2019 PDC World Darts Championship

26th edition of the PDC's World Championship event

 Brendan Dolan
  •  Luke Humphries
  •  Michael van Gerwen
    • Champion(s) Michael van Gerwen
    «2018 2020»
    Darts tournament
    Alexandra Palace, London, hosted the PDC World Championship for the twelfth time.

    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

    Number-one seed Michael van Gerwen won the World Championship for the third time in his career.

    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.[1]

    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)
    Winner (1) £500,000
    Runner-up (1) £200,000
    Semi-finalists (2) £100,000
    Quarter-finalists (4) £50,000
    Fourth round losers (8) £35,000
    Third round losers (16) £25,000
    Second round losers (32) £15,000
    First round losers (32) £7,500

    Qualification

    Qualifiers

    Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

    Order of Merit
    Second round (seeded)

    01.   Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (champion)
    02.   England Rob Cross (fourth round)
    03.   Scotland Peter Wright (second round)
    04.   Scotland Gary Anderson (semi-finals)
    05.   Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney (third round)
    06.   Wales Gerwyn Price (second round)
    07.   Austria Mensur Suljović (second round)
    08.   Australia Simon Whitlock (second round)
    09.   England James Wade (fourth round)
    10.   England Michael Smith (runner-up)
    11.   England Ian White (second round)
    12.   England Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
    13.   England Darren Webster (second round)
    14.   England Joe Cullen (second round)
    15.   Wales Jonny Clayton (second round)
    16.   England Adrian Lewis (fourth round)
    17.   Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (second round)
    18.   England Stephen Bunting (second round)
    19.   England Mervyn King (third round)
    20.   England Steve Beaton (second round)
    21.   Belgium Kim Huybrechts (third round)
    22.   England Steve West (third round)
    23.   Scotland John Henderson (third round)
    24.   Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (second round)
    25.   England Alan Norris (third round)
    26.   England James Wilson (second round)
    27.   Australia Kyle Anderson (third round)
    28.   Wales Jamie Lewis (fourth round)
    29.   Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena (third round)
    30.   Netherlands Benito van de Pas (fourth round)
    31.   Spain Cristo Reyes (third round)
    32.   Germany Max Hopp (third round)

    Pro Tour Order of Merit
    First Round

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

    International Qualifiers
    First round

    Notes
    1. ^ Corey Cadby, who was originally 28th on the Pro Tour list, was forced to withdraw from the field, with Matthew Edgar his replacement as the highest ranked Pro Tour player not yet qualified.
    2. ^ Tahuna Irwin, winner of the DPNZ Qualifier,[18] was banned from entering the United Kingdom following an issue when attempting to enter for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. Craig Ross, the runner-up of the DPNZ Qualifier, was his replacement.[19][20][14]

    Background

    96 players competed in the championship, an increase of 24 from the 2018 tournament;[1] 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.[24] Rob Cross was second seed and reigning champion, having won the 2018 championship on his debut.[24] 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.[24]

    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.[24]

    Danny Noppert, in his debut year with the PDC, was the highest ranked non-seed on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit.[24] 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.[25] Edgar took the final qualification place after 2018 UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby withdrew.[24] The list of qualifiers also included the 2018 Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh and 2018 World Matchplay semi-finalist Jeffrey de Zwaan.[24]

    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.[1]

    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.[14]

    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.[1] Dobromyslova, three times BDO women's world champion, returned to the PDC championship after winning the rest of the world tournament,[26] while the UK tournament was won by four time women's world champion, and reigning 2018 champion, Lisa Ashton.[3]

    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.[6]

    In addition to the three PDPA qualifiers, 15 more of the international qualifiers were making their PDC World Championship debuts, Lisa Ashton,[3] James Bailey,[4] Kevin Burness,[5] Nitin Kumar,[11] Darius Labanauskas,[12] Daniel Larsson,[12] Yuanjun Liu,[27] Jim Long,[13] Noel Malicdem,[10] Yordi Meeuwisse,[15] Geert Nentjes,[8] Chuck Puleo,[13] Craig Ross,[14] Karel Sedláček[21] and Raymond Smith.[23] Labanauskas was the first ever Lithuanian to qualify for the PDC World Championship.[25]

    Summary

    Michael Smith, the tenth seed, was runner-up after reaching his first World Championship final.

