2019 PDC World Darts Championship

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2019 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates13 December 2018 –
1 January 2019
Venue Alexandra Palace
Location London
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Sets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£2,500,000
Winner's share£500,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen
«2018 2020»
Alexandra Palace, London, hosted the PDC World Championship for the twelfth time. Alexandra Palace from air 2009 (cropped).jpg
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.

Contents

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. Michael van Gerwen, 2017 (cropped).jpg
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.

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. Michael Smith - 2017253201134 2017-09-10 PDC German Darts Grand Prix (GDGP) - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0206 - B70I6682.jpg
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 #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
011 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 3 – 0 Nitin Kumar Flag of India.svg 3 – 03 – 23 – 1——
021 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 2 – 3 Cody Harris Flag of New Zealand.svg 1 – 33 – 10 – 33 – 11 – 3
031 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker 3 – 1 Lisa Ashton Flag of England.svg 0 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 1—
042 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 3 – 1 Jeffrey de Zwaan Flag of the Netherlands.svg 0 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1—
Friday, 14 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
051 Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard 3 – 2 José de Sousa Flag of Portugal.svg 3 – 23 – 22 – 31 – 33 – 2
061 Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern 3 – 2 Raymond Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3 – 13 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 0
071 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson 0 – 3 Kevin Burness Ulster Banner.svg 2 – 31 – 31 – 3——
082 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 3 – 2 Cody Harris Flag of New Zealand.svg 3 – 13 – 12 – 32 – 33 – 0
091 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Noppert 3 – 0 Royden Lam Flag of Hong Kong.svg 3 – 13 – 03 – 0——
101 Flag of England.svg Simon Stevenson 0 – 3 Ted Evetts Flag of England.svg 2 – 32 – 31 – 3——
111 Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 3 – 0 Boris Koltsov Flag of Russia.svg 3 – 03 – 03 – 2——
122 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 3 – 1 Kevin Burness Ulster Banner.svg 3 – 21 – 33 – 03 – 0—
Saturday, 15 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
131 Flag of England.svg Richard North 3 – 2 Robert Marijanović Flag of Germany.svg 2 – 32 – 33 – 23 – 23 – 1
141 Ulster Banner.svg Mickey Mansell 1 – 3 Jim Long Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 3 – 22 – 30 – 32 – 3—
151 Flag of England.svg Josh Payne 3 – 2 Jeff Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1 – 33 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 0
162 Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp 3 – 0 Danny Noppert Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 03 – 13 – 2——
171 Flag of Spain.svg Toni Alcinas 3 – 0 Craig Ross Flag of New Zealand.svg 3 – 03 – 03 – 1——
181 Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle 3 – 0 Stephen Burton Flag of England.svg 3 – 23 – 03 – 1——
191 Flag of England.svg Keegan Brown 3 – 0 Karel Sedláček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 3 – 23 – 23 – 1——
202 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 3 – 1 Alan Tabern Flag of England.svg 3 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 2—
Sunday, 16 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
211 Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Clemens 3 – 0 Aden Kirk Flag of England.svg 3 – 03 – 13 – 2——
221 Flag of Ireland.svg William O'Connor 3 – 0 Yordi Meeuwisse Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 13 – 23 – 2——
231 Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 3 – 0 Yuanjun Liu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 3 – 03 – 03 – 1——
242 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 3 – 2 Josh Payne Flag of England.svg 0 – 30 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1
251 Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 3 – 0 Adam Hunt Flag of England.svg 3 – 13 – 03 – 0——
261 Flag of England.svg Matthew Edgar 1 – 3 Darius Labanauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg 3 – 11 – 31 – 30 – 3—
271 Flag of England.svg Ross Smith 3 – 1 Paul Lim Flag of Singapore.svg 3 – 23 – 00 – 33 – 0—
282 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 1 – 3 Toni Alcinas Flag of Spain.svg 2 – 31 – 33 – 02 – 3—
Monday, 17 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
291 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 3 – 1 Lourence Ilagan Flag of the Philippines.svg 3 – 11 – 33 – 23 – 2—
301 Flag of England.svg Wayne Jones 2 – 3 Devon Petersen Flag of South Africa.svg 2 – 30 – 33 – 03 – 22 – 3
311 Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 3 – 0 Anastasia Dobromyslova Flag of Russia.svg 3 – 13 – 03 – 2——
