PDC World Darts Championship 2021

PDC World Darts Championship 2021
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Peter Wright
Attendees	96 from 29 nations
Opening game	December 15, 2020
Endgame	January 3, 2021
Prize money (total)	£ 2,500,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 500,000
winner	Gerwyn Price
statistics
thrown maxima	872
highest average	108.98 points from Michael van Gerwen
highest finish	170 points from Gary Anderson Danny Baggish Stephen Bunting Dave Chisnall Dirk van Duijvenbode (2 ×) Gerwyn Price
Nine dart finish	James Wade
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Alexandra Palace in London, venue of the World Darts Championship

The 28th edition of the William Hill World Darts Championship 2021 was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from December 15, 2020 to January 3, 2021 . The venue was for the fourteenth time the Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London .

Events in advance

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , there were discussions about the event in the run-up to the World Cup. The darts sport relevant for the rankings was suspended at the PDC on March 15, 2020. Only with the restart of the Super League Darts on May 16, 2020, a qualifying tournament for the World Cup was played again. The resumption of PDC game operations with the PDC Summer Series was July 8, 2020. In addition, a major tournament was held again from July 18, 2020 with the World Matchplay .

On November 23, 2020 the PDC published the dates and plans for the World Darts Championship on its website. Accordingly, the World Cup started on December 15, 2020 and, with the final on January 3, 2021, will be the first since 2017 whose final will not be played directly on New Year's Day. It has also been confirmed that the tournament will take place at Alexandra Palace in London . In addition, the PDC announced at the beginning of December that up to 1,000 viewers, exclusively from Great Britain, could attend the games per session. However, disguises and chants are prohibited. However, this option was suspended from December 16 because the British authorities in London had placed it in a higher risk category. With the exception of the first day of the match, all games took place without a spectator in Alexandra Palace.

Wayne Mardle's games were drawn on December 3, 2020 and scheduled the following day. After the Scot Gary Anderson had contact with a person who tested positive for the corona virus , his game was postponed from December 20th to December 23rd.

Tournament course

Paul Lim from Singapore was able to set a new age record in the first round , the 66 year old was able to win his opening game against Luke Humphries from England after falling 2-0 down . In the second round he finally failed at the reigning World Matchplay winner Dimitri Van den Bergh from Belgium, who played an average of 105.61 against Lim. In the last sixteen there was a duel with the Englishman Dave Chisnall . Here, too, Van den Bergh played an average of over 100 points, but Chisnall was in strong form and had meanwhile had a double quota of 75 percent and thus secured the quarter-finals.

In the same section of the tournament tree, the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen played his way into the quarter-finals with victories over Ryan Murray and Ricky Evans . Right at his start against Murray, he played the highest average in the World Cup (108.98 points). In the quarter-finals he met Joe Cullen from England . Cullen, who threw 19 times 180 points in the entire game, was already leading 3-1 sets before he awarded a match dart on the bullseye in the sixth set. Van Gerwen then equalized to 3: 3 in sets. In the seventh set, Cullen again awarded a match dart on the bullseye and finally lost 2: 3 in the seventh set.

In the duel between van Gerwen and Chisnall, one of the biggest surprises of the world championship occurred. Van Gerwen, who had not lost to Chisnall in 27 games, was eliminated from the tournament with 5-0 sets. Only Phil Taylor had previously managed to win over van Gerwen without losing a set .

In the second part of the upper half of the tournament, in the second round with Michael Smith and Rob Cross, the numbers 4 and 5 on the seeding list were eliminated from the world championship early on. Also for Adrian Lewis , who was placed at position 21, was after his defeat by the Americans Danny Baggish in round two circuits. History was made by Diogo Portela from Brazil, who was the first South American to ever win a game at a PDC World Championship.

The two-time world champion Gary Anderson , who defeated the Latvians Madars Razma in round two , then met Mensur Suljović from Austria. Again, Anderson emerged victorious, but the Scot criticized the Austrian's style of play in an interview after the game. As a result, former players like Wayne Mardle or Rod Harrington also got involved and criticized Anderson for his statements. Anderson was able to fight his way to the final, so he beat South African Devon Petersen in the second round and was able to take Dirk van Duijvenbode , who had previously defeated Glen Durrant and Rob Cross , out of the tournament in the quarterfinals .

