Brisbane Darts Masters 2018

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Brisbane Darts Masters 2018

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center,
Brisbane , Australia
Tournament dates
Defending champion -
Attendees 16
Opening game 17th August 2018
Endgame 19th August 2018
Prize money (total) £ 60,000
Prize money (winner) £ 20,000
winner EnglandEngland Rob Cross
statistics

highest
finish
170 points from Michael van Gerwen , Raymond van Barneveld
NetherlandsNetherlands
NetherlandsNetherlands
 
2019

The Brisbane Darts Masters 2018 is a tournament in darts and was from 16 to 18 August by the Professional Darts Corporation held (PDC). It was the sixth event of the World Series of Darts 2018 and took place for the first time. The venue was the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center in the Australian city ​​of Brisbane .

The tournament victory was secured by the Englishman Rob Cross , who prevailed in the final with 11: 6 legs against the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen .

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 1st round took place on August 12th, the game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals were played on August 18th in best of 19 legs mode, the semi-finals and the final on August 19th, 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
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 Melbourne 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.

No. player Round reached

01. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright Semifinals
02. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen final
03. ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson Quarter finals
04th EnglandEngland Rob Cross victory

Results

  1st round August 17th, 2018
best of 11 legs
  Quarterfinals August 18, 2018
best of 19 legs
  Semi-finals August 19, 2018
best of 21 legs
  Final August 19, 2018
best of 21 legs
                                     
1 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 100.37 6th                  
AustraliaAustralia Justin Thompson 89.90 2  
1 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 101.91 10
  AustraliaAustralia Raymond Smith 87.71 4th  
EnglandEngland Michael Smith 87.62 1
 
AustraliaAustralia Raymond Smith 98.35 6th  
1 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 101.04 8th
  4th EnglandEngland Rob Cross 95.79 11  
4th EnglandEngland Rob Cross 95.80 6th      
 
AustraliaAustralia Tim Pusey 91.47 2  
4th EnglandEngland Rob Cross 101.02 10
  AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 90.80 4th  
AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 93.61 5
 
AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 96.20 6th  
4th EnglandEngland Rob Cross 103.81 11
  2 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.41 6th
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 99.15 6th            
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Mark Cleaver 85.16 2  
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.44 10
  AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 91.60 3  
AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 98.77 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia Barry Gardner 78.48 2  
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.81 11
  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.91 9  
3 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 94.99 6th      
 
AustraliaAustralia Damon Heta 94.60 5  
3 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 96.13 8th
  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.70 10  
NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 90.54 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia Gordon Mathers 75.35 1  

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. In addition, all games ran on pdc.tv.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)