2013 Premier League Darts Explained

2013 McCoy's Premier League Darts
Winner
Michael van Gerwen
Runner-up
Phil Taylor
Score
10–8
Date
7 February–16 May 2013
Edition
9th
Number of players
10
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
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The 2013 McCoy's Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the ninth edition of the tournament. The event began at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on 7 February, and ended at The O₂ Arena, London on 16 May. The tournament was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and he reached the final again this year, but lost 10–8 against Michael van Gerwen who won his first Premier League title on his debut appearance in the competition.

Qualification

The qualification format was different from the last edition of Premier League Darts.^[1] The top four players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship automatically qualified. Alongside them, six (instead of four) additional players were chosen on the basis of their performance in the past year or in earlier editions of the Premier League. After the first nine rounds, the bottom 2 players were relegated. All players played each other once at that point. The remaining eight then competed against each other in the final five rounds for the play-offs places. All games in the league stage were played "best of 12 legs" (instead of "best of 14 legs"), thus games could be drawn by 6–6.

Player	Appearance in Premier League	Consecutive Streak	Order of Merit rank	Previous best performance	Qualification
	9th	9	1	Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012)	1st in the PDC Order of Merit
	6th	4	2	Runner-up (2011)	2nd in the PDC Order of Merit
	6th	6	3	Winner (2009)	3rd in the PDC Order of Merit
	1st	1	4	Debut	4th in the PDC Order of Merit
	8th	8	8	Semi-finalist (2006–09, 2011)	Five-time World Champion/2012 Grand Slam of Darts Winner
Simon Whitlock	4th	4	5	Runner-up (2012)	2012 European Championship Winner
	3rd	3	11	Winner (2011)	2011 Premier League Darts Champion
	2nd	2	6	Semi-finalist (2012)	2012 Premier League Darts Semi-finalist
	1st	1	7	Debut	2012 European Championship Finalist
	1st	1	15	Debut	2012 UK Open Champion

Venues

The venues remained the same as in the last Premier League Darts edition.^[2]

Belfast	Aberdeen	Bournemouth	Exeter	Nottingham
Odyssey Arena Thursday 7 February	AECC Thursday 14 February	Bournemouth International Centre Thursday 21 February	Westpoint Arena Thursday 28 February	Capital FM Arena Thursday 7 March
Manchester	Cardiff	Glasgow	Brighton	Sheffield
Manchester Arena Thursday 14 March	Motorpoint Arena Thursday 21 March	SECC Thursday 28 March	Brighton Centre Thursday 4 April	Motorpoint Arena Thursday 11 April
Dublin	Birmingham	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne	London
The O2 Thursday 18 April	National Indoor Arena Thursday 25 April	Echo Arena Thursday 2 May	Metro Radio Arena Thursday 9 May	The O2 Arena Thursday 16 May

Prize money

The prize-money was increased to £520,000 from £450,000 in 2012.^[3]

Stage	Prize Money
Winner	£150,000
Runner-up	£75,000
Semi-finallists (x2)	£55,000
5th place	£45,000
6th place	£40,000
7th place	£35,000
8th place	£30,000
9th place	£20,000
10th place	£15,000
Total	£520,000

Results

League stage

7 February – week 1 (Phase 1)

Odyssey Arena, Belfast

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^[4]
Andy Hamilton 93.42	5 – 7	Robert Thornton 98.84
James Wade 87.32	7 – 4	Wes Newton 86.59
Raymond van Barneveld 102.02	7 – 4	Gary Anderson 93.77
Simon Whitlock 88.89	7 – 3	Adrian Lewis 91.20
Phil Taylor 97.05	6–6	Michael van Gerwen 97.93
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Simon Whitlock 121

