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2014 Betway Premier League Darts
Winner
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Runner-up
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Score
10–6
Date
6 February–22 May 2014
Edition
10th
Number of players
10
Venues
16
Premier League Darts
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The 2014 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the tenth edition of the tournament. The event began at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Thursday 6 February, and ended at The O2 Arena, London on Thursday 22 May. The tournament was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. The new title sponsor was Betway.[1]

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion and he reached the final this year, but lost 10–6 to Raymond van Barneveld who won his first Premier League title.[2][deprecated source]

Players

The competitors were announced on 1 January 2014 following the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship final, with the top four players from the PDC Order of Merit to be joined by six Wildcards.[3][4] The tournament format is identical to that of 2013, whereby after nine weeks the bottom two players are relegated. All players play each other once at that point. The remaining eight will then compete against each other in the final six rounds for the play-offs places.

Andy Hamilton (world no. 11) and 2009 Premier League Champion James Wade (world no. 6) did not return from last year, Wade there by missing out for the first time in seven years. PDC chairman Barry Hearn explained the decision was made to give Wade a rest to enable him more time to gain treatment for his health issues,[5] but Wade released a statement the following day, describing the omission as "devastating" as he was "one of the four most consistent players in 2013".[6] Wade also said he didn't ask to be left out and didn't decline an invitation, and that, with regards the reason given by Hearn that he could gain treatment for his bipolar disorder, "no medical professional has suggested I take a break".[6]

Player Appearance in
Premier League 		Consecutive
Streak 		Order of Merit
rank 		Previous best performance Qualification
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2nd 2 1 Winner (2013) PDC Order of Merit
England Phil Taylor 10th 10 2 Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012) PDC Order of Merit
Australia Simon Whitlock 5th 5 3 Runner-up (2012) PDC Order of Merit
England Adrian Lewis 7th 5 4 Runner-up (2011) PDC Order of Merit
England Dave Chisnall 1st 1 5 Debut PDC Wildcard
Scotland Peter Wright 1st 1 7 Debut PDC Wildcard
England Wes Newton 2nd 2 8 Ninth place (2013) PDC Wildcard
Scotland Robert Thornton 2nd 2 9 Fifth place (2013) PDC Wildcard
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 2nd 2 28 Semi-finalist (2006–09, 2011) Sky Sports Wildcard
Scotland Gary Anderson 4th 4 17 Winner (2011) Sky Sports Wildcard

Venues

Week seven saw a tournament record attendance with 11,000 fans in Leeds, which was also the only new city introduced on the circuit this year, although Glasgow had a new arena with The SSE Hydro making its debut.[7]

Prize money

The prize-money was increased to £550,000 from £520,000 in 2013.

Stage Prize Money
Winner £150,000
Runner-up £75,000
Semi-finallists (x2) £60,000
5th place £50,000
6th place £45,000
7th place £35,000
8th place £30,000
9th place £25,000
10th place £20,000
Total £550,000

Results

League stage

Play-offs – 22 May

England The O2 Arena, London

Score
[23]
Semi-finals (best of 15 legs)
Michael van Gerwen Netherlands
101.18		 8 – 7 Scotland Gary Anderson
99.07
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands
92.27		 8 – 5 England Phil Taylor
93.43
Final (best of 19 legs)
Michael van Gerwen Netherlands
102.98		 6 – 10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
101.93
Night's Average: 98.48
Highest Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 116

Table and streaks

Table

After the first nine weeks, the bottom two in the table were eliminated from the competition. 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.

Taylor finished in front of Anderson by more legs won against throw (37–33).

# Name Pld W D L LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A[24] HC C%[25] Pts
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen RU 16 11 2 3 102 75 +27 39 207 156 55 102.00 164 40.80% 24
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld W 16 7 6 3 98 82 +16 32 240 122 46 97.47 160 50.52% 20
3 England Phil Taylor 16 8 4 4 92 80 +12 37 244 111 41 101.36 144 38.02% 20
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 16 9 2 5 94 82 +12 33 237 122 46 97.86 170 43.32% 20
5 Scotland Peter Wright 16 6 5 5 95 86 +9 34 263 137 37 97.05 161 41.48% 17
6 England Adrian Lewis 16 5 5 6 83 90 −7 30 200 107 54 95.34 130 38.07% 15
7 England Dave Chisnall 16 3 4 9 83 101 −18 31 218 140 64 96.68 164 37.73% 10
8 Scotland Robert Thornton 16 2 5 9 84 100 −16 26 215 125 63 94.86 137 35.00% 9
9 England Wes Newton 9 2 2 5 39 54 −15 15 129 48 25 93.80 149 31.71% 6
10 Australia Simon Whitlock 9 1 3 5 38 58 −20 13 99 62 25 92.97 170 43.18% 5

Last updated: 16 May 2014
Source: Match reports from the results section.

Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average C% = Checkout Percentage HC = High Checkout.

Streaks

Player 1st Phase 2nd Phase Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SF F
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen W W W L D W W W D W L W W L W W W L
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld W L W W D D D D D W W W W D L L W W
England Phil Taylor L L L W L W W D W W W D D W D W L —
Scotland Gary Anderson L W L W W L L W L W W D D W W W L —
Scotland Peter Wright W D W W D W D L W L L L W D D L Eliminated
England Adrian Lewis W W L L D W D D D L L L L D W W
England Dave Chisnall W D L L D L D D W L W L L L L L
Scotland Robert Thornton L L W D D L D D DNP L L L L D W L L
England Wes Newton L W W D DNP L L L D L Eliminated
Australia Simon Whitlock L L L L W L D D D
Legend: W Win D Draw L Loss DNP Did not play — Eliminated

Positions by round

Player Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
England Phil Taylor 10 9 9 9 9 9 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
Scotland Gary Anderson 7 6 8 6 4 5 7 5 7 5 5 5 5 4 4
Scotland Peter Wright 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5
England Adrian Lewis 2 1 4 5 6 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
England Dave Chisnall 5 4 6 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
Scotland Robert Thornton 6 8 7 7 7 6 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
England Wes Newton 8 7 5 4 5 7 9 9 9 Eliminated
Australia Simon Whitlock 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

References

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  2. ^ "Raymond van Barneveld stuns Michael van Gerwen to win first Premier League title". Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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  6. ^ a b "Statement from James Wade Regarding the 2014 Premier League Darts". James Wade Official Website. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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