Noble (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2019.
(1) Michael van Gerwen 7 – 3 Michael Smith (10)
3 – 2, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1
102.21 Average (3 darts) 95.29
49 100+ scores 45
25 140+ scores 27
14 180 scores 13
129 Highest checkout 127
3 100+ Checkouts 3
46.30% (25/54) Checkout summary 40.43% (19/47)

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

# Player Round Average Result
1 Michael van GerwenR4108.08Won
2 Jeffrey de ZwaanR2106.09Lost
3 Michael SmithSF105.22Won
4 Michael van GerwenSF104.76Won
5 Dimitri Van den BerghR2104.45Won
6 Kim HuybrechtsR2103.26Won
7 Gary AndersonQF103.03Won
8 Michael SmithQF103.00Won
9 Rob CrossR2102.93Won
10 Michael van GerwenR2102.59Won

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2019 PDC World Championship. A total of 28 nationalities were represented, the most ever at a darts world championship.[4] The second round sees an increase in participation for some countries due to the first round bye for the 32 highest ranked players.


ENG
NED
AUS
SCO
NIR
GER
WAL
BEL
IRL
SPA
AUT
CAN
NZL
PHI
RUS
RSA
LIT
JPN
SWE
BRA
CHN
CZE
HKG
IND
POL
POR
SIN
USA		 Total
Final 1100000000000000 0000000000002
Semi-final 2101000000000000 0000000000004
Quarter-final 5101100000000000 0000000000008
Round 4 10201101000000001 00000000000016
Round 3 1441221121200000110000000000032
Round 2 26102332322221110111100000000064
Round 1 2083133012112222111111111111164
Total 34135444322222222111111111111196

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