14 February – week 2 (Phase 1)

AECC, Aberdeen

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^[5]
Wes Newton 94.06	2 – 7	Raymond van Barneveld 100.19
Andy Hamilton 96.07	7 – 4	James Wade 91.54
Gary Anderson 96.05	7 – 5	Simon Whitlock 88.62
Adrian Lewis 89.41	3 – 7	Phil Taylor 98.69
Robert Thornton 97.51	6–6	Michael van Gerwen 98.28
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Andy Hamilton 120

21 February – week 3 (Phase 1)

Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth

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^[6]
James Wade 100.59	7 – 4	Adrian Lewis 91.50
Robert Thornton 92.88	6–6	Wes Newton 92.42
Simon Whitlock 101.80	2 – 7	Phil Taylor 107.33
Michael van Gerwen 104.21	7 – 3	Raymond van Barneveld 96.02
Andy Hamilton 99.26	7 – 5	Gary Anderson 92.07
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Andy Hamilton 152

28 February – Week 4 (Phase 1)

Westpoint Arena, Exeter

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^[7]
Robert Thornton 109.33	7 – 2	Gary Anderson 93.82
Andy Hamilton 93.63	2 – 7	Michael van Gerwen 95.88
James Wade 101.81	6–6	Phil Taylor 102.51
Wes Newton 85.66	7 – 3	Adrian Lewis 84.18
Raymond van Barneveld 99.47	7 – 3	Simon Whitlock 96.44
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson 124

7 March – Week 5 (Phase 1)

Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

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^[8]
James Wade 105.73	7 – 1	Robert Thornton 98.91
Raymond van Barneveld 102.24	7 – 5	Andy Hamilton 100.16
Adrian Lewis 97.70	7 – 4	Michael van Gerwen 93.25
Phil Taylor 97.66	5 – 7	Gary Anderson 95.76
Wes Newton 97.54	5 – 7	Simon Whitlock 99.14
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: James Wade & Raymond van Barneveld 121

14 March – Week 6 (Phase 1)

MEN Arena, Manchester

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^[9]
Michael van Gerwen 101.52	7 – 4	Wes Newton 98.14
Adrian Lewis 91.89	6–6	Gary Anderson 95.86
Simon Whitlock 97.80	7 – 4	James Wade 97.49
Raymond van Barneveld 95.08	6–6	Robert Thornton 98.78
Phil Taylor 93.81	3 – 7	Andy Hamilton 101.40
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: James Wade 170

21 March – Week 7 (Phase 1)

Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

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^[10]
Andy Hamilton 91.34	7 – 4	Simon Whitlock 91.68
Gary Anderson 96.82	1 – 7	Michael van Gerwen 107.22
Robert Thornton 94.40	5 – 7	Adrian Lewis 95.51
Wes Newton 93.07	2 – 7	Phil Taylor 101.72
James Wade 96.17	6–6	Raymond van Barneveld 95.84
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Michael van Gerwen 164

28 March – Week 8 (Phase 1)

SECC, Glasgow

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^[11]
Adrian Lewis 88.70	7 – 4	Andy Hamilton 87.85
Simon Whitlock 90.77	1 – 7	Robert Thornton 107.65
Phil Taylor 102.94	7 – 3	Raymond van Barneveld 102.96
Gary Anderson 95.31	5 – 7	Wes Newton 87.53
Michael van Gerwen 104.43	4 – 7	James Wade 98.51
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Robert Thornton 157

4 April – Week 9 (Phase 1)

Brighton Centre, Brighton

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^[12]
Adrian Lewis 100.25	2 – 7	Raymond van Barneveld 100.59
Phil Taylor 97.35	4 – 7	Robert Thornton 103.15
Wes Newton 89.82	5 – 7	Andy Hamilton 91.27
Gary Anderson 100.64	3 – 7	James Wade 98.59
Michael van Gerwen 102.78	7 – 3	Simon Whitlock 88.01
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Simon Whitlock 130