In the first part of the lower half of the tournament there was a World Cup premiere after Nico Kurz's first round victory over Andy Hamilton . With Kurz and Gabriel Clemens, two German players met for the first time in World Cup history. Despite four high finishes, three of them in a row, from Kurz, Clemens emerged victorious from the game and met defending champion Peter Wright from Scotland in the third round . The Scot, who came on stage disguised as a Grinch on the first day of the World Cup , was left behind against Clemens and lost 4-3 sets. Clemes wrote darts history because he was the first German to reach a World Cup round of 16. The same applied to his opponent Krzysztof Ratajski , who was the first Pole to reach the round of 16. The two players played an even game and so there was a decisive leg in the last set. The Pole quickly played himself down to 56 points, while Clemens still had 287 points left, but was able to put pressure on Ratajski again with a 180. This awarded his first two match darts. But even Clemens could not use his chance with a hit on the double-16. As a result, both players awarded six match darts and both ended up with two points remaining. In the end, the Pole was able to hit the double 1 and move into the quarter-finals. There he met Stephen Bunting , against whom he was defeated by 3: 5 sets. In Bunting's third round game, James Wade managed a nine dart finish , the first at a world championship since 2016 .

In the last part of the tournament tree, Welshman Gerwyn Price, who was ranked third, qualified for the quarter-finals for the second time in a row with victories over his compatriot Jamie Lewis , Brendan Dolan from Northern Ireland and the Englishman Mervyn King . His opponent was the Northern Irishman Daryl Gurney , who was quickly 0-2 behind in sets. Gurney fought his way back and forced Price to a decisive leg in the last set. There the Northern Irish did not use his match darts and Price decided the game in his favor.

The first semi-final played Gerwyn Price and Stephen Bunting against each other. Right at the beginning, Bunting was able to play the first break with a 120 finish. Price was able to fight back with two legs in a row, but Bunting played another high finish in the fourth leg with 117 points. In the decider, however, Price was superior and secured the first set. Two more legs followed in favor of the Welshman, one of which he won with a 140 finish. Bunting, however, won this sentence. Sentence 3 also went to Bunting, who at that time had a checkout rate of 80 percent. Bunting was also superior at the beginning of the fourth set and checked 136 to make it 1-0. Price, however, equalized with a finish of 137. Bunting secured the two following legs again and took the lead 3-1. It was only in the fifth set that Bunting weakened on the double fields and Price equalized to 3: 3 in sets. In the seventh set, Price missed two match darts, which Bunting took advantage of with a finish of 118 points and took the lead again. But Price came back again and made it 4: 4 with a set average of 113.08 points. This was followed by the 5: 4 for Price, who finally won the last set and moved into the final. With this game, two new records were set at a world championship. On the one hand 13 finishes over 100 in a game and on the other hand 8 finishes over 100 by a player during an encounter.

Gary Anderson emerged as the winner of the second semi-final . He was able to secure the first sentence right at the beginning. In the second set, his opponent Dave Chisnall played a 170 finish and equalized in sets to make it 1-1 in the decider. The third set was again over the full distance, but this time it was Anderson who won the set. In the following sentence, too, the winner was Anderson. Chisnall then equalized to 2: 3. Again the decider was in the sixth set, in which both players missed double fields and the Scot was victorious again. Chisnall again reduced the game to 3: 4, but could not prevent Anderson's fifth appearance in the final.

In the final between Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson , the Scot was able to take the lead with 0-2 legs at the beginning, but lost the three following and with it the first set. Anderson did better in the second set and evened out in sentences. Price came back better from the break and won the first two legs, although Anderson checked out 170 points, but couldn't turn the set around. The Welshman also had the upper hand in the following two sets and took a 4-1 lead. His checkout rate at this point was 80 percent. The sixth set also went very well for Price, after checking 161, he narrowly missed double 12 for a nine dart finish . After another set win for Price, Anderson was able to 5-3 after Price had already given matchdarts in the eighth set. Price also showed nerves in the ninth set, but was crowned world champion after twelve match darts. He became the first Welsh world champion at the PDC.

mode

The tournament was played in the best of sets mode and the double-out variant .

The first player to win three legs won one set . The first player to throw exactly 501 points won a leg . The last throw of a leg had to be on a double field.

