The Masters
The Masters will take place from 28. - 30. January in the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The Top 24 of the PDC Order of Merit will take part.. Participants, Schedule First and Second Round Tournament Information

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24. January

PDC Challenge Tour

At the weekend the Challenge Tour started in Milton Keynes in the new season. Five events took place. Both events on Friday won Scott Williams who by this heads the ranking. On Saturday the winners were Steve Haggerty and Stu Wilson. The event on Sunday was won by Scotsman Jim McEwan.
PDC Challenge Tour



18. January

World Seniors Darts Championship

From 3. - 6. February in the Circus Tavern in Purfleet the World Seniors Darts Championship will take place. The 24 participants are known by now and schedule and draw were published as well.

Beside it was announced that the tournament will be part of a World Seniors Tour. More invitational tournaments and an Open Series will follow and the first participants are already known.
World Seniors Darts Championship
World Seniors Information



17. January

PDC Tour Card Holders 2022

After the PDC Qualifying School all Tour Card Inhaber of this year are known.
You can find them here:
Tour Card Holders 2022



16. January

PDC Qualifying School - Tour Cards for Josh Rock and Krzysztof Kciuk

At the Uk Qualifying School Northern Irish Josh Rock won the final on day 4 with 6:3 against his fellow countryman Nathan Rafferty and with it a Tour Card. In the semi-finals stood Ted Evetts and Matthew Edgar. By the UK Qualifying School Order of Merit Jamie Clark, Ted Evetts, Connor Scutt, Richie Burnett, Kevin Burness, Scott Waites, Nathan Rafferty, Cameron Menzies, John O'Shea, George Killington, Mickey Mansell, Nick Fullwell and Shaun Wilkinson won a Tour Card.
Krzysztof Kiuk won the final on the fourth day of the final stage of the European Qualifying School in Niedernhausen against Tony Martinez with 6:3 and got the last direct Tour Card. In the semi-finals stood Dragutin Horvat and Fabian Schmutzler. The eleven Tour Cards by the Order of Merit went to Mario Vandenbogaerde, Jules van Dongen, Kevin Doets, Tony Martinez, Danny Jansen, Radek Szaganski, Damian Mol, Jimmy Hendriks, Ricardo Pietreczko, Vladimir Andersen and Rowby-John Rodriguez.
Qualifying School Finale Phase, Report Day 4
Qualifying School Orders of Merit Final Standings



15. January

PDC Qualifying School - Final Stage Day 4

Today in Milton Keynes and in Niederhausen, Germany, the final stage ends with the fourth event. Again the respective winners of the day in both venues will get an automatic Tour Card.
Participants and Results of the final stage you can find under the following links:
UK Qualifying School 2022
EU Qualifying School 2022

Premier League - Change of Format

The PDC changes after seventeen seasons of the tournament this year the format completely. Instead of the so far used league format with home and away matches, a Judgement night in which two players are eliminated from the tournament and the Play-Offs in which the top four of the league ranking take part, this year on each of the sixteen league nights an event with quarterfinals, semifinals and final will be played. In this format as well the eight players taking part will face each other twice in the quarterfinals while on days eight and sixteen the players will face off again in a draw bracket based on the league table following Night Seven and Night 15 respectively.
According to the results the players will be awarded with ranking points: the night's winners will get five points and a 10 000-pound bonus, the runner-ups will get three points and the semi-finalists two points each. As before the top four of the ranking will take part in the Play-Offs.
Tournament Information

PDC Qualifying School - Montgomery and Peters win Tour Cards

On the third day of the Uk Qualifiying School Ross Montgomery defeated Jamie Clark in the final with 6:2 and got the dirct Tour Card of the day. John O'Shea and Kevin Burness stood in the semi-finals.
At the European Qualifying School in Niedernhausen Dutchman Luc Peters defeated Belgian Mario Vandenbogaerde 6:4 and got the automatic Tour Card. With Kevin Doets and Danny Jansen two more Dutchman reached the semi-finals.



