| Champions League of Darts |
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The Champions League of Darts, the only PDC torunament on BBC, will be played on 19. - and 20. October in Leicester . The Top eight of the Order of Merit (on 28. July) take part.
Participants, Schedule Tournament Information |
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3. September
Coaching Clinic 55:
Flights and Shafts 
Dartoid in Thailand: Darts near the River Kwai 
Adam "Thorn" Smith still in Dominical :
"Flocks, Crocs And Oches" |
| Interview with Chuck Puleo |
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Chuck Puleo qualified for the PDC World Championship 2019 and together with Darin Young took part as Team USA ind the PDC World Cup. To the Interview |
17. October
Grand Slam of Darts
The PDC now announced the BDO representatives of this year's event. As in the last years it again will be eight players who get an invitation . this year two of them female players. Glen Durrant gat an invitation as BDO World Champion 2019 though he plays the PDC Circuit by now. BDO World Champion Mikuru Suzuki will take part as will Lisa Ashton who heads at the moment the BDO women's ranking. Beside Wesley Harms, Jim Williams, Richard Veenstra, Dave Parletti and Wayne Warren were invited who sit on places 1-5 of the BDO men's ranking.
Grand Slam of Darts - known participants
World Series of Darts Final
The field of participants of the World Series of Darts Final is complete.
The PDC invited Dave Chisnall, Nathan Aspinall, Simon Whitlock, Jermaine Wattimena, Danny Noppert, Kyle Anderson and Gabriel Clemens. By the qualifier yesterday qualified Jonny Clayton, Krzysztof Ratajski, Wayne Jones and Ricky Evans.
The final will be played from 1. - 3. November in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
WSOD Final
16. October
Players Championship Finals
After the last Players Championship of the year the participants of the Players Championship Finals in November in Minehead are known.
The PDC already published the first round draw. Reigning champion Daryl Gurney will begin his way to defend the title against Luke Woodhouse. Last year's runner-up Michael van Gerwen will play in the first round against Luke Humphries.
Participants, Draw
Wright wins last Players Championship of the year
With a 8:1 win over Krzysztof Ratajski Peter Wright wins the last Players Championship of the year. For Wright it was the third Players Championship title of the year. In the semi-finals stood Danny Noppert and Gerwyn Price.
Participants, Results
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated. The Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit are now after the conclusion of the Pro Tour on the final standings 2019.PDC Rankings
Pro Tour
15. October
Brendan Dolan Wins Players Championship 29
Brendan Dolan won for the second time this year a Players Championship - he defeated in the final of Players Championship 29 Ian White with 8:6. In the semi-finals stood Peter Wright and Ron Meulenkamp. Wright set in the quarterfinals with 123,5 a new record average for a live broadcasted darts match.
Participants, Results
Nordic and Baltic Tour
At the weekend two events of the Nordic and Baltic Tour were played in Vääsky in Finnland. Both events were dominated by Darius Labanauskas and Madars Razma who on both days reached the final. Event 7 won Darius Labanauskas, Event 8 by Madars Razma. The two players head the ranking.
During the weekend the qualifier for the first European Tour Event 2020 took place as well and the qualifier for the Youth World Championship was played. Daniel Larsson is the Nordic and Baltic Qualfier of the first event of the European Tour while Hampus Norrström and Axel Ljungquist will represent Scandinavia in the Youth World Championship.
Nordic and Baltic Tour
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit and the Nordic and Baltic Tour Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
WDF World Cup
Winners of the the singles title of the WDF World Cup were New Zealand's Darren Herrewini and Japanese Mikuru Suzuki - the reining BDO world champion. Both youth titles went to England: Keelan Kay and Beau Greaves are the new champions. The men's pairs won the Canadian pair David Cameron/Jeff Smith. The ladies pairs were won by the Japanese pair Mikuru Suzuki and Mayumi Ouchi. The boy's pairs won the English pair Brad Phillips/Keelan Kay,the girl's pairs won the English pair Beau Greaves and Shannon Reeves. The men's winning team came from Canada while the English ladies won the ladies team event The youth mixed pairs were won by the Czech pair Tomas Houdek and Anna Votavova. Overall points winners of the men were the Netherlands. Points winners of the ladies were England and the English Youth won the most points as well.
