2019 PDC World Darts Championship

The 2019 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 26th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 December 2018 to 1 January 2019.

2019 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates13 December 2018 –
1 January 2019
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£2,500,000
Winner's share£500,000
High checkout170 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
170 England Luke Humphries
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2018 2020»
Alexandra Palace, London, hosted the PDC World Championship for the twelfth time.

In the biggest overhaul since 2006, when 16 extra participants were added, the number of participants increased from 72 to 96. The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit competed with the 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and 32 qualifiers from around the world, including two female darts players. The tournament length was consequently increased from six to seven rounds, while the preliminary round was dropped. The tournament was played in 28 afternoon and evening sessions (an increase of six sessions over 2018) over the 20-day period with four rest days included for both Christmas and also New Year's Eve, with 95 matches played.

Rob Cross was the defending champion, but lost 4–2 to Luke Humphries in the fourth round. Michael van Gerwen won his third world title with a 7–3 victory over Michael Smith.

It was the first PDC World Championship without retired Phil Taylor, and the first time Taylor had not played in either World Championship since 1989. 2004 runner-up Kevin Painter was also a notable absentee, failing to qualify for the first time since 1997, when he was a BDO player.

Prize money
Number-one seed Michael van Gerwen won the World Championship for the third time in his career.

The prize money for the tournament was £2,500,000 in total, £700,000 more than 2018. The winner's prize money was £500,000, adding £100,000 to the previous year's winners share.[1]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £2,500,000)
Winner (1) £500,000
Runner-up (1) £200,000
Semi-finalists (2) £100,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £50,000
Fourth round losers (8) £35,000
Third round losers (16) £25,000
Second round losers (32) £15,000
First round losers (32) £7,500

Qualification

Qualifiers

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Notes
  1. Corey Cadby, who was originally 28th on the Pro Tour list, was forced to withdraw from the field, with Matthew Edgar his replacement as the highest ranked Pro Tour player not yet qualified.
  2. Tahuna Irwin, winner of the DPNZ Qualifier,[18] was banned from entering the United Kingdom following an issue when attempting to enter for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. Craig Ross, the runner-up of the DPNZ Qualifier, was his replacement.[19][20][14]

Background

96 players competed in the championship, an increase of 24 from the 2018 tournament;[1] with the thirty-two highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded to the second round, and the next thirty-two highest ranked players from the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and thirty-two players from a number of international and invitational qualifiers going into the first round.

Michael van Gerwen, the winner of the 2014 and 2017 championships, was top of the two-year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament.[24] Rob Cross was second seed and reigning champion, having won the 2018 championship on his debut.[24] As well as van Gerwen and Cross, three other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds, two-time champions Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis, and 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld. Three other seeds, 18th seeded Stephen Bunting, 20th seeded Steve Beaton and 24th seeded Jelle Klaasen, were previous champions of the BDO World Darts Championship, as was van Barneveld.[24]

The top seeds below van Gerwen and Cross were 2018 World Grand Prix runner-up Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, 2018 Players Championship Finals winner Daryl Gurney and 2018 Grand Slam of Darts winner Gerwyn Price.[24]

Danny Noppert, in his debut year with the PDC, was the highest ranked non-seed on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit.[24] As well as Noppert, 5 other qualifiers through the Pro Tour made their debut; Gabriel Clemens, Ryan Joyce, Nathan Aspinall, Ryan Searle and Matthew Edgar.[25] Edgar took the final qualification place after 2018 UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby withdrew.[24] The list of qualifiers also included the 2018 Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh and 2018 World Matchplay semi-finalist Jeffrey de Zwaan.[24]

As part of the expansion of the world championship, there was an increase in the number of tournaments and ranking systems offering qualification places. Places were now offered to the winner of the Challenge Tour, the top two from the Development Tour (where previously only the winner had qualified), the top four of the new Asian Tour, and the top American and Canadian players on the North American Championship Darts Circuit. Previous qualification places to the top two players on the Nordic & Baltic rankings and the winner of the Dartplayers Australia rankings also remained.[1]

The international qualifiers included new Indian and African qualifiers, and the Southern Europe qualifier being split into South/West and South/East. Tahuna Irwin, who won the New Zealand qualifier, had to withdraw after being denied entry to the UK, and subsequently being banned from entry, when attempting to compete in the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. His place was given to the New Zealand runner-up, Craig Ross.[14]

