Premier League Darts 2019

Premier League Darts 2019
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	, , , , , ,
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	10
Opening game	February 7, 2019
Endgame	23 May 2019
Match days	17th
Prize money (total)	£ 825,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 250,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest average	110.85 points from Michael van Gerwen
highest finish	170 points from Raymond van Barneveld , Michael Smith , Gerwyn Price
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The Unibet Premier League Darts 2019 was an invitation tournament, which is organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the 15th edition of this tournament.

The series of events begins on February 7, 2019 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and ended with the play-offs on May 23, 2019 at the O2 Arena in London . Unlike in the previous year, another seventh matchday was played in the final round in 2019. Thus a total of 17 game days were completed.

Prize money

The Premier League will give away a total of £ 825,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 250,000
finalist	(1)	£ 120,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	0£ 80,000
5th place	(1)	0£ 65,000
6th place	(1)	0£ 55,000
7th place	(1)	0£ 50,000
8th place	(1)	0£ 45,000
9th place	(1)	0£ 30,000
10th place	(1)	0£ 25,000
First place after the 16th matchday	(1)	0£ 25,000

Since the Premier League is an invitation tournament, the prize money does not flow into the world rankings.

qualification

As in the previous year, the first four players of the PDC Order of Merit (deadline: January 1st, 2019, after the final of the PDC World Darts Championship 2019 ) qualified for the Premier League . In addition, six other players received a wildcard for the Premier League through the PDC and 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	7th	7th	1	Victory (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Order of Merit
Rob Cross	2.	2	2	4th place (2018)	Order of Merit
Peter Wright	6th	6th	3	2nd place (2017)	Order of Merit
Gary Anderson 1	9. (8.)	9 (8)	4th	Win (2011, 2015)	Order of Merit
Daryl Gurney	2.	2	5	5th place (2018)	Wildcard
Michael Smith	3.	2	6th	2nd place (2018)	Wildcard
Gerwyn Price	2.	2	7th	10th place (2018)	Wildcard
Scale length Suljović	2.	2	8th	9th place (2018)	Wildcard
James Wade	10.	1	10	Win (2009)	Wildcard
Raymond van Barneveld	14th	14th	28	Win (2014)	Wildcard

¹ Gary Anderson announced on February 4th that he would not be competing in the Premier League Darts due to ongoing back pain. Instead, a substitute player will take his place on the first 9 match days. The points scored by the other participants in these games are included in the Premier League Darts table. The so-called "contenders" are rewarded with prize money, which is based on the result of the match (£ 2500 for a win, £ 1500 for a draw, £ 750 for a loss)

player	Rank in the Order of Merit	Qualified by
Chris Dobey	35	Substitute player
Glen Durrant	1 (BDO)	Substitute player
Steve Lennon	38	Substitute player
Luke Humphries	57	Substitute player
John Henderson	20th	Substitute player
Nathan Aspinall	34	Substitute player
Max Hopp	32	Substitute player
Dimitri Van den Bergh	33	Substitute player
Jeffrey de Zwaan	44	Substitute player

Venues

date	round	place
February 7, 2019	Preliminary round - 1st matchday	Metro Radio Arena , Newcastle
February 14, 2019	Preliminary round - 2nd matchday	The SSE Hydro , Glasgow
February 21, 2019	Preliminary round - 3rd matchday	3Arena , Dublin
February 28, 2019	Preliminary round - 4th matchday	Westpoint Arena , Exeter
March 7, 2019	Preliminary round - 5th matchday	GE Oil and Gas Arena , Aberdeen
March 14, 2019	Preliminary round - 6th matchday	Capital FM Arena , Nottingham
March 21, 2019	Preliminary round - 7th matchday	Mercedes-Benz Arena , Berlin
March 27, 2019	Preliminary round - 8th matchday	Ahoy , Rotterdam
March 28, 2019	Preliminary round - 9th matchday	Ahoy , Rotterdam
4th April 2019	Final round - 1st matchday	SSE Arena , Belfast
April 11, 2019	Final round - 2nd matchday	M&S Bank Arena , Liverpool
April 18, 2019	Final round - Matchday 3	Motorpoint Arena , Cardiff
April 26, 2018	Final round - Matchday 4	Arena Birmingham , Birmingham
2nd May 2019	Final round - Matchday 5	Manchester Arena , Manchester
May 9, 2019	Finals - Matchday 6	FlyDSA Arena , Sheffield
16th May 2019	Final round - Matchday 7	First Direct Arena , Leeds
23 May 2019	Play-offs	The O2 Arena , London

