World Series of Darts

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

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)
Michael van Gerwen
(Winner of 2019 Finals)

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
Dubai Duty Free Darts MastersDubai Tennis Centre20132017None scheduled Gary Anderson
Sydney Darts MastersLuna Park (2013)
Hordern Pavilion (2014)
Qantas Credit Union Arena (2015)
The Star (2016)		20132016None scheduled Phil Taylor
Singapore Darts MastersSingapore Indoor Stadium20142014None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
Perth Darts MastersHBF Stadium (2014–2015, 2017)
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (2016)		20142017None scheduled Gary Anderson
Japan/Tokyo Darts MastersOsanbashi Hall, Yokohama (2015)
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (2016)		20152016None scheduled Gary Anderson
Auckland Darts MastersThe Trusts Arena20152018None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
Shanghai Darts MastersPullman Hotel Shanghai South20162018None scheduled Michael Smith
US Darts MastersTropicana Las Vegas (2017)
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (2018–2019)
Hulu Theater, New York City (2021–)		201720192021 Nathan Aspinall
Melbourne Darts MastersHisense Arena20172019None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
German Darts MastersCastello Arena, Düsseldorf (2017)
Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen (2018)
Lanxess Arena, Cologne (2019)		201720192020 Peter Wright
Brisbane Darts MastersBrisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre20182019None scheduled Damon Heta
New Zealand Darts MastersClaudelands Arena, Hamilton201920192021 Michael van Gerwen
Nordic Darts MastersForum CopenhagenN/AN/A2021
New South Wales Darts MastersWIN Entertainment Centre, WollongongN/AN/A2021
Queensland Darts MastersTownsville Entertainment & Convention CentreN/AN/A2021
World Series of Darts FinalsBraehead Arena, Glasgow (2015–2017)
Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna (2018)
AFAS Live, Amsterdam (2019)
Salzburgarena, Salzburg (2020)		201520192020 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.

StagePoints
Winner12
Runner-up8
Semi-final5
Quarter-final3
First round1

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

Finalists

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

Player Won Runner-up Finals
Michael van Gerwen15722
Phil Taylor8210
Gary Anderson617
Peter Wright358
Michael Smith134
Rob Cross134
Adrian Lewis123
James Wade123
Damon Heta101
Kyle Anderson101
Mensur Suljović101
Nathan Aspinall101
Raymond van Barneveld055
Daryl Gurney022
Dave Chisnall022
Corey Cadby011
Danny Noppert011
Dimitri Van den Bergh011
Gabriel Clemens011
Simon Whitlock011
Stephen Bunting011
Total 40 40 80

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