322 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 2 – 3 Darius Labanauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg 1 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 20 – 3
Tuesday, 18 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
331 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton 1 – 3 Daniel Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg 1 – 33 – 21 – 32 – 3—
341 Flag of England.svg Ricky Evans 1 – 3 Rowby-John Rodriguez Flag of Austria.svg 2 – 33 – 11 – 32 – 3—
351 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski 2 – 3 Seigo Asada Flag of Japan.svg 3 – 23 – 12 – 31 – 31 – 3
362 Flag of England.svg Darren Webster 0 – 3 Vincent van der Voort Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 – 30 – 30 – 3——
371 Flag of Ireland.svg Steve Lennon 3 – 0 James Bailey Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3 – 13 – 23 – 1——
381 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 3 – 2 Diogo Portela Flag of Brazil.svg 0 – 31 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 1
391 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 3 – 0 Chuck Puleo Flag of the United States.svg 3 – 03 – 13 – 2——
402 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 3 – 0 Ross Smith Flag of England.svg 3 – 23 – 03 – 0——
Wednesday, 19 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
411 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 3 – 0 Geert Nentjes Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 13 – 13 – 2——
421 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Graaf 2 – 3 Noel Malicdem Flag of the Philippines.svg 1 – 33 – 13 – 21 – 30 – 3
432 Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen 0 – 3 Brendan Dolan Ulster Banner.svg 0 – 30 – 31 – 3——
442 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Huybrechts 3 – 0 Daniel Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg 3 – 03 – 03 – 0——
452 Flag of England.svg James Wilson 2 – 3 William O'Connor Flag of Ireland.svg 3 – 11 – 31 – 33 – 21 – 3
462 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock 0 – 3 Ryan Joyce Flag of England.svg 2 – 31 – 31 – 3——
472 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 3 – 1 Ron Meulenkamp Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 23 – 11 – 33 – 1—
482 Flag of England.svg James Wade 3 – 2 Seigo Asada Flag of Japan.svg 1 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 14 – 2
Thursday, 20 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
492 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena 3 – 0 Michael Barnard Flag of England.svg 3 – 23 – 13 – 0——
502 Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 3 – 2 Steve Lennon Flag of Ireland.svg 2 – 33 – 02 – 33 – 26 – 5
512 Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 1 – 3 Luke Humphries Flag of England.svg 2 – 31 – 33 – 12 – 3—
522 Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 0 – 3 Chris Dobey Flag of England.svg 2 – 30 – 30 – 3——
532 Flag of Spain.svg Cristo Reyes 3 – 2 Rowby-John Rodriguez Flag of Austria.svg 2 – 32 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 0
542 Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 3 – 2 Jan Dekker Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 23 – 02 – 32 – 34 – 2
552 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 3 – 0 Ted Evetts Flag of England.svg 3 – 23 – 23 – 1——
562 Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović 1 – 3 Ryan Searle Flag of England.svg 3 – 11 - 31 – 31 – 3—
Friday, 21 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5
572 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 3 – 2 Jim Long Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 3 – 13 – 10 – 32 – 35 – 3
582 Flag of Scotland.svg John Henderson 3 – 2 Gabriel Clemens Flag of Germany.svg 3 – 22 – 32 – 33 – 23 – 1
592 Flag of England.svg Steve West 3 – 1 Richard North Flag of England.svg 3 – 03 – 22 – 33 – 2—
602 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Anderson 3 – 1 Noel Malicdem Flag of the Philippines.svg 3 – 22 – 33 – 23 – 0—
612 Flag of England.svg Ian White 2 – 3 Devon Petersen Flag of South Africa.svg 3 – 13 – 01 – 31 – 33 – 5
622 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen 1 – 3 Keegan Brown Flag of England.svg 3 – 20 – 31 – 31 – 3—
632 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 2 – 3 Nathan Aspinall Flag of England.svg 3 – 23 – 22 – 31 – 30 – 3
642 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton 1 – 3 Dimitri Van den Bergh Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 0 – 33 – 11 – 32 – 3—
Saturday, 22 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
653 Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 4 – 3 Alan Norris Flag of England.svg 0 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 21 – 33 – 1
663 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 4 – 0 Kim Huybrechts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 3 – 23 – 23 – 03 – 1———
673 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 3 – 4 Jamie Lewis Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 2 – 30 – 33 – 21 – 33 – 03 – 12 – 4
683 Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle 4 – 1 William O'Connor Flag of Ireland.svg 1 – 33 – 13 – 23 – 13 – 0——