In contrast to the previous editions, the two-clear-legs rule did not apply when the score was 2: 2 legs in a decisive final set . The fifth leg was the decisive leg in this case.

Attendees

qualification

As in the previous year, 96 players took part in the World Cup. The field of participants consisted of the 32 best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit , the top 32 unqualified players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and 32 international players of the World Championship International Qualifiers.

The seeded players (Top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit) only entered the tournament in the second round.

overview

PDC Order of Merit

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Peter Wright
3. Gerwyn Price
4. Michael Smith
5. Rob Cross
6. Nathan Aspinall
7. James Wade
8. Dave Chisnall
9. Dimitri Van den Bergh
10. Ian White
11. Daryl Gurney
12. Glen Durrant
13. Gary Anderson
14. José de Sousa
15. Krzysztof Ratajski
16. Joe Cullen
17. Jonny Clayton
18. Simon Whitlock
19. Mervyn King
20. Scale length Suljović
21. Adrian Lewis
22. Chris Dobey
23. Jeffrey de Zwaan
24. Jermaine Wattimena
25. Danny Noppert
26. Stephen Bunting
27. Vincent van der Voort
28. Jamie Hughes
29. Devon Petersen
30. Brendan Dolan
31. Gabriel Clemens
32. Ricky Evans

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

1. Damon Heta
2. Ryan Searle
3. Dirk van Duijvenbode
4. Ross Smith
5. Madars Razma
6. Ryan Joyce
7. Martijn Kleermaker ¹
8. Kim Huybrechts
9. Jeff Smith
10. William O'Connor
11. Steve Lennon
12. Jason Lowe
13. Maik Kuivenhoven
14. Derk Telnekes
15. Darius Labanauskas
16. Mickey Mansell
17. Adam Hunt
18. Max Hopp
19. Scott Waites
20. Andy Boulton
21. Ryan Murray
22. Keegan Brown
23. Steve Beaton
24. Luke Woodhouse
25. Luke Humphries
26. Callan Rydz
27. Mike de Decker
28. Ron Meulenkamp
29. Steve West
30. Wayne Jones
31. Andy Hamilton
32. John Henderson

International Qualifiers

• Lisa Ashton (Women's Series Order of Merit 1.)
• Danny Baggish (CDC USA Series)
• James Bailey (DPA Pro Tour 3rd)
• Keane Barry (PDC Development Tour 1st)
• Bradley Brooks ( PDC Junior World Champion )
• Matt Campbell (CDC Canadian Series)
• Cameron Carolissen (African Qualifier)
• Zhuang Di (PDC Asia China Qualifier)
• Matthew Edgar (UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier)
• David Evans (Challenge Tour 1.)
• Amit Gilitwala (Indian Darts Federation representative)
• Dmitri Gorbunow (EADC Order of Merit)
• Deta Hedman (Women's Series Order of Merit 2.)
• Lourence Ilagan (PDC Asia Philippines Qualifier)
• Marko Kantele (PDC Nordic & Baltic Order of Merit 3.) ²
• Nick Kenny (UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier)
• Boris Krčmar (Eastern Europe Qualifier)
• Nico Kurz (winner PDC Europe Super League Germany )
• Daniel Larsson (PDC Nordic & Baltic Order of Merit 2.)
• Danny Lauby (CDC Continental Cup)
• Jamie Lewis (UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier)
• Paul Lim (PDC Asia Hong Kong Qualifier)
• Liu Chengan (PDC China Qualifier)
• Gordon Mathers (DPA Pro Tour 1st)
• Ryan Meikle (Development Tour 2.)
• Diogo Portela (South America representative)
• Hauptai Puha (DPNZ Order of Merit)
• Karel Sedláček (Rest of the World Tour Card Holders' Qualifier)
• Edward Foulkes (PDJ Japanese Qualifer)
• Tōru Suzuki (PDC Asia Japan Qualifier)
• Ciaran Teehan (UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier)
• Niels Zonneveld (Rest of the World Tour Card Holders' Qualifier)

¹ Martijn Kleermaker tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 before his first game and was therefore unable to compete. Josh Payne , the highest ranked player in the six final rounds of the qualifiers, was originally scheduled to replace . However, since Payne had contact with a person who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, he was also not allowed to compete. Because of these circumstances, the South African Cameron Carolissen received a bye .