The tournament also saw two tournaments to qualify female players for the tournament. This followed the wildcard invitations of Gayl King to the 2001 tournament and Anastasia Dobromyslova to the 2009 tournament, and also came in the wake of the qualification of China's Momo Zhou for the 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts.[1] Dobromyslova, three times BDO women's world champion, returned to the PDC championship after winning the rest of the world tournament,[26] while the UK tournament was won by four time women's world champion, and reigning 2018 champion, Lisa Ashton.[3]

The final placings were determined by the PDPA qualifier held at Arena MK on 26 November, with two places as standard and an extra place as Youth Champion Van den Bergh had already qualified. Stephen Burton, Adam Hunt and Aden Kirk took the three places, all three of them making their debuts.[6]

In addition to the three PDPA qualifiers, 15 more of the international qualifiers were making their PDC World Championship debuts, Lisa Ashton,[3] James Bailey,[4] Kevin Burness,[5] Nitin Kumar,[11] Darius Labanauskas,[12] Daniel Larsson,[12] Yuanjun Liu,[27] Jim Long,[13] Noel Malicdem,[10] Yordi Meeuwisse,[15] Geert Nentjes,[8] Chuck Puleo,[13] Craig Ross,[14] Karel Sedláček[21] and Raymond Smith.[23] Labanauskas was the first ever Lithuanian to qualify for the PDC World Championship.[25]

Summary
Michael Smith, the tenth seed, was runner-up after reaching his first World Championship final.

The top quarter of the draw saw number one seed Michael van Gerwen easily reach the quarter-final, knocking Alan Tabern out in the second round despite having beer thrown at him during the walk on,[28] before consecutive 4–1 victories over Max Hopp[29] and former world champion Adrian Lewis.[30] Other former champion Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated in the second round following a 3–2 loss to Darius Labanauskas.[31] James Wade controversially beat Seigo Asada in the second round, having been perceived to have shouted in his opponent's face after winning the second set, and saying after the match that he "wanted to hurt" Asada;[32] Wade subsequently apologised, citing a hypomania episode.[33] Wade was eliminated in the fourth round by debutant Ryan Joyce.[34] In the quarter-final, van Gerwen triumphed over Joyce, 5–1, to qualify for the semi-final for the sixth time in seven championships.[35]

In the second quarter, fourth seed Gary Anderson had to come through last-set deciders against Jermaine Wattimena[29] and Chris Dobey[30] to reach the quarter-final, while fifth-seed Daryl Gurney was eliminated in the third round by 2018 semi-finalist Jamie Lewis.[29] Dave Chisnall came back from 0–2 down against Josh Payne to run off eleven consecutive sets over three matches, beating Payne 3–2[36] before 4–0 wins over Kim Huybrechts[29] and Lewis.[34] In the quarter-final, Anderson won 5–2 against Chisnall to set up a semi-final with van Gerwen.[35]

In the third quarter, reigning champion Rob Cross defeated Jeffrey de Zwaan in the second round,[37] before beating Cristo Reyes 4–0 in the third round.[38] Two-time consecutive world youth champion Dimitri Van den Bergh was beaten by two-time consecutive Development Tour winner Luke Humphries in the third round.[39] In round four, Humphries played Cross. The defending champion went 2–0 up, before Humphries fought back to win 4–2 and end Cross's reign.[34] Seventh-seed Mensur Suljović was eliminated by Ryan Searle,[40] and tenth-seed Michael Smith eliminated Ron Meulenkamp[41] before beating John Henderson[42] and Searle to reach the quarter-final.[43] Smith secured a semi-final slot with a 5–1 win over Humphries.[35]

In the fourth quarter, the four top seeds were eliminated in the second round, with third-seed Peter Wright losing to Toni Alcinas,[44] sixth-seed Gerwyn Price being eliminated by Nathan Aspinall,[45] eleventh-seeded Ian White losing to South African Devon Petersen[45] and Brendan Dolan whitewashing fourteenth seed Joe Cullen.[46] Further seeds were eliminated in the third round, with thirtieth seed Benito van de Pas being the only seed from this quarter in the fourth round,[30] and unseeded players Aspinall, Petersen and Dolan taking the other three slots. Aspinall defeated Petersen, with Dolan getting a 4–1 win over van de Pas to reach the quarter-final.[34] In the quarter-final, Aspinall easily beat Dolan 5–1 to reach the semi-final on his debut year.[35]

