World Series of Darts Finals
| World Series of Darts Finals | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Venue | Multiversum Schwechat |
| Location | Vienna |
| Country | Austria |
| Established | 2015 |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Legs |
| Prize fund | ₤250,000 |
| Month(s) Played | November |
| Current champion(s) | |
 Michael van Gerwen | |
The World Series of Darts Finals is a darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament is held annually in November. The first 3 events were held in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, but the venue was switched to the Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria for 2018, and will move again to Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2019. The playing field includes the top eight of the World Series of Darts ranking, 16 players, a mix of invited players by the PDC and qualifiers.
History
The World Series of Darts began in 2013. The goal of these series of tournaments is to make darts more popular across the globe.
Two World Series tournaments were held in the first year: the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters and the Sydney Darts Masters. In 2014, events in Singapore and Perth were added to the series, followed by Japan (Yokohama, then Tokyo in 2016) and Auckland in 2015, Shanghai in 2016, and the USA (Las Vegas) Melbourne and Germany (Düsseldorf) in 2017. Brisbane was added to the roster in 2018.
The best 8 players from the World Series Darts tournaments qualified for the finals tournament, which was inaugurated in 2015. This ranking is formed by the points that the player earns in the World Series tournament.
Stage points
The distribution of the points in each World Series tournament is:
| Round | Points |
|---|---|
| Winner | 12 |
| Runner-up | 8 |
| Semi-final | 5 |
| Quarter-final | 3 |
| First round | 1 |
Finals
| Year | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Prize money | Sponsor | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Champion | Runner-up | ||||||
| 2015 | Michael van Gerwen 106.60 |
11–10 |  Peter Wright 106.40 |
£155,000 | £30,000 | £15,000 | Unibet | Braehead Arena, Glasgow
|
| 2016 | Michael van Gerwen 101.18 |
11–9 | Peter Wright 99.63 |
Ladbrokes | ||||
| 2017 | Michael van Gerwen 103.30 |
11–6 | Gary Anderson 100.68 |
£250,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | ||
| 2018 | bwin |  Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna
| ||||||
Statistics
- Finalist appearances
- As of 5 November 2017
| Player | Won | Runner-up | Finals | Appearances | 9 Darter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael van Gerwen |
3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Peter Wright |
0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Anderson |
0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
References
External links
- World Series of Darts official website
- World Series Of Darts Finals Winners at dartsdatabase.co.uk