World Series of Darts Finals 2018

World Series of Darts Finals 2018

Tournament status
Tournament type	Non-ranked tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Multiversum, Schwechat
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	24
Opening game	2nd November 2018
Endgame	4th November 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 250,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 50,000
winner	England James Wade
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Gary Anderson Michael Smith Scotland England
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The World Series of Darts Finals 2018 are a major event in darts and were held for the fourth time by the PDC from November 2nd to 4th, 2018 . 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 the Englishman James Wade , who beat his compatriot Michael Smith in the final with 11: 10 legs .

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 2018 . In these events the players earned points for the World Series of Darts ranking .

WSoD Events 2018

German Darts Masters (Winner: Mensur Suljović )Austria

US Darts Masters (Winner: Gary Anderson )Scotland

Shanghai Darts Masters (Winner: Michael Smith )England

Auckland Darts Masters (Winner: Michael van Gerwen )Netherlands

Melbourne Darts Masters (Winner: Peter Wright )Scotland

Brisbane Darts Masters (Winner: Rob Cross )England

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	Scotland Peter Wright	37
2	England Rob Cross	37
3	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen	36
4th	Scotland Gary Anderson	29
5	England Michael Smith	25th
6th	Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld	19th
7th	Austria Scale length Suljović	12
8th	Australia Simon Whitlock	9

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 World Series of Darts Finals 2018 via 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