²Originally, Kim Viljanen was the first of the PDC Nordic & Baltic Order of Merit to qualify for the world championships, but he had to cancel his participation for health reasons. His compatriot Marko Kantele moved up for him as third in the PDC Nordic & Baltic Order of Merit .

Prize money

At the 2021 World Cup, as in the previous two years, a total of £ 2,500,000 in prize money was distributed. For the first time in 20 years there was no additional prize money for a nine dart finish . However, if a player had played two nine dart finishes during the World Cup, they would have received a bonus of £ 100,000. Should more than one player be entitled to the bonuses, they will be divided equally.

The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 500,000
finalist	(1)	£ 200,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 100,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	0£ 50,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	0£ 35,000
3rd round loser	(16)	0£ 25,000
2nd round loser	(32)	0£ 15,000
1st round loser	(32)	00£ 7,500
total		£ 2,500,000

Results

The number behind the name indicates the 3-dart average , i.e. how many points were achieved on average with three darts / throws.

Upper half 1

	1st round 15-20. Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets				2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets					3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2021 best of 9 sets
		Ryan Murray 87.11	3		1	Michael van Gerwen 108.98	3
		Lourence Ilagan 88.28	1			Ryan Murray 95.14	1
										1	Michael van Gerwen 106.85	4th
										32	Ricky Evans 100.68	0
		Mickey Mansell 93.94	3		32	Ricky Evans 93.61	3
		Hauptai Puha 79.72	0			Mickey Mansell 88.89	1
															1	Michael van Gerwen 100.43	4th
															16	Joe Cullen 97.23	3
		Wayne Jones 86.18	3		16	Joe Cullen 94.59	3
		Ciaran Teehan 86.31	2			Wayne Jones 88.78	0
										16	Joe Cullen 92.34	4th
										17th	Jonny Clayton 91.41	3
		John Henderson 91.09	3		17th	Jonny Clayton 90.57	3
		Marko Kantele 79.69	2			John Henderson 87.42	1
																				1	Michael van Gerwen 98.29	0
																				8th	Dave Chisnall 107.34	5
		Keegan Brown 93.81	3		8th	Dave Chisnall 97.35	3
		Ryan Meikle 96.66	0			Keegan Brown 86.59	1
										8th	Dave Chisnall 99.69	4th
										25th	Danny Noppert 88.70	2
		Martijn Kleermaker 1			25th	Danny Noppert 80.56	3
		Cameron Carolissen	Where			Cameron Carolissen 82.19	1
															8th	Dave Chisnall 101.76	4th
															9	Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.17	2
		Luke Humphries 92.28	2		9	Dimitri Van den Bergh 105.61	3
		Paul Lim 89.77	3			Paul Lim 88.98	0
										9	Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.63	4th
										24	Jermaine Wattimena 89.24	0
		Derk Telnekes 87.15	2		24	Jermaine Wattimena 90.59	3
		Nick Kenny 87.33	3			Nick Kenny 88.45	1

Upper half 2

	1st round 15-20. Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets				2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets					3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2021 best of 9 sets
		Jason Lowe 86.72	3		4th	Michael Smith 92.64	1
		Dmitri Gorbunov 80.56	1			Jason Lowe 96.24	3
											Jason Lowe 88.73	0
										29	Devon Petersen 91.55	4th
		Steve Lennon 96.95	3		29	Devon Petersen 89.08	3
		Daniel Larsson 83.22	1			Steve Lennon 89.34	1
															29	Devon Petersen 94.97	0
															13	Gary Anderson 95.55	4th
		Madars Razma 89.21	3		13	Gary Anderson 96.86	3
		Tōru Suzuki 81.36	0			Madars Razma 91.92	1
										13	Gary Anderson 92.49	4th
										20th	Scale length Suljović 89.78	3
		Maik Kuivenhoven 81.00	0		20th	Scale length Suljović 97.29	3
		Matthew Edgar 87.69	3			Matthew Edgar 92.18	1
																				13	Gary Anderson 101.07	5
																					Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.29	1
		Dirk van Duijvenbode 92.57	3		5	Rob Cross 92.27	2
		Bradley Brooks 92.70	2			Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.54	3
											Dirk van Duijvenbode 104.09	4th
											Adam Hunt 97.39	0
		Adam Hunt 94.29	3		28	Jamie Hughes 75.36	0
		Lisa Ashton 91.33	2			Adam Hunt 91.77	3
																Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.75	4th
															12	Glen Durrant 90.76	3
		Steve Beaton 84.14	0		12	Glen Durrant 88.37	3
		Diogo Portela 89.22	3			Diogo Portela 79.63	0
										12	Glen Durrant 95.41	4th
											Danny Baggish 91.59	2
		Damon Heta 91.65	2		21st	Adrian Lewis 92.73	1
		Danny Baggish 88.44	3			Danny Baggish 93.39	3

