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For the finals of this tournament, see [[:World Series of Darts Finals]]. For other uses, see [[:World Series of Darts (disambiguation)]].
World Series of Darts
Tournament information
VenueVarious
LocationVarious cities
CountryVarious countries
Established2013
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund₤250,000
Month(s) PlayedMay-November
Current champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
(Winner of 2019 Finals)

The World Series of Darts is a series of darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.

Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked PDC players take on local qualifiers in a knockout format. Since 2015, there has been a finals tournament held annually in November at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, although in 2018, it moved to the Multiversum Schwechat in Vienna, Austria, and moved again to the AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2019, and will move again to the Salzburgarena, Salzburg in 2020.

History

The World Series of Darts commenced in 2013 with the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters. The goal of these series of tournaments is to make darts more popular across the globe.

Later that year, the Sydney Darts Masters took place, which as well as including 8 top-ranked PDC players, also featured 8 players from Australia and New Zealand to take part in the tournament. In 2014, tournaments in Singapore and Perth were added to the series, although this would be the only year that Singapore was used for an event.

In 2015, but the Japan tournament (later renamed as Tokyo for the 2016 tournament) and Auckland were added. Also in 2015, ended the series with the World Series of Darts Finals. In 2016, the PDC expanded into China with the addition of the Shanghai Darts Masters, and in 2017, both North America and Europe had their own tournaments with the US Darts Masters in Las Vegas, and the German Darts Masters in Düsseldorf, along with Melbourne over from Sydney in the Australian leg of the tour.

In 2018, Brisbane joined the fray and replaced Perth, whilst Dubai was excluded.[1] It was also confirmed that Vienna, Austria would replace Glasgow as the host of the World Series Finals in 2018.

In 2019, it was announced that Cologne and Hamilton would host World Series events for the first time, with Dubai seemingly still on a back burner and China also excluded.[2] It was also confirmed that Amsterdam, Netherlands will replace Vienna as the host of the World Series Finals in 2019.

In 2020 a new tournament, the Nordic Darts Masters, will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was also confirmed that Salzburg, Austria will replace Amsterdam as the host of the World Series Finals in 2020. The two Australian events will move to Wollongong and Townsville.[3]

The US Darts Masters will relocate to New York City in 2021, having been due to move in 2020 before the cancellation of the 2020 US Masters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Venues

Since the first tournament began in 2013, the World Series has visited ten countries including the Finals.

Event Venue(s) First held Last held Upcoming Current/last champion
United Arab Emirates Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters Dubai Tennis Centre 2013 2017 None scheduled Scotland Gary Anderson
Australia Sydney Darts Masters Luna Park (2013)
Hordern Pavilion (2014)
Qantas Credit Union Arena (2015)
The Star (2016)		 2013 2016 None scheduled England Phil Taylor
Singapore Singapore Darts Masters Singapore Indoor Stadium 2014 2014 None scheduled Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Australia Perth Darts Masters HBF Stadium (2014–2015, 2017)
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (2016)		 2014 2017 None scheduled Scotland Gary Anderson
Japan Japan/Tokyo Darts Masters Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama (2015)
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (2016)		 2015 2016 None scheduled Scotland Gary Anderson
New Zealand Auckland Darts Masters The Trusts Arena 2015 2018 None scheduled Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
China Shanghai Darts Masters Pullman Hotel Shanghai South 2016 2018 None scheduled England Michael Smith
United States US Darts Masters Tropicana Las Vegas (2017)
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (2018–2019)
Hulu Theater, New York City (2021–)		 2017 2019 2021 England Nathan Aspinall
Australia Melbourne Darts Masters Hisense Arena 2017 2019 None scheduled Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Germany German Darts Masters Castello Arena, Düsseldorf (2017)
Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen (2018)
Lanxess Arena, Cologne (2019)		 2017 2019 2020 Scotland Peter Wright
Australia Brisbane Darts Masters Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2018 2019 None scheduled Australia Damon Heta
New Zealand New Zealand Darts Masters Claudelands Arena, Hamilton 2019 2019 2021 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Denmark Nordic Darts Masters Forum Copenhagen N/A N/A 2020
Australia New South Wales Darts Masters WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong N/A N/A 2021
Australia Queensland Darts Masters Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre N/A N/A 2021
World Series of Darts Finals Braehead Arena, Glasgow (2015–2017)
Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna (2018)
AFAS Live, Amsterdam (2019)
Salzburgarena, Salzburg (2020)		 2015 2019 2020 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen

Points in the World Series tournament

Since the World Series of Darts Finals were announced in 2015, each event includes ranking points that all players earn dependent on how far they go to through each tournament. The top 8 ranked players automatically qualify for the Finals.

