PDC World Darts Championship 2015

PDC World Darts Championship 2015
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	72
Opening game	December 18, 2014
Endgame	4th January 2015
Prize money (total)	£ 1,250,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 250,000
winner	Gary Anderson
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Raymond van Barneveld Michael Smith Michael van Gerwen
Nine dart finish	Adrian Lewis
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The William Hill World Darts Championship 2015 was held between December 18, 2014 and January 4, 2015 in its 22nd edition by the Professional Darts Corporation . The venue for the eighth time was the Alexandra Palace in London . The defending champion was Michael van Gerwen , who was eliminated in the semi-finals. World champion was Gary Anderson for the first time , who played his second World Cup final.

Sport 1 and Sport 1+ broadcast the event on German television . The live broadcasts reached more viewers than any of the previously broadcast darts events in Germany: an average of 470,000 viewers followed the live reports, with the current best of around 330,000 viewers from 2009. The million mark was exceeded four times during the broadcasts of the tournament, with the 2015 final between Gary Anderson and Phil Taylor attracting an average of 1.36 million and a peak of 1.86 million viewers, which is the highest value for a single darts game to date depicted. The previous record was held by the 2013 final between Taylor and Michael van Gerwen , which reached an average of 820,000 viewers (and around 1.1 million in the tops).

Prize money

A total of £ 1,250,000 in prize money was distributed. The prize money for the winner was £ 250,000.

Achievement (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 250,000
Second finalist	(1)	£ 120,000
Semifinals	(2)	£ 60,000
Quarter finals	(4)	£ 35,000
Round of 16	(8th)	£ 18,000
2nd round	(16)	£ 12,000
1 round	(32)	£ 8,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(8th)	£ 3,500
Nine dart finish	(1)	£ 10,000

Attendees

A total of 72 players were qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship 2015.

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• Jyhan Artut (eliminated in round 1)
• Max Hopp (eliminated in round 2)
• Sascha Stein (eliminated in round 2)
• Mensur Suljović (eliminated in round 1)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (Eliminated in Round 1)
• Robert Marijanović (eliminated in round 1)

Tournament schedule

Of the 72 participants, 16 competed in a knockout round (preliminary round). The eight winners then completed the main field of 64 players, which also competed against each other in the knockout system according to the seeding list.

The preliminary round was played in the best-of-seven leg format. The winners of the preliminary round played their game in the first round of the main round on the same day. The main and final round were played in the set system, each set in best-of-five mode.

The schedule was as follows:

Preliminary round / 1st round:	18.-23. December 2014
2nd round:	27.-29. December 2014
Round of 16:	December 29th & 30th, 2014
Quarter finals:	January 1st & 2nd, 2015
Semifinals:	January 3, 2015
Final:	4th January 2015

The number behind the player's name indicates the average number of points with three darts thrown (3-dart average).

Preliminary round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Christian Perez 89.90	0: 4	Cristo Reyes 93.94
2	Kim Viljanen 67.11	1: 4	Sascha Stein 91.30
3	Scott MacKenzie 93.76	3: 4	Daryl Gurney 96.11
4th	Mark McGrath 65.09	0: 4	Scott Kirchner 83.50
5	Boris Kolzow 79.27	4 : 2	Haruki Muramatsu 75.69
6th	Jani Haavisto 83.77	1: 4	John Michael 94.82
7th	Nolan Arendse 84.68	4 : 0	Alex Hon 79.22
8th	Jermaine Wattimena 82.77	3: 4	Robert Marijanović 76.36

Main round

Upper half 1

	Round 1 December 18-23, 2014 Best of 5 sets					Round 2 December 27-29, 2014 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 December 29, 2014 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals 01/01/2015 Best of 9 sets
	1	Michael van Gerwen 96.96	3
		Joe Cullen 93.14	1
						1	Michael van Gerwen 99.87	4th
							Sascha Stein 89.09	1
	32	Stuart Kellett 8/73	1
		Sascha Stein 79.34	3
											1	Michael van Gerwen 99.62	4th
											16	Terry Jenkins 96.92	1
	16	Terry Jenkins 98.73	3
		John Weber 79.86	1
						16	Terry Jenkins 96.45	4th
							Laurence Ryder 86.69	0
	17th	Justin Pipe 86.28	2
		Laurence Ryder 83.59	3
																1	Michael van Gerwen 105.26	5
																9	Robert Thornton 101.49	2
	8th	Dave Chisnall 86.08	3
		Ryan de Vreede 75.24	0
						8th	Dave Chisnall 8/93	2
							Benito van de Pas 91.44	4th
	25th	Paul Nicholson 85.49	2
		Benito van de Pas 86.28	3
												Benito van de Pas 89.35	0
											9	Robert Thornton 96.50	4th
	9	Robert Thornton 97.65	3
		Andrew Gilding 92.00	0
						9	Robert Thornton 93.78	4th
						24	Ronnie Baxter 84.48	0
	24	Ronnie Baxter 94.64	3
		Daryl Gurney 88.78	1