    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,[28] before consecutive 4–1 victories over Max Hopp[29] and former world champion Adrian Lewis.[30] Other former champion Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated in the second round following a 3–2 loss to Darius Labanauskas.[31] 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;[32] Wade subsequently apologised, citing a hypomania episode.[33] Wade was eliminated in the fourth round by debutant Ryan Joyce.[34] In the quarter-final, van Gerwen triumphed over Joyce, 5–1, to qualify for the semi-final for the sixth time in seven championships.[35]

    In the second quarter, fourth seed Gary Anderson had to come through last-set deciders against Jermaine Wattimena[29] and Chris Dobey[30] to reach the quarter-final, while fifth-seed Daryl Gurney was eliminated in the third round by 2018 semi-finalist Jamie Lewis.[29] Dave Chisnall came back from 0–2 down against Josh Payne to run off eleven consecutive sets over three matches, beating Payne 3–2[36] before 4–0 wins over Kim Huybrechts[29] and Lewis.[34] In the quarter-final, Anderson won 5–2 against Chisnall to set up a semi-final with van Gerwen.[35]

    In the third quarter, reigning champion Rob Cross defeated Jeffrey de Zwaan in the second round,[37] before beating Cristo Reyes 4–0 in the third round.[38] 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.[39] 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.[34] Seventh-seed Mensur Suljović was eliminated by Ryan Searle,[40] and tenth-seed Michael Smith eliminated Ron Meulenkamp[41] before beating John Henderson[42] and Searle to reach the quarter-final.[43] Smith secured a semi-final slot with a 5–1 win over Humphries.[35]

    In the fourth quarter, the four top seeds were eliminated in the second round, with third-seed Peter Wright losing to Toni Alcinas,[44] sixth-seed Gerwyn Price being eliminated by Nathan Aspinall,[45] eleventh-seeded Ian White losing to South African Devon Petersen[45] and Brendan Dolan whitewashing fourteenth seed Joe Cullen.[46] 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,[30] 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.[34] In the quarter-final, Aspinall easily beat Dolan 5–1 to reach the semi-final on his debut year.[35]

    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.[47]

    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,[48] qualifying for the final for the fourth time in his career.[49]

    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.[50][51][52]