In the first semi-final, Aspinall played Smith. Smith won the first two sets without dropping a leg, before Aspinall came back to make it 2–2. Each player won one of the next two sets to make it 3–3, before Smith won two consecutive sets 3–1 and the final set 3–0 to win the match and qualify for the first World Championship final of his career. Smith scored 17 180s, the most by a player in a World Championship semi-final.[47]

In the second semi-final, Anderson played van Gerwen in a repeat of the 2017 final. After van Gerwen won the first set in a last-leg decider, he then won twelve of the next thirteen legs to quickly take a 5–0 lead in the first-to-six match. Anderson managed to avoid the whitewash by winning the sixth set, but van Gerwen completed the rout in the next set,[48] qualifying for the final for the fourth time in his career.[49]

In the final, held on New Year's Day 2019, van Gerwen won the first two legs before missing one set-dart in each of the next two legs for Smith to force a last-leg set decider, which van Gerwen won. Van Gerwen broke Smith's throw with a 3–1 win in the second set, and lengthened his lead by taking the third set by the same scoreline. Smith lost the fourth set after missing four darts at double 12 in the decider, but won the fifth set 3–2 to avoid the whitewash and took the sixth set 3–0. Van Gerwen restored his three-set advantage with a 3–1 win in the seventh set. Smith missed three darts for the eighth set, which van Gerwen won to go one set away from victory. The ninth set went to a deciding leg, which Smith won to prolong the match. Van Gerwen took the first two legs in the tenth set, and missed one dart for the championship in the third leg; in the next, he hit double 16 to take the set and win the World Championship for the third time.[50][51][52]

