2015 PDC World Darts Championship

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2015 PDC World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates18 December 2014 – 4 January 2015
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs (preliminaries)Sets (from Round 1)Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,250,000
Winner's share£250,000
Nine-dart finish Adrian Lewis(third round)
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Gary Anderson
«20142016»

The 2015 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 William Hill World Darts Championship) was the twenty-second World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event was held at the Alexandra Palace, London between 18 December 2014 and 4 January 2015.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having won his first World Championship title in 2014, but he lost 6–3 to Gary Anderson in the semi-finals. Anderson won the title by beating 16-time World Champion Phil Taylor 7–6 in the final.[1] Taylor became the first player in PDC World Championship history to reach the PDC World Championship final, achieve a tournament 3-dart average of over 100, and yet not win the title.

Adrian Lewis threw the event's only nine-dart finish in his third round match with Raymond van Barneveld. John Michael and Boris Koltsov became the first players from Greece and Russia respectively to play in the first round of a PDC World Championship. Cristo Reyes became the first Spanish player to reach the last 16 in the history of the event.

Format and qualifiers

The tournament featured 72 players. The top 32 players on the PDC Order of Merit on 2 December 2014 (after the Players Championship Finals) were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by the 16 highest non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit, based on the events played on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour.

These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (as determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Coventry on 1 December 2014), the highest ranked non-qualified player on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the four highest names on the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the international players, such as the four from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.

The field was set on 1 December 2014.[2]John Michael became the first Greek player to play in the PDC World Championship.

Qualifiers

1^Jarkko Komula, who finished second in the Scandinavian Order of Merit, was ineligible to play due to a suspension from the Finnish Darts Organisation. Kim Viljanen, who finished third, therefore replaced Komula.
2^ Ryan de Vreede qualified after Richie Burnett was removed from the field after a positive drug test, despite the fact that it was recreational rather than performance-enhancing. As a result, Stuart Kellett moved into the top 32 seeds and Rowby-John Rodriguez qualified through the Pro Tour instead of the European Tour.[3]

Prize money

The 2015 World Championship featured a prize fund of at least £1,250,000 - an increase of £200,000 from the 2014 tournament.[4]

The prize money is allocated as follows:

Position (num. of players)Prize money(Total: £1,250,000)
Winner(1)£250,000
Runner-Up(1)£120,000
Semi-finalists(2)£60,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£35,000
Third round losers(8)£18,000
Second round losers(16)£12,000
First round losers(32)£8,000
Preliminary round losers(8)£3,500
Nine-dart finish(1)£10,000

Results

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played in a first to four legs format. One match was played per session with the winners playing their first round matches later on the same day. The draw was held on 30 November 2014, two days before the main draw.[5] Gurney achieved the highest average in the history of the Preliminary round.

Av.Player Score Player Av.
89.90Ian PerezPhilippines0–4SpainCristo Reyes93.94
67.11Kim ViljanenFinland1–4GermanySascha Stein91.30
93.76Scott MacKenzieHong Kong3–4Northern IrelandDaryl Gurney96.11
65.09Mark McGrathNew Zealand0–4United StatesScott Kirchner83.50
79.27Boris KoltsovRussia4–2 JapanHaruki Muramatsu75.69
83.77Jani HaavistoFinland1–4GreeceJohn Michael94.82
84.68Nolan ArendseSouth Africa4–0 Hong Kong Alex Hon 79.22
82.77Jermaine WattimenaNetherlands3–4CroatiaRobert Marijanović76.36

Main draw

Finals

Quarter-finals(best of 9 sets)1–2 January[6][7]Semi-finals(best of 11 sets)3 January[8]Final(best of 13 sets)4 January[9]
         
1 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen105.265
9 ScotlandRobert Thornton101.492
1 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen101.353
4 ScotlandGary Anderson102.206
5 ScotlandPeter Wright95.661
4 ScotlandGary Anderson102.125
4 ScotlandGary Anderson97.687
2 EnglandPhil Taylor100.696
2 EnglandPhil Taylor100.085
23 NetherlandsVincent van der Voort99.223
2 EnglandPhil Taylor102.396
14 NetherlandsRaymond van Barneveld99.522
27 EnglandStephen Bunting98.364
14 NetherlandsRaymond van Barneveld98.375

Rounds 1–4

First round(best of 5 sets)18–23 December[10][11][12][13][14][15]Second round(best of 7 sets)27–29 December[16][17][18]Third round(best of 7 sets)29–30 December[18][19]Quarter-finals(best of 9 sets)1–2 January[6][7]
            
