2019 PDC World Darts Championship explained

Tournament Name:2019 William Hill World Darts Championship
Dates:13 December 2018 –
1 January 2019
Venue:Alexandra Palace
Location:London
Organisation:PDC
Format:Sets
Final – best of 13
Prize Fund:£2,500,000
Winners Share:£500,000
Winner:
Prev:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 26th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 December 2018 to 1 January 2019.

In the biggest overhaul since 2006, when 16 extra participants were added, the number of participants increased from 72 to 96. The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit competed with the 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and 32 qualifiers from around the world, including two female darts players. The tournament length was consequently increased from six to seven rounds, while the preliminary round was dropped. The tournament was played in 28 afternoon and evening sessions (an increase of six sessions over 2018) over the 20-day period with four rest days included for both Christmas and also New Year's Eve, with 95 matches played.

Rob Cross was the defending champion, but lost 4–2 to Luke Humphries in the fourth round. Michael van Gerwen won his third world title with a 7–3 victory over Michael Smith.

It was the first PDC World Championship without retired Phil Taylor, and the first time Taylor had not played in either World Championship since 1989. 2004 runner-up Kevin Painter was also a notable absentee, failing to qualify for the first time since 1997, when he was a BDO player.

Prize money

The prize money for the tournament was £2,500,000 in total, £700,000 more than 2018. The winner's prize money was £500,000, adding £100,000 to the previous year's winners share.

It was the first ever World Darts Championship to match Snooker in prize money received for the eventual World Champion during the same calendar year. At the time of the last unified World Darts Championship in 1993 the Snooker World Champion received almost 6 times more prize money than the Darts equivalent. It would also be the first World Darts Championship to have a greater overall prize fund to that of the World Snooker Championship. (Compared to 8x more prize money for the Crucible over Lakeside in 1993)

Position (num. of players)Prize money
(Total: £2,500,000)
Winneralign=center (1)align=center £500,000
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center £200,000
Semi-finalistsalign=center (2)align=center £100,000
Quarter-finalistsalign=center (4)align=center £50,000
Fourth round losersalign=center (8)align=center £35,000
Third round losersalign=center (16)align=center £25,000
Second round losersalign=center (32)align=center £15,000
First round losersalign=center (32)align=center £7,500

Qualification

Qualifiers

Order of Merit
Second round (seeded)

See also: 1 and 1. Michael van Gerwen (champion)

See also: 2 and 3. Rob Cross (fourth round)

See also: 3 and 4. Peter Wright (second round)

See also: 4 and 2. Gary Anderson (semi-finals)

See also: 5 and 2. Daryl Gurney (third round)

See also: 6 and 4. Gerwyn Price (second round)

See also: 7 and 3. Mensur Suljović (second round)

See also: 8 and 1. Simon Whitlock (second round)

See also: 9 and 1. James Wade (fourth round)

See also: 10 and 3. Michael Smith (runner-up)

See also: 11 and 4. Ian White (second round)

See also: 12 and 2. Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)

See also: 13 and 2. Darren Webster (second round)

See also: 14 and 4. Joe Cullen (second round)

See also: 15 and 3. Jonny Clayton (second round)

See also: 16 and 1. Adrian Lewis (fourth round)

See also: 17 and 1.  

See also: 18 and 3. Stephen Bunting (second round)

See also: 19 and 4. Mervyn King (third round)

See also: 20 and 2. Steve Beaton (second round)

See also: 21 and 2. Kim Huybrechts (third round)

See also: 22 and 4. Steve West (third round)

See also: 23 and 3. John Henderson (third round)

See also: 24 and 1. Jelle Klaasen (second round)

See also: 25 and 1. Alan Norris (third round)

See also: 26 and 3. James Wilson (second round)

See also: 27 and 4. Kyle Anderson (third round)

See also: 28 and 2. Jamie Lewis (fourth round)

See also: 29 and 2. Jermaine Wattimena (third round)

See also: 30 and 4. Benito van de Pas (fourth round)

See also: 31 and 3. Cristo Reyes (third round)