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

Event Finals

Year No. Date Event Winner Legs Runner-Up Venue Ref.
2013 1 23–24 May United Arab Emirates Dubai Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 7 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Dubai Tennis Centre [4]
2 29–31 August Australia Sydney Masters England Phil Taylor 10 – 3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Luna Park [5]
2014 1 29–30 May United Arab Emirates Dubai Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 7 Scotland Peter Wright Dubai Tennis Centre [6]
2 15–16 August Singapore Singapore Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 8 Australia Simon Whitlock Singapore Indoor Stadium [7]
3 22–24 August Australia Perth Masters England Phil Taylor 11 – 9 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen HBF Stadium [8]
4 28–30 August Australia Sydney Masters England Phil Taylor 11 – 3 England Stephen Bunting Hordern Pavilion [9]
2015 1 28–29 May United Arab Emirates Dubai Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 8 England Phil Taylor Dubai Tennis Centre
2 27–28 June Japan Japan Masters England Phil Taylor 8 – 7 Scotland Peter Wright Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama
3 14–16 August Australia Perth Masters England Phil Taylor 11 – 7 England James Wade HBF Stadium
4 20–22 August Australia Sydney Masters England Phil Taylor 11 – 3 England Adrian Lewis Qantas Credit Union Arena
5 28–30 August New Zealand Auckland Masters England Adrian Lewis 11 – 10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld The Trusts Arena
Finals 21–22 November Scotland World Series of Darts Finals Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 10 Scotland Peter Wright Braehead Arena, Glasgow
2016 1 26–27 May United Arab Emirates Dubai Masters Scotland Gary Anderson 11 – 9 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Dubai Tennis Centre
2 17–19 June New Zealand Auckland Masters Scotland Gary Anderson 11 – 7 England Adrian Lewis The Trusts Arena
3 25–26 June China Shanghai Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 8 – 3 England James Wade Pullman Hotel
4 6–7 July Japan Tokyo Masters Scotland Gary Anderson 8 – 6 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Yoyogi National Gymnasium
5 18–20 August Australia Sydney Masters England Phil Taylor 11 – 9 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen The Star
6 25–27 August Australia Perth Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 4 England Dave Chisnall Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Finals 5–6 November Scotland World Series of Darts Finals Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 9 Scotland Peter Wright Braehead Arena, Glasgow
2017 1 24–25 May United Arab Emirates Dubai Masters Scotland Gary Anderson 11 – 7 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Dubai Tennis Centre [10]
2 6–7 July China Shanghai Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 8 – 0 England Dave Chisnall Pullman Hotel [11]
3 14–15 July United States US Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 8 – 6 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney Tropicana Las Vegas [12]
4 11–13 August New Zealand Auckland Masters Australia Kyle Anderson 11 – 10 Australia Corey Cadby The Trusts Arena [13]
5 18–20 August Australia Melbourne Masters England Phil Taylor 11 – 8 Scotland Peter Wright Hisense Arena [14]
6 25–27 August Australia Perth Masters Scotland Gary Anderson 11 – 7 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld HBF Stadium [15]
7 21–22 October Germany German Masters Scotland Peter Wright 11 – 4 England Phil Taylor Castello Arena, Düsseldorf [16]
Finals 3–5 November Scotland World Series of Darts Finals Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 6 Scotland Gary Anderson Braehead Arena, Glasgow [17]
2018 1 25 May Germany German Masters Austria Mensur Suljović 8 – 2 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen [18]
2 6–7 July United States US Masters Scotland Gary Anderson 8 – 4 England Rob Cross Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas [19]
3 13–14 July China Shanghai Masters England Michael Smith 8 – 2 England Rob Cross Pullman Hotel [20]
4 3–5 August New Zealand Auckland Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 4 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld The Trusts Arena [21]
5 10–12 August Australia Melbourne Masters Scotland Peter Wright 11 – 8 England Michael Smith Hisense Arena [22]
6 17–19 August Australia Brisbane Masters England Rob Cross 11 – 6 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre [23]
Finals 2–4 November Austria World Series of Darts Finals England James Wade 11 – 10 England Michael Smith Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna [24]
2019 1 4–5 July United States US Masters England Nathan Aspinall 8 – 4 England Michael Smith Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas [25]
2 12–13 July Germany German Masters Scotland Peter Wright 8 – 6 Germany Gabriel Clemens LANXESS arena, Cologne [26]
3 9–10 August Australia Brisbane Masters Australia Damon Heta 8 – 7 England Rob Cross Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre [27]
4 16–17 August Australia Melbourne Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 8 – 3 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney Melbourne Arena [28]
5 23–24 August New Zealand New Zealand Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 8 – 1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Claudelands Arena, Hamilton [29]
Finals 1–3 November Netherlands World Series of Darts Finals Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11 – 2 Netherlands Danny Noppert AFAS Live, Amsterdam [30]
2020 Finals 18–20 September Austria World Series of Darts Finals Salzburgarena, Salzburg
1 23–24 October Denmark Nordic Masters Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen
2021 1 4–5 June United States US Masters Hulu Theater, New York City
2 6–7 August Australia New South Wales Masters WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
3 13–14 August Australia Queensland Masters Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
4 20–21 August New Zealand New Zealand Masters Claudelands Arena, Hamilton

Finalists

Up to and including the 2019 World Series of Darts Finals.

Player Won Runner-up Finals
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 15 7 22
England Phil Taylor 8 2 10
Scotland Gary Anderson 6 1 7
Scotland Peter Wright 3 5 8
England Michael Smith 1 3 4
England Rob Cross 1 3 4
England Adrian Lewis 1 2 3
England James Wade 1 2 3
Australia Damon Heta 1 0 1
Australia Kyle Anderson 1 0 1
Austria Mensur Suljović 1 0 1
England Nathan Aspinall 1 0 1
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 0 5 5
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 0 2 2
England Dave Chisnall 0 2 2
Australia Corey Cadby 0 1 1
Netherlands Danny Noppert 0 1 1
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 0 1 1
Germany Gabriel Clemens 0 1 1
Australia Simon Whitlock 0 1 1
England Stephen Bunting 0 1 1
Total 40 40 80

References

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