1 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen96.963
EnglandJoe Cullen93.141
1 Netherlandsvan Gerwen99.874
GermanyStein89.091
32 EnglandStuart Kellett73.081
GermanySascha Stein79.343
1 Netherlandsvan Gerwen99.624
16 EnglandJenkins96.921
16 EnglandTerry Jenkins98.733
AustraliaJohn Weber79.861
16 EnglandJenkins96.454
AustraliaRyder86.690
17 EnglandJustin Pipe86.282
AustraliaLaurence Ryder83.593
1 Netherlandsvan Gerwen105.265
9 ScotlandThornton101.492
8 EnglandDave Chisnall86.083
Netherlands Ryan de Vreede 75.240
8 EnglandChisnall93.082
Netherlandsvan de Pas91.444
25 AustraliaPaul Nicholson85.492
NetherlandsBenito van de Pas86.283
Netherlandsvan de Pas89.350
9 ScotlandThornton96.504
9 ScotlandRobert Thornton97.653
EnglandAndrew Gilding92.000
9 ScotlandThornton93.784
24 EnglandBaxter84.480
24 EnglandRonnie Baxter94.643
Northern IrelandDaryl Gurney88.781
5 ScotlandPeter Wright98.803
WalesGerwyn Price93.900
5 ScotlandWright95.524
BelgiumR. Huybrechts87.521
28 EnglandAndy Smith86.660
BelgiumRonny Huybrechts87.753
5 ScotlandWright102.604
12 EnglandHamilton90.940
12 EnglandAndy Hamilton91.093
CanadaDave Richardson86.042
12 EnglandHamilton90.064
AustraliaK. Anderson90.962
21 EnglandSteve Beaton82.240
AustraliaKyle Anderson85.993
5 ScotlandWright95.661
4 ScotlandG. Anderson102.125
4 ScotlandGary Anderson86.203
United StatesScott Kirchner86.211
4 ScotlandG. Anderson103.024
29 NetherlandsKlaasen100.723
29 NetherlandsJelle Klaasen96.973
NetherlandsChristian Kist93.631
4 ScotlandG. Anderson104.544
SpainReyes98.521
13 EnglandWes Newton94.612
SpainCristo Reyes93.473
SpainReyes88.414
20 EnglandPainter90.223
20 EnglandKevin Painter89.573
RussiaBoris Koltsov78.141
2 EnglandPhil Taylor100.573
GermanyJyhan Artut87.470
2 EnglandTaylor101.924
31 WalesM. Webster93.090
31 WalesMark Webster81.913
NetherlandsRon Meulenkamp77.781
2 EnglandTaylor102.524
18 BelgiumK. Huybrechts96.933
15 EnglandIan White86.723
GreeceJohn Michael81.021
15 EnglandWhite93.943
18 BelgiumK. Huybrechts93.744
18 BelgiumKim Huybrechts99.403
Northern IrelandMickey Mansell87.650
2 EnglandTaylor100.085
23 Netherlandsvan der Voort99.223
7 AustraliaSimon Whitlock87.291
EnglandDarren Webster94.243
EnglandD. Webster93.593
26 EnglandWinstanley92.684
26 EnglandDean Winstanley93.663
EnglandWayne Jones94.012
26 EnglandWinstanley91.362
23 Netherlandsvan der Voort93.904
10 EnglandMervyn King90.672
GermanyMax Hopp96.603
GermanyHopp86.550
23 Netherlandsvan der Voort91.484
23 NetherlandsVincent van der Voort93.393
ScotlandJohn Henderson89.132
6 EnglandJames Wade97.143
WalesJamie Lewis87.751
6 EnglandWade90.931
27 EnglandBunting93.384
27 EnglandStephen Bunting90.203
CroatiaRobert Marijanović86.821
27 EnglandBunting102.344
22 EnglandM. Smith102.782
11 Northern IrelandBrendan Dolan90.183
South AfricaNolan Arendse83.850
11 Northern IrelandDolan92.892
22 EnglandM. Smith98.904
22 EnglandMichael Smith97.473
AustriaMensur Suljović98.911
27 EnglandBunting98.364
14 Netherlandsvan Barneveld98.375
3 EnglandAdrian Lewis101.903
EnglandDavid Pallett90.050
3 EnglandA. Lewis100.414
EnglandBrown93.092
30 CanadaJohn Part84.782
EnglandKeegan Brown88.073
3 EnglandA. Lewis97.553
14 Netherlandsvan Barneveld92.234
14 NetherlandsRaymond van Barneveld99.933
AustriaRowby-John Rodriguez79.220
14 Netherlandsvan Barneveld93.324
19 EnglandCaven94.963
19 EnglandJamie Caven80.873
ScotlandJason Hogg83.852

Final

Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: EnglandGeorge Noble(first half) and EnglandRuss Bray(second half).Alexandra Palace, London, England, 4 January 2015.
(4) Gary AndersonScotland7 – 6 EnglandPhil Taylor (2)
3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 0 – 3, 0 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 2, 3 – 2, 3 – 1, 0 – 3, 2 – 3, 3 – 0
97.68Average (3 darts) 100.69
19180 scores 13
121Highest checkout 141
39.39% (26/66) Checkout summary 32.93% (27/82)