14. Januar

PDC Qualifying School - Final Stage Day 3

Both in Milton Keynes and in Niederhausen, Germany, the final stage of Qualifying School continues with Day 3. Again the respective winners of the day in both venues will get an automatic Tour Card.
Participants and Results of the final stage you can find under the following links:
UK Qualifying School 2022
EU Qualifying School 2022

PDC Qualifying School -Tour Cards for Webster and Raman

In the Uk Qualifiying School on the second day of the final stage Darren Webster reclaimed with his 6:1 win over Scott Waites in the final his Tour Card, which he only lost end of last year. The reigning Youth World Champion Ted Evetts and Jamie Clark stood in the semi-finals.
At the European Qualifying School in Niedernhausen Belgian Brian Raman defeated in the final American Jules van Dongen 6:4 and got the automatic Tour Card. In the semi-finals stood German Lukas Wenig and Dutchman Kevin Doets.
Qualifying School Final Stage, Report Day 2



13. Januar

PDC Qualifying School - Final Stage Day 2

Both in Milton Keynes and in Niederhausen, Germany, the final stage of Qualifying School continues. Again the respective winners of the day in both venues will get an automatic Tour Card.
Participants and Results of the final stage you can find under the following links:
UK Qualifying School 2022
EU Qualifying School 2022

PDC Qualifying School - Wilson and Justicia win Tour Cards

In the Uk Qualifiying School on the first day of the final stage James Wilson reclaimed with his 6:1 win over Cameron Menzies in the final his Tour Card, which he had lost end of last year. The former Welsh world champion Richie Burnett and George Killington reached the semi-finals.
In European Qualifying School in Niedernhausen Jose Justicia reclaimed with a 6:0 win over Belgian Mario Vandenboagaerde his Tour Card which he had lost two years ago.Denmark's Vladimir Andersen and Dutchman Damian Mol stood in the semi-finals.
Qualifying School Final Stage, Report Day 1



12. January

PDC Qualifying School - Final Stage

Today both in Milton Keynes and in Niederhausen, Germany, the final stage of Qualifying School will begin. All in all 32 Tour Cards are on offer whereby the respective winners of the day in both venues will get an automatic Tour Card. The other Tour Cards werden will be awarded on a pro-rata basis to players from the UK/European Qualifying School Final Stage Orders of Merit after day four of the Final Stage.
Participants and Results of the final stage you can find under the following links:
UK Qualifying School 2022
EU Qualifying School 2022



11. January

PDC Qualifying School

Today is the last day of the first stage of Qualifying School. Both in Milton Keynes as Niederhausen eight players will progress direct into the finale stage of Qualifying School. Still open places in the 128 players field of the final stages of the two Qualifying Schools will be filled by the respective Q-School Order of Merit.
Participants and Results you can find under the following links:

EU Qualifying School 2022
UK Qualifying School 2022

The Masters

Danny Noppert has withdrawn from the Masters to remain with his partner for the birth of their first child.
Under the PDC rules he will be replaced by Simon Whitlock who now will play in his stead in the first round against Dirk van Duijvenbode.
Participants, Schedule First and Second Round



10. January

PDC Qualifying School

Yesterday this year's PDC Qualifiying School and both in Milton Keynes as Niederhausen, Germany, the first stage of the tournament is played.
By it those players qualify who will compete in the Final Stage from 12. January to win one of the 32 Tour Cards which are on offer this year.
Participants and Results you can find under the following links:

EU Qualifying School 2022
UK Qualifying School 2022



8. January

The Masters

The Masters will take place this year from 28. - 30. January in the Marshall Arene in Milton Keynes. The Top acht of the PDC Order of Merit are seeded in will enter the tournament in the second round.
The PDC now published the detailed schedule of the first and the second round. The tournament will be opened by the first round match between Gabriel Clemens and Krzysztof Ratajski. Reigning champion Jonny Clayton will begin his battle to defend the titel in the second round against the winner of the first round match between Dimitri van den Bergh and Ian White while the new world champion Peter Wright will play his first match against the winner of the all-Dutch first round match between Dirk van Duijvenbode and Danny Noppert.
Participants, Schedule first and second round

PDC Qualifying School

This year the PDC Qualifying School will again played as an UK and an EU Qualifying School. Both will be played in two stages whereby in the Final Stage beside the qualifiers from the first stage those players will take part who either lost their Tour Cards at the end of last year or who were ranked 2-8 in the Challenge Tour or Development Tour Orders of Merit at the end of last years season.
The first stage of both Qualifying Schools will take place from 9.- 11. January, the final stage afterwards from 12. - 15. January. For the first stage more then 650 players registered. In the final stage 32 Tour Cards are on offer.
Qualifying School 2022

