World Series of Darts Finals
The World Series of Darts Finals is a non-ranking darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It is classed as a PDC premier event. The tournament was held annually in November, but in 2020, it will move to September. The first 3 events were held in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, but the venue was switched to the Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria for 2018, and moved to the AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2019. In 2020, it returned to Austria, but this time in the Salzburgarena, Salzburg.
| World Series of Darts Finals | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Venue | Salzburgarena |
| Location | Salzburg |
| Country | Austria |
| Established | 2015 |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Legs |
| Prize fund | £300,000 (2019) |
| Month(s) Played | November (2015–9) September (2020) |
| Current champion(s) | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gerwyn Price | |
The playing field includes the top eight of the World Series of Darts ranking, and a further 16 players, which are a mix of invited players by the PDC and qualifiers.
History
The World Series of Darts began in 2013. The goal of these series of tournaments is to make darts more popular across the globe.
Two World Series tournaments were held in the first year: the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters and the Sydney Darts Masters. In 2014, events in Singapore and Perth were added to the series, followed by Japan (Yokohama, then Tokyo in 2016) and Auckland in 2015, Shanghai in 2016, and the USA (Las Vegas) Melbourne and Germany (Düsseldorf) in 2017. Brisbane was added to the roster in 2018, and Gelsenkirchen replaced Düsseldorf for the German Masters. In 2019, the German Masters again moved, this time to Cologne, and the Auckland Masters became the New Zealand Darts Masters, and was relocated to Hamilton.
The best 8 players from the World Series Darts tournaments qualified for the finals tournament, which was inaugurated in 2015. This ranking is formed by the points that the player earns in the World Series tournament.
Stage points
The distribution of the points in each World Series tournament is:
| Round | Points |
|---|---|
| Winner | 12 |
| Runner-up | 8 |
| Semi-final | 5 |
| Quarter-final | 3 |
| First round | 1 |
Finals
| Year | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Prize money | Sponsor | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Champion | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2015 |  Michael van Gerwen (106.60) |
11–10 |  Peter Wright (106.40) |
£155,000 | £30,000 | £15,000 | Unibet | Braehead Arena, Glasgow |
| 2016 | Michael van Gerwen (101.18) |
11–9 | Peter Wright (99.63) |
Ladbrokes | ||||
| 2017 | Michael van Gerwen (103.30) |
11–6 | Gary Anderson (100.68) |
£250,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | ||
| 2018 |  James Wade (97.00) |
11–10 | Michael Smith (99.09) |
bwin |  Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna | |||
| 2019 | Michael van Gerwen (96.76) |
11–2 | Danny Noppert (89.37) |
£300,000 | £70,000 | £30,000 | Jack's Casino | AFAS Live, Amsterdam |
| 2020 | Gerwyn Price (96.21) |
11–9 | Rob Cross (94.22) |
bwin | Salzburgarena, Salzburg | |||
Statistics
- Finalist appearances
- As of 20 September 2020.
| Rank | Player | Won | Runner-up | Finals | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | James Wade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Gerwyn Price | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Peter Wright | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Gary Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Michael Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Danny Noppert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rob Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
High averages
| Ten highest World Series of Darts Finals one-match averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 112.94 | Dave Chisnall |
2016, Second round | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Kim Huybrechts |
6–4 |
| 109.82 | Jamie Lewis |
2018, First round | Dimitri Van den Bergh |
10–6 |
| 109.71 | Michael van Gerwen |
2016, Quarter-finals | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Simon Whitlock |
10–0 |
| 108.83 | Michael van Gerwen |
2017, Quarter-finals | Rob Cross |
10–4 |
| 108.69 | Michael van Gerwen |
2016, Semi-finals | Dave Chisnall |
11–3 |
| 108.10 | Peter Wright |
2020, Semi-finals | Gerwyn Price |
6–11 |
| 108.00 | Michael van Gerwen |
2015, Semi-finals | Adrian Lewis |
11–5 |
| 107.34 | Phil Taylor |
2016, Semi-finals | Peter Wright |
10–11 |
| 106.60 | Michael van Gerwen |
2015, Final | Peter Wright |
11–10 |
| 106.42 | Michael van Gerwen |
2015, Quarter-finals | Raymond van Barneveld |
10–8 |
| Five highest World Series of Darts Finals losing averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 108.10 | Peter Wright |
2020, Semi-finals | Gerwyn Price |
6–11 |
| 107.34 | Phil Taylor |
2016, Semi-finals | Peter Wright |
10–11 |
| 106.40 | Peter Wright |
2015, Final | Michael van Gerwen |
10–11 |
| 104.10 | Phil Taylor |
2015, Semi-finals | Peter Wright |
9–11 |
| 103.59 | Kim Huybrechts |
2016, Second round | Dave Chisnall |
4–6 |
| Michael van Gerwen |
2018, Quarter-finals | Raymond van Barneveld |
8–10 | |
References
External links
- World Series of Darts official website
- World Series Of Darts Finals Winners at dartsdatabase.co.uk