World Series of Darts 2014
The World Series of Darts is a series of invitation tournaments of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), which was held for the second time this year after 2013. In 2014, tournaments in Singapore and Perth were added to the two events in Dubai and Sydney from the first year .
format
Eight to 16 players took part in the tournament series per tournament. The field of participants consisted of the six best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit as well as two wildcard players each. In addition, eight local qualifiers each had the chance to compete with the best players in the world in Singapore and Sydney.
The tournaments were played in a knockout system . Game mode at all tournaments was a best of legs . The distance of the best of legs was different in the tournaments.
Venues
The second World Series of Darts was held in the United Arab Emirates , Australia and Singapore .
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Prize money
The 2014 Dubai Darts Masters totaled $ 245,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:
| Position (number of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| winner | (1) | $ 65,000 |
| finalist | (1) | $ 40,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | $ 30,000 |
| Quarter finalists | (4) | $ 20,000 |
| $ 245,000 | ||
Since it was an invitation tournament, the prizes won were not taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.
Attendees
For the World Series of Darts 2014 the top 6 of the PDC Order of Merit were automatically qualified. In addition, two wildcard players were among the participants.
The top 6 of the Order of Merit were the following players:
At some tournaments Adrian Lewis was replaced by Peter Wright due to a cancellation . Raymond van Barneveld also received a wildcard for each of the tournaments.
Results
| No. | date | Event | venue | winner | Result | finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29-30 May | Dubai Darts Masters |
 Dubai , Dubai Tennis Stadium
|
 Michael van Gerwen
|
11: 7 |
 Peter Wright
|
| 2 | 15.-16. August | Singapore Darts Masters |
 Singapore , Singapore Indoor Stadium
|
Michael van Gerwen
|
11: 8 |
 Simon Whitlock
|
| 3 | 22.-24. August | Perth Darts Masters |
Perth , HBF Stadium
|
 Phil Taylor
|
11: 9 |
Michael van Gerwen
|
| 4th | 28-30 August | Sydney Darts Masters |
Sydney , Hordern Pavilion
|
Phil Taylor
|
11: 3 |
Stephen Bunting
|
transmission
In the German-speaking countries, the events were not broadcast on TV.
Internationally, all games were broadcast by the PDC on livepdc.tv.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)