Complete PDC Order of Merit before and after the World Championship

This year again you can compare the complete Order of Merit before and after the World Championship. In the PDC Order of Merit after the World Championship the current Tour Card holders and their position in the ranking are highlighted as are the players who will enter Qualifying School in the Final Stage.
PDC Order of Merit before and after the World Championship

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit was updated after the World Championship.
PDC Rankings



4. January

Wright wins second World Champion title

In a very evenly matched final Peter Wright won 7:5 against Michael Smith and got the World Champion title for the second time. Wright won the first two sets of the match but Smith managed to draw. In the next few sets it looked Smith was on the inside track till he was 5:4 in the lead. But with a 12-darter in the deciding leg Wright levelled 5:5 and he started a brutal final while Smith gave up. Wright won first the following set 3:0 for a 6:5 lead and lost in the next and last set only one leg before he hit with his first matchdart double 8 for the win.
Results
Report, Statisticsnew



3. January

PDC World Championship - Semi-Finals

On day 15 of the World Championship the two semi-finals took place. In the first semi-final Michael Smith had not too many problems to prevail 6:3 over James Wade who had a slow start in the match but managed to improve. In the second semi-final it was Peter Wright who had the much better start but Gary Anderson fought back strongly. In the deciding leg of the tenth set Wright kept his nerve and prevented that Anderson drew 5:5. Wright won 6:4.
Tomorrow night the final will take place in which Michael Smith will play against Peter Wright.
Results
Bericht, Statisticsnew



2. January

It is this time of the year - Christmas and New Year in Wales

In the last article we follow Gerwyn PRice, Jonny Clayton and the other already before Christmas eliminated Welsh players in their home country.
Though Wales is part of the United Kingdom it retained some standalone traditions.
It is this time of the year - Christmas and New Year in Walesnew

PDC World Championship - Day 14

The two sessions on the 14. day, in which two quarterfinals each were played, were completely different. The two quarterfinals in the afternoon were one-sided. James Wade won a from both players under par match against Mervyn King 5:0. After that a during the match improving Gary Anderson won 5:2 against Luke Humphries.
In the evening session both matches were hard fought. Peter Wright needed all his expercience to win 5:4 over debutant Callan Rydz. In the last quarterfinal Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith met and it was a very intense highclass match in which Price won a nine-darter but lost in the end 4:5 to Michael Smith.
In the semi-finals first Peter Wright and Gary Anderson will clash before James Wade will stand against Michael Smith at the oche.
Results
Statisticsnew



2. January

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 14

Quarterfinals Day at the Alexandra Palace!! Again a day with an afternoon-and an evening session and in each session two quarterfinals will be played
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Peter Wright v Callan Rydz Impartial: Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith
Today's Day's Specials: Only one unseeded player is still in the tournament - Callan Rydz. He is as well the youngest of those who stand at the oche today
What you should know as well: Five of the players in the quarterfinals are among the Top 10 of the PDC. Three of them already won one or more World champion titles, among them the reigning champion Gerwyn Price.
Schedule




Global Darts wishes everybody a Happy New Year!!!


31. December

PDC World Championship - Day 13

On the 13. day of the tournament the last six fourth round matches were played. Three of the matches were very close. Mervyn King and Luke Humphries had both to fight back from a deficit but both won in the end with 4:3 and progressed into the quarterfinals. Gary Anderson on the other side had to prevail against a comeback of his opponent Rob Cross to progress with the same result. Easy wins had Callan Rydz, James Wade and Peter Wright.
The tournament will continue on 1. January 2022.
Results
Report, Statisticsnew



30. December

It is time to meet the Players - Wales

Our final destination is Wales. Both in the BDO World Championships as in the the PDC World Championship over the years many players from Wales stood at the oche - not only the first World Champion Leighton Rees and the first Welsh PDC World Champion Gerwyn Price, who this year again is among the favourites to win the tournament.
It is time to meet the Players - Walesnew

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 13

Again a day with an afternoon-and an evening session - the fourth round will be played to the end. In each session three fourth round matches will take place
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite and Impartial: Gary Anderson v Rob Cross, Peter Wright v Ryan Searle
Today's Day's Specials: With Alan Soutar and Martijn Kleermaker two debutants will stand at the oche. Raymond Smith is the last non-European player in the tournament
What you should know as well: Four seeded and four unseeded players will stand at the oche. Three of the players today skipped the third round. Two of them will play against each other - Chris Dobey and Luke Humphries.
Schedule