    Schedule

    Thursday, 13 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    01 1 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 3 – 0 Nitin Kumar India 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1 — —
    02 1 Germany Martin Schindler 2 – 3 Cody Harris New Zealand 1 – 3 3 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3
    03 1 Netherlands Jan Dekker 3 – 1 Lisa Ashton England 0 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1 —
    04 2 England Rob Cross 3 – 1 Jeffrey de Zwaan Netherlands 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 —
    Friday, 14 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    05 1 England Michael Barnard 3 – 2 José de Sousa Portugal 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2
    06 1 England Alan Tabern 3 – 2 Raymond Smith Australia 3 – 1 3 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 0
    07 1 Australia Paul Nicholson 0 – 3 Kevin Burness Northern Ireland 2 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3 — —
    08 2 Wales Jamie Lewis 3 – 2 Cody Harris New Zealand 3 – 1 3 – 1 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 0
    09 1 Netherlands Danny Noppert 3 – 0 Royden Lam Hong Kong 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 0 — —
    10 1 England Simon Stevenson 0 – 3 Ted Evetts England 2 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 3 — —
    11 1 England Chris Dobey 3 – 0 Boris Koltsov Russia 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 2 — —
    12 2 Scotland Gary Anderson 3 – 1 Kevin Burness Northern Ireland 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 0 —
    Saturday, 15 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    13 1 England Richard North 3 – 2 Robert Marijanović Germany 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 1
    14 1 Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 1 – 3 Jim Long Canada 3 – 2 2 – 3 0 – 3 2 – 3 —
    15 1 England Josh Payne 3 – 2 Jeff Smith Canada 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 0
    16 2 Germany Max Hopp 3 – 0 Danny Noppert Netherlands 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 — —
    17 1 Spain Toni Alcinas 3 – 0 Craig Ross New Zealand 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 — —
    18 1 England Ryan Searle 3 – 0 Stephen Burton England 3 – 2 3 – 0 3 – 1 — —
    19 1 England Keegan Brown 3 – 0 Karel Sedláček Czech Republic 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 1 — —
    20 2 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3 – 1 Alan Tabern England 3 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 2 —
    Sunday, 16 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    21 1 Germany Gabriel Clemens 3 – 0 Aden Kirk England 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 — —
    22 1 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 3 – 0 Yordi Meeuwisse Netherlands 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 2 — —
    23 1 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 3 – 0 Yuanjun Liu China 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 — —
    24 2 England Dave Chisnall 3 – 2 Josh Payne England 0 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1
    25 1 England Luke Humphries 3 – 0 Adam Hunt England 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 0 — —
    26 1 England Matthew Edgar 1 – 3 Darius Labanauskas Lithuania 3 – 1 1 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3 —
    27 1 England Ross Smith 3 – 1 Paul Lim Singapore 3 – 2 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 0 —
    28 2 Scotland Peter Wright 1 – 3 Toni Alcinas Spain 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 0 2 – 3 —
    Monday, 17 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    29 1 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 3 – 1 Lourence Ilagan Philippines 3 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 —
    30 1 England Wayne Jones 2 – 3 Devon Petersen South Africa 2 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 3
    31 1 England Ryan Joyce 3 – 0 Anastasia Dobromyslova Russia 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 2 — —
    32 2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 2 – 3 Darius Labanauskas Lithuania 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 0 – 3
    Tuesday, 18 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    33 1 Scotland Robert Thornton 1 – 3 Daniel Larsson Sweden 1 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 —
    34 1 England Ricky Evans 1 – 3 Rowby-John Rodriguez Austria 2 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 2 – 3 —
    35 1 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 2 – 3 Seigo Asada Japan 3 – 2 3 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3
    36 2 England Darren Webster 0 – 3 Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 1 – 3 0 – 3 0 – 3 — —
    37 1 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 3 – 0 James Bailey Australia 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 1 — —
    38 1 Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 3 – 2 Diogo Portela Brazil 0 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 1
    39 1 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 3 – 0 Chuck Puleo United States 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 — —
    40 2 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 3 – 0 Ross Smith England 3 – 2 3 – 0 3 – 0 — —
    Wednesday, 19 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    41 1 England Nathan Aspinall 3 – 0 Geert Nentjes Netherlands 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 — —
    42 1 Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 2 – 3 Noel Malicdem Philippines 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 0 – 3
    43 2 England Joe Cullen 0 – 3 Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland 0 – 3 0 – 3 1 – 3 — —
    44 2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 3 – 0 Daniel Larsson Sweden 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 0 — —
    45 2 England James Wilson 2 – 3 William O'Connor Republic of Ireland 3 – 1 1 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3
    46 2 Australia Simon Whitlock 0 – 3 Ryan Joyce England 2 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3 — —
    47 2 England Michael Smith 3 – 1 Ron Meulenkamp Netherlands 3 – 2 3 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 1 —
    48 2 England James Wade 3 – 2 Seigo Asada Japan 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 1 4 – 2
