World Matchplay

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World Matchplay
sport darts
organizer PDC
Tournament type Ranking tournament
venue Winter Gardens , BlackpoolEnglandEngland
Competition period July
Record winner EnglandEngland Phil Taylor (16 ×)
reigning winner BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh
Last event World Matchplay 2020
Next event World Matchplay 2021

The World Matchplay is a major tournament in darts that is hosted by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was held for the first time in 1994. The Winter Gardens in Blackpool are traditional venues .

After the World Cup , the World Matchplay is the oldest and most prestigious tournament in darts. It is also the highest-paid tournament after the World Cup and the Premier League . The record winner of the World Matchplay is Phil Taylor with 16 wins out of 25 .

The World Matchplay is taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit . After Phil Taylor retired, the PDC announced that the 2018 winner will receive the Phil Taylor Trophy .

format

The tournament usually takes place in July of the respective calendar year. The field of participants consists of the Top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit as well as the Top 16 of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , a separate ranking list in which the players do well in smaller tournaments in the darts calendar, such as. B. the European Tour Events , can qualify for the major tournaments, as they qualify for participation there if they are well placed.

In this tournament, which is carried out in the knockout system , with 32 participants, each game is played in legs. In the first round ten legs have to be won, until the final the number of legs to be won increases per round, in the final the game is played with 18 winning legs.

Until 2012, the World Matchplay differed from other darts tournaments in that no decision leg was scheduled. Instead, the game was played until a player was able to play a two-leg lead. This regulation was changed in 2013. The number of extra legs in which a player can bring about a decision by two legs has since been limited to five. Then a decision leg is played, if necessary, which corresponds to a sudden death .

Prize money

The £ 500,000 in prize money that had been played in the World Matchplay until 2018 was distributed among the 32 participants as follows:

position Prize money
winner £ 115,000
finalist £ 55,000
Semi-finalists £ 30,000
Quarter finalists £ 17,500
Round of 16 players £ 11,000
1st round loser £ 7,500

A prize money increase to £ 700,000 has been announced for 2019, which is distributed among the players as follows:

position Prize money
winner £ 150,000
finalist £ 70,000
Semi-finalists £ 50,000
Quarter finalists £ 25,000
Round of 16 players £ 15,000
1st round loser £ 10,000

Final results

year winner Result (in legs) finalist Prize money
1994 United StatesUnited States Larry Butler 16:12 EnglandEngland Dennis Priestley 0£ 42,800
1995 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 16: 11 EnglandEngland Dennis Priestley 0£ 42,800
1996 EnglandEngland Peter Evison 16:14 EnglandEngland Dennis Priestley 0£ 52,000
1997 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 16: 11 EnglandEngland Alan Warriner 0£ 48,000
1998 EnglandEngland Rod Harrington 19: 17 EnglandEngland Ronnie Baxter 0£ 58,000
1999 EnglandEngland Rod Harrington 19: 17 EnglandEngland Peter Manley 0£ 58,000
2000 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18:12 EnglandEngland Alan Warriner 0£ 58,000
2001 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18:10 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Richie Burnett 0£ 65,000
2002 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18:16 CanadaCanada John Part 0£ 75,500
2003 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18:12 EnglandEngland Wayne Mardle 0£ 80,000
2004 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 8 EnglandEngland Mark Dudbridge £ 100,000
2005 EnglandEngland Colin Lloyd 18:12 CanadaCanada John Part £ 120,000
2006 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 11 EnglandEngland James Wade £ 150,000
2007 EnglandEngland James Wade 18: 7 EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins £ 200,000
2008 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 9 EnglandEngland James Wade £ 300,000
2009 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 4 EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins £ 400,000
2010 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18:12 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld £ 400,000
2011 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 8 EnglandEngland James Wade £ 400,000
2012 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18:15 EnglandEngland James Wade £ 400,000
2013 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 13 EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis £ 400,000
2014 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 9 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen £ 450,000
2015 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 18:12 EnglandEngland James Wade £ 450,000
2016 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 18:10 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor £ 450,000
2017 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 18: 8 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright £ 500,000
2018 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 21:19 AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović £ 500,000
2019 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 18: 13 EnglandEngland Michael Smith £ 700,000
2020 BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 18:10 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson £ 700,000

Others

In 2002 Phil Taylor threw a 9-darter for the first time . Since then, six more perfect legs have been played: 2010 by Raymond van Barneveld , 2011 by John Part , 2012 by Michael van Gerwen and Wes Newton , again by Taylor in 2014 and by Gary Anderson in 2018 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ pdc.tv: Taylor Receives World Matchplay Honor article from January 2, 2018 (English)
  2. ↑ BetVictor World Matchplay Rule Change. (No longer available online.) In: pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) June 20, 2013, archived from the original on July 28, 2013 ; accessed on July 29, 2013 .