Statistics

Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout Checkout Av.% Average[20]
ScotlandGary AndersonWinner 6 29 15 102 84 219 142 64 126 40 99.29
EnglandPhil TaylorRunner-up 6 28 15 99 75 234 135 36 141 41.42 101.36
NetherlandsMichael van GerwenSemi-finals 5 19 11 75 62 146 108 43 170 42.37 100.61
NetherlandsRaymond van BarneveldSemi-finals 5 18 16 70 68 161 81 41 170 41.42 96.67
ScotlandPeter WrightQuarter-finals 4 12 6 45 32 127 61 13 144 46.88 98.15
ScotlandRobert ThorntonQuarter-finals 4 13 5 47 31 106 65 29 156 39.17 97.36
EnglandStephen BuntingQuarter-finals 4 15 9 53 41 121 75 24 161 40.46 96.07
NetherlandsVincent van der VoortQuarter-finals 4 14 9 56 41 116 70 22 157 42.28 94.50
EnglandAdrian LewisThird round 3 10 6 40 32 85 59 22 157 35.40 99.95
EnglandMichael SmithThird round 3 9 7 35 31 74 49 27 170 39.77 99.72
EnglandTerry JenkinsThird round 3 8 5 32 18 60 43 17 164 48.48 97.37
BelgiumKim HuybrechtsThird round 3 10 7 36 34 87 40 10 146 34.95 96.69
SpainCristo ReyesThird round 4 8 9 39 40 97 59 17 142 43.33 93.47
EnglandDean WinstanleyThird round 3 9 9 41 37 98 57 22 136 40.59 92.57
EnglandAndy HamiltonThird round 3 7 8 30 28 71 33 9 116 41.67 90.70
NetherlandsBenito van de PasThird round 3 7 8 28 32 79 36 10 127 31.82 89.02
NetherlandsJelle KlaasenSecond round 2 6 5 22 24 60 35 8 127 30.99 98.85
EnglandJames WadeSecond round 2 4 5 19 18 43 37 6 96 35.19 94.04
EnglandDarren WebsterSecond round 2 6 5 25 23 82 41 6 136 47.83 93.92
Northern IrelandBrendan DolanSecond round 2 5 4 17 13 41 19 6 128 35.42 91.54
GermanyMax HoppSecond round 2 3 6 19 25 62 30 14 161 31.15 91.09
EnglandKeegan BrownSecond round 2 5 6 26 21 54 32 9 124 37.68 90.58
EnglandIan WhiteSecond round 2 6 5 24 20 51 32 13 113 35.82 90.33
EnglandKevin PainterSecond round 2 6 5 24 18 51 28 6 141 41.38 89.90
EnglandDave ChisnallSecond round 2 5 4 21 15 50 19 8 116 37.50 89.58
EnglandRonnie BaxterSecond round 2 3 5 15 19 36 15 7 106 31.91 89.56
AustraliaKyle AndersonSecond round 2 5 4 19 18 41 27 6 156 35.19 88.48
EnglandJamie CavenSecond round 2 6 6 26 22 60 27 8 127 32.50 87.92
BelgiumRonny HuybrechtsSecond round 2 4 4 16 15 40 20 4 104 41.03 87.64
WalesMark WebsterSecond round 2 3 5 13 19 41 19 8 125 23.64 87.50
GermanySascha SteinSecond round 3 4 5 22 21 61 28 7 120 34.92 84.77
AustraliaLaurence RyderSecond round 2 3 6 10 19 38 21 3 101 30.30 85.14
AustriaMensur SuljovićFirst round 1 1 3 9 11 40 10 3 120 60.00 98.91
EnglandWes Newton First round 1 2 3 13 13 38 18 4 130 34.21 94.61
EnglandWayne JonesFirst round 1 2 3 8 12 19 24 4 68 40.00 94.01
WalesGerwyn PriceFirst round 1 0 3 5 9 16 7 5 40 41.67 93.90
NetherlandsChristian Kist First round 1 1 3 7 9 21 8 3 136 46.67 93.63
EnglandJoe Cullen First round 1 1 3 9 11 27 15 4 161 47.37 93.14
Northern IrelandDaryl Gurney First round 2 1 3 11 14 27 15 7 108 42.31 92.45
EnglandAndrew Gilding First round 1 0 3 2 9 18 8 1 56 20.00 92.00
EnglandMervyn KingFirst round 1 2 3 13 14 32 25 3 120 39.39 90.67
EnglandDavid PallettFirst round 1 0 3 3 9 10 9 3 161 37.50 90.05
ScotlandJohn HendersonFirst round 1 2 3 9 12 30 13 4 101 27.27 89.13
GreeceJohn MichaelFirst round 2 1 3 10 11 35 12 2 120 52.63 87.92
WalesJamie LewisFirst round 1 1 3 5 11 17 10 3 141 45.45 87.75
Northern IrelandMichael MansellFirst round 1 0 3 5 9 15 10 5 101 33.33 87.65
GermanyJyhan ArtutFirst round 1 0 3 2 9 11 9 1 95 33.33 87.47
AustraliaSimon WhitlockFirst round 1 1 3 4 11 23 6 3 40 16.67 87.29
EnglandAndy SmithFirst round 1 0 3 2 9 16 9 2 75 14.29 86.66
EnglandJustin Pipe First round 1 2 3 7 10 22 9 2 116 29.17 86.28
CanadaDave Richardson First round 1 2 3 6 11 15 7 7 96 35.29 86.04
AustraliaPaul Nicholson First round 1 2 3 8 10 23 11 5 116 26.67 85.49
United StatesScott KirchnerFirst round 2 1 3 12 9 25 14 2 124 31.58 84.86
CanadaJohn Part First round 1 2 3 6 12 21 8 1 115 31.58 84.78
South AfricaNolan ArendseFirst round 2 0 3 4 9 22 4 0 60 28.57 84.27
ScotlandJason HoggFirst round 1 2 3 8 11 19 8 5 76 29.63 83.85
EnglandSteve BeatonFirst round 1 0 3 3 9 16 6 0 36 30.00 82.24
CroatiaRobert MarijanovićFirst round 2 1 3 7 13 21 7 4 52 25.93 81.59
AustraliaJohn WeberFirst round 1 1 3 4 10 18 5 1 128 50.00 79.86
AustriaRowby-John RodriguezFirst round 1 0 3 2 9 11 4 1 40 18.18 79.22
RussiaBoris KoltsovFirst round 2 1 3 7 11 21 6 4 60 36.84 78.71
NetherlandsRon MeulenkampFirst round 1 1 3 7 9 21 12 1 60 18.92 77.78
Netherlands Ryan de Vreede First round 1 0 3 3 9 15 1 2 56 27.27 75.24
EnglandStuart KellettFirst round 1 1 3 7 11 19 3 3 108 41.18 73.08
Hong KongScott MacKenziePreliminary round1 0 0 3 4 10 6 1 81 42.86 93.76
PhilippinesChristian Perez Preliminary round 1 0 0 0 4 6 1 2 – 0.00 89.90
FinlandJani HaavistoPreliminary round 1 0 0 1 4 6 3 1 48 50.00 83.77
NetherlandsJermaine WattimenaPreliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 12 3 0 64 20.00 82.77
Hong Kong Alex Hon Preliminary round 1 0 0 0 4 5 3 1 – 0.00 79.22
JapanHaruki MuramatsuPreliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 12 2 0 56 20.00 75.69
FinlandKim Viljanen Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 18 33.33 67.11
New ZealandMark McGrathPreliminary round 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 – 0.00 65.09

