Premier League Darts 2013
The McCoy's Premier League Darts 2013 was an invitational tournament, which by the Professional Darts Corporation was organized. It was held from February 7 to May 16, 2013 in the round robin system with subsequent semi-finals and finals. The preliminary round match days took place on Thursdays from February 7th to May 9th, 2013. The play-offs took place on May 16, 2013 at The O2 Arena in London .
The tournament victory went to the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who defeated the defending champion Phil Taylor from England in the final with 10: 8 in legs.
The 2013 Premier League was broadcast live on German television on Sport1 . The pay TV broadcaster Sport1 + also showed some match days live and in full.
Prize money
The prize money has increased by £ 70,000 from last year to a total of £ 520,000.
The prize money won was not counted towards the Order of Merit .
- Winner: £ 150,000
- Second finalist: £ 75,000
- Semi-finals: £ 55,000 (losers from semi-finals)
- 5th place: £ 45,000
- 6th place: £ 40,000
- 7th place: £ 35,000
- 8th place: £ 30,000
- 9th place: £ 20,000
- 10th place: £ 15,000
qualification
The qualification mode differed from previous years. The best four players of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2013 were qualified for the tournament. In addition, six instead of four players had been invited because of their achievements in previous years.
The players in detail (in brackets the OoM placement before the start of the tournament):
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Phil Taylor (1)
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Adrian Lewis (2)
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James Wade (3)
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Michael van Gerwen * (4)
Wildcards:
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Simon Whitlock (5)
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Andy Hamilton (6)
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Wes Newton * (7)
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Raymond van Barneveld (8)
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Gary Anderson (11)
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Robert Thornton * (15)
* = Premiere season
Competition mode
After the first nine match days, the last two in the table were eliminated. At this point all players had played against each other once. The remaining eight players then played the playoff places on five match days.
All games in the group stage were played in the best of 12 legs mode, i.e. the player who won 7 legs first won the game. When the score was 6: 6, the game was ended and counted as a draw.
Preliminary round
Matchday 1 , 7th February 2013, Odyssey Arena , Belfast
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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5: 7 |
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7: 4 |
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7: 4 |
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7: 3 |
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6: 6 |
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Highest finish: Simon Whitlock 121 |
Matchday 2 , February 14th 2013, AECC , Aberdeen
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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2: 7 |
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7: 4 |
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7: 5 |
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3: 7 |
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6: 6 |
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Highest finish: Andy Hamilton 120 |
Matchday 3 , 21st February 2013, BIC , Bournemouth
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 4 |
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6: 6 |
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2: 7 |
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7: 3 |
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7: 5 |
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Highest finish: Andy Hamilton 152 |
Matchday 4 , February 28th 2013, Westpoint Arena , Exeter
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 2 |
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2: 7 |
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6: 6 |
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7: 3 |
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7: 3 |
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Highest finish: Gary Anderson 124 |
Matchday 5 , March 7th 2013, Capital FM Arena , Nottingham
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 1 |
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7: 5 |
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7: 4 |
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5: 7 |
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5: 7 |
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Highest finish: James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld 121 |
Matchday 6 , March 14th 2013, MEN Arena , Manchester
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 4 |
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6: 6 |
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7: 4 |
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6: 6 |
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3: 7 |
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Highest finish: James Wade 170 |
Matchday 7 , March 21st 2013, CIA , Cardiff
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 4 |
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1: 7 |
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5: 7 |
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2: 7 |
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6: 6 |
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Highest finish: Michael van Gerwen 164 |
Matchday 8 , March 28th 2013, SECC , Glasgow
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 4 |
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1: 7 |
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7: 3 |
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5: 7 |
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4: 7 |
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Highest finish: Robert Thornton 157 |
Matchday 9 , April 4th 2013, Brighton Center , Brighton
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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3: 7 |
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4: 7 |
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5: 7 |
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7: 3 |
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2: 7 |
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Highest finish: Simon Whitlock 130 |
Matchday 10 , April 11th 2013, Motorpoint Arena , Sheffield
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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4: 7 |
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2: 7 |
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7: 3 |
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5: 7 |
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5: 7 |
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Highest finish: Andy Hamilton 124 |
Match day 11 , April 18, 2013, The O 2 , Dublin
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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3: 7 |
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4: 7 |
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4: 7 |
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7: 3 |
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6: 6 |
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7: 5 |
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Highest finish: Michael van Gerwen 158 |
Matchday 12 , 25th April 2013, NIA , Birmingham
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 2 |
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7: 5 |
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7: 4 |
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7: 2 |
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7: 4 |
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5: 7 |
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Highest finish: Robert Thornton 152 |
Matchday 13 , 2nd May 2013, Echo Arena , Liverpool
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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7: 4 |
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4: 7 |
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2: 7 |
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7: 4 |
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2: 7 |
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Highest finish: Phil Taylor 164 |
Matchday 14 , May 9th 2013, Metro Radio Arena , Newcastle
Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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4: 7 |
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7: 1 |
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5: 7 |
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6: 6 |
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4: 7 |
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6: 6 |
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Highest finish: Adrian Lewis 170 |
The number behind the player name shows the 3-dart average (= average point value with 3 darts thrown).
Closing table
Note: The table can be sorted : Clicking on a column header sorts the table according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting.
space | player | Games | Victories | draw | Loss | Legs | 180s | Average | HF | Points |
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16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | +34 | 57 | 100.09 | 164 | 24 |
2 |
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16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | +24 | 53 | 98.88 | 161 | 23 |
3 |
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16 | 8th | 4th | 4th | +22 | 31 | 100.37 | 164 | 20th |
4th |
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16 | 7th | 3 | 6th | +6 | 37 | 97.12 | 170 | 17th |
5 |
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16 | 6th | 3 | 7th | −7 | 53 | 98.20 | 161 | 15th |
6th |
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16 | 7th | 1 | 8th | −9 | 44 | 95.01 | 140 | 15th |
7th |
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16 | 6th | 0 | 10 | −11 | 42 | 94.77 | 152 | 12 |
8th |
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16 | 4th | 2 | 10 | −27 | 43 | 92.57 | 170 | 10 |
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9 | 2 | 1 | 6th | −14 | 26th | 91.66 | 132 | 5 |
10 |
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9 | 2 | 1 | 6th | −18 | 28 | 95.57 | 124 | 5 |
As of May 9, 2013
Play-offs
16th May 2013, The O2 Arena , London
Semi-finals Best of 15 Legs |
Final Best of 19 Legs |
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8th |
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Final: Best of 19 legs |
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10 | Result | 8th |
103.29 | 3-dart average | 104.10 |
21st | 100+ | 31 |
12 | 140+ | 9 |
9 | 180s | 4th |
132 | Supreme finish | 160 |
37% | Double quota | 38 % |