Premier League Darts 2015

Premier League Darts 2015
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
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Tournament dates
Defending champion	Raymond van Barneveld
Attendees	10
Opening game	5th February 2015
Endgame	May 21, 2015
Match days	16
Prize money (total)	£ 700,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 200,000
winner	Gary Anderson
statistics
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The Betway Premier League Darts 2015 was an invitation-only tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It started on February 5th and ended on May 21st, 2015 at the O2 Arena in London .

The Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld started as the defending champion .

The 2015 Premier League was broadcast live on German television on Sport1 and Sport1 + .

Prize money

The prize money has increased by £ 150,000 from last year to a total of £ 700,000. The prize money won will not be counted towards the Order of Merit .

• Winner: £ 200,000
• Second finalist: £ 100,000
• Semi-finals: £ 75,000 (losers from semi-finals)
• 5th place: £ 60,000
• 6th place: £ 50,000
• 7th place: £ 45,000
• 8th place: £ 40,000
• 9th place: £ 30,000
• 10th place: £ 25,000

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 .

The players in detail (in brackets the OoM placement before the start of the tournament):

• Michael van Gerwen (1)
• Phil Taylor (2)
• Gary Anderson (3)
• Adrian Lewis (4)

Wildcards:

• Peter Wright (5)
• James Wade (6)
• Dave Chisnall (9)
• Raymond van Barneveld (10)
• Kim Huybrechts (17)
• Stephen Bunting (24)

Thus, all previous winners took part in the Premier League .

Game mode

The qualified players first play in the mode of each against each other on nine match days before the last two players are eliminated on April 2nd and take 9th and 10th place. The remaining eight players play another round of each against each other on a further six match days, whereby the points from the first round are retained. A final evening will take place on May 21st. First the first four of the round (1 against 4, 2 against 3) play the semi-finals. Then both winners play the final.

Venues

date	round	place
5th February 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 1st matchday	Leeds
February 12, 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 2nd matchday	Bournemouth
19th February 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 3rd matchday	Liverpool
February 26, 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 4th matchday	Belfast
5th March 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 5th matchday	Exeter
March 12, 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 6th matchday	Nottingham
19th March 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 7th matchday	Glasgow
March 26, 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 8th matchday	Dublin
2nd April 2015	Preliminary round 1 - 9th matchday	Manchester
April 9, 2015	Preliminary round 2 - 1st matchday	Sheffield
April 16, 2015	Preliminary round 2 - 2nd matchday	Aberdeen
April 23, 2015	Preliminary round 2 - 3rd matchday	Cardiff
April 30, 2015	Preliminary round 2 - 4th matchday	Birmingham
May 7, 2015	Preliminary round 2 - 5th matchday	Newcastle
May 14, 2015	Preliminary round 2 - 6th matchday	Brighton
May 21, 2015	Play-offs	London

Preliminary round

1st matchday Dave Chisnall 94.16 - Peter Wright 87.20 7: 1 Raymond van Barneveld 85.68 - Adrian Lewis 113.80 1: 7 Kim Huybrechts 98.54 - Michael van Gerwen 107.72 3: 7 Gary Anderson 99.66 - Phil Taylor 104.72 7: 5 Stephen Bunting 95.03 - James Wade 95.56 6: 6

2nd matchday Peter Wright 100.25 - Gary Anderson 106.94 1: 7 Michael van Gerwen 109.44 - Stephen Bunting 103.43 7: 3 Adrian Lewis 97.97 - Phil Taylor 108.33 2: 7 James Wade 104.09 - Kim Huybrechts 93.57 7: 2 Dave Chisnall 91.53 - Raymond van Barneveld 91.73 7: 5

3rd matchday James Wade 90.19 - Dave Chisnall 93.27 6: 6 Peter Wright 93.45 - Raymond van Barneveld 102.94 6: 6 Phil Taylor 3/100 - Stephen Bunting 84.62 7: 1 Michael van Gerwen 101.14 - Gary Anderson 95.74 7: 4 Adrian Lewis 92.16 - Kim Huybrechts 88.98 6: 6