Schedule
Thursday, 13 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
011Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan3 – 0Nitin Kumar India3 – 03 – 23 – 1——
021Germany Martin Schindler2 – 3Cody Harris New Zealand1 – 33 – 10 – 33 – 11 – 3
031Netherlands Jan Dekker3 – 1Lisa Ashton England0 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 1—
042England Rob Cross3 – 1Jeffrey de Zwaan Netherlands0 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1—
Friday, 14 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
051England Michael Barnard3 – 2José de Sousa Portugal3 – 23 – 22 – 31 – 33 – 2
061England Alan Tabern3 – 2Raymond Smith Australia3 – 13 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 0
071Australia Paul Nicholson0 – 3Kevin Burness Northern Ireland2 – 31 – 31 – 3——
082Wales Jamie Lewis3 – 2Cody Harris New Zealand3 – 13 – 12 – 32 – 33 – 0
091Netherlands Danny Noppert3 – 0Royden Lam Hong Kong3 – 13 – 03 – 0——
101England Simon Stevenson0 – 3Ted Evetts England2 – 32 – 31 – 3——
111England Chris Dobey3 – 0Boris Koltsov Russia3 – 03 – 03 – 2——
122Scotland Gary Anderson3 – 1Kevin Burness Northern Ireland3 – 21 – 33 – 03 – 0—
Saturday, 15 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
131England Richard North3 – 2Robert Marijanović Germany2 – 32 – 33 – 23 – 23 – 1
141Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell1 – 3Jim Long Canada3 – 22 – 30 – 32 – 3—
151England Josh Payne3 – 2Jeff Smith Canada1 – 33 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 0
162Germany Max Hopp3 – 0Danny Noppert Netherlands3 – 03 – 13 – 2——
171Spain Toni Alcinas3 – 0Craig Ross New Zealand3 – 03 – 03 – 1——
181England Ryan Searle3 – 0Stephen Burton England3 – 23 – 03 – 1——
191England Keegan Brown3 – 0Karel Sedláček Czech Republic3 – 23 – 23 – 1——
202Netherlands Michael van Gerwen3 – 1Alan Tabern England3 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 2—
Sunday, 16 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
211Germany Gabriel Clemens3 – 0Aden Kirk England3 – 03 – 13 – 2——
221Republic of Ireland William O'Connor3 – 0Yordi Meeuwisse Netherlands3 – 13 – 23 – 2——
231Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan3 – 0Yuanjun Liu China3 – 03 – 03 – 1——
242England Dave Chisnall3 – 2Josh Payne England0 – 30 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1
251England Luke Humphries3 – 0Adam Hunt England3 – 13 – 03 – 0——
261England Matthew Edgar1 – 3Darius Labanauskas Lithuania3 – 11 – 31 – 30 – 3—
271England Ross Smith3 – 1Paul Lim Singapore3 – 23 – 00 – 33 – 0—
282Scotland Peter Wright1 – 3Toni Alcinas Spain2 – 31 – 33 – 02 – 3—
Monday, 17 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
291Netherlands Vincent van der Voort3 – 1Lourence Ilagan Philippines3 – 11 – 33 – 23 – 2—
301England Wayne Jones2 – 3Devon Petersen South Africa2 – 30 – 33 – 03 – 22 – 3
311England Ryan Joyce3 – 0Anastasia Dobromyslova Russia3 – 13 – 03 – 2——
322Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld2 – 3Darius Labanauskas Lithuania1 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 20 – 3
Tuesday, 18 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
331Scotland Robert Thornton1 – 3Daniel Larsson Sweden1 – 33 – 21 – 32 – 3—
341England Ricky Evans1 – 3Rowby-John Rodriguez Austria2 – 33 – 11 – 32 – 3—
351Poland Krzysztof Ratajski2 – 3Seigo Asada Japan3 – 23 – 12 – 31 – 31 – 3
362England Darren Webster0 – 3Vincent van der Voort Netherlands1 – 30 – 30 – 3——
371Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon3 – 0James Bailey Australia3 – 13 – 23 – 1——
381Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp3 – 2Diogo Portela Brazil0 – 31 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 1
391Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh3 – 0Chuck Puleo United States3 – 03 – 13 – 2——
402Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney3 – 0Ross Smith England3 – 23 – 03 – 0——
Wednesday, 19 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
411England Nathan Aspinall3 – 0Geert Nentjes Netherlands3 – 13 – 13 – 2——
421Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf2 – 3Noel Malicdem Philippines1 – 33 – 13 – 21 – 30 – 3
432England Joe Cullen0 – 3Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland0 – 30 – 31 – 3——
442Belgium Kim Huybrechts3 – 0Daniel Larsson Sweden3 – 03 – 03 – 0——
452England James Wilson2 – 3William O'Connor Republic of Ireland3 – 11 – 31 – 33 – 21 – 3
462Australia Simon Whitlock0 – 3Ryan Joyce England2 – 31 – 31 – 3——
472England Michael Smith3 – 1Ron Meulenkamp Netherlands3 – 23 – 11 – 33 – 1—
482England James Wade3 – 2Seigo Asada Japan1 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 14 – 2
Thursday, 20 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
492Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena3 – 0Michael Barnard England3 – 23 – 13 – 0——
502England Alan Norris3 – 2Steve Lennon Republic of Ireland2 – 33 – 02 – 33 – 26 – 5