WDF Darts World Cup
14. October
Players Championships Barnsley
Today and tomorrow in Barnsley the Players Championships 29 and 30 will be played - the last two Players Championships of the year. For the players it is the last chance to qualify for the Players Championship Finals of to defend their Tour Cards. Participants, Results
Superleague Germany
At the weekend the last Super League weekend of the year was played in Bielefeld. Now the players are known who will take part in the play-offs. The play-offs will take place on 17. November and the winner will get a place in the PDC World Championship. As Gabriel Clemens is already qualified for the World Championship by the Pro Tour Order of Merit Manfred Bilderl - nineth in the table - gets a place in the play-offs. Nico Kurz goes into the play-offs as head of the table - he won 11 of his matches at the weekend. Nico Blum and Ricardo Pietreczko were relegated from Superleague as lasts of the table..
Participants Superleague, Table
12. October
Van Gerwen defends Title
With a 5:2 win over Dave Chisnall Michael van Gerwen defended his World Grand Prix title and is now a five times World Grand Prix Champion.
For van Gerwen it was a commanding win. He didn't make many mistakes while Chisnall missed some opportunities. All in all a deserved tournament win for the Dutchman who only was in serious trouble in his first round match against Jamie Hughes.
Report, Statistics Final
Barry wins Irish Matchplay
The only seventeen years old Keane Barry defeated with an unbelievable comeback Liam Gallagher in the final of the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay. With his win Barry - who plays the PDC Development Tour - secured himself a place in the PDC World Champion where he'll be probably this time the youngest participant.
Report, Statistics
11. October
World Grand Prix - Semi-Finals
Dave Chisnall and reigning champion Michael van Gerwen will meet tomorrow night in the final of the World Grand Prix.
Dave Chisnall defeated a still searching his A game Glen Durrant with 4:1. The last three sets of the match all were decided in a final leg in favour of Chisnall who won deservedly. Michael van Gerwen had in his semi-final only few problems with Chris Dobey who was not as strong on his doubles as in his previous matches - the reigning champion won with 4:0.
Results
Bericht, Statistics Semi-Finals
WDF World Cup
Today is the penultimate day of the World Cup and tonight the first finals will take place.
Here you can find the results from the quarterfinals to the finals:
WDF Darts World Cup
World Grand Prix - Quarterfinals
Chris Dobey, Dave Chisnall, Michael van Gerwen and Glen Durrant prevailed in the quarterfinals. Michael van Gerwen played with 94.64 the highest average of the night. Nevertheless he had in the early sets some problems against Mervyn King. Both players threw a 170 finish in the match. Chris Dobey showed a convincing performance against a far from his best Ian White. Surprisingly Dave Chisnall dominated the match against Nathan Aspinall. The last quarterfinal between Durrant and Jermaine Wattimena was a close match of two evenly match but on the night not really good players.
Results
Bericht, Statistics Quarterfinals
World Grand Prix
The fourth day of the World Grand Prix was another difficult day for the seeded players - Peter Wright and Rob Cross were elimnated from the event. Instead with Nathan Aspinall and Glen Durrant two debutants reached the quarterfinals. Beside Aspinall and Durrant Dave Chisnall and Jermaine Wattimena progressed into the next round.
Report, Statistics Day 4
9. October
World Grand Prix
Tonight the second round of the tournament will be played to the end - again four matches will take place.
In those among others Nathan Aspinall, Dave Chisnall, Rob Cross, Glen Durrant and Peter Wright will stand at the oche.
Results
8. October
World Grand Prix
On the third day of the event the first four second round matches took place.
From the seeded players only Michael van Gerwen survived the second round, James Wade, Michael Smith and Gary Anderson were eliminated. Debutant Chris Dobey impressed again and with the win over Anderson reached the quarter finals.
Tomorrow the other four matches of the second round will take place.
Results
Report, Statistics Day 3
WDF World Cup
Since Monday in Romania the WDF World Cup takes place with teams from fifty-one countries.
Here you can find all information:
WDF Darts World Cup
7. October
World Grand Prix
The first day of the World Grand Prix was played without upsets and all seeded players progressed into the next round though for reigning champion Michael van Gerwen and for Michael Smith it was hard work against Jamie Hughes and Simon Whitlock - both matches went into a deciding leg in the third set. Similar close was the match between Mervyn King and debutant Dimitri van den Bergh which King won in the end. With Chris Dobey one of the debutants reached the second round - he won 2:0 against Ricky Evans.
