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2015 Premier League Darts

The 2015 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event began at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on 4 February, and ended at The O2 Arena, London on 21 May. The tournament was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. This was the second year that the tournament was sponsored by Betway.

2015 Betway Premier League Darts
Winner
Scotland Gary Anderson
Runner-up
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Score
11–7
Date
4 February–21 May 2015
Edition
11th
Number of players
10
Venues
16
Premier League Darts
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Raymond van Barneveld was the defending champion, but he lost to Michael van Gerwen 10–8 in the semi-finals. Gary Anderson won his second Premier League Darts title by beating van Gerwen 11–7 in the final.

For the first time in the Premier League's history, 6-time winner Phil Taylor did not qualify for the play-offs.

Format edit

The tournament format was identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2), each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.

Players edit

The competitors who competed at the tournament were announced following the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship final on 4 January 2015, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards.

Robert Thornton (world number 8), Wes Newton (number 16), and Simon Whitlock (number 7) did not return from last year. James Wade returned this year following his absence from the 2014 Premier League, along with two debutants, Kim Huybrechts, the first Belgian to compete in the league, and Stephen Bunting, the 2014 BDO world champion who had a successful first year with the PDC.[1]

Player Appearance in
Premier League 		Consecutive
Streak 		Order of Merit
rank 		Previous best performance Qualification
  Michael van Gerwen 3rd 3 1 Winner (2013) Order of Merit
  Phil Taylor 11th 11 2 Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012) Order of Merit
  Gary Anderson 5th 5 3 Winner (2011) Order of Merit
  Adrian Lewis 8th 6 4 Runner-up (2011) Order of Merit
  Peter Wright 2nd 2 5 5th (2014) PDC Wildcard
  James Wade 7th 1 6 Winner (2009) PDC Wildcard
  Dave Chisnall 2nd 2 9 7th (2014) PDC Wildcard
  Kim Huybrechts 1st 1 17 Debut PDC Wildcard
  Raymond van Barneveld 10th 10 10 Winner (2014) Sky Sports Wildcard
  Stephen Bunting 1st 1 24 Debut Sky Sports Wildcard

Venues edit

Prize money edit

The prize money was dramatically increased to £700,000 from £550,000 in 2014.

Stage Prize Money
Winner £200,000
Runner-up £100,000
Semi-finalists (x2) £75,000
5th place £60,000
6th place £50,000
7th place £45,000
8th place £40,000
9th place £30,000
10th place £25,000
Total £700,000

Results

League stage edit

Play-offs – 21 May

  The O2 Arena, London

Score
[17]
Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
Dave Chisnall  
98.34		 9 – 10   Gary Anderson
98.40
Michael van Gerwen  
106.44		 10 – 8   Raymond van Barneveld
100.44
Final (best of 21 legs)
Michael van Gerwen  
105.81		 7 – 11   Gary Anderson
104.85
Night's Average: 102.38
Highest Checkout:   Dave Chisnall 152

Table and streaks edit

Table edit

After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. Each remaining player plays a further seven matches (phase 2). The top four players then participate in the playoffs.

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.

# Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A[18] HC C%[19]
1   Michael van Gerwen RU 16 10 3 3 23 101 71 +30 38 183 153 58 105.15 160 47.87%
2   Dave Chisnall 16 10 2 4 22 97 67 +30 38 191 121 62 101.39 161 42.17%
3   Gary Anderson W 16 9 2 5 20 90 80 +10 28 212 126 57 99.83 152 38.14%
4   Raymond van Barneveld 16 8 3 5 19 90 82 +8 31 227 120 48 97.64 161 41.86%
5   Phil Taylor 16 6 3 7 15 87 83 +4 30 246 124 43 102.95 151 39.55%
6   Adrian Lewis 16 5 4 7 14 76 89 −13 23 189 119 51 98.63 147 38.04%
7   James Wade 16 3 6 7 12 76 93 −17 26 236 144 23 97.12 170 41.14%
8   Stephen Bunting 16 3 5 8 11 75 93 −18 26 181 112 46 94.37 164 32.86%
9   Peter Wright 9 1 4 4 6 40 57 −17 10 144 71 18 93.77 170 36.96%
10   Kim Huybrechts 9 1 2 6 4 42 59 −17 7 116 71 27 97.83 170 34.15%

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: Match reports from the results section.

Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 15.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average C% = Checkout Percentage HC = High Checkout.

Streaks edit

Player 1st Phase 2nd Phase Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SF F
  Michael van Gerwen W W W D D W W W W W L W L W L D W L
  Dave Chisnall W W D W W L L W W W W L L W W D L —
  Gary Anderson W W L W L W W W D L D L W L W W W W
  Raymond van Barneveld L L D W L L W L D W W W W W D W L —
  Phil Taylor L W W D W L L W L L W D D L L W Eliminated
  Adrian Lewis W L D D L L D L W W W D L L W L
  James Wade D W D L L W D W L L L D L D D L
  Stephen Bunting D L L L W W D L D L L D W D L L
  Peter Wright L L D D D W D L L Eliminated
  Kim Huybrechts L L D L W L L L D
Legend: W Win D Draw L Loss — Eliminated

Positions by round edit

Player Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
  Michael van Gerwen 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Dave Chisnall 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
  Gary Anderson 4 3 5 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
  Raymond van Barneveld 10 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 3 4 4 4
  Phil Taylor 7 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 5
  Adrian Lewis 1 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
  James Wade 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 8 8 7 7 7
  Stephen Bunting 6 7 9 10 8 6 6 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
  Peter Wright 9 10 10 8 10 7 7 7 9 Eliminated
  Kim Huybrechts 8 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 10

References edit

  1. ^ "Premier League Darts: Stephen Bunting, Kim Huybrechts and James Wade included". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Betway Premier League Night One". PDC. 5 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Two". PDC. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Three". PDC. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Four". PDC. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Five". PDC. 5 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Six". PDC. 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Seven". PDC. 19 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Eight". PDC. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Betway Premier League Judgement Night". PDC. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Ten". PDC. 9 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Eleven". PDC. 16 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Twelve". PDC. 23 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Thirteen". PDC. 30 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Fourteen". PDC. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Fifteen". PDC. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  17. ^ "Magical Anderson's Betway Premier League Glory". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  18. ^ "2015 Premier League Stats: Tournament Average". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  19. ^ "2015 Premier League Stats: Checkout Percentage". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links edit

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