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.

England ENG Netherlands NED Scotland SCO Australia AUS Germany GER Wales WAL Northern Ireland NIR Belgium BEL Austria AUT Canada CAN Finland FIN Hong Kong HKG Spain SPA Croatia CRO Greece GRE South Africa RSA Russia RUS United States USA Japan JPN New Zealand NZL Philippines PHI Total
Final 1010000000000000000002
Semis 1210000000000000000004
Quarters 2330000000000000000008
Round 3 74300001000010000000016
Round 2 155322112000010000000032
Round 1 258553332220011111100064
Prelim. 01001010002211111111116
Total 259553332222211111111172

Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:[21]

Country Channel
United KingdomUnited KingdomRepublic of IrelandIrelandSky Sports †
NetherlandsNetherlandsRTL 7
GermanyGermanySport1/Sport1+
DenmarkDenmarkTV3 Sport1/TV3 Sport2
AustraliaAustraliaItalyItalyFox Sports
New ZealandNew ZealandSky Sport (New Zealand)
RomaniaRomaniaSport TV
Czech RepublicCzech RepublicSlovakiaSlovakiaHungaryHungarySport TV (Sport 1 and Sport2)
Arab worldOSN
BulgariaBulgariaScandinaviaBaltic statesViasat

† Sky Sports 3 was renamed as Sky Sports Darts for the duration of the tournament. The channel's coverage of the event was later named the Best Sports of Live Event Coverage at the Broadcast Digital Awards.[22]

Exhibition

The event also included a single-leg exhibition between two England cricket teammates – fast bowler James Anderson and opening batsman and Test captain Alastair Cook.[23]

Av.Player Score Player Av.
40.42James AndersonEngland0–1EnglandAlastair Cook41.75

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