BetFred League of Legends

League of Legends
Tournament information
Venue	Various
Location	Various
Country	England
Established	2008
Organisation(s)	none
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£90,000 (2008)
Month(s) Played	May – August
Current champion(s)
	Bob Anderson

The BetFred League of Legends was a darts tournament featuring some of the legends of the game of darts which commenced in May 2008. The tournament was broadcast on Setanta Sports in the United Kingdom.

The opening night and grand final of the event were staged at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex - the venue of the PDC World Darts Championship between 1994 and 2007. The event was won by Bob Anderson who beat Keith Deller in the final.

Format

Each player played every other player once over the best of 12 legs of 501 points. The first player to win seven legs was deemed to be the winner of the match, although a 6-6 draw is one possible result.

The top four players in the league table after the completion of the 7 league nights progressed to the play-offs at the Circus Tavern. Semi-Final matches were played over the best of 17 legs and the Final played over the best of 19 legs.

Prize Money

Stage	Prize Money (Total-£90,000)
Winner	£15,000
Runner Up	£13,000
Semi Finalists	£11,000
Group Stage	£10,000

Media coverage

In Australia and the UK, Setanta Sports broadcast the League of Legends.

2008 Players

Eight players featured in the events, including four former World Champions.

Eric Bristow

Five times World Champion (1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Five times World Masters Champion (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984)
Twice News of the World Champion (1983, 1984)
Twice MFI World Matchplay Champion (1985, 1988)
Twice British Professional Champion (1982, 1985)
Four times British Open Champion (1978, 1981, 1983, 1986)
Three times British Matchplay Champion (1982, 1983, 1986)
Five times Butlins Grand Masters Champion (1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986)
Four times WDF World Cup Singles Champion (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989)

John Lowe

Three times World Champion (1979, 1987, 1993)
Twice World Masters Champion (1976, 1980)
News of the World Champion (1981)
MFI World Matchplay Champion (1984)
Twice British Open Champion (1977, 1988)
Twice British Matchplay Champion (1978, 1985)
Butlins Grand Masters Champion (1977)
Twice WDF World Cup Singles Champion (1981, 1991)
Three times WDF Europe Cup Singles Champion (1978, 1984, 1986)
First televised 9-dart finish (1984 vs. Keith Deller)

Bob Anderson

World Champion (1988)
Three times World Masters Champion (1986, 1987, 1988)
MFI World Matchplay Champion (1987)
British Open Champion (1987)
Twice British Matchplay Champion (1988, 1989)

Keith Deller

World Champion (1983)
British Professional Champion (1987)

Peter Evison

Twice BDO World Championship quarter finalist (1988, 1989)
Three times PDC World Championship semi finalist (1994, 1995, 1997)
World Masters Champion (1989)
World Matchplay Champion (1996)
News of the World Championship runner-up (1987)

Bobby George

Twice BDO World Championship runner-up (1980, 1994)
Twice News of the World Champion (1979, 1986)
Twice Butlins Grand Masters Champion (1979, 1980)
WDF Europe Cup Singles Champion (1982)

Dave Whitcombe

Twice World Championship runner-up (1984, 1986)
Twice World Masters Champion (1982, 1985)
News of the World Champion (1989)
British Matchplay Champion (1987)

Cliff Lazarenko

Four times World Championship semi finalist (1980, 1981, 1985, 1990)
Twice British Open Champion (1980, 1984)
British Matchplay Champion (1979)

Venues and League Results

30 May

Circus Tavern, Purfleet

	Score
(85.68) Keith Deller	7 - 5	Cliff Lazarenko (80.82)
(80.13) Bob Anderson	6 - 6	Peter Evison (81.99)
(80.46) Dave Whitcombe	7 - 3	John Lowe (76.49)
(74.67) Eric Bristow	7 - 5	Bobby George (74.22)

20 June

King George's Hall, Blackburn

	Score
(79.26) Bobby George	4 - 7	Dave Whitcombe (85.26)
(78.75) Cliff Lazarenko	7 - 3	Eric Bristow (68.94)
(81.09) Peter Evison	7 - 5	Keith Deller (80.40)
(78.60) John Lowe	2 - 7	Bob Anderson (85.80)

27 June

Hilton Hotel, Birmingham

	Score
(77.73) Keith Deller	7 - 4	John Lowe (76.83)
(78.48) Peter Evison	3 - 7	Bobby George (82.80)
(80.70) Bob Anderson	7 - 2	Cliff Lazarenko (75.45)
(63.72) Eric Bristow	3 - 7	Dave Whitcombe (79.26)

18 July

Frontier Club, Batley, near Leeds

	Score
(72.00) John Lowe	1 - 7	Peter Evison (82.32)
(80.01) Bob Anderson	6 - 6	Dave Whitcombe (83.01)
(73.86) Bobby George	3 - 7	Cliff Lazarenko (77.76)
(61.95) Eric Bristow	1 - 7	Keith Deller (75.66)

1 August

Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading

	Score
(73.32) Eric Bristow	5 - 7	Peter Evison (77.10)
(75.69) Bobby George	2 - 7	John Lowe (84.96)
(90.00) Bob Anderson	7 - 3	Keith Deller (83.01)
(72.93) Cliff Lazarenko	7 - 4	Dave Whitcombe (69.12)

8 August

The Spa, Bridlington

	Score
(78.78) Bob Anderson	7 - 2	Eric Bristow (65.16)
(70.47) Peter Evison	6 - 6	Dave Whitcombe (71.58)
(76.74) Cliff Lazarenko	7 - 3	John Lowe (72.33)
(80.64) Keith Deller	6 - 6	Bobby George (77.52)

15 August

Town Hall, Stoke

	Score
(84.12) Peter Evison	6 - 6	Cliff Lazarenko (78.78)
(85.32) Keith Deller	7 - 2	Dave Whitcombe (84.21)
(84.63) Bob Anderson	6 - 6	Bobby George (78.06)
(69.06) Eric Bristow	1 - 7	John Lowe (90.63)

Table

Pos	Name	Pld	W	D	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts
1	Bob Anderson	7	4	3	0	46	27	+19	11
2	Keith Deller	7	4	1	2	42	32	+10	9
3	Cliff Lazarenko	7	4	1	2	41	33	+8	9
4	Peter Evison	7	3	3	1	42	36	+6	9
5	Dave Whitcombe	7	3	2	2	39	36	+3	8
6	Bobby George	7	1	2	4	33	43	-10	4
7	John Lowe	7	2	0	5	27	38	-11	4
8	Eric Bristow	7	1	0	6	22	47	-25	2

Play-Offs

22 August

Circus Tavern, Purfleet

	Score
Semi-Finals (best of 17 legs)
(83.85) (1) Bob Anderson	9 - 6	Peter Evison (4) (82.68)
(78.45) (2) Keith Deller	9 - 4	Cliff Lazarenko (3) (76.29)
Final (best of 19 legs)
(91.86) (1) Bob Anderson	10 - 4	Keith Deller (2) (79.62)

References

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