World Series of Darts 2018
The World Series of Darts 2018 is a series of invitation tournaments by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). This year there are seven tournaments, including the World Series of Darts Finals . This time the players will travel to the USA , China , New Zealand , Australia , Germany and Austria .
Attendees
The top 4 of the PDC Order of Merit (with status after the world championship) are automatically set for each tournament. In addition, the PDC distributes wild cards to four other players for each event. These eight players per tournament are considered seeded players in the tournament tree. There are also eight regional qualifiers who compete as unseeded players.
Players who have qualified through the
PDC Order of Merit :
Wildcards:
format
16 players take part in each tournament. The top players of the PDC are always seeded. The remainder of the field is filled by local participants who start as unseeded players. For each round reached, the participants receive points that flow into a separate ranking list. This in turn determines the participants in the World Series of Darts Finals.
The tournaments are all played in the knockout system . Game mode in all tournaments is a best of legs . The distance of the best of legs increases in the course of the tournament and is different for the tournaments.
Venues
The sixth World Series of Darts was held in Germany , the United States , China , New Zealand , Australia and Austria .
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Prize money
A total of £ 60,000 in prize money will be awarded to each tournament. The prize money is distributed among the participants as follows:
| Position (number of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| winner | (1) | £ 20,000 |
| finalist | (1) | £ 10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £ 5,000 |
| Quarter finalists | (4) | £ 2,500 |
| £ 60,000 | ||
Since these are invitation tournaments, the prize money won will not be taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.
Results
| No. | date | Event | venue | winner | Result | finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25. May | German Darts Masters |
 Gelsenkirchen , Veltins-Arena
|
 Scale length Suljović
|
8: 2 |
 Dimitri Van den Bergh
|
| 2 | 6-7 July | US Darts Masters |
 Las Vegas , Mandalay Bay
|
 Gary Anderson
|
8: 4 |
 Rob Cross
|
| 3 | 13-14 July | Shanghai Darts Masters |
 Shanghai , Pullman Hotel
|
Michael Smith
|
8: 2 |
Rob Cross
|
| 4th | 3rd to 5th August | Auckland Darts Masters |
 Auckland , Trusts Arena
|
 Michael van Gerwen
|
11: 4 |
Raymond van Barneveld
|
| 5 | 10-12 August | Melbourne Darts Masters |
 Melbourne , Hisense Arena
|
Peter Wright
|
11: 8 |
Michael Smith
|
| 6th | 17th-19th August | Brisbane Darts Masters |
Brisbane , BCEC
|
Rob Cross
|
11: 6 |
Michael van Gerwen
|
| 7th | 2-4 November | World Series of Darts Finals |
Schwechat , multiverse
|
James Wade
|
11:10 |
Michael Smith
|
Ranking list
The results of the individual tournaments formed a separate ranking list.
The ranking was created according to the following point system:
| round | Points |
|---|---|
| victory | 12 |
| final | 8th |
| Semifinals | 5 |
| Quarter finals | 3 |
| Round of 16 | 1 |
Final ranking
Final result on August 19th after the Brisbane Darts Masters 2018 :
| space | player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Peter Wright
|
37 |
| 2 |
Rob Cross
|
37 |
| 3 |
Michael van Gerwen
|
36 |
| 4th |
Gary Anderson
|
29 |
| 5 |
Michael Smith
|
25th |
| 6th |
Raymond van Barneveld
|
19th |
| 7th |
Scale length Suljović
|
12 |
| 8th |
Simon Whitlock
|
9 |
| 9 |
James Wade
|
8th |
| 9 |
Dimitri Van den Bergh
|
8th |
| 11 |
 Daryl Gurney
|
6th |
| 12 |
 Gerwyn Price
|
4th |
| 12 |
Kyle Anderson
|
4th |
| 12 |
Corey Cadby
|
4th |
| 12 |
Damon Heta
|
4th |
| 12 |
Raymond Smith
|
4th |
transmission
In the German-speaking countries, the events are not broadcast on TV except for the event in Germany. But it can be seen on the DAZN streaming service .
Internationally, all games are broadcast by the PDC on livepdc.tv. The British television station ITV4 also broadcast the World Series of Darts Finals.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2018 World Series Confirmed. March 6, 2018, accessed May 10, 2018 .