Preliminary round

Games

The schedule was announced by the PDC on January 18, 2019

1st matchday
James Wade 99.24	-	Raymond van Barneveld 95.15	7: 4
Gerwyn Price 104.11	-	Daryl Gurney 98.78	7: 4
Chris Dobey 98.53	-	Scale length Suljović 100.99	6: 6
Michael van Gerwen 104.98	-	Michael Smith 95.23	7: 5
Peter Wright 101.56	-	Rob Cross 103.57	6: 6

2nd matchday
Peter Wright 88.95	-	Michael Smith 97.61	6: 6
Rob Cross 102.58	-	James Wade 100.81	7: 4
Raymond van Barneveld 88.79	-	Gerwyn Price 95.60	6: 6
Daryl Gurney 100.05	-	Glen Durrant 99.89	7: 3
Scale length Suljović 101.07	-	Michael van Gerwen 99.82	3: 7

3rd matchday Gerwyn Price 96.22 - James Wade 103.89 6: 6 Steve Lennon 90.80 - Peter Wright 96.95 5: 7 Michael van Gerwen 101.34 - Rob Cross 93.31 7: 2 Michael Smith 93.18 - Daryl Gurney 99.14 5: 7 Scale length Suljović 95.50 - Raymond van Barneveld 91.65 6: 6

4th matchday Luke Humphries 101.30 - Gerwyn Price 99.48 6: 6 Daryl Gurney 90.35 - Rob Cross 102.16 1: 7 Scale length Suljović 96.42 - Peter Wright 95.31 7: 4 Michael van Gerwen 93.02 - James Wade 92.46 3: 7 Michael Smith 98.79 - Raymond van Barneveld 94.38 7: 4

5th matchday Michael Smith 100.21 - Rob Cross 103.96 3: 7 Daryl Gurney 94.45 - James Wade 109.59 0: 7 Scale length Suljović 95.55 - Gerwyn Price 93.13 3: 7 Raymond van Barneveld 95.36 - Peter Wright 106.64 3: 7 Michael van Gerwen 103.91 - John Henderson 97.38 6: 6

6th matchday Nathan Aspinall 88.35 - Michael Smith 93.99 2: 7 James Wade 97.05 - Scale length Suljović 101.38 3: 7 Rob Cross 101.21 - Raymond van Barneveld 92.76 7: 3 Gerwyn Price 92.15 - Michael van Gerwen 96.07 2: 7 Peter Wright 102.91 - Daryl Gurney 94.98 6: 6

7th matchday Gerwyn Price 98.81 - Rob Cross 104.33 4: 7 James Wade 98.42 - Peter Wright 98.93 6: 6 Michael van Gerwen 98.54 - Daryl Gurney 98.71 5: 7 Michael Smith 85.34 - Scale length Suljović 96.44 2: 7 Max Hopp 88.41 - Raymond van Barneveld 90.00 3: 7

8th matchday Gerwyn Price 93.15 - Michael Smith 93.87 5: 7 James Wade 103.35 - Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.73 6: 6 Rob Cross 92.83 - Scale length Suljović 88.71 5: 7 Peter Wright 87.34 - Michael van Gerwen 100.74 1: 7 Raymond van Barneveld 81.96 - Daryl Gurney 89.84 1: 7