Lower half 1

	1st round 15-20. Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets				2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets					3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2021 best of 9 sets
		Steve West 90.37	3		2	Peter Wright 92.60	3
		Amit Gilitwala 80.48	0			Steve West 88.82	1
										2	Peter Wright 101.50	3
										31	Gabriel Clemens 98.65	4th
		Andy Hamilton 82.15	1		31	Gabriel Clemens 95.70	3
		Nico Kurz 87.91	3			Nico Kurz 89.98	1
															31	Gabriel Clemens 92.05	3
															15th	Krzysztof Ratajski 95.96	4th
		Ryan Joyce 92.22	3		15th	Krzysztof Ratajski 100.41	3
		Karel Sedláček 93.11	2			Ryan Joyce 96.12	0
										15th	Krzysztof Ratajski 93.37	4th
										18th	Simon Whitlock 93.69	0
		Darius Labanauskas 96.07	3		18th	Simon Whitlock 101.2	3
		Liu Chengan 79.57	0			Darius Labanauskas 95.50	2
																				15th	Krzysztof Ratajski 97.58	3
																				26th	Stephen Bunting 101.01	5
		Callan Rydz 93.53	3		7th	James Wade 93.17	3
		James Bailey 89.79	1			Callan Rydz 78.05	0
										7th	James Wade 87.94	2
										26th	Stephen Bunting 93.18	4th
		Andy Boulton 90.65	3		26th	Stephen Bunting 93.21	3
		Deta Hedman 79.92	1			Andy Boulton 95.36	2
															26th	Stephen Bunting 97.81	4th
																Ryan Searle 97.63	3
		Kim Huybrechts 104.05	3		10	Ian White 102.35	1
		Zhuang Di 73.09	0			Kim Huybrechts 101.59	3
											Kim Huybrechts 90.03	2
											Ryan Searle 91.79	4th
		Ryan Searle 98.31	3		23	Jeffrey de Zwaan 98.20	0
		Danny Lauby 88.98	2			Ryan Searle 92.72	3

Lower half 2

	1st round 15-20. Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets				2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2020 best of 5 sets					3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2020 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2021 best of 9 sets
		Luke Woodhouse 92.23	2		3	Gerwyn Price 91.97	3
		Jamie Lewis 90.67	3			Jamie Lewis 90.46	2
										3	Gerwyn Price 99.74	4th
										30th	Brendan Dolan 97.30	3
		Mike de Decker 86.74	0		30th	Brendan Dolan 90.69	3
		Edward Foulkes 90.97	3			Edward Foulkes 84.00	1
															3	Gerwyn Price 97.71	4th
															19th	Mervyn King 98.15	1
		Ross Smith 93.18	3		14th	José de Sousa 93.93	3
		David Evans 91.89	0			Ross Smith 93.73	1
										14th	José de Sousa 103.62	0
										19th	Mervyn King 103.47	4th
		Max Hopp 94.94	3		19th	Mervyn King 99.64	3
		Gordon Mathers 81.03	0			Max Hopp 94.19	1
																				3	Gerwyn Price 96.36	5
																				11	Daryl Gurney 96.25	4th
		Scott Waites 96.13	3		6th	Nathan Aspinall 92.70	3
		Matt Campbell 94.97	2			Scott Waites 96.27	2
										6th	Nathan Aspinall 91.03	2
										27	Vincent van der Voort 93.77	4th
		Ron Meulenkamp 87.71	3		27	Vincent van der Voort 95.49	3
		Boris Krčmar 89.82	1			Ron Meulenkamp 93.76	2
															27	Vincent van der Voort 94.68	2
															11	Daryl Gurney 93.64	4th
		William O'Connor 88.42	3		11	Daryl Gurney 99.19	3
		Niels Zonneveld 83.37	0			William O'Connor 92.40	2
										11	Daryl Gurney 101.39	4th
										22nd	Chris Dobey 99.29	1
		Jeff Smith 85.75	3		22nd	Chris Dobey 96.26	3
		Keane Barry 87.84	1			Jeff Smith 95.21	2

