World Series of Darts Finals

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Darts tournament

World Series of Darts Finals

Tournament information
Venue| AFAS Live
Location| Amsterdam
Country|  Netherlands
Established| 2015
Organisation(s)| PDC
Format| Legs
Prize fund| £300,000 (2019)
Month(s) Played| November (2015–19)
September (2020)
October (2021)
September (2022-2023)
August (2024)
Current champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen

The World Series of Darts Finals is a non-ranking darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It is classed as a PDC premier event. The tournament was held annually in November, but in 2020, it moved to September, and moved to October in 2021. The first three events were held in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, moved to the Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria for 2018, and moved to the AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2019. In 2020, it returned to Austria, in the Salzburgarena, Salzburg, before its return to Amsterdam in 2021.

The playing field includes the top eight of the World Series of Darts ranking, and a further 16 players, which are a mix of invited players by the PDC and qualifiers.

## History[edit]

The World Series of Darts began in 2013. The goal of these series of tournaments is to make darts more popular across the globe.

Two World Series tournaments were held in the first year: the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters and the Sydney Darts Masters. In 2014, events in Singapore and Perth were added to the series, followed by Japan (Yokohama, then Tokyo in 2016) and Auckland in 2015, Shanghai in 2016, and the USA (Las Vegas) Melbourne and Germany (Düsseldorf) in 2017. Brisbane was added to the roster in 2018, and Gelsenkirchen replaced Düsseldorf for the German Masters. In 2019, the German Masters again moved, this time to Cologne, and the Auckland Masters became the New Zealand Darts Masters, and was relocated to Hamilton.

The best 8 players from the World Series Darts tournaments qualified for the finals tournament, which was inaugurated in 2015. This ranking is formed by the points that the player earns in the World Series tournament.

## Stage points[edit]

The distribution of the points in each World Series tournament is:

Round | Points

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Winner | 12
Runner-up | 8
Semi-final | 5
Quarter-final | 3
First round | 1

## Finals[edit]

Year | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Prize money | Sponsor | Location

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Total  | Champion  | Runner-up
2015 |  Michael van Gerwen (106.60) | 11–10 |  Peter Wright (106.40) | £155,000  | £30,000  | £15,000  | Unibet |  Braehead Arena, Glasgow
2016 |  Michael van Gerwen (101.18) | 11–9  |  Peter Wright (99.63) | Ladbrokes
2017 |  Michael van Gerwen (103.30) | 11–6  |  Gary Anderson (100.68) | £250,000  | £50,000  | £25,000
2018 |  James Wade (97.00) | 11–10  |  Michael Smith (99.09) | bwin |  Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna
2019 |  Michael van Gerwen (96.76) | 11–2  |  Danny Noppert (89.37) | £300,000  | £70,000  | £30,000  | Jack's Casino |  AFAS Live, Amsterdam
2020 |  Gerwyn Price (96.21) | 11–9  |  Rob Cross (94.22) | bwin |  Salzburgarena, Salzburg
2021 |  Jonny Clayton (101.63) | 11–6  |  Dimitri Van den Bergh (101.95) | Jack's Casino |  AFAS Live, Amsterdam
2022 |  Gerwyn Price (100.14) | 11–10  |  Dirk van Duijvenbode (97.69)
2023 |  Michael van Gerwen (96.16) | 11–4  |  Nathan Aspinall (83.57)
2024 |  | –  |

## Statistics[edit]

Finalist appearances
As of 18 September 2022.
Rank  | Player  | Won  | Runner-up  | Finals  | Appearances

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1  |  Michael van Gerwen | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9
2  |  Gerwyn Price | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7
3  |  Jonny Clayton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4
James Wade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8
5  |  Peter Wright | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8
6  |  Gary Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7
Rob Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4
Danny Noppert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3
Michael Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8
Dimitri Van den Bergh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7
Dirk van Duijvenbode | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
Nathan Aspinall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4

### High averages[edit]

Ten highest World Series of Darts Finals one-match averages

Average  | Player  | Year (+ Round)  | Opponent  | Result
115.62  |  Mervyn King | 2021, First round |  James Wade | 6–0
112.94  |  Dave Chisnall | 2016, Second round |  Kim Huybrechts | 6–4
109.82  |  Jamie Lewis | 2018, First round |  Dimitri Van den Bergh | 6–2
109.71  |  Michael van Gerwen | 2016, Quarter-finals |  Simon Whitlock | 10–0
108.83  |  Michael van Gerwen | 2017, Quarter-finals |  Rob Cross | 10–4
108.69  |  Michael van Gerwen | 2016, Semi-finals |  Dave Chisnall | 11–3
108.10  |  Peter Wright | 2020, Semi-finals |  Gerwyn Price | 6–11
108.00  |  Michael van Gerwen | 2015, Semi-finals |  Adrian Lewis | 11–5
107.40  |  Michael Smith | 2022, Second round |  Peter Wright | 6–4
107.34  |  Phil Taylor | 2016, Semi-finals |  Peter Wright | 10–11
Five highest World Series of Darts Finals losing averages