4th matchday Kim Huybrechts 107.01 - Dave Chisnall 01/10 4: 7 Gary Anderson 98.64 - James Wade 94.60 7: 4 Michael van Gerwen 106.28 - Adrian Lewis 98.32 6: 6 Stephen Bunting 91.08 - Raymond van Barneveld 97.50 4: 7 Phil Taylor 102.68 - Peter Wright 97.55 6: 6

5th matchday Raymond van Barneveld 102.65 - Kim Huybrechts 105.59 5: 7 James Wade 104.42 - Phil Taylor 106.48 5: 7 Adrian Lewis 91.45 - Stephen Bunting 96.02 3: 7 Peter Wright 94.65 - Michael van Gerwen 95.57 6: 6 Dave Chisnall 110.78 - Gary Anderson 99.23 7: 2

6th matchday Stephen Bunting 100.99 - Dave Chisnall 99.55 7: 3 Raymond van Barneveld 88.38 - James Wade 97.84 3: 7 Phil Taylor 99.73 - Michael van Gerwen 107.61 3: 7 Gary Anderson 108.98 - Adrian Lewis 08/10 7: 1 Kim Huybrechts 97.77 - Peter Wright 98.57 5: 7

7th matchday James Wade 103.79 - Adrian Lewis 102.00 6: 6 Peter Wright 93.40 - Stephen Bunting 89.95 6: 6 Raymond van Barneveld 104.18 - Phil Taylor 115.80 7: 4 Kim Huybrechts April 98 - Gary Anderson 100.70 5: 7 Dave Chisnall 90.68 - Michael van Gerwen 93.18 4: 7

8th matchday Adrian Lewis 96.51 - Dave Chisnall 100.84 2: 7 Gary Anderson 96.80 - Stephen Bunting 95.57 7: 4 Peter Wright 87.81 - James Wade 92.15 3: 7 Michael van Gerwen 108.71 - Raymond van Barneveld 104.37 7: 2 Phil Taylor 04/04 - Kim Huybrechts 96.73 7: 4

9th matchday Michael van Gerwen 100.97 - James Wade 100.64 7: 4 Phil Taylor 93.55 - Dave Chisnall 95.78 4: 7 Stephen Bunting 94.47 - Kim Huybrechts 94.22 6: 6 Adrian Lewis 96.29 - Peter Wright 91.09 7: 4 Gary Anderson 108.83 - Raymond van Barneveld 100.18 6: 6

Finals

1 week Adrian Lewis 96.77 - James Wade 97.02 7: 4 Gary Anderson 93.78 - Dave Chisnall 106.91 3: 7 Phil Taylor 86.80 - Raymond van Barneveld 95.43 2: 7 Stephen Bunting 95.43 - Michael van Gerwen 102.98 5: 7 Dave Chisnall 114.17 - James Wade 87.12 7: 1 2 weeks Dave Chisnall 102.96 - Phil Taylor 103.53 3: 7 Stephen Bunting 93.92 - Adrian Lewis 97.96 2: 7 James Wade 101.65 - Gary Anderson 104.27 6: 6 Raymond van Barneveld 98.98 - Michael van Gerwen 99.25 7: 3 Stephen Bunting 95.30 - Phil Taylor 98.63 6: 6 3 week Stephen Bunting 90.53 - Gary Anderson 82.98 7: 1 James Wade 93.93 - Michael van Gerwen 116.90 0: 7 Raymond van Barneveld 99.66 - Dave Chisnall 103.79 7: 5 Phil Taylor 104.65 - Adrian Lewis 96.89 6: 6 Gary Anderson 105.94 - Michael van Gerwen 104.40 7: 5 4th week Dave Chisnall 100.33 - Adrian Lewis 101.94 7: 4 Raymond van Barneveld 98.59 - Gary Anderson 94.54 7: 5 James Wade 94.65 - Stephen Bunting 93.15 6: 6 Michael van Gerwen 112.91 - Phil Taylor 107.58 7: 4 Adrian Lewis 89.64 - Raymond van Barneveld 95.82 2: 7 5th week James Wade 95.28 - Raymond van Barneveld 94.55 6: 6 Dave Chisnall 104.5 - Stephen Bunting 90.19 7: 1 Adrian Lewis 108.91 - Michael van Gerwen 103.38 7: 5 Phil Taylor 101.71 - Gary Anderson 102.95 5: 7 6th week Michael van Gerwen 111.9 - Dave Chisnall 01/10 6: 6 Adrian Lewis 94.46 - Gary Anderson 97.26 3: 7 Raymond van Barneveld 101.62 - Stephen Bunting 100.27 7: 4 Phil Taylor 108.87 - James Wade 100.29 7: 1