Today the first round will be played to the end.
Schedule, Results
Statistics Day 1
6. October
World Grand Prix
Tonight in Dublin the World Grand Prix will begin with the first eight matches of the first round. The World Grand Prix is the only Double In Double Out tournament of the PDC.
Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen will tonight open his World Grand Prix campaign against debutant Jamie Hughes. The event will be opened by the match between Ricky Evans and Chris Dobey - who is as well one of six tournament debutants.
Preview
Participants, Schedule, Results
WDF/BDO Rankings
All WDF/BDO Rankings were updated.WDF/BDO Rankings
5. October
Price and de Sousa win in Dublin
Gerwyn Price won the 27. Players Championship of the year and defeated in the final Krzystof Ratajski. The semi-finals reached Mensur Suljovic and Ryan Joyce. Jose de Sousa won today the 28. Players Championship with a 8:6 win over Glen Durrant. In the semi-finals today stood again Mensur Suljovic and yesterday's winner Gerwyn Price.
Results
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
Pro Tour
4. October
PDC Pro Tour
Today and tomorrow in the City West Hotel in Dublin the Players Championships 27 and 28 will be played in the forefront of the PDC World Grand Prix.
Again not all Tour Card holders have registeres. They will be replaced by players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
Participants, Results
European Championship
The PDC now annonced the schedule of the first and second round of the tournament. Reigning champion James Wade will play on the first evening his first round match against Jonny Clayton. Michael van Gerwen as well will play his first match on the first evening against Ross Smith. On the second day of the event the match between Gerwyn Price and Ted Evetts in the afternoon session will be the last match of the first round.
European Championship
30. September
Ratajski siegt in Gibraltar
Krzysztof Ratajski defeated in the final of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy Dave Chisnall with 8:2 and is the first player from Poland who wins a PDC European Tour event. In the semi-finals stood Nathan Aspinall - who elimanted in the third round reigning champion Michael van Gerwen - and Daryl Gurney.
Report Final
Statistics
World Grand Prix
The PDC by now published the draw and the schedule of the first and second round of the World Grand Prix.
Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen will play in his first round match against Jamie Hughes. Number two seed Rob Cross will play against Mensur Suljovic.
World Grand Prix
European Championship
After Gibraltar Darts Trophy all participants of the tournament are known. No German player will take part in the event which will take place this year in Göttingen in Germany. Michael Smith just managed to qualify. He ousted John Henderson who failed to qualify for the Gibraltar Darts Trophy
European Championship
PDC Challenge Tour
At the weekend in Wigan the last four events of this year's PDC Challenge Tour took place. Again with Callan Rydz, Ciaran Teehan, Kyle McKinstry and Mark Barilli there were four different winners.
After his win Rydz haeads the table and by this qualified for the PDC World Championship. Besides Rydz and the second placed Jesus Noguera were rewarded with a two years Tour Card.
Challenge Tour
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
European Tour
JDC Festival of Darts
Young Irishman Keane Barry was the most successful player of the JDC Festival of Darts in Gibraltar. He won the Dart Connect International Open and progressed into the Scott Farms International Junior World Championship.
JDC Festival of Darts - Results
28. September
Gibraltar Darts Trophy
On the second day of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy the seeded players entered the tournament.
Only one of them - Jonny Clayton - lost his match and his opponent Kim Huybrechts is the only unseeded player still in the tournmant.
All Host Nation Qualifier are out as well. The best average of the second round played Nathan Aspinall with 108.14.
On Sunday the tournament will be played to the end.
Participants, Schedule, Results
Statistics
27. September
Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Today in Gibraltar the last event of this year's European Tour will begin - the Gibraltar Darts Trophy.
As usually on the first day of the event the qualifiers will meet in an afternoon- and an evening session.
By the Host Nation Qualifier last night qualified David Francis, Antony Lopez, Dyson Parody and Justin Hewitt.
Participants, Schedule, Results
Statistics
24. September
JDC Festival of Darts 2019
Today in Gibraltar the JDC Festival of Darts 2019 will begin in which young dartplayers from 16 nations take part. Beside the PDPA Junior World Cup the DartConnect Junior International Open and the International Junior World Darts Championship will be played.
JDC Festival of Darts 2019
23. September
Results...