Average  | Player  | Year (+ Round)  | Opponent  | Result
108.10  |  Peter Wright | 2020, Semi-finals |  Gerwyn Price | 6–11
107.34  |  Phil Taylor | 2016, Semi-finals |  Peter Wright | 10–11
106.40  |  Peter Wright | 2015, Final |  Michael van Gerwen | 10–11
104.10  |  Phil Taylor | 2015, Semi-finals |  Peter Wright | 9–11
103.59  |  Kim Huybrechts | 2016, Second round |  Dave Chisnall | 4–6
Michael van Gerwen | 2018, Quarter-finals |  Raymond van Barneveld | 8–10
Different players with a 100+ match average (Updated 18/09/22)

Player  | Total  | Highest Av.  | Year (+ Round)
Michael van Gerwen | 16  | 109.71  | 2016, Quarter-Final
Peter Wright | 9  | 108.10  | 2020, Semi-Final
Dimitri Van den Bergh | 6  | 105.21  | 2018, Last 32
Gerwyn Price | 6  | 102.48  | 2020, Quarter-Final
Dave Chisnall | 5  | 112.94  | 2016, Last 16
Phil Taylor | 5  | 107.34  | 2016, Quarter-Final
Michael Smith | 3  | 107.40  | 2022, Last 16
Jonny Clayton | 3  | 104.39  | 2022, Last 16
Daryl Gurney | 3  | 103.64  | 2017, Last 16
Kim Huybrechts | 3  | 103.59  | 2016, Last 16
Gary Anderson | 3  | 103.57  | 2017, Last 16
Nathan Aspinall | 3  | 103.37  | 2019, Last 32
Adrian Lewis | 2  | 105.19  | 2015, Quarter-Final
Raymond van Barneveld | 2  | 103.49  | 2015, Quarter-Final
Mensur Suljović | 2  | 102.64  | 2020, Last 32
Glen Durrant | 2  | 102.50  | 2020, Last 16
Mervyn King | 1  | 115.62  | 2021, Last 32
Jamie Lewis | 1  | 109.82  | 2018, Last 32
Krzysztof Ratajski | 1  | 104.19  | 2019, Last 32
José de Sousa | 1  | 103.86  | 2021, Last 32
James Wade | 1  | 103.66  | 2015, Last 16
Kyle Anderson | 1  | 101.35  | 2018, Last 32
Terry Jenkins | 1  | 100.68  | 2015, Quarter-Final
Gabriel Clemens | 1  | 100.60  | 2019, Last 32
Mark Webster | 1  | 100.16  | 2015, Last 32

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* World Series of Darts official website
* World Series Of Darts Finals Winners Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine at dartsdatabase.co.uk

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* t
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World Series of Darts

2013|

* Dubai
* Sydney

2014|

* Dubai
* Singapore
* Perth
* Sydney

2015|

* Dubai
* Japan
* Perth
* Sydney
* Auckland
* Finals

2016|

* Dubai
* Auckland
* Shanghai
* Tokyo
* Sydney
* Perth
* Finals

2017|

* Dubai
* Shanghai
* US
* Auckland
* Melbourne
* Perth
* German
* Finals

2018|

* German
* US
* Shanghai
* Auckland
* Melbourne
* Brisbane
* Finals

2019|

* US
* German
* Brisbane
* Melbourne
* New Zealand
* Finals

2020|

* ~~US~~
* ~~New South Wales~~
* ~~New Zealand~~
* ~~Queensland~~
* ~~Nordic~~
* Finals

2021|

* ~~US~~
* ~~New South Wales~~
* ~~Queensland~~
* ~~New Zealand~~
* Nordic
* Finals

2022|

* US
* Nordic
* Dutch
* Queensland
* New South Wales
* New Zealand
* Finals

2023|

* Bahrain
* Nordic
* US
* Poland
* New Zealand
* New South Wales
* Finals

World Series of Darts Finals

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Professional Darts Corporation

* Order of Merit
* Awards Dinner
* Professional Dart Players Association

Tournaments|

| Premier|

* World Championship
* The Masters
* Premier League
* UK Open
* World Cup of Darts
* World Matchplay
* World Grand Prix
* European Championship
* World Series of Darts Finals
* Grand Slam of Darts
* Players Championship Finals

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Other|

* Pro Tour
* European Tour
* World Series of Darts

Former|

* Champions League of Darts
* World Darts Trophy
* International Darts League
* World Darts Challenge
* Las Vegas Desert Classic
* Masters of Darts
* Women's World Championship
* RTL7 Masters
* US Open
* Jocky Wilson Cup
* World Series of Darts Festival
* World Cricket Championship
* World Series of Darts (2006)
* Championship League
* South African Masters
* Bobby Bourn Memorial
* UK Masters
* UK Matchplay

Video games|

* PDC World Championship Darts
* PDC World Championship Darts 2008
* PDC World Championship Darts 2009
* PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour

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