Semifinals and finals

	Semi-finals Jan. 2, 2021 best of 11 sets					Final Jan. 3, 2021 best of 13 sets
	8th	Dave Chisnall 98.57	3
	13	Gary Anderson 100.03	6th
						13	Gary Anderson 94.25	3
						3	Gerwyn Price 100.08	7th
	26th	Stephen Bunting 96.38	4th
	3	Gerwyn Price 100.92	6th

statistics

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NED	SCO	WHALE	NIR	OUT	BEL	GER	RSA	AUT	POLE	POR	IRL	JPN	CAN	CHN	United States	BRA	CRO	CZE	FIN	IND	LAT	LIT	NZL	PHI	RUS	SIN	SWE	total
final			1	1																										2
Semifinals	2		1	1																										4th
Quarter finals	2	2	1	1	1						1																			8th
Round of 16	6th	3	1	1	1		1	1	1		1																			16
3rd round	12	5	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1					1													32
2nd round	26th	7th	4th	4th	3	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1		1	1					1	1				1		64
1 round	21st	6th	2	2	1	3	2	2	1				4th	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	64
total	35	11	4th	4th	3	4th	3	3	2	1	1	1	4th	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	96

Player statistics

player	country	round	Games	Sets		Legs		100+	140+	180s	Highest checkout	Checkout 100+	Checkout Av .%	Average
				w.	lost	w.	lost
Gerwyn Price		winner	6th	29	17th	108	82	242	123	55	170	23	44.26	97.80
Gary Anderson		final	6th	25th	15th	93	72	194	124	43	170	13	36.08	96.71
Dave Chisnall		Semifinals	5	19th	11	67	56	277	123	51	170	7th	42.95	100.94
Stephen Bunting		Semifinals	5	20th	16	78	75	336	148	37	170	15th	40.63	96.15
Michael van Gerwen		Quarter finals	4th	11	9	48	44	198	91	23	150	3	50.52	102.03
Daryl Gurney		Quarter finals	4th	15th	10	57	43	206	101	33	130	5	37.50	97.62
Krzysztof Ratajski		Quarter finals	4th	14th	8th	52	47	205	89	22nd	127	5	35.37	96.74
Dirk van Duijvenbode		Quarter finals	4th	15th	12	57	51	215	104	28	170	8th	35.85	96.65
Dimitri Van den Bergh		Round of 16	3	9	4th	32	19th	53	48	22nd	128	5	41.03	100.99
Gabriel Clemens		Round of 16	3	10	8th	42	39	85	60	20th	144	4th	38.18	95.26
Joe Cullen		Round of 16	3	10	7th	40	35	78	39	31	124	5	33.33	95.92
Glen Durrant		Round of 16	3	10	6th	38	30th	72	38	15th	154	3	42.22	92.15
Mervyn King		Round of 16	3	8th	5	30th	24	69	39	17th	110	2	42.86	100.16
Devon Petersen		Round of 16	3	7th	5	27	24	61	34	21st	160	5	31.03	91.75
Ryan Searle		Round of 16	4th	13	8th	49	36	103	63	20th	145	6th	37.12	95.71
Vincent van der Voort		Round of 16	3	9	8th	37	31	85	37	16	121	4th	42.53	94.66
Nathan Aspinall		3rd round	2	5	6th	20th	25th	48	31	8th	160	3	38.29	91.87
Danny Baggish		3rd round	3	8th	7th	33	31	95	39	8th	170	3	33.12	90.92
Jonny Clayton		3rd round	2	6th	5	25th	21st	60	28	10	140	5	39.11	90.99
Chris Dobey		3rd round	2	4th	6th	21st	22nd	56	29	10	130	4th	34.51	97.78
Brendan Dolan		3rd round	2	6th	5	24	21st	63	32	5	120	4th	42.86	94.00
Ricky Evans		3rd round	2	3	5	17th	17th	32	18th	12	104	2	48.81	97.31