Winners of the BDO British Classic Single events were Dutchman Dennie Olde Kalter and Lisa Ahston. The British Open women's title won Lisa Ashton as well, the men's title won Wesley Harms. The men's pairs of the British Open won Scott Waites and Garry Thompson, the women's pairs the pair Lisa Ashton/Maria O'Brien.
Winners of the Catalonia Open were Kevin Doets and Sharon Prins - both from the Netherlands. The titles of the FCD Anniversary Open won Catalonian Carles Arola and Dutch Aileen de Graaf.
During a tournament weekend in Russia Roman Obukhov and Elena Shulgina won the Italmas Cup. Elena Shulgina won the ladies event of the Udmurtia Open as well. The men's event won Aleksey Kadochnikov. Winners of the Ukraine Open were Gabriel Pascaru from Romania and Ukraine Vitalina Moiseienko. The Kyiv Masters won Ukraine Oleksandr Mamyka and Russia's Ksenia Klockek. Both youth events of the Ukraine tournament weekend won Nikita Soltys.
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
Pro Tour
22. September
Gurney and Suljovic winin Barnsley
Winners of the two Players Championships at the weekend in Barnsley were Daryl Gurney and Mensur Suljovic.
Gurney won on Saturday the 25. Players Championship and defated in the final Nathan Aspinall. In the semi-finals stood Ian White and Michael Smith. For Gurney it was the first Pro Tour win of the year. Jeffrey de Zwaan threw in his match against Ron Meulenkamp a nine-darter.
On sunday Mensur Suljovic prevailed in the final over Ian White despite White throwing a nine-darter during the match. The semi-finals reached Steve West and Jonny Clayton. Besides White Rob Cross threw a nine-darter during the event.
Participants, Results
Gibraltar Darts Trophy
20. September
Pro Tour Weekend
Today in Barnsley another Pro Tour weekend will begin with the UK and the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier for the last European Tour Event of the year in Gibraltar. On Saturday and on Sunday the Players Championships 25 and 26 will - take place the last chance for the players to qualify for the World Grand Prix in Dublin.
Champions League
The PDC has now published the group draw and the draw for the first group matches of the Champions League.
Reigning Champion Gary Anderson, Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith and James Wade are in Group A, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price, Daryl Gurney and Rob Cross in Group B. Gary Anderson will play in his first group match against Michael Smith.
Participants, Draw
17. September
The Nine-Darter
The nine-darter or the perfect leg is the most spectacular performance a dart player can achieve. Though now-a-days comparatively a lot of nine-darters are thrown they are still far from common. Especially in the big TV tournaments they are still rare highlights - 2019 already 35 nine-darters were thrown on the PDC Circuit but none in one of the big TV events.The Nine-Darter
World Grand Prix
Before the European Championship the World Grand Prix in Dublin will take place. Only the two Players Championships next weekend offer the players the chance to still qualify for the tournament. It looks Raymond van Barneveld in his last year before his retirement will miss the World Grand Prix while some players including Jamie Hughes and three times BDO World Champion Glen Durrant will give their debut.
At the moment the list of participants in the World Grand Prix looks like this:
World Grand Prix
European Championship
Only one more European Tour will be played before the European Championship - the Gibraltar Darts Trophy. Next Friday in Barnsley the UK Qualifier and the West/South European Tour Card Holders Qualifier for Gibraltar will take place - the last chance for some players to qualify for Gibraltar. With a good run in Gibraltar several players still could snap a place in the European Championship. Among them are Kyle Anderson, Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld.
This is how the list of participantsin the European Championship looks at the moment:
European Championship
16. September
PDC World Championship
The regular season of the American CDC Magic Darts Championship Darts Circuit ended at the weekend with the Events 9 and 10. Darin Young won Event 9, Danny Baggish Event 10. After the end of the season the ranking is clear. Darin Young qualified as the number one of the ranking for the PDC World Championship as did Matt Campbell who sits as the highest ranked Canadian player in place two. Seigo Asada won the PDJ Japanese Qualifier. As he is already qualified Japanese Yuki Yamada gets by the Asian Tour Order of Merit a place in the PDc World Championship as Japanese qualifier.