    Thursday, 20 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    49 2 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 3 – 0 Michael Barnard England 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 0 — —
    50 2 England Alan Norris 3 – 2 Steve Lennon Republic of Ireland 2 – 3 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 2 6 – 5
    51 2 England Stephen Bunting 1 – 3 Luke Humphries England 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 1 2 – 3 —
    52 2 England Steve Beaton 0 – 3 Chris Dobey England 2 – 3 0 – 3 0 – 3 — —
    53 2 Spain Cristo Reyes 3 – 2 Rowby-John Rodriguez Austria 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 0
    54 2 England Mervyn King 3 – 2 Jan Dekker Netherlands 3 – 2 3 – 0 2 – 3 2 – 3 4 – 2
    55 2 England Adrian Lewis 3 – 0 Ted Evetts England 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 1 — —
    56 2 Austria Mensur Suljović 1 – 3 Ryan Searle England 3 – 1 1 - 3 1 – 3 1 – 3 —
    Friday, 21 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
    57 2 Netherlands Benito van de Pas 3 – 2 Jim Long Canada 3 – 1 3 – 1 0 – 3 2 – 3 5 – 3
    58 2 Scotland John Henderson 3 – 2 Gabriel Clemens Germany 3 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1
    59 2 England Steve West 3 – 1 Richard North England 3 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 —
    60 2 Australia Kyle Anderson 3 – 1 Noel Malicdem Philippines 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 0 —
    61 2 England Ian White 2 – 3 Devon Petersen South Africa 3 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 5
    62 2 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 1 – 3 Keegan Brown England 3 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3 —
    63 2 Wales Gerwyn Price 2 – 3 Nathan Aspinall England 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3
    64 2 Wales Jonny Clayton 1 – 3 Dimitri Van den Bergh Belgium 0 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 2 – 3 —
    Saturday, 22 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
    65 3 England Ryan Joyce 4 – 3 Alan Norris England 0 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 1
    66 3 England Dave Chisnall 4 – 0 Kim Huybrechts Belgium 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 0 3 – 1 — — —
    67 3 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 3 – 4 Jamie Lewis Wales 2 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 4
    68 3 England Ryan Searle 4 – 1 William O'Connor Republic of Ireland 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 0 — —
    69 3 Scotland Gary Anderson 4 – 3 Jermaine Wattimena Netherlands 2 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 5 – 3
    70 3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 4 – 1 Max Hopp Germany 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 2 — —
    Sunday, 23 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
    71 3 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 3 – 4 Chris Dobey England 1 – 3 3 – 2 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 0 0 – 3 1 – 3
    72 3 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 4 – 2 Mervyn King England 3 – 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 —
    73 3 England James Wade 4 – 3 Keegan Brown England 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1
    74 3 England Adrian Lewis 4 – 0 Darius Labanauskas Lithuania 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 1 — — —
    75 3 England Nathan Aspinall 4 – 1 Kyle Anderson Australia 3 – 2 3 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 — —
    76 3 England Rob Cross 4 – 0 Cristo Reyes Spain 3 – 1 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 2 — — —
    Thursday, 27 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
    77 3 South Africa Devon Petersen 4 – 2 Steve West England 0 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 —
    78 3 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 1 – 4 Luke Humphries England 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 1 1 – 3 0 – 3 — —
    79 3 England Michael Smith 4 – 2 John Henderson Scotland 2 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0 —
    80 3 Spain Toni Alcinas 2 – 4 Benito van de Pas Netherlands 1 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 3 —
    81 4 Scotland Gary Anderson 4 – 3 Chris Dobey England 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 4 – 2
    82 4 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 4 – 1 Adrian Lewis England 3 – 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 — —
    Friday, 28 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
    83 4 England Nathan Aspinall 4 – 3 Devon Petersen South Africa 1 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 3 4 – 2
    84 4 Netherlands Benito van de Pas 1 – 4 Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland 1 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 — —
    85 4 England Ryan Joyce 4 – 3 James Wade England 3 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1
    86 4 England Ryan Searle 1 – 4 Michael Smith England 1 – 3 2 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 — —
    87 4 Wales Jamie Lewis 0 – 4 Dave Chisnall England 2 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 3 — — —
    88 4 England Rob Cross 2 – 4 Luke Humphries England 3 – 0 3 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 —
    Saturday, 29 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9
    89 QF England Nathan Aspinall 5 – 1 Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland 3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 1 — — —
    90 QF England Dave Chisnall 2 – 5 Gary Anderson Scotland 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 — —
    91 QF England Luke Humphries 1 – 5 Michael Smith England 1 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 0 1 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 3 — — —
    92 QF Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 5 – 1 Ryan Joyce England 3 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 — — —
    Sunday, 30 December
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11
    93 SF England Michael Smith 6 – 3 Nathan Aspinall England 3 – 0 3 – 0 2 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 0 — —
    94 SF Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 6 – 1 Gary Anderson Scotland 3 – 2 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 1 — — — —
    Tuesday, 1 January
    Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11 Set 12 Set 13
    95 F Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7 – 3 Michael Smith England 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 1 — — —