9th matchday Daryl Gurney 98.28 - Scale length Suljović 91.58 7: 3 Peter Wright 87.60 - Gerwyn Price 94.47 5: 7 Rob Cross 94.46 - Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.93 7: 4 Raymond van Barneveld 84.68 - Michael van Gerwen 101.39 1: 7 James Wade 102.44 - Michael Smith 99.35 7: 4

table

Note: After nine match days, places 9 and 10 are eliminated from the tournament.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	U	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen	9	6th	1	2	56:34	+22	99.98	13
2.	Rob Cross	9	6th	1	2	55:39	+16	99.82	13
3.	James Wade	9	4th	3	2	53:43	+10	100.81	11
4th	Daryl Gurney	9	5	1	3	46:44	+2	96.06	11
5.	Scale length Suljovic	9	4th	2	3	49:47	+2	96.29	10
6th	Gerwyn Price	9	3	3	3	50:51	−1	96.35	9
7th	Peter Wright	9	2	4th	3	48:53	−5	96.24	8th
8th.	Michael Smith	9	3	1	5	46:52	−6	95.29	7th
9.	Raymond van Barneveld	9	1	2	6th	35:57	−22	91.06	4th
10.	Substitute player	9	0	4th	5	41:59	−18	95.81	(4)

Finals

Games

10th matchday Scale length Suljović 93.69 - James Wade 85.76 8: 6 Michael Smith 100.78 - Peter Wright 95.71 7: 7 Rob Cross 104.71 - Daryl Gurney 95.96 8: 4 Michael van Gerwen 102.32 - Gerwyn Price 98.73 7: 7

11th matchday Rob Cross 102.35 - Peter Wright 100.28 8: 5 Gerwyn Price 89.24 - Scale length Suljović 88.80 8: 5 James Wade 90.17 - Daryl Gurney 104.05 7: 7 Michael Smith 100.42 - Michael van Gerwen 109.11 3: 8

12th matchday Scale length Suljović 92.45 - Daryl Gurney 91.41 8: 5 Rob Cross 94.49 - Michael van Gerwen 107.87 2: 8 Michael Smith 99.11 - Gerwyn Price 98.43 5: 8 Peter Wright 85.48 - James Wade 94.32 2: 8

13th matchday Scale length Suljović 100.13 - Michael Smith 101.25 7: 7 Rob Cross 98.02 - Gerwyn Price 101.18 7: 7 Daryl Gurney 99.34 - Peter Wright 96.04 8: 4 James Wade 103.66 - Michael van Gerwen 106.78 7: 7

14th matchday James Wade 93.77 - Gerwyn Price 89.00 8: 4 Daryl Gurney 95.48 - Michael van Gerwen 95.22 8: 5 Peter Wright 89.49 - Scale length Suljović 93.91 6: 8 Rob Cross 103.12 - Michael Smith 97.65 8: 1

15th matchday Michael Smith 95.77 - James Wade 92.80 7: 7 Scale length Suljović 98.59 - Rob Cross 102.66 4: 8 Daryl Gurney 94.71 - Gerwyn Price 96.93 7: 7 Michael van Gerwen 110.85 - Peter Wright 102.29 8: 1

16th matchday Gerwyn Price 98.58 - Peter Wright 95.61 8: 3 James Wade 94.40 - Rob Cross 92.39 8: 6 Michael van Gerwen 97.73 - Scale length Suljović 96.50 8: 5 Daryl Gurney 101.80 - Michael Smith 100.66 8: 3

table

Note: The remaining eight players play against each other again. The first four places qualified for the play-offs.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	U	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen	16	10	3	3	107: 67	+40	101.86	23
2.	Rob Cross	16	10	2	4th	102: 74	+28	99.74	22nd
3.	James Wade	16	7th	6th	3	104: 84	+20	97.63	20th
4th	Daryl Gurney	16	8th	3	5	93:86	+7	96.71	19th
5.	Gerwyn Price	16	6th	6th	4th	99:93	+6	96.20	18th
6th	Scale length Suljovic	16	7th	3	6th	94:95	−1	94.67	17th
7th	Michael Smith	16	3	4th	9	79: 105	−26	97.08	10
8th.	Peter Wright	16	2	5	9	76: 108	−32	95.40	9