PDC World Championship
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
European Tour
15. September
Price defends Title
Gerwyn Price wins the International Darts Open in Riesa with a 8:6 win over Rob Cross and defends his title. The final was a quite close match in which the lead changed several times. But both players could not keep up the great performances which they had shown in earlier matches in the tournament. The semi-finals reached Glen Durrant - for the first time on the European Tour - and Peter Wright.
Results
Statistics
Report Finals Day
International Darts Open
Today the tournament will be played to the end. In the afternoon the third round was played, tonight quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final will take place.
Michael Rosenauer was the only German player who survived the second round but he was elimnated third round by Glen Durrant. Four of the seeded players lost their second round matches - among them the number 1 seed Ian White. The highest average of the second round played Gerwyn Price with 106.20. In the third round Rob Cross was the most convincing player who defeated Joe Cullen - today finally with his own equipment - with 6:0.
Schedule, Results
Statistics
14. September
International Darts Open
On the second day of the event again an afternoon- and an evening session will be played. The winners of the first day will play against the seeded players.
On the first day there were no upsets and only a few outstanding perfomrances. From the home nation qualifiers only Michael Rosenauer and Steffen Siepmann survived the first round. The best game of the first day was the match between Kyle Anderson and Aaron Monk who both had an average over 95. It was won by Kyle Anderson. The highest average of the first day played Belgian Davy van Baelen with 103.66.
Schedule, Results
Statistics
13. September
International Darts Open
Today in Riesa the International Darts Open will begin - the penultimate event of this year's European Tour and the last in Germany.
On the first day the qualifiers will meet in an afternoon- and an evening session.
Michael van Gerwen and Dave Chisnall withdrew short notice so by the Host Nation Qualifier last night six places in the tournmanet were on offer. The qualifiers were Christian Jentschke, Mike Poge, Steffen Siepmann, Ole Luckow, Manfred Bilder and Michael Rosenauer who all will stand at the oche today. By the West/South Europe Associate Members Qualifier Davyd Venken and Mike de Decker qualified.
Participants, Schedule, Results
Statistics
12. September
Tournament Calendar amended
The PDC dates were added to the 2020 Tournament Calendar.Next year there will be one European Tour event less than this year and some of the sites changed. Trier, Budapest and Leeuwarden for the first time will be visited by the European Tour. The European Championship will return to Dortmund next year. Four of the Players Championships will be played in Hildesheim, two in Leeuwarden. The Development Tour will come for a weekend to Hildesheim as well. The Champions League of Darts and das World Series of Darts Finale will already take place in September - so October and November will be less packed. The Grand Slam will be played one week later as we are used to by now.
Provisional Tournament Calendar 2020
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
Pro Tour
Wade wins in Barnsley
James Wade won in Barnsley the 24. Players Championship of the year with an 8:6 win over Dave Chisnall. For Wade it was already the fifth Pro Tour win this year. The semifianls reached Scott Taylor - who replaced Michael van Gerwen on short notice - and Jamie Hughes. John Henderson threw against Ron Meulenkamp in the last 16 a nine-darter. Michael van Gerwen withdrew and probably will miss the European Tour event in Riesa this weekend as well.
Participants, Results
11. September
De Sousa wins PC 23
Jose de Sousa is the first ever player from Portugal who wins a PDC Players Championship. He defeated in the final Gerwyn Price with 8:1. De Sousa only got a PDC Tour Card in January and already reached the final of a Pro Tour Event for the second time. On his way into the final he defeated among others John Henderson, Jermaine Wattimena and Peter Wright who had elimated in the quarterfinals Michael van Gerwen. Peter Wright and Adrian Lewis stood in the semi-finals.
Participants, Results
Results..
During the BDO weekend in Selsey Anastasia Dobromyslova won both the Ladies Classic and the Ladies Matchplay. In the semi-finals of the England Classic she was the first woman ever who threw an over 100 average. She was rewarded for her achievement with 1000 pound. Lisa Ashton won the England Masters title. Scott Mitchell won the Mens Matchplay and the England Masters. Winner of the Mens Classic was Wesley Harms. Beau Greaves won the Girls Matchplay and was the youth overall winner, Charlie Manby was the winner of the Boys Matchplay. The BDDA Masters were won by Michael Callaghan, the BDDA Classic by Andrew Quinn.
Keane Barry and Liam Gallagher will play the final Irish Matchplay next month during the World Grand Prix in Dublin. Gallagher qualified as well together with Kieran Guina for the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship in November.