512England Stephen Bunting1 – 3Luke Humphries England2 – 31 – 33 – 12 – 3—
522England Steve Beaton0 – 3Chris Dobey England2 – 30 – 30 – 3——
532Spain Cristo Reyes3 – 2Rowby-John Rodriguez Austria2 – 32 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 0
542England Mervyn King3 – 2Jan Dekker Netherlands3 – 23 – 02 – 32 – 34 – 2
552England Adrian Lewis3 – 0Ted Evetts England3 – 23 – 23 – 1——
562Austria Mensur Suljović1 – 3Ryan Searle England3 – 11 - 31 – 31 – 3—
Friday, 21 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
572Netherlands Benito van de Pas3 – 2Jim Long Canada3 – 13 – 10 – 32 – 35 – 3
582Scotland John Henderson3 – 2Gabriel Clemens Germany3 – 22 – 32 – 33 – 23 – 1
592England Steve West3 – 1Richard North England3 – 03 – 22 – 33 – 2—
602Australia Kyle Anderson3 – 1Noel Malicdem Philippines3 – 22 – 33 – 23 – 0—
612England Ian White2 – 3Devon Petersen South Africa3 – 13 – 01 – 31 – 33 – 5
622Netherlands Jelle Klaasen1 – 3Keegan Brown England3 – 20 – 31 – 31 – 3—
632Wales Gerwyn Price2 – 3Nathan Aspinall England3 – 23 – 22 – 31 – 30 – 3
642Wales Jonny Clayton1 – 3Dimitri Van den Bergh Belgium0 – 33 – 11 – 32 – 3—
Saturday, 22 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
653England Ryan Joyce4 – 3Alan Norris England0 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 21 – 33 – 1
663England Dave Chisnall4 – 0Kim Huybrechts Belgium3 – 23 – 23 – 03 – 1———
673Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney3 – 4Jamie Lewis Wales2 – 30 – 33 – 21 – 33 – 03 – 12 – 4
683England Ryan Searle4 – 1William O'Connor Republic of Ireland1 – 33 – 13 – 23 – 13 – 0——
693Scotland Gary Anderson4 – 3Jermaine Wattimena Netherlands2 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 21 – 32 – 35 – 3
703Netherlands Michael van Gerwen4 – 1Max Hopp Germany3 – 03 – 13 – 00 – 33 – 2——
Sunday, 23 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
713Netherlands Vincent van der Voort3 – 4Chris Dobey England1 – 33 – 20 – 33 – 23 – 00 – 31 – 3
723Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan4 – 2Mervyn King England3 – 13 – 22 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 2—
733England James Wade4 – 3Keegan Brown England2 – 32 – 33 – 10 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 1
743England Adrian Lewis4 – 0Darius Labanauskas Lithuania3 – 03 – 13 – 13 – 1———
753England Nathan Aspinall4 – 1Kyle Anderson Australia3 – 23 – 11 – 33 – 13 – 2——
763England Rob Cross4 – 0Cristo Reyes Spain3 – 13 – 03 – 23 – 2———
Thursday, 27 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
773South Africa Devon Petersen4 – 2Steve West England0 – 33 – 13 – 00 – 33 – 23 – 1—
783Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh1 – 4Luke Humphries England2 – 32 – 33 – 11 – 30 – 3——
793England Michael Smith4 – 2John Henderson Scotland2 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 03 – 13 – 0—
803Spain Toni Alcinas2 – 4Benito van de Pas Netherlands1 – 31 – 33 – 23 – 22 – 32 – 3—
814Scotland Gary Anderson4 – 3Chris Dobey England2 – 31 – 33 – 03 – 22 – 33 – 24 – 2
824Netherlands Michael van Gerwen4 – 1Adrian Lewis England3 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 23 – 2——
Friday, 28 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
834England Nathan Aspinall4 – 3Devon Petersen South Africa1 – 30 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 21 – 34 – 2
844Netherlands Benito van de Pas1 – 4Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland1 – 31 – 30 – 33 – 22 – 3——
854England Ryan Joyce4 – 3James Wade England3 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 00 – 33 – 23 – 1
864England Ryan Searle1 – 4Michael Smith England1 – 32 – 30 – 33 – 22 – 3——
874Wales Jamie Lewis0 – 4Dave Chisnall England2 – 31 – 32 – 31 – 3———
884England Rob Cross2 – 4Luke Humphries England3 – 03 – 21 – 31 – 31 – 32 – 3—
Saturday, 29 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9
89QFEngland Nathan Aspinall5 – 1Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland3 – 03 – 23 – 13 – 10 – 33 – 1———
90QFEngland Dave Chisnall2 – 5Gary Anderson Scotland0 – 31 – 32 – 33 – 21 – 33 – 22 – 3——
91QFEngland Luke Humphries1 – 5Michael Smith England1 – 30 – 33 – 01 – 32 – 31 – 3———
92QFNetherlands Michael van Gerwen5 – 1Ryan Joyce England3 – 03 – 12 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 1———
Sunday, 30 December
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11
93SFEngland Michael Smith6 – 3Nathan Aspinall England 3 – 03 – 02 – 31 – 33 – 22 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 0——
94SFNetherlands Michael van Gerwen6 – 1Gary Anderson Scotland 3 – 23 – 03 – 03 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 1————
Tuesday, 1 January
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11 Set 12 Set 13
95FNetherlands Michael van Gerwen7 – 3Michael Smith England3 – 23 – 13 – 13 – 22 – 30 – 33 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 1———