See also: 32 and 1. Max Hopp (third round)Pro Tour Order of Merit
First Round

  1. Danny Noppert (second round)
  2. Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
  3. Ricky Evans (first round)
  4. Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round)
  5. Steve Lennon (second round)
  6. Chris Dobey (fourth round)
  7. Martin Schindler (first round)
  8. Josh Payne (second round)
  9. Gabriel Clemens (second round)
  10. Ryan Joyce (quarter-finals)
  11. Richard North (second round)
  12. Keegan Brown (third round)
  13. Mickey Mansell (first round)
  14. Robert Thornton (first round)
  15. Jan Dekker (second round)
  16. Nathan Aspinall (semi-finals)
  17. Ron Meulenkamp (second round)
  18. Brendan Dolan (quarter-finals)
  19. William O'Connor (third round)
  20. Vincent van der Voort (third round)
  21. Michael Barnard (second round)
  22. Toni Alcinas (third round)
  23. Paul Nicholson (first round)
  24. Simon Stevenson (first round)
  25. Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
  26. Jeffrey de Graaf (first round)
    1. Alan Tabern (second round)
  27. Wayne Jones (first round)
  28. Ross Smith (second round)
  29. Ryan Searle (fourth round)
  30. Matthew Edgar (first round)

International Qualifiers
First round

Notes

Background

96 players competed in the championship, an increase of 24 from the 2018 tournament; with the thirty-two highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded to the second round, and the next thirty-two highest ranked players from the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and thirty-two players from a number of international and invitational qualifiers going into the first round.

Michael van Gerwen, the winner of the 2014 and 2017 championships, was top of the two-year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament.[19] Rob Cross was second seed and reigning champion, having won the 2018 championship on his debut.[19] As well as van Gerwen and Cross, three other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds, two-time champions Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis, and 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld. Three other seeds, 18th seeded Stephen Bunting, 20th seeded Steve Beaton and 24th seeded Jelle Klaasen, were previous champions of the BDO World Darts Championship, as was van Barneveld.[19]

The top seeds below van Gerwen and Cross were 2018 World Grand Prix runner-up Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, 2018 Players Championship Finals winner Daryl Gurney and 2018 Grand Slam of Darts winner Gerwyn Price.

Danny Noppert, in his debut year with the PDC, was the highest ranked non-seed on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit.[19] As well as Noppert, 5 other qualifiers through the Pro Tour made their debut; Gabriel Clemens, Ryan Joyce, Nathan Aspinall, Ryan Searle and Matthew Edgar.[20] Edgar took the final qualification place after 2018 UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby withdrew. The list of qualifiers also included the 2018 Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh and 2018 World Matchplay semi-finalist Jeffrey de Zwaan.

As part of the expansion of the world championship, there was an increase in the number of tournaments and ranking systems offering qualification places. Places were now offered to the winner of the Challenge Tour, the top two from the Development Tour (where previously only the winner had qualified), the top four of the new Asian Tour, and the top American and Canadian players on the North American Championship Darts Circuit. Previous qualification places to the top two players on the Nordic & Baltic rankings and the winner of the Dartplayers Australia rankings also remained.[21]

The international qualifiers included new Indian and African qualifiers, and the Southern Europe qualifier being split into South/West and South/East. Tahuna Irwin, who won the New Zealand qualifier, had to withdraw after being denied entry to the UK, and subsequently being banned from entry, when attempting to compete in the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. His place was given to the New Zealand runner-up, Craig Ross.[11]

The tournament also saw two tournaments to qualify female players for the tournament. This followed the wildcard invitations of Gayl King to the 2001 tournament and Anastasia Dobromyslova to the 2009 tournament, and also came in the wake of the qualification of China's Momo Zhou for the 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts.[21] Dobromyslova, three times BDO women's world champion, returned to the PDC championship after winning the rest of the world tournament,[22] while the UK tournament was won by four time women's world champion, and reigning 2018 champion, Lisa Ashton.

The final placings were determined by the PDPA qualifier held at Arena MK on 26 November, with two places as standard and an extra place as Youth Champion Van den Bergh had already qualified. Stephen Burton, Adam Hunt and Aden Kirk took the three places, all three of them making their debuts.[5]

In addition to the three PDPA qualifiers, 15 more of the international qualifiers were making their PDC World Championship debuts, Lisa Ashton,[2] James Bailey,[3] Kevin Burness,[4] Nitin Kumar,[8] Darius Labanauskas,[9] Daniel Larsson,[9] Yuanjun Liu,[23] Jim Long,[15] Noel Malicdem,[10] Yordi Meeuwisse,[12] Geert Nentjes,[13] Chuck Puleo,[15] Craig Ross,[11] Karel Sedláček[16] and Raymond Smith.[18] Labanauskas was the first ever Lithuanian to qualify for the PDC World Championship.

