World Series of Darts Finals 2017

World Series of Darts Finals 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Non-ranked tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Braehead Arena , Glasgow
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	24
Opening game	3rd November 2017
Endgame	5th November 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 250,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 50,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
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The World Series of Darts Finals 2017 are a major event in darts and were held for the third time by the PDC from November 3rd to 5th, 2017 . The event counts as a so-called non-ranking tournament and therefore had no influence on the PDC Order of Merit .

The title was secured by Michael van Gerwen from the Netherlands , who prevailed in the final with 11: 6- legs against the Scottish Gary Anderson .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . The first two rounds were played in the best of 11 legs mode. The quarter-finals were played in the best of 19 legs mode , the semi-finals and the final in the best of 21 legs mode.

Prize money

A total of £ 250,000 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)	£ 25,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 16,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 12,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 7,500
1st round loser	(16)	£ 4,000
		£ 250,000

qualification

Seven World Series of Darts events were held during 2017 . In these events the players earned points for the World Series of Darts ranking .

WSoD Events 2017

• Dubai Darts Masters (Winner: Gary Anderson )
• Shanghai Darts Masters (Winner: Michael van Gerwen )
• US Darts Masters (Winner: Michael van Gerwen )
• Auckland Darts Masters (Winner: Kyle Anderson )
• Melbourne Darts Masters (Winner: Phil Taylor )
• Perth Darts Masters (Winner: Gary Anderson )
• German Darts Masters (World Series) (Winner: Peter Wright )

Point distribution

round	Points
victory	12
final	8th
Semifinals	5
Quarter finals	3
Round of 16	1

Ranking list

The following ranking list shows the order of the eight players with the most points.

space	player	Points
1	Gary Anderson	39
2	Michael van Gerwen	35
3	Peter Wright	35
4th	Phil Taylor 1	34
5	Raymond van Barneveld	28
6th	James Wade	27
7th	Daryl Gurney	24
8th	Kyle Anderson	15th
9	Gerwyn Price	13

¹Phil Taylor decided not to take part in the World Series of Darts Finals due to his upcoming end of his career. Gerwyn Price moved up for him.

Attendees

The field of participants consisted of a total of 24 players.

• The 8 best-placed players in the World Series of Darts ranking, all of whom were set and only intervened in the round of 16
• The 4 next placed players of the PDC Order of Merit who were not yet qualified for the event via the World Series of Darts ranking list
• The 4 players who received a wildcard from the PDC
• The 8 players who qualified for the 2017 World Series of Darts Finals through a qualifying tournament

The eight players of the World Series Order of Merit were set and only intervened from the 2nd round onwards.

Top eight

1. Gary Anderson
2. Michael van Gerwen
3. Peter Wright
4. Raymond van Barneveld
5. James Wade
6. Daryl Gurney
7. Kyle Anderson
8. Gerwyn Price

Order of Merit

1. Adrian Lewis
2. Scale length Suljović
3. Dave Chisnall
4. Jelle Klaasen

Wildcard player

1. Simon Whitlock
2. Corey Cadby
3. Michael Smith
4. Max Hopp

Qualifiers

1. Rob Cross
2. Dimitri Van den Bergh
3. Chris Dobey
4. Justin Pipe
5. Jonny Clayton
6. Mark Webster
7. Jan Dekker
8. Simon Stevenson

Results

Round 1 Nov. 3, 2017 best of 11 legs

Round of 16 November 4, 2017 best of 11 legs

Quarterfinals Nov. 5, 2017 best of 19 legs

Semi-finals Nov. 5, 2017 best of 21 legs

Final 5th Nov. 2017 best of 21 legs

1

Gary Anderson

bye

1

Gary Anderson 103.57

6th

Chris Dobey 92.81

1

Chris Dobey 90.63

6th

Scale length Suljović 94.14

3

1

Gary Anderson 95.77

10

8th

Gerwyn Price 90.57

8th

8th

Gerwyn Price

bye

8th

Gerwyn Price 93.86

6th

Corey Cadby 94.59

5

Corey Cadby 87.54

6th

Jelle Klaasen 87.02

3

1

Gary Anderson 94.88

11

5

James Wade 88.66

5

5

James Wade

bye

5

James Wade 93.24

6th

Simon Stevenson 92.67

5

Simon Stevenson 90.21

6th

Jan Dekker 83.83

3

Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.57

6th

5

James Wade 91.69

10

4th

Raymond van Barneveld

bye

4th

Raymond van Barneveld 90.73

4th

Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.00

6th

Michael Smith 97.44

1

Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.11

6th

1

Gary Anderson 100.68

6th

2

Michael van Gerwen 103.3

11

2

Michael van Gerwen

bye

2

Michael van Gerwen 102.98

6th

Max Hopp 86.73

1

Max Hopp 85.84

6th

Adrian Lewis 87.73

2

2

Michael van Gerwen 108.83

10

Rob Cross 96.84

4th

7th

Kyle Anderson

bye

7th

Kyle Anderson 97.81

5

Rob Cross 98.70

6th

Jonny Clayton 88.16

1

Rob Cross 97.93

6th

2

Michael van Gerwen 95.48

11

6th

Daryl Gurney 91.71

8th

6th

Daryl Gurney

bye

6th

Daryl Gurney 103.64

6th

Simon Whitlock 97.70

3

Mark Webster 77.44

3

Simon Whitlock 78.22

6th

3

Peter Wright 97.42

7th

6th

Daryl Gurney 96.35

10

3

Peter Wright

bye

3

Peter Wright 91.58

6th

Justin Pipe 87.33

1

Justin Pipe 93.17

6th

Dave Chisnall 95.23

5

transmission

In Germany, the sports streaming service DAZN broadcast the event.

Internationally, all games were also broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

• Report on dartn.de
• Report on pdc.tv

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Series of Darts Finals 2017 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)