PDC World Championship - Day 12

On day 12 first the third round was played to the end. As Dave Chisnall was out of the tournament after his positive Covid 19 test only three more third round matches were played which were won by Alan Soutar, Callan Rydz and Gary Anderson. Rydz had no problems against Aspinall who still was affected by his arm injury, but both Soutar and Anderson had to comeback from behind to win 4:3. Beside the first two matches of the fourth round were played. Gerwyn Price had against van Duijvenbode, who won the first set, easy sailing and won 4:1. The match between Jonny Clayton and Michael Smith developed in the so far best match of the tournament and was only won in the tie-break by Michael Smith.
Results
Report, Statisticsnew



29. December

Chisnall tested positive

With Dave Chisnall another player was tested positive for Covid 19. For him as well the PDC World Championship is over. His third round opponent Luke Humphries gets a bye and progresses into the next round. Now in the afternoon-session only two matches will be played.

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 12

Again a day with an afternoon-and an evening session. In the afternoon-session three third round matches will be played, in the evening session one third round and two second round matches
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Nathan Aspinall v Callan Rydz Impartial: Jonny Clayton v Michael Smith
Today's Day's Specials: Callan Rydz is with 23 years of age the youngest player still in the tournament and the only one of the young players who reached the third round.
What you should know as well: Scotsman Alan Soutar was probably the only player who worked in his job during the Christmas break. At least he was scheduled in the duty roster of the fire department in his home town Arbroath.
Schedule, Results

PDC World Championship - Day 11

On Day 11 of the PDC World Championship again only five third round matches were played. Some of them were hard fought. Mervyn King had in the first match no problems to whitewash Steve Lennon who just couldn't hit a double. Both Ryan Searle and Peter Wright already were 0:2 behind in their matches against Danny Noppert and Damon Heta. But both turned their match around and won in the end with 4:2. Martijn Kleermaker was able fo fought off Joe Cullen's fightback and progressed at his debut with a 4:3 win into the fourth round. Hardfought as well was the match between Rob Cross and Daryl Gurney which Cross won 4:3 with a 170 Checkout.
Results
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28. December

Van Gerwen tested positive

Michael van Gerwen this year's World Championship is over as well. He is the third player tested positive for Covid 19. His third round opponent Chris Dobey gets as did James Wade a bye and progresses into the next round.

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 11

Again a day with an afternoon-and an evening session. In each three third round matches will be played
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Ryan Searle v Danny Noppert Impartial: Rob Cross v Daryl Gurney
Today's Day's Specials: The last of the debutants still in the tournament will stand at the oche in the afternoon-session - Martijn Kleermaker. He will play against Joe Cullen. Kleermaker defeated till now John Michael and Simon Whitlock but his averages so far were lower than Cullens average at his win over Jim Williams
What you should know as well: The evening-session is a session in which three former World Champions will stand at the oche: Rob Cross, Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen. All three are among the favourites to win the event.
Schedule, Results
Statisticsnew



27. December

PDC World Championship - Day 10

On Day 10 of the PDC World Championship the first five third round matches were played. In the evening-Session only five matches took place as Vincent van der Voort had been tested positive for Covid 19 and his opponen James Wade got a Bye. Both in the afternoon - and in the evening-session one really thrilling match took place. In the afternoon Dirk van Duijvenbode defeated Ross Smith with a really remakable comeback with 4:3, in the evening-session the match between Gerwyn Price and Kim Huybrechts was hard fought and ended in a Sudden Death Leg, which the reigning champion managed to win. Other third round winners were surprise packet Raymond Smith, Jonny Clayton who just steamrolled his German opponent Gabriel Clemens and an impressive Michael Smith defeated William O'Connor
Results
Report, Statisticsnew

Van der Voort tested positive

Vincent van der Voort was tested for Covid 19 and and had to withdraw from the PDC World Championship. His third round opponent James Wade gets a bye and progresses into the next round.

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 10

The Christmas break is over and today the third round will begin. In both the afternoon-and the evening session three matches will be played
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Florian Hempel v Raymond Smith, Jonny Clayton v Gabriel Clemens Impartial: Gerwyn Price v Kim Huybrechts
Today's Day's Specials: With Florian Hempel one of two debutants still in the tournament will stand at the oche. He certainly has a chance to progress against Australian Raymond Smith even one round further...
What you should know as well: Raymond van Barneveld was tested positive upon Covid 19 and is in quarantine. As he is already out of the tournament the World Championship will go ahead as scheduled. Whether other players are affected is not yet known.
Schedule, Results
Statisticsnew



24. Dezember



Global Darts wishes Everybody a Merry Christmas!!!

