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Revision as of 21:17, 9 February 2023
2023 Cazoo Premier League Darts |
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Winner |
Runner-up |
Score |
Dates |
2 February – 25 May 2023 |
Edition |
19th |
Number of players |
8 |
Venues |
17 |
Premier League Darts |
< 2022 | 2023 | 2024 > |
The 2023 Cazoo Premier League Darts is a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the nineteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 2 February 2023, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and will finish with the play-offs, at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday 25 May 2023.[1]
Michael van Gerwen is the defending champion after beating Joe Cullen 11–10 in the 2022 final.[2]
Format
As introduced in 2022's tournament, the 2023 Premier League Darts uses an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches will be played over the best-of-11 legs. The players will be guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks and once in the quarterfinals in weeks 9–15, with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point. Players will receive two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish, and five points per final win.[3]
Following the regular phase, the top four players in the league table will contest the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.
Venues
The 2023 tournament will keep the same 17 venues used in the 2022 Premier League. On 8 October 2022, it was announced that Liverpool and Brighton were switching dates, after Liverpool had been awarded the hosting duties for the Eurovision Song Contest.[4]
Belfast | Cardiff | Glasgow | Dublin |
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SSE Arena Belfast Thursday 2 February |
Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Thursday 9 February |
OVO Hydro Thursday 16 February |
3Arena Thursday 23 February |
Exeter | Liverpool | Nottingham | Newcastle |
Westpoint Arena Thursday 2 March |
M&S Bank Arena Thursday 9 March |
Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Thursday 16 March |
Utilita Arena Newcastle Thursday 23 March |
Berlin | Birmingham | Brighton | Rotterdam |
Mercedes-Benz Arena Thursday 30 March |
Utilita Arena Birmingham Thursday 6 April |
Brighton Centre Thursday 13 April |
Rotterdam Ahoy Thursday 20 April |
Leeds | Manchester | Sheffield | Aberdeen |
First Direct Arena Thursday 27 April |
AO Arena Thursday 4 May |
Utilita Arena Sheffield Thursday 11 May |
P&J Live Thursday 18 May |
London | |||
The O2 Thursday 25 May | |||
Prize money
The prize money for the 2023 tournament is expected to remain at £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner.[5][6]
Stage | Prize Money | |
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Winner | £275,000 | |
Runner-up | £125,000 | |
Semi-finalists (x2) | £85,000 | |
5th place | £75,000 | |
6th place | £70,000 | |
7th place | £65,000 | |
8th place | £60,000 | |
Weekly Winner Bonus (x16) | £10,000 | |
Total | £1,000,000 |
Players
The format introduced in 2022 continued, which would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night would receive an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up will receive 3 points and the winner receives 5.
The Top 4 players on the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified, with the remaining four announced following the conclusion of the Masters on 29 January 2023.[7]
Player | Appearance in Premier League |
Consecutive Streak |
Order of Merit Rank on 31/1/23 |
Previous best performance |
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Michael Smith | 6th | 2 | 1 | Runner-up (2018) |
Peter Wright | 10th | 10 | 2 | Runner-up (2017) |
Michael van Gerwen | 11th | 11 | 3 | Winner (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) |
Gerwyn Price | 5th | 2[a] | 4 | 5th place (2019, 2020) |
Jonny Clayton | 3rd | 3 | 7 | Winner (2021) |
Nathan Aspinall | 3rd | 1 | 9 | Runner-up (2020) |
Dimitri Van den Bergh | 2nd | 1 | 11 | 5th place (2021) |
Chris Dobey | 1st | 1 | 21 | Debutant |
- ^ Price qualified for the 2021 Premier League Darts, but withdrew following a positive COVID-19 test.
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League stage
The fixtures were announced on 30 January 2023.[7]
2 February – Night 1
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9 February – Night 2Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff
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16 February – Night 3
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23 February – Night 4
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2 March – Night 5
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9 March – Night 6
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16 March – Night 7Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
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23 March – Night 8Utilita Arena Newcastle, Newcastle
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30 March – Night 9
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6 April – Night 10Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham
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13 April – Night 11
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20 April – Night 12
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27 April – Night 13
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4 May – Night 14
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11 May – Night 15Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield
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18 May – Night 16
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25 May – Play-offs
The top four players of the league stage contest in the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.
Score | ||
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Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) | ||
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Final (best of 21 legs) | ||
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Night's Total Average: | ||
Highest Checkout: | ||
Most 180s In One Match: | ||
Night's 180s: |
Table and streaks
Table
Five points are awarded for a night win, three points for the runner-up and two points for the semi-finalists. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.
The top 4 players after 16 nights advance to the play-offs on 25 May.
Pos | Name | Nights | Matches | Legs | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
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Pts | W | RU | SF | QF | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | LD | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180 | A | HC | CR | C% | ||
1 | Chris Dobey | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 18 | +6 | 8 | 77 | 34 | 11 | 95.27 | 170 | 23/54 | 42.59% |
2 | Michael van Gerwen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +5 | 5 | 64 | 29 | 7 | 101.92 [citation needed] | 114 | 17/34 | 50.00% |
3 | Nathan Aspinall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 95.96 [citation needed] | 127 | 10/24 | 41.66% |
4 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | _2 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 93.73 [citation needed] | 130 | 10/29 | 34.48% |
5 | Michael Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 91.29 | 116 | 4/9 | 44.44% |
6 | Gerwyn Price | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 100.84 | 96 | 3/8 | 37.50% |
7 | Jonny Clayton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | –6 | 2 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 100.49 | 156 | 6/17 | 35.29% |
8 | Peter Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 95.20 | 120 | 5/17 | 29.41% |
(C) Champion after the playoffs, (RU) Runner-up after the playoffs
Streaks
Player | Nights | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Play-offs | ||
Chris Dobey | W | QF | ||||||||||||||||
Michael van Gerwen | RU | |||||||||||||||||
Dimitri Van den Bergh | SF | |||||||||||||||||
Nathan Aspinall | SF | |||||||||||||||||
Gerwyn Price | QF | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
Michael Smith | QF | |||||||||||||||||
Peter Wright | QF | QF | ||||||||||||||||
Jonny Clayton | QF | QF |
Legend: | DNQ | Did not qualify | WD | Withdrew | QF | Lost in Quarterfinals | SF | Semi-finalist | RU | Runner-up | W | Night winner |
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Positions by Week
Player | Nights | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
Chris Dobey | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Michael van Gerwen | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Dimitri Van den Bergh | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Nathan Aspinall | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Gerwyn Price | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Michael Smith | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Peter Wright | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Jonny Clayton | 8 | 8 |
References
- ^ "2023 Premier League schedule & ticket information confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Gorton, Josh. "Van Gerwen wins Cullen classic to lift sixth Premier League title". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Every Match Matters". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "2023 Cazoo Premier League schedule update". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "PDC chairman Hearn announces record prize money for 2022". PDC. PDC.
- ^ "2022 Cazoo Premier League Night One preview". PDC. PDC.
- ^ a b "2023 Cazoo Premier League fixtures confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
External links
- Professional Darts Corporation, official website
- PDC Professional Darts Corporation, official website, Tournaments