Premier League Darts 2014

The Betway Premier League Darts 2014 was an invitation tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It began on February 6th at the Echo Arena in Liverpool and ended on May 22nd, 2014 at the O2 Arena in London .

The defending champion was Michael van Gerwen from the Netherlands , who reached the final again, but was beaten by his compatriot Raymond van Barneveld with 6:10 legs.

The 2014 Premier League was broadcast live on German television on Sport1 and Sport1 + .

qualification

As in the previous year, the first four players of the PDC Order of Merit qualified for the Premier League. In addition, four other players received a wildcard for the Premier League from the PDC and two more from Sky Sports .

player	Total participation in the Premier League	Participation in a row	Rank in the Order of Merit	Best placement	Qualified by
Michael van Gerwen	2.	2	1	Winner (2013)	PDC Order of Merit
Phil Taylor	10.	10	2	Winner (2005-2008, 2010, 2012)	PDC Order of Merit
Simon Whitlock	5.	5	3	2nd place (2012)	PDC Order of Merit
Adrian Lewis	7th	5	4th	2nd place (2011)	PDC Order of Merit
Dave Chisnall	1.	1	5	debut	PDC wildcard
Peter Wright	1.	1	7th	debut	PDC wildcard
Wes Newton	2.	2	8th	9th place (2013)	PDC wildcard
Robert Thornton	2.	2	9	5th place (2013)	PDC wildcard
Raymond van Barneveld	9.	9	10	Semi-finals (2006–2009, 2011, 2013)	Sky Sports Wildcard
Gary Anderson	4th	4th	17th	Winner (2011)	Sky Sports Wildcard

Results

Preliminary round

February 6th

Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool

	Score
Dave Chisnall 93.87	7-5	Robert Thornton 93.28
Peter Wright 97.53	7-3	Wes Newton 93.75
Raymond van Barneveld 108.52	7-2	Gary Anderson 100.71
Phil Taylor 99.45	0-7	Michael van Gerwen 109.59
Simon Whitlock 86.31	1-7	Adrian Lewis 99.13
Highest checkout: Adrian Lewis: 130

13th February

Bournemouth International Center, Bournemouth

	Score
Wes Newton 91.36	7-5	Raymond van Barneveld 89.69
Dave Chisnall 92.40	6-6	Peter Wright 83.83
Gary Anderson 98.13	7-2	Simon Whitlock 90.05
Adrian Lewis 100.57	7-3	Phil Taylor 98.27
Robert Thornton 90.23	5-7	Michael van Gerwen 95.83
Highest checkout: Wes Newton: 149

20. February

Odyssey Arena, Belfast

	Score
Robert Thornton 105.21	7-2	Gary Anderson 02.95
Dave Chisnall 101.01	4-7	Michael van Gerwen 103.60
Peter Wright 100.40	7-4	Phil Taylor 3/10
Wes Newton 93.82	7-2	Adrian Lewis 89.54
Raymond van Barneveld 95.96	7-4	Simon Whitlock 95.44
Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson: 121

27th of February

SSE Hydro, Glasgow

	Score
Peter Wright 93.32	7-1	Adrian Lewis 90.85
Robert Thornton 82.66	6-6	Wes Newton 88.45
Simon Whitlock 94.35	3-7	Phil Taylor 104.82
Michael van Gerwen 98.25	5-7	Raymond van Barneveld 107.31
Dave Chisnall 103.19	5-7	Gary Anderson 108.22
Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson: 170

6th March

Westpoint Arena, Exeter

	Score
Peter Wright 98.75	6-6	Robert Thornton 95.23
Raymond van Barneveld 87.69	6-6	Dave Chisnall 92.46
Adrian Lewis 98.19	6-6	Michael van Gerwen 97.49
Phil Taylor 99.91	5-7	Gary Anderson 10/96
Simon Whitlock 99.53	7-5	Robert Thornton * 103.12
Highest checkout: Simon Whitlock: 150

* Wes Newton was originally supposed to face Simon Whitlock but had to sit out due to illness, so Thornton played twice that night. The duel between Newton and Whitlock was rescheduled on March 27 (week 8), Thornton had this day off.

March 13th

Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

	Score
Simon Whitlock 88.28	3-7	Peter Wright 100.72
Adrian Lewis 89.43	7-5	Gary Anderson 90.62
Michael van Gerwen 105.05	7-1	Wes Newton 103.36
Raymond van Barneveld 99.46	6-6	Robert Thornton 97.48
Phil Taylor 98.46	7-5	Dave Chisnall 92.43
Highest checkout: Peter Wright: 132

March, 20th

First Direct Arena, Leeds

	Score
Dave Chisnall 96.15	6-6	Simon Whitlock 90.58
Robert Thornton 87.57	6-6	Adrian Lewis 93.62
Gary Anderson 02/99	5-7	Michael van Gerwen 102.30
Wes Newton 101.17	1-7	Phil Taylor 106.91
Peter Wright 97.80	6-6	Raymond van Barneveld 100.81
Highest checkout: Peter Wright: 161

27th of March

The O2, Dublin

	Score
Gary Anderson 97.41	7-3	Wes Newton 91.45
Adrian Lewis 99.14	6-6	Dave Chisnall 101.22
Wes Newton 92.82	6-6	Simon Whitlock 91.89
Michael van Gerwen 101.22	7-5	Peter Wright 96.84
Phil Taylor 96.92	6-6	Raymond van Barneveld 98.72
Highest checkout: Raymond van Barneveld: 160

Judgment Night (April 3rd)

Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

	Score
Gary Anderson 94.15	5-7	Peter Wright 92.87
Michael van Gerwen 103.67	6-6	Simon Whitlock 100.34
Adrian Lewis 90.95	6-6	Raymond van Barneveld 89.43
Wes Newton 88.02	5-7	Dave Chisnall 95.85
Phil Taylor 102.48	7-4	Robert Thornton 99.12
Highest checkout: Simon Whitlock: 170

10th of April

Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

	Score
Dave Chisnall 101.29	5-7	Raymond van Barneveld 94.72
Peter Wright 98.21	4-7	Gary Anderson 100.91
Michael van Gerwen 104.31	7-5	Robert Thornton 94.76
Phil Taylor 100.96	7-4	Adrian Lewis 98.53
Raymond van Barneveld 95.91	7-5	Peter Wright 96.09
Highest checkout: Dave Chisnall: 164

17th April

GE Gas & Oil Arena, Aberdeen

	Score
Gary Anderson 96.38	7-4	Adrian Lewis 99.44
Michael van Gerwen 101.48	4-7	Phil Taylor 106.30
Peter Wright 95.72	4-7	Dave Chisnall 103.50
Robert Thornton 87.67	1-7	Raymond van Barneveld 99.73
Michael van Gerwen 95.89	7-4	Adrian Lewis 95.60
Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson: 138

April 24th

Phones 4u Arena, Manchester

	Score
Robert Thornton 98.16	5-7	Peter Wright 97.71
Gary Anderson 98.01	6-6	Phil Taylor 106.65
Raymond van Barneveld 104.19	7-3	Adrian Lewis 89.49
Michael van Gerwen 99.51	7-4	Dave Chisnall 96.31
Gary Anderson 91.11	6-6	Robert Thornton 94.49
Highest checkout: Robert Thornton: 137

1st of May

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

	Score
Robert Thornton 104.30	7-5	Dave Chisnall 97.99
Raymond van Barneveld 95.63	6-6	Phil Taylor 95.69
Michael van Gerwen 97.48	4-7	Gary Anderson 100.80
Adrian Lewis 98.67	6-6	Peter Wright 97.70
Dave Chisnall 92.65	2-7	Phil Taylor 101.98
Highest checkout: Adrian Lewis: 122

8th of May

Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle

	Score
Gary Anderson 97.90	7-4	Dave Chisnall 94.48
Adrian Lewis 96.59	7-5	Robert Thornton 89.25
Phil Taylor 100.47	6-6	Peter Wright 100.79
Raymond van Barneveld 96.14	4-7	Michael van Gerwen 105.49
Highest checkout: Michael van Gerwen: 132

May 15

Brighton Center, Brighton

	Score
Dave Chisnall 92.05	4-7	Adrian Lewis 95.71
Gary Anderson 101.30	7-4	Raymond van Barneveld 95.65
Robert Thornton 95.18	5-7	Phil Taylor 101.29
Peter Wright 104.54	5-7	Michael van Gerwen 110.85
Highest checkout: Peter Wright: 161

table

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	U	N	Legs wt.	Legs ver.	Diff.	LWAT	100+	140+	180	Avg.	Maximum. Check.	Check.- Quota	Points
1	Michael van Gerwen	16	11	2	3	102	75	+27	39	207	156	55	102.00	164	40.80%	24
2	Raymond van Barneveld	16	7th	6th	3	98	82	+16	32	240	122	46	97.47	160	50.52%	20th
3	Phil Taylor	16	8th	4th	4th	92	80	+12	37	244	111	41	101.36	144	38.02%	20th
4th	Gary Anderson	16	9	2	5	94	82	+12	33	237	122	46	97.86	170	43.32%	20th
5	Peter Wright	16	6th	5	5	95	86	+9	34	263	137	37	97.05	161	41.48%	17th
6th	Adrian Lewis	16	5	5	6th	83	90	−7	30th	200	107	54	95.34	130	38.07%	15th
7th	Dave Chisnall	16	3	4th	9	83	101	−18	31	218	140	64	96.68	164	37.73%	10
8th	Robert Thornton	16	2	5	9	84	100	−16	26th	215	125	63	94.86	137	35.00%	9
9	Wes Newton	9	2	2	5	39	54	−15	15th	129	48	25th	93.80	149	31.71%	6th
10	Simon Whitlock	9	1	3	5	38	58	−20	13	99	62	25th	92.97	170	43.18%	5

Play-offs (May 22nd)

O2 Arena, London

	Score
Semi-finals (best of 15 legs)
Michael van Gerwen 101.18	8-7	Gary Anderson 07/99
Raymond van Barneveld 92.27	8-5	Phil Taylor 93.43
Final (best of 19 legs)
Michael van Gerwen 102.98	6-10	Raymond van Barneveld 101.93
Highest checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 116

Prize money

The prize money has increased by £ 30,000 from last year to a total of £ 550,000.

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 150,000
finalist	(1)	0£ 75,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	0£ 60,000
5th place	(1)	0£ 50,000
6th place	(1)	0£ 45,000
7th place	(1)	0£ 35,000
8th place	(1)	0£ 30,000
9th place	(1)	0£ 25,000
10th place	(1)	0£ 20,000

The prize money won is not included in the Order of Merit , as it is an invitation tournament.

Trivia

• The players were accompanied on stage by the "walk-on girls" Daniela Allfree, Hazel O'Sullivan and Jess Impiazzi.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Premier League 2014. (No longer available online.) In: walkongirls.net. February 6, 2014, archived from the original on March 29, 2016 ; accessed on March 29, 2016 . 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.