Adam Hunt		3rd round	3	6th	6th	28	23	60	32	17th	145	3	38.85	94.48
Kim Huybrechts		3rd round	3	8th	5	28	21st	78	41	16	140	1	45.76	96.65
Jason Lowe		3rd round	3	6th	6th	27	21st	63	32	10	135	2	31.62	90.56
Danny Noppert		3rd round	2	5	5	17th	21st	40	17th	5	160	4th	30.90	84.84
José de Sousa		3rd round	2	3	5	13	18th	40	14th	13	80	0	38.24	98.60
Scale length Suljović		3rd round	2	6th	5	26th	18th	47	27	15th	140	2	38.71	92.78
James Wade		3rd round	2	5	4th	21st	18th	66	20th	9	141	3	53.85	89.55
Jermaine Wattimena		3rd round	2	4th	4th	14th	18th	33	22nd	4th	156	1	29.78	89.92
Simon Whitlock		3rd round	2	3	6th	18th	20th	83	49	15th	120	1	28.53	97.56
Peter Wright		3rd round	2	6th	5	24	19th	60	46	11	144	4th	33.33	98.39
Michael Smith		2nd round	1	1	3	3	11	7th	4th	0	74	0	21.43	92.64
Scott Waites		2nd round	2	5	5	23	24	102	44	15th	125	6th	46.94	96.20
Nick Kenny		2nd round	2	4th	5	19th	16	66	23	6th	119	1	35.85	87.89
Keegan Brown		2nd round	2	4th	3	17th	15th	59	17th	3	126	4th	36.17	90.20
Andy Boulton		2nd round	2	5	4th	19th	13	76	32	8th	149	2	38.00	93.01
Matthew Edgar		2nd round	2	4th	3	13	12	52	25th	4th	112	3	65.00	89.94
Cameron Carolissen		2nd round	1	1	3	9	9	34	13	4th	70	0	29.03	82.19
Rob Cross		2nd round	1	2	3	8th	12	38	11	4th	90	0	53.33	92.39
Edward Foulkes		2nd round	2	4th	3	14th	14th	55	19th	2	140	1	36.84	87.49
John Henderson		2nd round	2	4th	5	20th	18th	87	35	9	112	2	31.75	89.26
Max Hopp		2nd round	2	4th	3	15th	14th	66	32	8th	100	1	22.39	94.57
Jamie Hughes		2nd round	1	0	3	2	9	15th	4th	0	67	0	66.67	75.36
Wayne Jones		2nd round	2	3	5	16	17th	65	28	5	143	3	31.58	89.48
Ryan Joyce		2nd round	2	3	5	15th	18th	66	25th	7th	110	1	47.83	90.85
Nico Kurz		2nd round	2	4th	4th	18th	17th	44	15th	5	161	6th	36.00	88.95
Darius Labanauskas		2nd round	2	5	3	17th	14th	65	26th	7th	164	4th	45.94	95.71
Steve Lennon		2nd round	2	4th	4th	17th	16	74	33	8th	130	1	23.61	93.15
Adrian Lewis		2nd round	1	1	3	6th	10	28	13	6th	127	1	21.43	92.73
Jamie Lewis		2nd round	2	5	5	19th	19th	77	33	10	110	2	39.58	90.57
Paul Lim		2nd round	2	3	5	13	19th	63	28	2	121	1	34.21	89.69
Mickey Mansell		2nd round	2	4th	3	14th	10	57	25th	6th	86	0	40.00	91.42
Ron Meulenkamp		2nd round	2	5	4th	18th	17th	72	36	6th	144	1	37.50	90.74
Ryan Murray		2nd round	2	4th	4th	15th	19th	53	25th	5	130	3	41.66	91.13
William O'Connor		2nd round	2	5	3	16	15th	63	28	7th	122	1	26.83	90.41
Diogo Portela		2nd round	2	3	3	11	12	31	10	0	85	0	32.35	84.66
Madars Razma		2nd round	2	4th	3	15th	16	49	13	2	81	0	40.54	90.57
Callan Rydz		2nd round	2	3	4th	12	13	42	14th	4th	117	2	33.75	85.79
Jeff Smith		2nd round	2	5	4th	19th	21st	28	18th	7th	116	2	40.00	90.36
Ross Smith		2nd round	2	4th	3	15th	14th	27	27	7th	136	4th	34.67	93.46
Steve West		2nd round	2	4th	3	13	11	26th	11	10	98	0	40.62	89.50
Ian White		2nd round	1	1	3	8th	10	43	24	4th	127	1	25.00	102.35
Jeffrey de Zwaan		2nd round	1	0	3	4th	9	29	17th	9	81	0	25.00	98.20
Lisa Ashton		1 round	1	2	3	9	13	33	9	3	101	1	39.13	91.33