11 April – week 10 (Phase 2)

Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

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^[13]
Robert Thornton 97.67	4 – 7	Simon Whitlock 95.76
Adrian Lewis 87.83	2 – 7	James Wade 103.91
Michael van Gerwen 103.90	7 – 3	Phil Taylor 99.65
Andy Hamilton 95.66	5 – 7	Raymond van Barneveld 94.65
James Wade 90.81	5 – 7	Michael van Gerwen 90.99
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Andy Hamilton 124

18 April – week 11 (Phase 2)

The O₂, Dublin

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^[14]
Andy Hamilton 95.44	3 – 7	Phil Taylor 105.43
Raymond van Barneveld 99.72	4 – 7	Michael van Gerwen 106.82
Robert Thornton 91.11	4 – 7	James Wade 95.38
Simon Whitlock 95.41	7 – 3	Andy Hamilton 89.86
Raymond van Barneveld 95.83	6–6	Phil Taylor 94.60
Michael van Gerwen 90.74	7 – 5	Adrian Lewis 89.15
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Michael van Gerwen 158

25 April – week 12 (Phase 2)

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

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^[15]
Phil Taylor 105.24	7 – 2	Adrian Lewis 92.53
Simon Whitlock 99.54	7 – 5	Michael van Gerwen 101.09
Robert Thornton 91.22	7 – 4	Andy Hamilton 87.31
Raymond van Barneveld 104.20	7 – 2	James Wade 97.00
Phil Taylor 103.35	7 – 4	Simon Whitlock 100.63
Adrian Lewis 86.92	5 – 7	Robert Thornton 92.67
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Robert Thornton 152

2 May – week 13 (Phase 2)

Echo Arena, Liverpool

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^[16]
Michael van Gerwen 97.11	7 – 4	Andy Hamilton 95.49
James Wade 93.32	4 – 7	Simon Whitlock 98.26
Robert Thornton 98.88	2 – 7	Phil Taylor 100.92
Raymond van Barneveld 102.06	7 – 4	Adrian Lewis 98.13
James Wade 98.90	2 – 7	Andy Hamilton 100.90
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Phil Taylor 164

9 May – week 14 (Phase 2)

Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne

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^[17]
Andy Hamilton 97.27	5 – 7	Adrian Lewis 100.88
Robert Thornton 97.51	4 – 7	Raymond van Barneveld 99.55
Adrian Lewis 96.40	6–6	Simon Whitlock 94.22
Phil Taylor 97.73	6–6	James Wade 99.82
Michael van Gerwen 105.35	7 – 1	Robert Thornton 100.75
Simon Whitlock 93.13	4 – 7	Raymond van Barneveld 92.60
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Adrian Lewis 170

Play-offs – 16 May

The O₂ Arena, London

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Semi-finals (best of 15 legs)
Raymond van Barneveld 102.08	4 – 8	Phil Taylor 104.68
Michael van Gerwen 97.59	8 – 4	James Wade 93.59
Final (best of 19 legs)
Phil Taylor 104.10	8 – 10	Michael van Gerwen 103.29
Nights Average:
Highest Checkout: Phil Taylor 164