10. September
PDC Pro Tour
Today in tomorrow in Barnsley the Players Championships 23 and 24 will take place.
As always some Tour Card Holders - among them Mensur Suljovic, Robert Marijanovic and Carey Cadby - didn't register and are replaced by players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
Participants, Results
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
European Tour
8. September
Cullen wins European Darts Matchplay
Joe Cullen is the winner of the European Darts Matchplay in Mannheim. He defeated on his way into the final in the quarterfinals Glen Durrant, in the semi-finals James Wade and met then in the final Michael van Gerwen, who prevailed in the evening session first over Krzysztof Ratajski and then over Dave Chisnall. Cullen - who already showed strong performances against Durrant and Wade - had dominated the first legs of the finale and got a 5:2 lead with a 170 finish. Van Gerwen managed to draw 5:5 but Cullen didn't give in but took the next three legs for his first ever win on the European Tour.
Schedule, Results
Statistics
Report Final
European Darts Matchplay
The third day of the tournament started with the third round in the after-noon session in which the last two qualifers were eliminated from the event. Eliminated as well were despite again excellent performances Mensur Suljovic and Gerwyn Price. Suljovic lost against Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price against Glen Durrant who in the till now outstanding match of the tournament averaged over 110 and had a hitting rate on the doubles of over über 85 percent.
In the evening session quarterfinals, semi-finals and final will follow.
7. September
European Darts Matchplay
After the second round today all German players are out of the event. Max Hopp, Florian Hempel and Steffen Siepmann already lost their first round matches. Gabriel Clemens, Karsten Koch and Marvin Wehder didn't survive the second round. With the exception of Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall all seeds progressed into the third round. William O'Connor and Wayne Jones are the only qualifiers still in the tournament. Gerwyn Price and Mensur Suljovic both today played an average of over 100.
Tomorrow the tournament will be played to the end.
Schedule, Results
Statistics
6. September
European Darts Matchplay
Today in Mannheim the eleventh event of the European Tour will begin - the European Darts Matchplay.
As always in those events on the first day the first round will be played in an afternoon and an evening session in which only the qualifiers will stand at the oche.
By the Host Nation Qualifier last night Marvin Wehder, Florian Hempel, Steffen Siepmann and Karsten Koch qualified. By the West/South European Associate Members Qualifier Wesley Plaisier and Cody Harris got a place in the tournament.
Participants, Schedule, Results
Statistics
3. September
PDC World Championship
After good results on the last PDC Asia weekend Seigo Asada and Noel Malicdem joined Paul Lim and Lourence Ilagan as qualifiers for the PDC World Championship.
PDC World Championship
Results...
The titles of the BDO World Trophy won Lisa Ashton and Jim Williams. For Ashton - who defeated Anastasia Dobromyslova in the final - it was after 2015 and 2016 the third World Trophy titel. Jim Williams - who went as favourite in the tournament - defeated Richard Veenstra in the final.
The third event of the World soft-darts series was won by Paul Lim who now is placed second in the ranking behind Boris Krcmar. His opponent in the final was Jams Law from Hong Kong.
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
European Tour
2. September
Suljovic wins in Wien
To the delight of the Austrian crowd Mensur Suljovic won in Vienna the Austrian Darts Championship with a very narrow 8:7 win over Michael van Gerwen. For Suljovic it was the third European Tour title. Besides he could celebrate his first wins on stage ever in his hometown. The semi-finals reached Peter Wright and Vincent van der Voort.
Participants, Results
Statistics
Report Final
29. August
Dartitis
Years after his first article over dartitis from which he suffered himself Bob Johnson published a second article on Dr. Chaplin's newsletter. He kindly allowed me to use it on Globald Darts in my section "Dartitis" as well.RECOVERY FROM AND AVOIDANCE OF DARTITIS
Austrian Darts Championship
Tomorrow in Schwechat/Vienna the Austrian Darts Championship - the tenth event of the PDC European Tour - will begin.
As always on the first day of the event the qualifiers will clash, on the second das the seeded players will join the tournament and on the third day the tournament will be played to the end.
Tonight the Host Nation Qualifier and the West/South Europe Associate Members Qualifier will take place. Qualified by the Host Nation Qualifier Alex Steinauer, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Christian Goedl, Hannes Schnier und Dietmar Burger and by the West/South Europe Associate Members Qualifier Mike de Decker und Kevin Münch.