Play-offs

	Semi-finals best of 19 legs					Final best of 21 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen	10
	4th	Daryl Gurney	7th
						1	Michael van Gerwen	11
						2	Rob Cross	5
	2	Rob Cross	10
	3	James Wade	5

Michael van Gerwen	Semi-final 1: best of 19 legs	Daryl Gurney
10	Result	7th
96.48	3-dart average	94.02
28	100+	36
11	140+	16
3	180s	5
89	Supreme finish	48
40.00	Double quota	33.33

Rob Cross	Semi-final 2: best of 19 legs	James Wade
10	Result	5
100.31	3-dart average	91.91
36	100+	34
18th	140+	13
5	180s	1
128	Supreme finish	98
43.48	Double quota	38.46

Michael van Gerwen	Final: best of 21 legs	Rob Cross
11	Result	5
103.36	3-dart average	100.98
33	100+	34
15th	140+	16
5	180s	2
130	Supreme finish	87
45.83	Double quota	31.25

statistics

player	country	Games	100+	140+	180s	Hö. Check- out	Checkout Av .%	Average
									Michael van Gerwen		18th	415	180	49	132	47.94	101.64
Rob Cross		18th	424	203	61	164	44.83	99.84
James Wade		17th	489	202	45	161	39.68	95.56
Daryl Gurney		17th	437	191	50	140	43.43	97.30
Peter Wright		16	396	181	43	160	41.30	95.40
Michael Smith		16	403	188	55	170	35.59	97.08
Scale length Suljović		16	443	196	42	144	39.66	95.67
Gerwyn Price		16	360	143	54	170	43.42	96.20
Raymond van Barneveld		9	197	82	17th	170	36.46	90.35
Substitute player		9	209	96	33	161	36.61	95.81
Tournament statistics (final score)			3,773	1,662	449	170	41.61	96.58

Highest average

Gameday	player	country	Average	opponent
					Matchday 1	Michael van Gerwen		104.98	Michael Smith
Matchday 2	Rob Cross		102.58	James Wade
Matchday 3	James Wade		103.89	Gerwyn Price
Matchday 4	Rob Cross		102.16	Daryl Gurney
Matchday 5	James Wade		109.59	Daryl Gurney
Matchday 6	Peter Wright		102.91	Daryl Gurney
Matchday 7	Rob Cross		104.33	Gerwyn Price
Matchday 8	James Wade		103.35	Dimitri Van den Bergh
Matchday 9	James Wade		102.44	Michael Smith
Matchday 10	Rob Cross		104.71	Daryl Gurney
Matchday 11	Michael van Gerwen		109.11	Gerwyn Price
Matchday 12	Michael van Gerwen		107.87	Michael Smith
Matchday 13	Michael van Gerwen		106.78	Rob Cross
Matchday 14	Rob Cross		103.12	Michael Smith
Matchday 15	Michael van Gerwen		110.85	Peter Wright
Matchday 16	Daryl Gurney		101.80	Michael Smith
Play-off	Michael van Gerwen		103.36	Rob Cross

Web links

• Official website of the Unibet Premier League Darts 2019
• Report on dartn.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
2. ↑ 2018 Unibet Premier League Field. Professional Darts Corporation, January 1, 2018, accessed January 2, 2018 . 
3. ↑ 2019 Unibet Premier League Fixtures. Professional Darts Corporation, January 18, 2019, accessed January 18, 2019 . 
4. ↑ 2019 Unibet Premier League Announcement. Professional Darts Corporation, January 18, 2019, accessed January 18, 2019 .