    Draw

    Finals

    Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
    29 December         		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
    30 December         		Final (best of 13 sets)
    1 January
             
    1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.12 5
    England Ryan Joyce 88.35 1
    1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.76 6
    4 Scotland Gary Anderson 97.98 1
    12 England Dave Chisnall 96.54 2
    4 Scotland Gary Anderson 103.03 5
    1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.21 7
    10 England Michael Smith 95.29 3
    England Luke Humphries 94.18 1
    10 England Michael Smith 103.00 5
    10 England Michael Smith 105.22 6
    England Nathan Aspinall 100.53 3
      England Nathan Aspinall 99.72 5
    Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 93.87 1

    Top half

    Section 1

    First round (best of 5 sets)
    13–19 December
    [53][54][55][56][57][58][59]    		Second round (best of 5 sets)
    13–21 December
    [60][61]    		Third round (best of 7 sets)
    22–27 December
    [62][63]    		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
    27–28 December    		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
    29 December
    England Alan Tabern 91.1231Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.593
    Australia Raymond Smith 86.142England Alan Tabern 93.451
    1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.514
    32Germany Max Hopp 96.681
    Netherlands Danny Noppert 96.19332Germany Max Hopp 93.513
    Hong Kong Royden Lam 85.720Netherlands Danny Noppert 97.350
    1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 108.084
    16England Adrian Lewis 101.161
    England Simon Stevenson 93.96016England Adrian Lewis 97.203
    England Ted Evetts 92.973England Ted Evetts 95.920
    16England Adrian Lewis 97.434
    Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 89.740
    England Matthew Edgar 83.41117Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 89.572
    Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 93.573Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 86.813
    1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.125
    England Ryan Joyce 88.351
    England Ryan Joyce 90.3438Australia Simon Whitlock 87.630
    Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.320England Ryan Joyce 90.403
    England Ryan Joyce 87.744
    25England Alan Norris 89.653
    Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 87.22325England Alan Norris 92.233
    Australia James Bailey 80.180Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 87.892
    England Ryan Joyce 87.694
    9England James Wade 90.773
    Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 90.2129England James Wade 93.573
    Japan Seigo Asada 90.643Japan Seigo Asada 97.502
    9England James Wade 94.714
    England Keegan Brown 91.013
    England Keegan Brown 95.78324Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 79.241
    Czech Republic Karel Sedláček 92.150England Keegan Brown 82.553

    Section 2

    First round (best of 5 sets)
    13–19 December    		Second round (best of 5 sets)
    13–21 December    		Third round (best of 7 sets)
    22–27 December    		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
    27–28 December    		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
    29 December
    England Ross Smith 91.8935Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 100.303
    Singapore Paul Lim 91.281England Ross Smith 88.690
    5Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 91.083
    28Wales Jamie Lewis 93.944
    Germany Martin Schindler 85.18228Wales Jamie Lewis 92.323
    New Zealand Cody Harris 88.663New Zealand Cody Harris 92.522
    28Wales Jamie Lewis 93.750
    12England Dave Chisnall 98.504
    England Josh Payne 87.34312England Dave Chisnall 95.583
    Canada Jeff Smith 88.982England Josh Payne 98.492
    12England Dave Chisnall 97.604
    21Belgium Kim Huybrechts 89.840
    Scotland Robert Thornton 87.15121Belgium Kim Huybrechts 103.263
    Sweden Daniel Larsson 91.033Sweden Daniel Larsson 91.260
    12England Dave Chisnall 96.542
    4Scotland Gary Anderson 103.035
    Australia Paul Nicholson 85.0304Scotland Gary Anderson 94.923
    Northern Ireland Kevin Burness 88.553Northern Ireland Kevin Burness 92.351
    4Scotland Gary Anderson 97.334
    29Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 95.193
    England Michael Barnard 88.08329Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 89.943
    Portugal José de Sousa 87.832England Michael Barnard 83.340
    4Scotland Gary Anderson 98.754
    England Chris Dobey 100.833
    Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 94.06313England Darren Webster 85.480
    Philippines Lourence Ilagan 95.521Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 87.813
    Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 93.433
    England Chris Dobey 98.394
    England Chris Dobey 92.56320England Steve Beaton 89.270
    Russia Boris Koltsov 79.190England Chris Dobey 93.443

    Bottom half

    Section 3

    First round (best of 5 sets)
    13–19 December    		Second round (best of 5 sets)
    13–21 December    		Third round (best of 7 sets)
    22–27 December    		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
    27–28 December    		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
    29 December
    Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.1832England Rob Cross 102.933
    India Nitin Kumar 77.750Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 106.091
    2England Rob Cross 101.724
    31Spain Cristo Reyes 96.200
    England Ricky Evans 90.74131Spain Cristo Reyes 89.303
    Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.303Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.282
    2England Rob Cross 97.382
    England Luke Humphries 99.714
    Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.25315Wales Jonny Clayton 92.681
    United States Chuck Puleo 83.340Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.453
    Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.821
    England Luke Humphries 89.644
    England Luke Humphries 97.58318England Stephen Bunting 88.211
    England Adam Hunt 81.400England Luke Humphries 95.563
    England Luke Humphries 94.181
    10England Michael Smith 103.005
    England Ryan Searle 87.8237Austria Mensur Suljović 90.831
    England Stephen Burton 87.060England Ryan Searle 90.663
    England Ryan Searle 89.404
    Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 89.761
    Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 87.12326England James Wilson 93.802
    Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 84.300Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 98.733
    England Ryan Searle 96.221
    10England Michael Smith 99.724
    Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 93.56310England Michael Smith 94.073
    Brazil Diogo Portela 92.122Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 93.811
    10England Michael Smith 100.474
    23Scotland John Henderson 94.652
    Germany Gabriel Clemens 83.27323Scotland John Henderson 95.173
    England Aden Kirk 80.310Germany Gabriel Clemens 93.892