Upper half 2

	Round 1 December 18-23, 2014 Best of 5 sets					Round 2 December 27-29, 2014 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 December 30, 2014 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals 01/01/2015 Best of 9 sets
	5	Peter Wright 98.8	3
		Gerwyn Price 93.9	0
						5	Peter Wright 95.52	4th
							Ronny Huybrechts 87.52	1
	28	Andy Smith 86.66	0
		Ronny Huybrechts 87.75	3
											5	Peter Wright 102.60	4th
											12	Andy Hamilton 90.94	0
	12	Andy Hamilton 91.09	3
		Dave Richardson April 86	2
						12	Andy Hamilton 90.06	4th
							Kyle Anderson 90.96	2
	21st	Steve Beaton 82.24	0
		Kyle Anderson 85.99	3
																5	Peter Wright 95.66	1
																4th	Gary Anderson 102.12	5
	4th	Gary Anderson 86.20	3
		Scott Kirchner 86.21	1
						4th	Gary Anderson 103.02	4th
						29	Jelle Klaasen 100.72	3
	29	Jelle Klaasen 96.97	3
		Christian Kist 93.63	1
											4th	Gary Anderson 104.54	4th
												Cristo Reyes 98.52	1
	13	Wes Newton 94.61	2
		Cristo Reyes 93.47	3
							Cristo Reyes 88.41	4th
						20th	Kevin Painter 90.22	3
	20th	Kevin Painter 89.57	3
		Boris Kolzow 78.14	1

Lower half 1

	Round 1 December 18-23, 2014 Best of 5 sets					Round 2 December 27-29, 2014 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 December 30, 2014 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals 01/02/2015 Best of 9 sets
	2	Phil Taylor 100.57	3
		Jyhan Artut 87.47	0
						2	Phil Taylor 101.92	4th
						31	Mark Webster 9/93	0
	31	Mark Webster 81.91	3
		Ron Meulenkamp 77.78	1
											2	Phil Taylor 102.52	4th
											18th	Kim Huybrechts 96.93	3
	15th	Ian White 86.72	3
		John Michael 81.02	1
						15th	Ian White 93.94	3
						18th	Kim Huybrechts 93.74	4th
	18th	Kim Huybrechts 99.40	3
		Michael Mansell 87.65	0
																2	Phil Taylor 08/100	5
																23	Vincent van der Voort 99.22	3
	7th	Simon Whitlock 87.29	1
		Darren Webster 94.24	3
							Darren Webster 93:59	3
						26th	Dean Winstanley 92.68	4th
	26th	Dean Winstanley 93.66	3
		Wayne Jones 94.01	2
											26th	Dean Winstanley 91.36	2
											23	Vincent van der Voort 93.90	4th
	10	Mervyn King 90.67	2
		Max Hopp 96.60	3
							Max Hopp 86.55	0
						23	Vincent van der Voort 91.48	4th
	23	Vincent van der Voort 93.39	3
		John Henderson 89.13	2

Lower half 2

Round 1 December 18-23, 2014 Best of 5 sets

Round 2 December 27-29, 2014 Best of 7 sets

Round of 16 December 30, 2014 Best of 7 sets

Quarterfinals 01/02/2015 Best of 9 sets

6th

James Wade 97.14

3

Jamie Lewis 87.75

1

6th

James Wade 90.93

1

27

Stephen Bunting 93.38

4th

27

Stephen Bunting 90.20

3

Robert Marijanović 86.82

1

27

Stephen Bunting 102.34

4th

22nd

Michael Smith 102.78

2

11

Brendan Dolan 90.18

3

Nolan Arendse 83.85

0

11

Brendan Dolan 92.89

2

22nd

Michael Smith 98.90

4th

22nd

Michael Smith 97.47

3

Scale length Suljović 98.91

1

27

Stephen Bunting 98.36

4th

14th

Raymond van Barneveld 98.37

5

3

Adrian Lewis 101.90

3

David Pallett May 90

0

3

Adrian Lewis 100.41

4th

Keegan Brown 9/93

2

30th

John Part 84.78

2

Keegan Brown 07.88

3

3

Adrian Lewis 97.55

3

14th

Raymond van Barneveld 92.23

4th

14th

Raymond van Barneveld 99.93

3

Rowby-John Rodriguez 79.22

0

14th

Raymond van Barneveld 93.32

4th

19th

Jamie Caven 94.96

3

19th

Jamie Caven 80.87

3

Jason Hogg 83.85

2

Semi-finals, finals

	Semi-finals 01/03/2015 Best of 11 sets					Final 04/01/2015 Best of 13 sets
	1	Michael van Gerwen 101.35	3
	4th	Gary Anderson 102.20	6th
						4th	Gary Anderson	7th
						2	Phil Taylor	6th
	2	Phil Taylor 102.39	6th
	14th	Ray. van Barneveld 99.52	2

Gary Anderson (4)	Final January 4th, 2015 Best of 13 sets	Phil Taylor (2)
7th	Result	6th
97.68	3-dart average	100.69
67	100+	69
31	140+	42
19th	180s	13
121	Supreme finish	141
39.39% (26/66)	Double quota	32.93% (27/82)

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NED	SCO	OUT	GER	WHALE	NIR	BEL	AUT	CAN	FIN	HKG	ESP	CRO	GRE	RSA	RUS	United States	JPN	NZL	PHI	total
final	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semifinals	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th
Quarter finals	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8th
Round of 16	7th	4th	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
2nd round	15th	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
1 round	25th	8th	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	64
Preliminary round	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	16
total	25th	9	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	72

Remarks

1. ↑ Marijanović was born in Freudenstadt and lives there too

Trivia

• The players were accompanied on stage by the "walk-on girls" Maria Myles, Jessica Linley, Lilly Douse, Hazel O'Sullivan and Daniella Allfree.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sport1 with top ratings: 1.36 million follow the Darts World Cup final , on: kress.de from January 5, 2015, accessed on January 8, 2015.
2. ^ William Hill World Darts Championship 2015. (No longer available online.) In: walkongirls.net. December 14, 2014, archived from the original on December 29, 2015 ; accessed on December 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Homepage of the PDC for the World Darts Championship
• Everything about the PDC Dart World Championship at dartn.de
• Information about the PDC-WM on Darts1