693 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 4 – 3 Jermaine Wattimena Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 21 – 32 – 35 – 3
703 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 4 – 1 Max Hopp Flag of Germany.svg 3 – 03 – 13 – 00 – 33 – 2——
Sunday, 23 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
713 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 3 – 4 Chris Dobey Flag of England.svg 1 – 33 – 20 – 33 – 23 – 00 – 31 – 3
723 Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 4 – 2 Mervyn King Flag of England.svg 3 – 13 – 22 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 2—
733 Flag of England.svg James Wade 4 – 3 Keegan Brown Flag of England.svg 2 – 32 – 33 – 10 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 1
743 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 4 – 0 Darius Labanauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg 3 – 03 – 13 – 13 – 1———
753 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 4 – 1 Kyle Anderson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3 – 23 – 11 – 33 – 13 – 2——
763 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 4 – 0 Cristo Reyes Flag of Spain.svg 3 – 13 – 03 – 23 – 2———
Thursday, 27 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
773 Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen 4 – 2 Steve West Flag of England.svg 0 – 33 – 13 – 00 – 33 – 23 – 1—
783 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 1 – 4 Luke Humphries Flag of England.svg 2 – 32 – 33 – 11 – 30 – 3——
793 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 4 – 2 John Henderson Flag of Scotland.svg 2 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 03 – 13 – 0—
803 Flag of Spain.svg Toni Alcinas 2 – 4 Benito van de Pas Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 22 – 32 – 3—
814 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 4 – 3 Chris Dobey Flag of England.svg 2 – 31 – 33 – 03 – 22 – 33 – 24 – 2
824 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 4 – 1 Adrian Lewis Flag of England.svg 3 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 23 – 2——
Friday, 28 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7
834 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 4 – 3 Devon Petersen Flag of South Africa.svg 1 – 30 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 21 – 34 – 2
844 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 1 – 4 Brendan Dolan Ulster Banner.svg 1 – 31 – 30 – 33 – 22 – 3——
854 Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 4 – 3 James Wade Flag of England.svg 3 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 00 – 33 – 23 – 1
864 Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle 1 – 4 Michael Smith Flag of England.svg 1 – 32 – 30 – 33 – 22 – 3——
874 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 0 – 4 Dave Chisnall Flag of England.svg 2 – 31 – 32 – 31 – 3———
884 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 2 – 4 Luke Humphries Flag of England.svg 3 – 03 – 21 – 31 – 31 – 32 – 3—
Saturday, 29 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9
89QF Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 5 – 1 Brendan Dolan Ulster Banner.svg 3 – 03 – 23 – 13 – 10 – 33 – 1———
90QF Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 2 – 5 Gary Anderson Flag of Scotland.svg 0 – 31 – 32 – 33 – 21 – 33 – 22 – 3——
91QF Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 1 – 5 Michael Smith Flag of England.svg 1 – 30 – 33 – 01 – 32 – 31 – 3———
92QF Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 5 – 1 Ryan Joyce Flag of England.svg 3 – 03 – 12 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1———
Sunday, 30 December
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9Set 10Set 11
93SF Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 6 – 3 Nathan Aspinall Flag of England.svg 3 – 03 – 02 – 31 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 0——
94SF Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 6 – 1 Gary Anderson Flag of Scotland.svg 3 – 23 – 03 – 03 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 1————
Tuesday, 1 January
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8Set 9Set 10Set 11Set 12Set 13
95F Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 7 – 3 Michael Smith Flag of England.svg 3 – 23 – 13 – 13 – 22 – 30 – 33 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 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 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 101.125
Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 88.351
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 104.766
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 97.981
12 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 96.542
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 103.035
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 102.217
10 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 95.293
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 94.181
10 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 103.005
10 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 105.226
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 100.533
  Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 99.725
Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 93.871