table

If several players are tied, the difference between the legs won and lost, then the number of legs won when the opponent is thrown on and finally the 3-dart average in the tournament is used to determine the placement.

Preliminary round

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	U	N	Legs	Diff.	LWAT	Avg.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen	9	7th	2	0	61:35	+26	23	103.40	16
2.	Dave Chisnall	9	6th	1	2	55:38	+17	22nd	98.18	13
3.	Gary Anderson	9	6th	1	2	54:40	+14	16	101.72	13
4th	James Wade	9	3	3	3	52:47	+ 05	17th	98.19	9
5.	Phil Taylor	9	4th	1	4th	50:46	+ 04	19th	103.93	9
6th	Stephen Bunting	9	2	3	4th	44:52	- 08	18th	94.57	7th
7th	Adrian Lewis	9	2	3	4th	40:51	−11	11	99.06	7th
8th.	Raymond van Barneveld	9	2	2	5	42:55	−13	13	97.51	6th
9.	Peter Wright	9	1	4th	4th	40:57	−17	10	93.77	6th
10.	Kim Huybrechts	9	1	2	6th	42:59	−17	7th	97.83	4th

Finals

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	U	N	Legs	Diff.	LWAT	Avg.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen	16	10	3	3	101: 71	+30	38	105.15	23
2.	Dave Chisnall	16	10	2	4th	97:67	+30	38	101.39	22nd
3.	Gary Anderson	16	9	2	5	90:80	+10	28	99.83	20th
4th	Raymond van Barneveld	16	8th	3	5	90:82	+ 08	31	97.64	19th
5.	Phil Taylor	16	6th	3	7th	87:83	+ 04	30th	102.95	15th
6th	Adrian Lewis	16	5	4th	7th	76:89	−13	23	98.63	14th
7th	James Wade	16	3	6th	7th	76:93	−17	26th	97.12	12
8th.	Stephen Bunting	16	3	5	8th	70:79	−18	26th	94.37	11

Table history

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Michael van Gerwen	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dave Chisnall	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Gary Anderson	4th	3	5	3	4th	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4th	3	3
Raymond van Barneveld	10	8th	7th	7th	7th	9	8th	8th	8th	7th	7th	5	3	4th	4th
Phil Taylor	7th	5	3	4th	3	4th	4th	5	5	4th	4th	4th	5	6th	5
Adrian Lewis	1	6th	6th	6th	6th	8th	9	9	7th	6th	5	6th	6th	5	6th
James Wade	5	4th	4th	5	5	5	5	4th	4th	5	6th	8th	8th	7th	7th
Stephen Bunting	6th	7th	9	10	8th	6th	6th	6th	6th	8th	8th	7th	7th	8th	8th
Peter Wright	9	10	10	8th	10	7th	7th	7th	9	eliminated
Kim Huybrechts	8th	9	8th	9	9	10	10	10	10

Play-offs

	Semi-finals May 21, 2015 best of 19 legs					Final May 21, 2015 best of 21 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 106.4	10
	4th	Raymond van Barneveld 100.4	8th
						1	Michael van Gerwen 105.8	7th
						3	Gary Anderson 104.9	11
	2	Dave Chisnall 98.3	9
	3	Gary Anderson 98.4	10

Michael van Gerwen	Final: best of 21 legs	Gary Anderson
7th	Result	11
105.8	3-dart average	104.9
19th	100+	16
22nd	140+	22nd
3	180s	7th
121	Supreme finish	96
31.8%	Double quota	50.00%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Participant field of the Premier League 2015 , ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. PDC-Europe website, accessed on January 12, 2015. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} Betway Premier League Fixtures , PDC page, accessed January 12, 2015