PDC Weltmeisterschaft - Day 9

On the ninth day of the tournament the second round was played to the end. In the afternoon-session Callan Rydz played the outstanding match and Brendan Dolan had despite an average of 100 no chance. Mensur Suljovic started strong in his match but couldn't get rid of Alan Soutar. Suljovic all in all misssed eight matchdarts, the match went into the tie break and Soutar managed to win. Other winners in the afternoon-session were Damon Heta and Jose de Sousa. In the evening the highly anticipated match between Rob Cross and Raymond van Barneveld was unexpected one-sided - van Barneveld missed a lot of doubles - and Cross won 3:1. Gabriel Clemens didn't show a great performance but won with 3:0 against a weak Lewy Williams. Hard fought war the match between Chris Dobey and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, who was first in the lead, but lost in the end 2:3. Danny Noppert had in the first match of the night an easy 3:1 win over Jason Heaver.
Results
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23. December

It is this time of the year - Christmas on the Philippines

In today's article we will follow Lourence Ilagan in his home country and have a look at what will await him over the next days.
The Philippines are a Christian country which means Christmas is really big and it is so important that the Christmas time is much longer than anywhere else around the world.
It is this time of the year - Christmas on the Philippinesnew

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 9

Today is the last day before the Chrismas break and the last day of the second round. Again an afternoon- and an evening session will be played. In each four second round matches will take place.
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Gabriel Clemens v Lewis Williams. Impartial: Rob Cross v Raymond van Barneveld
Today's Day's Specials: With Alan Soutar, Jason Heaver, Lewy Williams and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez four of this year's debutants will play their second round matches.
What you should know as well: Today it looks like a somehow cobbled together day of darts and again it could be a little bit patchy. But some matches definitely have some potential - all will depend on the seeded players and whether they will be able to show their A game. To a certain degree it is a German-Austrian day today - one German and two Austrians will stand at the oche.
Schedule

PDC World Championship - Day 8

The eighth day of the World Championship was not really a highclass day but at least we did see beside a row of one-sided matches three hard fought ones. Joe Cullen prevailed 3:2 over Jim Williams, Nathan Aspinall survived a close match against Joe Murnan and Dirk van Duijvenbode won in the Tie-Break against Boris Koltsov in a match in which both players had problems to find the doubles. One-sided wins got William O'Connor against Glen Durrant, Luke Humphries against an astonishing scrappy Rowby-John Rodriguez, a strong playing Ryan Searle against William Borland, Kim Huybrechts against Steve Beaton and Martijn Kleermaker against Simon Whitlock. With Glen Durrant and Simon Whitlock two more seeded players were eliminated.
Results
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22. December

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 8

Today again an afternoon- and an evening session will be played. In each four second round matches will take place
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Ryan Searle v William Borland. Impartial: Luke Humphries v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Today's Day's Specials: William Borland already threw a nine-darter in his first round match. Should he reapeat this today in his second round match against Ryan Searle he will be awarded with a 100 000 pound bonus which the sponsor Selco offers for the first player to hit two nine-darters in the event
What you should know as well: Today three players will stand at the oche whose form is unpredictable - Nathan Aspinall, Glen Durrant and Dirk van Duijvenboden. So we could see both - a thrilling day of darts or a heavy-going one.
Schedule



21. December

PDC World Championship - Day 7

Today in the afternoon-session the first round ended with 3:0 wins for Lewy Williams and Jason Lowe. After that two second round matches followed. The first one Mervyn King won with an unbelievable comeback 3:2, in the second Dave Chisnall got the third 3:0 win of the day.
In the evening-session German Florian Hempel caused the so far biggest upset of the tournament- he defeated with a good performance and an astonishin hitting rate on the doubles of 75 percent the number five seed Dimitri van den Bergh with 3:1. Beside Vincent van der Voort defeated Adam Hunt 3:0, a result which not really reflects the match, Michael Smith stormed with the highest average of the day of 106.32 to a 3:0 win over Ron Meulenkamp and in the last match of the night Australien Raymond Smith defeated surprisingly clear Devon Petersen with 3:0. In round three he will play against Florian Hempel.
Results
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It is time to meet the Players - Dart on the Philippines