Table and streaks

Table

	width=200	Name	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	LF	LA	+/-	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	A^[18]	HC	C%^[19]
1		16	11	2	3	24	102	68	+34						164	38.65%
2		16	10	3	3	23	98	74	+24						161	60.72%
3	RU	16	8	4	4	20	95	73	+22						164	41.14%
4		16	7	3	6	17	88	82	+6						170	61.43%
5		16	6	3	7	15	81	88	−7						161	40.78%
6		16	7	1	8	15	81	90	−9						140	40.30%
7		16	6	0	10	12	82	93	−11						152	38.48%
8		16	4	2	10	10	73	100	−27						170	33.14%
9		9	2	1	6	5	42	56	−14						132	36.52%
10		9	2	1	6	5	40	58	−18						124	27.97% Bottom two eliminated after Week 9. Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 14. NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = AverageC% = Checkout PercentageHC = High Checkout.Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. If leg difference is equal the table is sorted by the player's LWAT. If it is still tied, ranking is determined by average. Streaks Player 1st Phase 2nd Phase Play-offs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F W rowspan=4 colspan=2 style="width:15px;" colspan=2 L style="width:15px;" colspan=13 rowspan=2 Legend: Win Draw Loss Eliminated Positions by round Player Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 align=center 5 align=center 6 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center 6 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center 5 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center 5 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 5 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center 7 align=center 5 align=center 5 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 2 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 3 align=center 6 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center 5 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center 6 align=center 5 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 5 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 5 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 5 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 5 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 1 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center 7 align=center 8 align=center 7 align=center 7 align=center 7 align=center 8 align=center 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 7 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 6 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 6 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 6 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 6 align=center 7 align=center 5 align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc" 4 align=center 6 align=center 6 align=center 6 align=center 5 align=center 6 align=center 6 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 6 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 7 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 7 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 7 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 7 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center 8 align=center 7 align=center 7 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 8 align=center 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center 7 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center colspan=5 rowspan=2 bgcolor="#ffcccc" Eliminated align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center 8 align=center 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center 8 align=center 8 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 9 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 align=center bgcolor="#ffcccc" 10 References

Notes and References

1. Web site: News PDC . pdc.tv . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130105022311/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/12yda5si8tp111igwqnnkagbn3/title/mccoys-premier-league-expanded . 2013-01-05.
2. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Dates. PDC. 7 September 2012. 31 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130202110710/http://www.pdc.tv/mccoys-premier-league-darts/article/1k746xhr54xav1neytbc7hhb0c/title/mccoys-premier-league-darts-dates. 2 February 2013. dead.
3. Web site: Prize Fund boost for PDC Events . . 3 January 2012 . 3 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130114023642/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1bv24k92ly0ym18vs62pt5zu0e/title/prize-fund-boost-for-pdc-events . 14 January 2013 . dead .
4. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night One . . 7 February 2013 . 7 February 2013.
5. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Two . . 14 February 2013 . 14 February 2013.
6. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Three . . 21 February 2013 . 27 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130225095311/http://www.pdc.tv/mccoys-premier-league-darts/article/1un5otigy80n717zrbrm1abhtb/title/mccoys-premier-league-darts-night-three . 25 February 2013 . dead .
7. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Four . https://archive.today/20130418180531/http://www.pdc.tv/mccoys-premier-league-darts/article/m8i7knufkiec1nb3073t138d2/title/mccoys-premier-league-darts-night-four . dead . 18 April 2013 . . 28 February 2013 . 2 March 2013 .
8. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Five . . 7 March 2013 . 12 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130518072124/http://www.pdc.tv/mccoys-premier-league-darts/article/11hcnt6w4s6z81i84wkm7i8b38/title/mccoys-premier-league-darts-night-five . 18 May 2013 . dead .
9. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Six . . 14 March 2013 . 1 April 2013.
10. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Seven . . 21 March 2013 . 1 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130325111445/http://www.pdc.tv/mccoys-premier-league-darts/article/1vz1kj7o7f4k616fgx08aq6g3l/title/mccoys-premier-league-darts-night-seven . 25 March 2013 . dead .
11. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Eight . . 28 March 2013 . 1 April 2013.
12. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Nine . . 4 April 2013 . 5 April 2013.
13. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Ten . . 11 April 2013 . 19 April 2013.
14. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Eleven . . 18 April 2013 . 19 April 2013.
15. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Twelve . . 25 April 2013 . 25 April 2013.
16. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night 13 . . 2 May 2013 . 3 May 2013.
17. Web site: McCoy's Premier League Darts Night Fourteen . . 9 May 2013 . 10 May 2013.
18. Web site: 2013 Premier League Stats: Tournament Average. Darts Database. 27 February 2013.
19. Web site: 2013 Premier League Stats: Checkout Percentage. Darts Database. 22 March 2013.