    Section 4

    First round (best of 5 sets)
    13–19 December    		Second round (best of 5 sets)
    13–21 December    		Third round (best of 7 sets)
    22–27 December    		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
    27–28 December    		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
    29 December
    England Nathan Aspinall 88.4236Wales Gerwyn Price 89.082
    Netherlands Geert Nentjes 78.030England Nathan Aspinall 92.283
    England Nathan Aspinall 96.174
    27Australia Kyle Anderson 98.521
    Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 78.52227Australia Kyle Anderson 96.413
    Philippines Noel Malicdem 85.863Philippines Noel Malicdem 92.931
    England Nathan Aspinall 95.764
    South Africa Devon Petersen 90.753
    England Wayne Jones 83.66211England Ian White 98.662
    South Africa Devon Petersen 84.793South Africa Devon Petersen 94.683
    South Africa Devon Petersen 92.254
    22England Steve West 95.682
    England Richard North 92.82322England Steve West 89.493
    Germany Robert Marijanović 85.992England Richard North 95.961
    England Nathan Aspinall 99.725
    Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 93.871
    Spain Toni Alcinas 86.0333Scotland Peter Wright 94.701
    New Zealand Craig Ross 71.470Spain Toni Alcinas 93.123
    Spain Toni Alcinas 84.532
    30Netherlands Benito van de Pas 85.614
    Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 75.22130Netherlands Benito van de Pas 86.623
    Canada Jim Long 75.333Canada Jim Long 85.712
    30Netherlands Benito van de Pas 86.671
    Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 89.774
    Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 86.63314England Joe Cullen 85.160
    China Yuanjun Liu 78.450Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 92.723
    Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 95.734
    19England Mervyn King 92.222
    Netherlands Jan Dekker 88.95319England Mervyn King 97.763
    England Lisa Ashton 88.561Netherlands Jan Dekker 87.562

    Final

    Final: Best of 13 sets.
    Referees: England Kirk Bevins (first half) and England George Noble (second half).
    Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2019.
    (1) Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 7 – 3 England Michael Smith (10)
    3 – 2, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1
    102.21 Average (3 darts) 95.29
    49 100+ scores 45
    25 140+ scores 27
    14 180 scores 13
    129 Highest checkout 127
    3 100+ Checkouts 3
    46.30% (25/54) Checkout summary 40.43% (19/47)

    Top averages

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

    # Player Round Average Result
    1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen R4 108.08 Won
    2 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan R2 106.09 Lost
    3 England Michael Smith SF 105.22 Won
    4 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen SF 104.76 Won
    5 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh R2 104.45 Won
    6 Belgium Kim Huybrechts R2 103.26 Won
    7 Scotland Gary Anderson QF 103.03 Won
    8 England Michael Smith QF 103.00 Won
    9 England Rob Cross R2 102.93 Won
    10 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 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.[25] The second round sees an increase in participation for some countries due to the first round bye for the 32 highest ranked players.

    England
    ENG     		Netherlands
    NED     		Australia
    AUS     		Scotland
    SCO     		Northern Ireland
    NIR     		Germany
    GER     		Wales
    WAL     		Belgium
    BEL     		Republic of Ireland
    IRL     		Spain
    SPA     		Austria
    AUT     		Canada
    CAN     		New Zealand
    NZL     		Philippines
    PHI     		Russia
    RUS     		South Africa
    RSA     		Lithuania
    LIT     		Japan
    JPN     		Sweden
    SWE     		Brazil
    BRA     		China
    CHN     		Czech Republic
    CZE     		Hong Kong
    HKG     		India
    IND     		Poland
    POL     		Portugal
    POR     		Singapore
    SIN     		United States
    USA     		Total
    Final 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
    Semi-final 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
    Quarter-final 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
    Round 4 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
    Round 3 14 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 2 26 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 1 20 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
    Total 34 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

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