Participants, Results
Statistics
27. August
Results...
At the French Open in Bray Dunes Nick Kenny won the men's title. Deta Hedman won the ladies event. Winner of the French Classic was Adam Smith-Neale, winner of the women's event was Aileen de Graaf. The youth event of the French Open was won by Dutchman Danny Jansen.
Winners of the Japan Open were Katsuya Aiba and Mayumi Ouchi. The youth title won Sakuto Sueshige.
Winners of the long running Swedish Open were Swede Dennis Nilsson and Japanese Mikuru Suzuki. Lisa Ashton won the LDC Swedish Classic and Scotsman Gary Stone the Gents Swedish Classic.
25. August
Super League Germany
On the third weekend of Super League again Nico Kurz with 12 wins out of 14 matches one of the most successful players and put himself on the head of the table in front of Martin Schindler who lost only one of his matches. Gabriel Clemens, head of the table before the fourth weekend, had a pitchblack first day on which he lost all his matches. He now sits in third place of the table.
Super League Germany
PDC Nordic and Baltic Tour
The third weekend of the Nordic and Baltic Tour took place in Iceland. Darius Labanauskas and Marko Kantele won the two Pro Tour events.
Besides the Nordic and Baltic Qualifiers for the last three European Tour events of the year were played. Dennis Nilsson qualified for Mannheim, Daniel Larsson for Riesa and Cor Dekker for the last event in Gibraltar.
Nordic and Baltic Tour, Ranking
24. August
Van Gerwen wins in Hamilton as well
After his win in the Melbourne Masters last week Michael van Gerwen now won the New Zealand Darts Masters in Hamilton as well. He defeated in the final his fellow country man Raymond van Barneveld with 8:1. After his second World Seriess win van Gerwen now heads the World Series ranking. The semi-finals reached James Wade and Rob Cross. Gary Anderson was elimated in the quarterfinals by van Gerwen - he had two teeth removed before the match...
Results, Report Final, Statistics
Tournament Information, Ranking
15. August
World Series of Darts
Tomorrow the World Series of Darts travels to Mebourne.
The PDC today published the draw and the schedule of the first round. Reigning champion Peter Wright will play in his first match against Corey Cadby. Damon Heta, winner of the event in Brisbane, will play in his first round match as in Brisbane against James Wade.
The tournament will be streamed live on PDC TV. Start is 11.30 am British time.
Schedule, Results, Statistics
Tournament Information, Ranking
14. August
Provisional Tournament Calender 2020
Till now the PDC didn't publish the tournament calender for next year. But other organisations like the DDV, the BDO, the EDO and the WDF already published some dates which can be found in the tournament calender!Provisional Tournament Calender 2020
Results...
Wayne Warren and Astrid Trouwborst won the titles of the Antwerp Open, winners of the youth events were James Beeton and Lerena Rietbergen. In the on Sunday following Belgium Open siegten Nick Kenny and Aileen de Graaf were the winners. James Beeton again won the boy's title while Julie Berens won the girls event.
Winners of the New Zealand Open were Mark McGrath and Tina Osborne.
At the CDC weekend in Chicago both events had with Matt Campbell and Jeremiah Millar Canadian winners. For Campbell it was already the second win of the season.
12. August
Heta wins in Brisbane
Australian Damon Heta could celebrate his first PDC TV Title in Brisbane.
Heta, who heads the DPA Order of Merit, was on his 32. birthday the suprise winner in front of the Australian crowd. In the first round on the first day of the event he eliminated James Wade. On the second day he defeated in the quarterfinals Gary Anderson - who once again had problems to hit his doubles, in the semi-finals his fellow country man Simon Whitlock and in the final last year's winner Rob Cross. The final was a very close match in which Heta contrary to his opponent used his chances. Cross reached the final with wins against James Bailey, Raymond van Barneveld and Daryl Gurney. Gurney had elimanted in the quarterfinals Michael van Gerwen.
Results, Report Final, Statistics
PDC Challenge Tour
At the weekend in Wolverhampton four Events of the PDC Challenge Tour took place and there were four different winners: Cameron Menzies, Patrick Lynskey, Jesus Noguera and Callan Rydz. For Menzies and Noguera it were already the second win this year on the Challenge Tour and they now head the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
On Saturday Boris Koltsov threw a nine-darter, on Sunday Simon Preston.