We travel on to the Philippines. With Lourence Ilagan yeasterday against Raymond van Barneveld the Philippine Qualifier stood on stage. Ilagan is well known but beside him already a number of other darts players from the Philippines took part in the PDC World Championship and the PDC World Cup.
It is time to meet the Players - Dart on the Philippines 1new

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 7

Today again an afternoon- and an evening session will be played. In the afternoon-session the last two first round matches and two second round match will be played. Tonight four second round matches will take place
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Dimitri van den Bergh v Florian Hempel. Impartial: Mervyn King v Ryan Joyce
Debutant of the Day: Toyokazu Shibata, Lewy Williams
Today's Day's Specials: Young Welshman Lewis "Lewy" Williams impressed Richie Burnett, the Prince of Wales, in the UK Open 2021 so much that Burnett awarded him his nickname. So we've now two Princes of Wales...
What you should know as well: The second round matches tonight are very international - the two Englishmen will play against two Dutch players and we will see one Belgian, one German, one South African and one Australian as well
Schedule, Results
Statisticsnew

PDC World Championship - Day 6

Raymond van Barneveld had in his eagerly awaited match against Lourence Ilagan no problems at all to prevail and showed an assured performance with the highest average of the night with 96.70. He won 3:0. The other three matches were a little bit one-sided as well and were all won 3:1. Luke Woodhouse and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez played convincingly in their first round wins. James Wade's performance in his second round match was far from great. He won the first two sets outclassing his opponent Maik Kuivenhoven but after that just ticked over. Nevertheless he got over the finishing line first.
Results
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20. December

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 6

Only an evening-session will take place today. Three first round and one second round will be played.
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez v Ben Robb Impartial: Raymond van Barneveld v Lourence Ilagan
Debutant of the Day: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Today's Day's Specials: Lourence Ilagan will already play for the sixth time in the PDC World Championship. So far he he missed to win a first round match. His best international result stayed reaching the semi-finals of the World Masters in 2009.
What you should know as well: Raymond van Barneveld had ended his career emotionally after he lost his first round match in the PDC World Championship 2020 and returned his Tour Card. But 2021 he registered for Qualifying School, won back his Tour Card and qualified by the Pro Tour Order for the PDC Weltmeisterschaft 2021/22. He is not among the favourites to win though...
Schedule

PDC World Championship - Day 5

In the afternoon-session on the fifth day of the tournament with Stephen Bunting another seeded player was eliminated in his second round match - he lost 2:3 to Ross Smith, who had with 94.34 the highest average of the afternoon. Beside the two debutants Jason Heaver and Alan Soutar and Maik Kuivenhoven won their matches.
In the evening with Martijn Kleermaker and Florian Hempel two more debutants won - Hempel the all German clash with Martin Schindler, who just couldn't keep up. In the third match of the night Steve Beaton and Fallon Sherrock met. Though Sherrock showed another good performance she lost in the end 2:3 against a confident looking Beaton. The last match of the night was the so far best match of the tournament in which young Irishman Keane Barry and Jonny Clayton faught an uphill battle in the first four sets. Only in the last set Barry couldn't quite keep pace and Jonny Clayton won the match which impressed with a lot of high finishs with the so far highest average of the tournament of 103.7.
Results
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It's time to meet the players: Interview with John Michael

Even though Global Darts again this year will not be live in London, there will be some articles to go along with the World Championship and which will go into the internationality of the event. Beside they will provide a little bit of Christmas spirit.
Today we travel to Greece - John Michael, the only Greek darts player in the PDC, kindly answered me a few questions.
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19. December

It is this time of the year - Greece

In the first article we travel - to match our interview with Greek dartsplayer John Michael - to Greece.
Some things of the Christmas season are similar to what we are used to, but there are big differences as well.
It is this time of the year - Greecenew

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 5

Again an afternoon- and an evening-session will take place. In both sessions each time three first round and one second round will be played.
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Florian Hempel v Martin Schindler. And Steve Beaton v Fallon Sherrock, Impartial: Jonny Clayton v Keane Barry
Debutants of the Day: Ky Smith, Jason Heaver, Alan Soutar, Florian Hempel, Martijn Kleermaker
Today's Day's Specials: Martijn Kleermaker was supposed to make his debut last year. But after a positive Covid test he had to stay at home.
What you should know as well: Yesterday London declared 'major incident' due to the Omicron rise. It is not yet known whether it will affect the PDC Wrold Championship.
Schedule, Results
Statisticsnew