James Bailey		1 round	1	1	3	4th	9	11	10	3	115	2	25.00	89.79
Keane Barry		1 round	1	1	3	8th	11	28	11	2	80	0	26.67	88.11
Steve Beaton		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	18th	4th	0	38	0	25.00	84.14
Bradley Brooks		1 round	1	2	3	7th	10	22nd	14th	1	87	0	28.00	92.70
Matt Campbell		1 round	1	2	3	12	13	57	22nd	4th	160	2	46.15	94.97
Mike de Decker		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	16	4th	2	117	1	23.08	86.74
David Evans		1 round	1	0	3	5	9	32	12	4th	80	0	23.81	91.89
Amit Gilitwala		1 round	1	0	3	1	9	7th	5	0	40	0	12.50	80.48
Dmitri Gorbunov		1 round	1	1	3	6th	11	33	11	1	141	2	30.00	80.56
Andy Hamilton		1 round	1	1	3	7th	11	27	13	5	72	0	30.43	82.15
Deta Hedman		1 round	1	1	3	3	9	18th	3	2	50	0	27.27	79.92
Damon Heta		1 round	1	2	3	12	10	45	23	2	160	4th	36.36	91.65
Luke Humphries		1 round	1	2	3	10	11	27	14th	7th	108	2	23.81	92.28
Lourence Ilagan		1 round	1	1	3	8th	9	20th	9	5	109	2	42.11	88.28
Marko Kantele		1 round	1	2	3	8th	13	19th	8th	2	70	0	30.77	79.69
Martijn Kleermaker 1		1 round	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	-
Boris Krčmar		1 round	1	1	3	6th	9	19th	10	5	96	0	26.09	89.82
Maik Kuivenhoven		1 round	1	0	3	1	9	14th	6th	3	64	0	9.09	81.00
Daniel Larsson		1 round	1	1	3	5	10	26th	5	0	129	2	45.45	83.22
Danny Lauby		1 round	1	2	3	7th	13	21st	15th	2	148	2	25.00	88.98
Liu Chengan		1 round	1	0	3	2	9	15th	4th	2	124	1	50.00	79.57
Gordon Mathers		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	19th	4th	0	139	2	23.08	81.03
Ryan Meikle		1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	28	9	5	119	1	36.36	96.66
Hauptai Puha		1 round	1	0	3	0	9	9	2	0	-	0	0.00	79.72
Karel Sedláček		1 round	1	2	3	9	10	30th	11	1	111	1	34.62	93.11
Tōru Suzuki		1 round	1	0	3	6th	9	22nd	10	0	76	0	24.00	81.36
Ciaran Teehan		1 round	1	2	3	8th	13	23	9	3	101	1	30.77	86.31
Derk Telnekes		1 round	1	2	3	6th	13	37	13	2	106	1	20.00	87.15
Luke Woodhouse		1 round	1	2	3	9	11	24	13	3	145	4th	60.00	92.23
Niels Zonneveld		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	25th	8th	0	110	1	33.33	83.37
Zhuang Di		1 round	1	0	3	0	9	12	1	1	-	0	0.00	73.09
Source: PDC	Total / Average at Avarage and Checkout Av.%							5799	2738	872	170	240	34.92	90.73

Transfers

The British private broadcaster Sky Sports was responsible for the production of the television pictures . The following broadcasters showed the World Cup in different countries:

country	channel
Germany Austria Switzerland	Sport1 , DAZN
United Kingdom of Ireland	Sky Sports Darts
Australia	Fox Sports
Belgium	VTM 4
Brazil	DAZN
Denmark	TV3 sport
Estonia Latvia Lithuania	TV3 sport
Italy	DAZN
Iceland	Stöð 2 sport
Croatia	Sportska Televizija
New Zealand	Sky sports
Netherlands	RTL 7
Poland	TVP Sport
Spain	DAZN
Czech Republic Slovakia	Nova Sport
Hungary	Sport1 , Sport2
United States	DAZN

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