Challenge Tour
9. August
More BDO News
A new MC and five new referees will stand on stage during the BDO World Trophy which will take place from 30. August to 1. September in Blackburn.
The new MC will be Paul Booth who among others was the MC of the League of Legends and accompanied many darts players through exhibitions. Best known of the new referees is John Fowler who once played darts himself but now works as MC and referee at tournaments and exhibitions. The other four new BDO referees all have some experience in local and regional tournaments. They are Garin Roderick, Josh Clough, Harry Smith and Kerrie Crompton, who will be the first ever official female referee on the BDO stage.
8. August
World Series of Darts
Tomorrow in Brisbane the first of three World Series events in Australia and New Zealand will begin.
Draw, schedule and participants are already known. Reigning Champion and World Matchplay winner Rob Cross will play in the first round against James Bailey, Gary Anderson will have to play against Corey Cadby - probably one of the most difficult oceanic opponents.
The tournament can be followed live on ITV4 Live and is streamed live by the PDC TV stream. Coverage will start at 7pm BST.
Schedule, Results, statistics
Tournament Information
Dartoids World
During a visit to Thailand Dartoid has a look at the famous River Kwai.
Darts near the River Kwai
6. August
BDO News
The BDO news start happening very fast at the moment.
The retirement of popular BDO MC Richard "Little Richard" Ashdown and all BDO referees caused a stir and fueled the fears of an ongoing BDO decline. Totally converse signals came from the BDO chairman who announced a new three years contract with the well-known Circus Tavern for the World Masters - and with One80 L-Style a new sponsor - and a new contract for the BDO World Championship which 2020 no longer will be played in the Lakeside Country Club but in the O2 Arena in London.
Details are not known yet. The World Master will be played from 23. - 28. October, the BDO World Championship from 4. - 12. January 2020.
Adam "Thorn" Smith travels on
Only one more day in Dominical - Thorn paddels the mangrove forest swamp before he spends the night at the dartboards of the San Clemente Bar.
"Flocks, Crocs And Oches"
Results...
In Luxembourg Aileen de Graaf won both the Luxembourg Open and the Luxembourg Masters. Matijn Kleermarker won the men's singles of the Luxembourg Open and Luc Peters the men's event of the Luxembourg Masters. Both girls events were won by Belgian Femke de Vuyst, the boys events were won by Englishman James Beeton(Open) and Dutch Pim van Bijnen(Masters).
Winners of the Mongolia Open were Gan-Erdene Sharavsambuu and Erdenechimeg Dondov. Erdenechimeg Dondov won the ladies singles of the Mongolia Masters as well while Baatarkhuyag Tsend won the men's event.
5. August
World Matchplay Gallery
Here it is finally - the gallery of the first and second round of the World Matchplay:
Gallery
Ratajski and Dolan win in Hildesheim
Krzysztof Ratajski and Brendan Dolan were the winners of the Players Championships in Hildesheim. Ratajski won on Saturday the 21. Players Championship and defeated in the final Dimitri van den Bergh. For Ratajski it was already the second Players Championship title this year. Van den Bergh for the second time stood in a final. The semi-finals reached Ian White and Danny Noppert. On Sunday Brendan Dolan for the first time in almost five years could celebrate a ranking title. He defeated in the final Jermaine Wattimena. Mensur Suljovic and Cody Harris stood in the semi-finals..
Results
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated.PDC Rankings
Pro Tour
2. August
Pro Tour Weekend Hildesheim
For a Pro Tour weekend the PDC travels to Hildesheim.
Today the UK/European Tour Card Holders Qualifiers for the European Tour Events 11 and 12 in Mannheim and Riesa take place. Tomorrow and on Sunday the Players Championships 21 and 22 will be played in the same venue.
Several tour card holders didn't register among them Michael van Gerwen - who said he will play no more Players Championships this year - and Gary Anderson.
Participants
European Tour Event 11
European Tour Event 12
1. August
"Let Us Entertain You"
On my last day at the World Matchplay the second round was played to the end. It was not as thrilling as the night before but quite interesting nevertheless.
Besides the World Matchplay this time a tourist attraction is in the focus which has quite a lot to do with entertainment - and as you perhaps can see in the picture on the sidelines with darts-: the Comedy Carpet.
"Let us entertain you"