Summary

The top quarter of the draw saw number one seed Michael van Gerwen easily reach the quarter-final, knocking Alan Tabern out in the second round despite having beer thrown at him during the walk on,[24] before consecutive 4–1 victories over Max Hopp[25] and former world champion Adrian Lewis.[26] Other former champion Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated in the second round following a 3–2 loss to Darius Labanauskas.[27] James Wade controversially beat Seigo Asada in the second round, having been perceived to have shouted in his opponent's face after winning the second set, and saying after the match that he "wanted to hurt" Asada;[28] Wade subsequently apologised, citing a hypomania episode.[29] Wade was eliminated in the fourth round by debutant Ryan Joyce.[30] In the quarter-final, van Gerwen triumphed over Joyce, 5–1, to qualify for the semi-final for the sixth time in seven championships.[31]

In the second quarter, fourth seed Gary Anderson had to come through last-set deciders against Jermaine Wattimena[25] and Chris Dobey[26] to reach the quarter-final, while fifth-seed Daryl Gurney was eliminated in the third round by 2018 semi-finalist Jamie Lewis.[25] Dave Chisnall came back from 0–2 down against Josh Payne to run off eleven consecutive sets over three matches, beating Payne 3–2[32] before 4–0 wins over Kim Huybrechts[25] and Lewis.[30] In the quarter-final, Anderson won 5–2 against Chisnall to set up a semi-final with van Gerwen.[31]

In the third quarter, reigning champion Rob Cross defeated Jeffrey de Zwaan in the second round,[33] before beating Cristo Reyes 4–0 in the third round.[34] Two-time consecutive world youth champion Dimitri Van den Bergh was beaten by two-time consecutive Development Tour winner Luke Humphries in the third round.[35] In round four, Humphries played Cross. The defending champion went 2–0 up, before Humphries fought back to win 4–2 and end Cross's reign.[30] Seventh-seed Mensur Suljović was eliminated by Ryan Searle,[36] and tenth-seed Michael Smith eliminated Ron Meulenkamp[37] before beating John Henderson[38] and Searle to reach the quarter-final.[39] Smith secured a semi-final slot with a 5–1 win over Humphries.[31]

In the fourth quarter, the four top seeds were eliminated in the second round, with third-seed Peter Wright losing to Toni Alcinas,[40] sixth-seed Gerwyn Price being eliminated by Nathan Aspinall,[41] eleventh-seeded Ian White losing to South African Devon Petersen[41] and Brendan Dolan whitewashing fourteenth seed Joe Cullen.[42] Further seeds were eliminated in the third round, with thirtieth seed Benito van de Pas being the only seed from this quarter in the fourth round,[26] and unseeded players Aspinall, Petersen and Dolan taking the other three slots. Aspinall defeated Petersen, with Dolan getting a 4–1 win over van de Pas to reach the quarter-final.[30] In the quarter-final, Aspinall easily beat Dolan 5–1 to reach the semi-final on his debut year.[31]

In the first semi-final, Aspinall played Smith. Smith won the first two sets without dropping a leg, before Aspinall came back to make it 2–2. Each player won one of the next two sets to make it 3–3, before Smith won two consecutive sets 3–1 and the final set 3–0 to win the match and qualify for the first World Championship final of his career. Smith scored 17 180s, the most by a player in a World Championship semi-final.[43]

In the second semi-final, Anderson played van Gerwen in a repeat of the 2017 final. After van Gerwen won the first set in a last-leg decider, he then won twelve of the next thirteen legs to quickly take a 5–0 lead in the first-to-six match. Anderson managed to avoid the whitewash by winning the sixth set, but van Gerwen completed the rout in the next set,[44] qualifying for the final for the fourth time in his career.[45]

In the final, held on New Year's Day 2019, van Gerwen won the first two legs before missing one set-dart in each of the next two legs for Smith to force a last-leg set decider, which van Gerwen won. Van Gerwen broke Smith's throw with a 3–1 win in the second set, and lengthened his lead by taking the third set by the same scoreline. Smith lost the fourth set after missing four darts at double 12 in the decider, but won the fifth set 3–2 to avoid the whitewash and took the sixth set 3–0. Van Gerwen restored his three-set advantage with a 3–1 win in the seventh set. Smith missed three darts for the eighth set, which van Gerwen won to go one set away from victory. The ninth set went to a deciding leg, which Smith won to prolong the match. Van Gerwen took the first two legs in the tenth set, and missed one dart for the championship in the third leg; in the next, he hit double 16 to take the set and win the World Championship for the third time.[46] [47] [48]

