The Masters 2014

The Masters 2014
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Royal Highland Showground , Edinburgh
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Phil Taylor
Attendees	16
Opening game	November 1, 2014
Endgame	2nd November 2014
Prize money (total)	£ 160,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 50,000
winner	James Wade
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Michael van Gerwen
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The Masters was an invitation-only tournament in darts and was organized for the second time from November 1st to 2nd, 2014 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The venue for the second time was the Royal Highland Showground in Edinburgh .

The defending champion was Phil Taylor . The winner was James Wade , who won the tournament for the first time.

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 19 legs . In the final a best of 21 legs . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

A total of £ 160,000 in prize money was distributed. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 50,000
finalist	(1)	£ 20,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 10,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 7,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 5,000
		£ 160,000

Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money won will not be taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.

qualification

The 16 first-placed players in the Order of Merit were qualified for the 2014 Masters .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen Semifinals 02. Phil Taylor Semifinals 03. Adrian Lewis Quarter finals 04th Peter Wright Round of 16 05. Simon Whitlock Round of 16 06th James Wade victory 07th Gary Anderson Quarter finals 08th. Dave Chisnall Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09. Robert Thornton Round of 16 10.  England Andy Hamilton Round of 16 11. Brendan Dolan Round of 16 12. Mervyn King final 13. Justin Pipe Quarter finals 14th Kim Huybrechts Round of 16 15th Wes Newton Round of 16 16. Raymond van Barneveld Round of 16

Results

	Round of 16 November 1, 2014 best of 19 legs					Quarterfinals Nov. 2, 2014 best of 19 legs					Semi-finals Nov. 2, 2014 best of 21 legs					Final November 2nd, 2014 best of 21 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 101.44	10
	16	Raymond van Barneveld 100.51	9
						1	Michael van Gerwen 99.11	10
						8th	Dave Chisnall 98.62	7th
	8th	Dave Chisnall 99.67	10
	9	Robert Thornton 94.47	8th
											1	Michael van Gerwen 101.09	9
											12	Mervyn King 99.88	11
	5	Simon Whitlock 90.98	7th
	12	Mervyn King Jun 89	10
						12	Mervyn King 96.22	10
						13	Justin Pipe 93.21	6th
	4th	Peter Wright 94.72	7th
	13	Justin Pipe 100.40	10
																12	Mervyn King 92.15	10
																6th	James Wade 91.39	11
	2	Phil Taylor May 110	10
	15th	Wes Newton 91.84	4th
						2	Phil Taylor 98.55	10
						7th	Gary Anderson 08/95	6th
	7th	Gary Anderson 104.49	10
	10	Andy Hamilton 94.49	7th
											2	Phil Taylor 104.64	9
											6th	James Wade 105.56	11
	6th	James Wade 97.22	10
	11	Brendan Dolan 94.25	5
						6th	James Wade 104.65	10
						3	Adrian Lewis 106.95	6th
	3	Adrian Lewis 98.03	10
	14th	Kim Huybrechts 84.78	4th

transmission

Sport1 broadcast the event in German-speaking countries . The station can also be received in Austria via cable and satellite.

Internationally, all games were also transmitted directly to pdc.tv by the PDC.

Trivia

• The players were accompanied on stage by the "walk-on girls" Daniella Allfree and Samantha Marsh.

Web links

• Report on darts1.de
• The Masters 2014 in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Masters 2014 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
2. ^ The Unibet Masters - Day One. (No longer available online.) In: pdc.tv. November 1, 2014, archived from the original on February 9, 2016 ; accessed on February 9, 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.  
3. ↑ The Masters 2014. (No longer available online.) In: walkongirls.net. November 1, 2015, archived from the original on February 5, 2016 ; accessed on February 5, 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.