Draw

Finals
Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
30 December 		Final (best of 13 sets)
1 January
         
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.12 5
England Ryan Joyce 88.35 1
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.76 6
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 97.98 1
12 England Dave Chisnall 96.54 2
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 103.03 5
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.21 7
10 England Michael Smith 95.29 3
England Luke Humphries 94.18 1
10 England Michael Smith 103.00 5
10 England Michael Smith 105.22 6
England Nathan Aspinall 100.53 3
  England Nathan Aspinall 99.72 5
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 93.87 1

Section 1
First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December
[53][54][55][56][57][58][59]		Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December
[60][61]		Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December
[62][63]		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
England Alan Tabern 91.1231Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.593
Australia Raymond Smith 86.142England Alan Tabern 93.451
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.514
32Germany Max Hopp 96.681
Netherlands Danny Noppert 96.19332Germany Max Hopp 93.513
Hong Kong Royden Lam 85.720Netherlands Danny Noppert 97.350
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 108.084
16England Adrian Lewis 101.161
England Simon Stevenson 93.96016England Adrian Lewis 97.203
England Ted Evetts 92.973England Ted Evetts 95.920
16England Adrian Lewis 97.434
Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 89.740
England Matthew Edgar 83.41117Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 89.572
Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 93.573Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 86.813
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.125
England Ryan Joyce 88.351
England Ryan Joyce 90.3438Australia Simon Whitlock 87.630
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.320England Ryan Joyce 90.403
England Ryan Joyce 87.744
25England Alan Norris 89.653
Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 87.22325England Alan Norris 92.233
Australia James Bailey 80.180Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 87.892
England Ryan Joyce 87.694
9England James Wade 90.773
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 90.2129England James Wade 93.573
Japan Seigo Asada 90.643Japan Seigo Asada 97.502
9England James Wade 94.714
England Keegan Brown 91.013
England Keegan Brown 95.78324Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 79.241
Czech Republic Karel Sedláček 92.150England Keegan Brown 82.553

Section 2
First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December		Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December		Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
England Ross Smith 91.8935Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 100.303
Singapore Paul Lim 91.281England Ross Smith 88.690
5Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 91.083
28Wales Jamie Lewis 93.944
Germany Martin Schindler 85.18228Wales Jamie Lewis 92.323
New Zealand Cody Harris 88.663New Zealand Cody Harris 92.522
28Wales Jamie Lewis 93.750
12England Dave Chisnall 98.504
England Josh Payne 87.34312England Dave Chisnall 95.583
Canada Jeff Smith 88.982England Josh Payne 98.492
12England Dave Chisnall 97.604
21Belgium Kim Huybrechts 89.840
Scotland Robert Thornton 87.15121Belgium Kim Huybrechts 103.263
Sweden Daniel Larsson 91.033Sweden Daniel Larsson 91.260
12England Dave Chisnall 96.542
4Scotland Gary Anderson 103.035
Australia Paul Nicholson 85.0304Scotland Gary Anderson 94.923
Northern Ireland Kevin Burness 88.553Northern Ireland Kevin Burness 92.351
4Scotland Gary Anderson 97.334
29Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 95.193
England Michael Barnard 88.08329Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 89.943
Portugal José de Sousa 87.832England Michael Barnard 83.340
4Scotland Gary Anderson 98.754
England Chris Dobey 100.833
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 94.06313England Darren Webster 85.480
Philippines Lourence Ilagan 95.521Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 87.813
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 93.433
England Chris Dobey 98.394
England Chris Dobey 92.56320England Steve Beaton 89.270
Russia Boris Koltsov 79.190England Chris Dobey 93.443

Section 3
First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December		Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December		Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.1832England Rob Cross 102.933
India Nitin Kumar 77.750Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 106.091
2England Rob Cross 101.724
31Spain Cristo Reyes 96.200
England Ricky Evans 90.74131Spain Cristo Reyes 89.303
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.303Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.282
2England Rob Cross 97.382
England Luke Humphries 99.714
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.25315Wales Jonny Clayton 92.681
United States Chuck Puleo 83.340Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.453
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.821
England Luke Humphries 89.644
England Luke Humphries 97.58318England Stephen Bunting 88.211
England Adam Hunt 81.400England Luke Humphries 95.563
England Luke Humphries 94.181
10England Michael Smith 103.005
England Ryan Searle 87.8237Austria Mensur Suljović 90.831
England Stephen Burton 87.060England Ryan Searle 90.663
England Ryan Searle 89.404
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 89.761
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 87.12326England James Wilson 93.802
Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 84.300Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 98.733
England Ryan Searle 96.221
10England Michael Smith 99.724
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 93.56310England Michael Smith 94.073
Brazil Diogo Portela 92.122Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 93.811
10England Michael Smith 100.474
23Scotland John Henderson 94.652
Germany Gabriel Clemens 83.27323Scotland John Henderson 95.173
England Aden Kirk 80.310Germany Gabriel Clemens 93.892