Schedule

Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
01 1 3 – 0 Nitin Kumar 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1
02 1 2 – 3 Cody Harris 1 – 3 3 – 1 0 – 33 – 1 1 – 3
03 1 Jan Dekker 3 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1
04 2 3 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
05 1 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2
06 1 Alan Tabern 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 0
07 1 0 – 3Kevin Burness 2 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3
08 2 Jamie Lewis 3 – 2 Cody Harris 3 – 1 3 – 1 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 0
09 1 Danny Noppert 3 – 0 Royden Lam 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 0
10 1 0 – 3 Ted Evetts 2 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 3
11 1 Chris Dobey 3 – 0 Boris Koltsov 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 2
12 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 0
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
13 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 1
14 1 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 0 – 3 2 – 3
15 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 0
16 2 Max Hopp 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2
17 1 Toni Alcinas 3 – 0 Craig Ross 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1
18 1 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 0 3 – 1
19 1 Keegan Brown 3 – 0 Karel Sedláček 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 1
20 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 2
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
21 1 Gabriel Clemens 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2
22 1 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 2
23 1 Brendan Dolan 3 – 0 Yuanjun Liu 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1
24 2 Dave Chisnall 3 – 20 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1
25 1 Luke Humphries 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 03 – 0
26 1 1 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3
27 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 0
28 2 1 – 3 Toni Alcinas 2 – 31 – 3 3 – 0 2 – 3
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
29 1 3 – 1 3 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2
30 1 2 – 3 Devon Petersen 2 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 3
31 1 Ryan Joyce 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 2
32 2 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 0 – 3
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
33 1 1 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3
34 1 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 2 – 3
35 1 2 – 3 Seigo Asada 3 – 2 3 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3
36 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3 0 – 3
37 1 Steve Lennon 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 1
38 1 Ron Meulenkamp 3 – 2 Diogo Portela 0 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 1
39 1 3 – 0 Chuck Puleo 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2
40 2 Daryl Gurney 3 – 03 – 2 3 – 0 3 – 0
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
41 1 Nathan Aspinall 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2
42 1 2 – 3 Noel Malicdem 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 0 – 3
43 2 0 – 3 Brendan Dolan 0 – 3 0 – 3 1 – 3
44 2 Kim Huybrechts 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 0
45 2 2 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3
46 2 0 – 3 Ryan Joyce 2 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3
47 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 1
48 2 James Wade 3 – 2 Seigo Asada 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 1 4 – 2
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
49 2 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 0
50 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 2 6 – 5
51 2 1 – 3 Luke Humphries 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 1 2 – 3
52 2 0 – 3 Chris Dobey 2 – 3 0 – 3 0 – 3
53 2 Cristo Reyes 3 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 0
54 2 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 0 2 – 3 2 – 3 4 – 2
55 2 Adrian Lewis 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 1
56 2 1 – 3 3 – 1 1 - 3 1 – 3 1 – 3
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
57 2 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 0 – 3 2 – 3 5 – 3
58 2 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1
59 2 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2
60 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 0
61 2 2 – 3 Devon Petersen 3 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 5
62 2 1 – 3 Keegan Brown 3 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3
63 2 2 – 3 Nathan Aspinall 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3
64 2 1 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 2 – 3
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
65 3 Ryan Joyce4 – 3 0 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 1
66 3 Dave Chisnall 4 – 0 Kim Huybrechts 3 – 2 3 – 23 – 0 3 – 1
67 3 3 – 4 Jamie Lewis 2 – 30 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 4
68 3 4 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 0
69 3 4 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 5 – 3
70 3 4 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 2
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
71 3 3 – 4 Chris Dobey 1 – 3 3 – 2 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 0 0 – 3 1 – 3
72 3 Brendan Dolan 4 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2
73 3 James Wade 4 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1
74 3 Adrian Lewis 4 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 1
75 3 Nathan Aspinall 4 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2
76 3 4 – 0 Cristo Reyes 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 2
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
77 3 Devon Petersen 4 – 2 0 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1
78 3 1 – 4 Luke Humphries 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 0 – 3
79 3 4 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0
80 3 2 – 4 1 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 3
81 4 4 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 4 – 2
82 4 4 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2
83 4 Nathan Aspinall 4 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 4 – 2
84 4 1 – 4 Brendan Dolan 1 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3
85 4 Ryan Joyce 4 – 3 3 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1
86 4 1 – 4 Michael Smith 1 – 3 2 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3
87 4 0 – 4 Dave Chisnall 2 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 3
88 4 2 – 4 Luke Humphries 3 – 0 3 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9
89 QF Nathan Aspinall 5 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 1
90 QF 2 – 5 Gary Anderson 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3
91 QF 1 – 5 Michael Smith 1 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 0 1 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 3
92 QF Michael van Gerwen 5 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1
RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9Set 10Set 11
93 SF Michael Smith 6 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 0 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 0
94 SF 6 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 1