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
Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern 91.1231 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 102.593
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Smith 86.142 Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern 93.451
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 101.514
32 Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp 96.681
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Noppert 96.19332 Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp 93.513
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Royden Lam 85.720 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Noppert 97.350
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 108.084
16 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 101.161
Flag of England.svg Simon Stevenson 93.96016 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 97.203
Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 92.973 Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 95.920
16 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 97.434
Flag of Lithuania.svg Darius Labanauskas 89.740
Flag of England.svg Matthew Edgar 83.41117 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 89.572
Flag of Lithuania.svg Darius Labanauskas 93.573 Flag of Lithuania.svg Darius Labanauskas 86.813
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 101.125
Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 88.351
Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 90.3438 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock 87.630
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.320 Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 90.403
Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 87.744
25 Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 89.653
Flag of Ireland.svg Steve Lennon 87.22325 Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 92.233
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Bailey 80.180 Flag of Ireland.svg Steve Lennon 87.892
Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce 87.694
9 Flag of England.svg James Wade 90.773
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski 90.2129 Flag of England.svg James Wade 93.573
Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Asada 90.643 Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Asada 97.502
9 Flag of England.svg James Wade 94.714
Flag of England.svg Keegan Brown 91.013
Flag of England.svg Keegan Brown 95.78324 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen 79.241
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Sedláček 92.150 Flag of England.svg 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
Flag of England.svg Ross Smith 91.8935 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 100.303
Flag of Singapore.svg Paul Lim 91.281 Flag of England.svg Ross Smith 88.690
5 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 91.083
28 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 93.944
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 85.18228 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 92.323
Flag of New Zealand.svg Cody Harris 88.663 Flag of New Zealand.svg Cody Harris 92.522
28 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 93.750
12 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 98.504
Flag of England.svg Josh Payne 87.34312 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 95.583
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Smith 88.982 Flag of England.svg Josh Payne 98.492
12 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 97.604
21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Huybrechts 89.840
Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton 87.15121 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Huybrechts 103.263
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Larsson 91.033 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Larsson 91.260
12 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 96.542
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 103.035
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson 85.0304 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 94.923
Ulster Banner.svg Kevin Burness 88.553 Ulster Banner.svg Kevin Burness 92.351
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 97.334
29 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena 95.193
Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard 88.08329 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena 89.943
Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa 87.832 Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard 83.340
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 98.754
Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 100.833
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 94.06313 Flag of England.svg Darren Webster 85.480
Flag of the Philippines.svg Lourence Ilagan 95.521 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 87.813
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 93.433
Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 98.394
Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 92.56320 Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 89.270
Flag of Russia.svg Boris Koltsov 79.190 Flag of England.svg 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
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.1832 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 102.933
Flag of India.svg Nitin Kumar 77.750 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 106.091
2 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 101.724
31 Flag of Spain.svg Cristo Reyes 96.200
Flag of England.svg Ricky Evans 90.74131 Flag of Spain.svg Cristo Reyes 89.303
Flag of Austria.svg Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.303 Flag of Austria.svg Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.282
2 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 97.382
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 99.714
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.25315 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton 92.681
Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Puleo 83.340 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.453
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.821
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 89.644
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 97.58318 Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 88.211
Flag of England.svg Adam Hunt 81.400 Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 95.563
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 94.181
10 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 103.005
Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle 87.8237 Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović 90.831
Flag of England.svg Stephen Burton 87.060 Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle 90.663
Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle 89.404
Flag of Ireland.svg William O'Connor 89.761
Flag of Ireland.svg William O'Connor 87.12326 Flag of England.svg James Wilson 93.802
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yordi Meeuwisse 84.300 Flag of Ireland.svg William O'Connor 98.733
Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle 96.221
10 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 99.724
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 93.56310 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 94.073
Flag of Brazil.svg Diogo Portela 92.122 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 93.811
10 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 100.474
23 Flag of Scotland.svg John Henderson 94.652
Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Clemens 83.27323 Flag of Scotland.svg John Henderson 95.173
Flag of England.svg Aden Kirk 80.310 Flag of Germany.svg 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
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 88.4236 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 89.082
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes 78.030 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 92.283
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 96.174
27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Anderson 98.521
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Graaf 78.52227 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Anderson 96.413
Flag of the Philippines.svg Noel Malicdem 85.863 Flag of the Philippines.svg Noel Malicdem 92.931
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 95.764
Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen 90.753
Flag of England.svg Wayne Jones 83.66211 Flag of England.svg Ian White 98.662
Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen 84.793 Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen 94.683
Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen 92.254
22 Flag of England.svg Steve West 95.682
Flag of England.svg Richard North 92.82322 Flag of England.svg Steve West 89.493
Flag of Germany.svg Robert Marijanović 85.992 Flag of England.svg Richard North 95.961
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 99.725
Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 93.871
Flag of Spain.svg Toni Alcinas 86.0333 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 94.701
Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Ross 71.470 Flag of Spain.svg Toni Alcinas 93.123
Flag of Spain.svg Toni Alcinas 84.532
30 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 85.614
Ulster Banner.svg Mickey Mansell 75.22130 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 86.623
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jim Long 75.333 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jim Long 85.712
30 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 86.671
Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 89.774
Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 86.63314 Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen 85.160
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuanjun Liu 78.450 Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 92.723
Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 95.734
19 Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 92.222
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker 88.95319 Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 97.763
Flag of England.svg Lisa Ashton 88.561 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker 87.562

