Auckland Darts Masters 2018
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Auckland Darts Masters 2018
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Tournament status
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| Tournament type | Invitation tournament |
| organizer | PDC |
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Trusts Arena , Auckland |
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| Defending champion |
 Kyle Anderson
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| Attendees | 16 |
| Opening game | 3rd August 2018 |
| Endgame | 5th August 2018 |
| Prize money (total) | £ 60,000 |
| Prize money (winner) | £ 20,000 |
| winner |
 Michael van Gerwen
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| statistics | |
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← 2017
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The Auckland Darts Masters is a tournament in darts and was organized from August 3rd to 5th, 2018 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the fourth event of the 2018 World Series of Darts . As in the previous year, the venue was the Trusts Arena in Auckland.
The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen from the Netherlands , who beat his compatriot Raymond van Barneveld in the final with 11: 4 legs .
format
A total of 16 players took part in the tournament. The field of participants consisted of the four best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit and four wildcard players. In addition, eight local players took part. Two of them were invited by the PDC, the other six were able to qualify in advance at a qualification tournament. All local participants started the tournament as unset players.
The tournament was played in a knockout system . The first round took place on August 3rd, game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals were held on August 4th in best of 19 legs mode, the semi-finals and the final on August 5th, both in best of 21 legs mode.
Prize money
The tournament totaled £ 60,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:
| Position (number of players) | Prize money | |
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| winner | (1) | £ 20,000 |
| finalist | (1) | £ 10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £ 5,000 |
| Quarter finalists | (4) | £ 2,500 |
| Round of 16 players | (8th) | £ 1,250 |
| £ 60,000 | ||
Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money won was not taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.
Attendees
The following 16 players were qualified for the Auckland Darts Masters 2018:
- The 4 first placed players of the PDC Order of Merit , all of whom were seeded
- The 4 wildcard participants who were also placed
- 8 local participants
PDC Order of Merit
Wildcard participant
Local players
Seeding list
The current placement in the World Series ranking was the basis for the seeding list.
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Results
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1st round August 3, 2018 best of 11 legs |
Quarterfinals August 4th, 2018 best of 19 legs |
Semi-finals August 5, 2018 best of 19 legs |
Final August 5th, 2018 best of 21 legs |
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 Rob Cross 87.7
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6th | ||||||||||||||||
 John Hurring 86.83
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Rob Cross 97.61
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Simon Whitlock 99.43
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Simon Whitlock 92.22
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6th | |||||||||||||||||
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Ben Robb 89.49
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Simon Whitlock 91.47
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Raymond van Barneveld 103.42
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Michael Smith 83.45
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Mark McGrath 83.46
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6th | |||||||||||||||||
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Mark McGrath 85.83
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Raymond van Barneveld 89.43
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Raymond van Barneveld 95.34
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6th | |||||||||||||||||
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Warren Parry 91.12
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
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Raymond van Barneveld 93.33
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Michael van Gerwen 97.72
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 Gary Anderson 94.52
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Tim Pusey 91.79
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Gary Anderson 96.94
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Michael van Gerwen 105.87
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10 | |||||||||||||||||
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Michael van Gerwen 102.45
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Cody Harris 85.2
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Michael van Gerwen 102.76
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Peter Wright 91.52
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Peter Wright 94.77
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Tahuna Irwin 86.59
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Peter Wright 93.66
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Kyle Anderson 90.84
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Kyle Anderson 94.51
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Hauptai Puha 92.38
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transmission
In German-speaking countries, the event was not broadcast on TV. However, the paid streaming platform DAZN broadcast the entire tournament.
Internationally, all games were broadcast by the British TV station ITV. They could also be seen in the live stream on pdc.tv.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)