Section 4
First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December		Second round (best of 5 sets)
13–21 December		Third round (best of 7 sets)
22–27 December		Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
29 December
England Nathan Aspinall 88.4236Wales Gerwyn Price 89.082
Netherlands Geert Nentjes 78.030England Nathan Aspinall 92.283
England Nathan Aspinall 96.174
27Australia Kyle Anderson 98.521
Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 78.52227Australia Kyle Anderson 96.413
Philippines Noel Malicdem 85.863Philippines Noel Malicdem 92.931
England Nathan Aspinall 95.764
South Africa Devon Petersen 90.753
England Wayne Jones 83.66211England Ian White 98.662
South Africa Devon Petersen 84.793South Africa Devon Petersen 94.683
South Africa Devon Petersen 92.254
22England Steve West 95.682
England Richard North 92.82322England Steve West 89.493
Germany Robert Marijanović 85.992England Richard North 95.961
England Nathan Aspinall 99.725
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 93.871
Spain Toni Alcinas 86.0333Scotland Peter Wright 94.701
New Zealand Craig Ross 71.470Spain Toni Alcinas 93.123
Spain Toni Alcinas 84.532
30Netherlands Benito van de Pas 85.614
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 75.22130Netherlands Benito van de Pas 86.623
Canada Jim Long 75.333Canada Jim Long 85.712
30Netherlands Benito van de Pas 86.671
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 89.774
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 86.63314England Joe Cullen 85.160
China Yuanjun Liu 78.450Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 92.723
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 95.734
19England Mervyn King 92.222
Netherlands Jan Dekker 88.95319England Mervyn King 97.763
England Lisa Ashton 88.561Netherlands Jan Dekker 87.562

Final
Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: England Kirk Bevins (first half) and England George Noble (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2019.
(1) Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 7 – 3 England Michael Smith (10)
3 – 2, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1
102.21 Average (3 darts) 95.29
49 100+ scores 45
25 140+ scores 27
14 180 scores 13
129 Highest checkout 127
3 100+ Checkouts 3
46.30% (25/54) Checkout summary 40.43% (19/47)

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

# Player Round Average Result
1Netherlands Michael van GerwenR4108.08Won
2Netherlands Jeffrey de ZwaanR2106.09Lost
3England Michael SmithSF105.22Won
4Netherlands Michael van GerwenSF104.76Won
5Belgium Dimitri Van den BerghR2104.45Won
6Belgium Kim HuybrechtsR2103.26Won
7Scotland Gary AndersonQF103.03Won
8England Michael SmithQF103.00Won
9England Rob CrossR2102.93Won
10Netherlands Michael van GerwenR2102.59Won

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2019 PDC World Championship. A total of 28 nationalities were represented, the most ever at a darts world championship.[25] The second round sees an increase in participation for some countries due to the first round bye for the 32 highest ranked players.

England
ENG		 Netherlands
NED		 Australia
AUS		 Scotland
SCO		 Northern Ireland
NIR		 Germany
GER		 Wales
WAL		 Belgium
BEL		 Republic of Ireland
IRL		 Spain
SPA		 Austria
AUT		 Canada
CAN		 New Zealand
NZL		 Philippines
PHI		 Russia
RUS		 South Africa
RSA		 Lithuania
LIT		 Japan
JPN		 Sweden
SWE		 Brazil
BRA		 China
CHN		 Czech Republic
CZE		 Hong Kong
HKG		 India
IND		 Poland
POL		 Portugal
POR		 Singapore
SIN		 United States
USA		 Total
Final 1100000000000000 0000000000002
Semi-final 2101000000000000 0000000000004
Quarter-final 5101100000000000 0000000000008
Round 4 10201101000000001 00000000000016
Round 3 1441221121200000110000000000032
Round 2 26102332322221110111100000000064
Round 1 2083133012112222111111111111164
Total 34135444322222222111111111111196

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