Final

Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: Flag of England.svg Kirk Bevins (first half) and Flag of England.svg George Noble (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2019.
(1) Michael van Gerwen Flag of the Netherlands.svg 7 – 3 Flag of England.svg 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 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen R4108.08Won
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan R2106.09Lost
3 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith SF105.22Won
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen SF104.76Won
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh R2104.45Won
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Huybrechts R2103.26Won
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson QF103.03Won
8 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith QF103.00Won
9 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross R2102.93Won
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen R2102.59Won

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.

Flag of England.svg
ENG		 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
NED		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
AUS		 Flag of Scotland.svg
SCO		 Ulster Banner.svg
NIR		 Flag of Germany.svg
GER		 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
WAL		 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
BEL		 Flag of Ireland.svg
IRL		 Flag of Spain.svg
SPA		 Flag of Austria.svg
AUT		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
CAN		 Flag of New Zealand.svg
NZL		 Flag of the Philippines.svg
PHI		 Flag of Russia.svg
RUS		 Flag of South Africa.svg
RSA		 Flag of Lithuania.svg
LIT		 Flag of Japan.svg
JPN		 Flag of Sweden.svg
SWE		 Flag of Brazil.svg
BRA		 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
CHN		 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
CZE		 Flag of Hong Kong.svg
HKG		 Flag of India.svg
IND		 Flag of Poland.svg
POL		 Flag of Portugal.svg
POR		 Flag of Singapore.svg
SIN		 Flag of the United States.svg
USA		Total
Final11000000000000000000000000002
Semi-final21010000000000000000000000004
Quarter-final51011000000000000000000000008
Round 41020110100000000100000000000016
Round 31441221121200000110000000000032
Round 226102332322221110111100000000064
Round 12083133012112222111111111111164
Total34135444322222222111111111111196

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