Draw

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Final

Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: Kirk Bevins (first half) and George Noble (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2019.
(1) Michael van Gerwen 7 – 3 Michael Smith (10)
3 – 2, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1
102.21Average (3 darts)95.29
49100+ scores45
25140+ scores27
14180 scores13
129Highest checkout127
3100+ Checkouts3
46.30% (25/54)Checkout summary40.43% (19/47)

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

PlayerRoundAverageResult
1 R4 108.08 Won
2 R2 106.09 Lost
3 SF 105.22 Won
4 SF 104.76 Won
5 R2 104.45 Won
6 R2 103.26 Won
7 QF 103.03 Won
8 QF 103.00 Won
9 R2 102.93 Won
10 R2 102.59 Won

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2019 PDC World Championship. A total of 28 nationalities were represented, the most ever at a darts world championship. The second round sees an increase in participation for some countries due to the first round bye for the 32 highest ranked players.


ENG
NED
AUS
SCO
NIR
GER
WAL
BEL
IRL
SPA
AUT
CAN
NZL
PHI
RUS
RSA
LIT
JPN
SWE
BRA
CHN
CZE
HKG
IND
POL
POR
SIN
USA		Total
Final1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
10 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Round 314 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Round 226 10 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
Round 120 8 3 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 64
Total34 13 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 96

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Ashton Secures World Championship Spot . . 25 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Allen . Dave . Oceanic Masters Success For Bailey . . 8 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Burness Lifts Irish Matchplay Title . . 6 October 2018.
  5. Web site: Allen . Dave . Burton, Hunt & Kirk Secure Ally Pally Debuts . . 26 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Allen . Dave . De Sousa Secures Ally Pally Return . . 22 October 2018.
  7. Web site: Harris Secures Ally Pally Return. Professional Darts Corporation. 9 December 2018.
  8. Web site: Allen . Dave . Koltsov & Kumar Win World Championship Spots . . 28 October 2018.
  9. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Labanauskas & Larsson Seal Ally Pally Debuts . . 8 October 2018.
  10. Web site: World Championship: Lim Among Asian Tour Qualifiers. Professional Darts Corporation. 14 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Petersen & Marijanovic Seal Ally Pally Returns . 18 November 2018.
  12. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Meeuwisse Books Ally Pally Debut . . 8 October 2018.
  13. Web site: Phillips . Josh. 2018 PDC Unicorn Development Tour 19-20. Professional Darts Corporation. 8 November 2018.
  14. Web site: Allen . Dave . Portela Secures World Championship Return . . 15 September 2018.
  15. Web site: Allen . Dave . Puleo & Long Seal World Championship Debuts. . 15 September 2018.
  16. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Sedlacek Seals World Championship Debut . . 22 September 2018.
  17. Web site: Smith Relishing Ally Pally Return. PDC. 6 July 2018.
  18. Web site: Aussie Smith Seals World Championship Spot. PDC. 7 September 2018.
  19. Web site: World Championship Field Confirmed. PDC. 9 December 2018. 25 November 2018.
  20. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Most Nationalities Ever To Star In World Championship . . 9 December 2018.
  21. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Record-Breaking Expansion For William Hill World Darts Championship . PDC.
  22. Web site: Dobromyslova Seals World Championship Return . . 17 November 2018.
  23. Web site: Allen . Dave . Liu Secures Ally Pally Debut . . 26 November 2018.
  24. News: Michael van Gerwen 'angry' after being showered with beer by fan. BBC Sport. 30 December 2018. 2018-12-15.
  25. News: Michael van Gerwen shows class at PDC world darts to see off Max Hopp . . 31 December 2018. 2018-12-22 . Press Association .
  26. Web site: Prenderville . Paul . Michael van Gerwen too strong for Adrian Lewis at World Darts Championship . . 31 December 2018.
  27. Web site: Darts World Championship: Raymond van Barneveld crashes out in second upset defeat in as many days . https://web.archive.org/web/20190101004333/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/darts-world-championship-raymond-van-barneveld-knocked-out-beaten-defeat-loses-vs-darius-labanauskas-a8688196.html . 2019-01-01 . limited . live . . 31 December 2018. 2018-12-18 .
  28. News: James Wade accused of intimidation in PDC world darts win over Seigo Asada . . 31 December 2018. 2018-12-20 . Press Association .
  29. News: PDC World Darts Championship: James Wade apologises for behaviour . . 31 December 2018. 2018-12-20 .
  30. News: PDC World Darts Championship: Defending champion Rob Cross beaten by Luke Humphries . . 31 December 2018. 2018-12-28 .
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