2018 World Series of Darts Finals

2018 bwin World Series of Darts Finals
Tournament information
Dates 2–4 November 2018
Venue Multiversum Schwechat
Location Vienna
Country  Austria
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £250,000
Winners share £50,000
«2017 2019»

The 2018 bwin World Series of Darts Finals will be the fourth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament will take place in the Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria, from 2–4 November 2018. It will feature a field of 24 players.

Michael van Gerwen is the defending champion after beating Gary Anderson 11–6 in the 2017 final.

Qualification

The top eight players from the six World Series events of 2018 are seeded for this tournament. Those events are:

In addition, the next four highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2018 World Grand Prix final on 6 October 2018 qualify, as will the next eight players on the World Series Order of Merit. Another four places will be awarded following a Tour Card Holders' qualifier on 19 October.[1]

Corey Cadby originally qualified through the World Series Order of Merit, but withdrew following a broken arm in a car accident. Royden Lam replaced him.[2]

The following players qualified for the tournament:

World Series Top 8

(seedings after all events)

  1. Scotland Peter Wright
  2. England Rob Cross
  3. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
  4. Scotland Gary Anderson
  5. England Michael Smith
  6. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  7. Austria Mensur Suljović
  8. Australia Simon Whitlock
PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
  2. England Dave Chisnall
  3. England Ian White
  4. Wales Gerwyn Price
Tour Card Qualifiers
World Series Order of Merit
  1. England James Wade
  2. Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh
  3. Australia Kyle Anderson
  4. Australia Damon Heta
  5. Australia Raymond Smith
  6. Wales Jamie Lewis
  7. Canada Dawson Murschell
  8. Hong Kong Royden Lam

Prize money

The total prize money remained £250,000.

Position (no. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £250,000)
Winner (1) £50,000
Runner-Up (1) £25,000
Semi-finalists (2) £16,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500
Last 16  (Second round) (8) £7,500
Last 24  (First round) (8) £4,000

Draw

  First round (best of 11 legs)
2 November		 Second round (best of 11 legs)
3 November		 Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
4 November		 Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
4 November		 Final (best of 21 legs)
4 November
                                               
    1 Scotland Peter Wright  
     
   
   
8 Australia Simon Whitlock
     
   
   
    5 England Michael Smith  
     
 
   
4 Scotland Gary Anderson
     
   
 
    2 England Rob Cross  
     
 
   
7 Austria Mensur Suljović
     
 
   
    6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld  
     
 
   
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
     

References

  1. ↑ Allen, Dave. "bwin World Series Finals Field Update". PDC. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Phillips, Josh. "bwin World Series Finals Field Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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