PDC World Championship - Day 4

The fourth day of the World Championship not as thrilling as the days before as most of the matches were too one-sided. The best average played Rowby-John Rodriguez at his easy 3:0 win over Nick Kenny with 97.50. Callan Rydz and Adam Hunt won their matches as well with 3:0. All other matches including the second round matches were won with 3:1. The winners were Ross Smith, Mike de Decker, Ian White, Ted Evetts and Michael van Gerwen. In the afternoon-session Darius Labanauskas threw at his defeat against Mike de Decker a nine-darter.
Results
Statisticsnew



18. December

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 4

Again an afternoon- and an evening-session will take place. In both sessions each time three first round and one second round will be played.
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Ted Evetts v Jim Williams, Impartial: Michael van Gerwen v Chas Barstow
Debutant of the Day: Still Chas Barstow and Jim Williams
Today's Day's Specials: Nick Kenny was a successful youth player who won in 2010 the WDF Europe Cup Youth. He was quite secessful on the PDC Development Tour as well but decided to first stay in the BDO. Three times he qualified for the BDO World Championship before he finally switched to the PDC. This year he takes part for the second time in the PDC World Championship.
What you should know as well: Today with Jamie Hughes, Darius Labanauskas, Chris Landman, Jim Williams and Nick Kenny five former BDO players will stand on stage.
Schedule

PDC World Championship - Day 3

On the third day of the tournament again a first round match was the match of the day. It was a match in which history was written World Championship as debutant William Borland won the hard fought and thrilling match against Bradley Brooks with a nine-darter. In the first second round match of the day Steve Lennon caused the so far biggest upset of the event when he eliminated number 11 seed Krzysztof Ratajski 3:1. Beside we did see 3:0 wins for Peter Wright, the other seeded player of the day, Boris Koltsov and Ross Smith, two good and close matches which ended with 3:2 wins for Ryan Joyce and Keane Barry and a 3:2 win for Joe Murnan over Paul Lim in the so far weakest match of the tournament.
Results
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17. December

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 3

Today again an afternoon- and an evening-session will take place. In both sessions each time three first round and one second round will be played.
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: William Borland v Bradley Brooks but as well Joe Murnan v Paul Lim, Impartial: Krzystztof Ratajski v Steve Lennon
Debutant of the Day: William Borland, Roman Benecky
Today's Day's Specials: After we did see yesterday with Fabian Schmutzler the youngest participant in the World Championship we'll see today with Paul Lim the oldest
What you should know as well: Boris Koltsov will already stand for the fourth time on the Alexandra Palace stage. So far he always lost his first match.
Schedule, Results
Statisticsnew

PDC World Championship - Day 2

On the second day of the PDC World Championship all in all six first round and two second round matches were played. Some of today's first round matches were rather one sided - three of them ended 3:0, among them the match between Ron Meulenkamp and Lisa Ashton, the so far weekest match of the event, in which four time wolrd champion Ashton played far under par and only won two legs.
In the afternoon the second round match between Daryl Gurney and Ricky Evans was the best match - Gurney won it 3:1. The match of the day was the first first round match of the evening session in which William O'Connor and Dan Lauby went head to head till O'Connor managed to cross the finishing line first. In the second round match between Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis Anderson had now problems to prevail 3:1.
Results
Report, Statisticsnew



16. Dezember

It's time to meet the players: Interview with John Michael

Even though Global Darts again this year will not be live in London, there will be some articles to go along with the World Championship and which will go into the internationality of the event. Beside they will provide a little bit of Christmas spirit.
Today we travel to Greece - John Michael, the only Greek darts player in the PDC, kindly answered me a few questions.
John Michael Interviewnew

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 2

On the second day of the PDC World Championship an afternoon- and an evening-session will take place. In both sessions each time three first round and one second round will be played.
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite: Ryan Meikle v Fabian Schmutzler, Impartial: Gary Anderson v Adrian Lewis
Debutant of the Day: After not a single debutant yesterday we will see five today: Chas Barstow, Scott Mitchell, Chris Landman, John Norman Jnr and Fabian Schmutzler
Today's Day's Specials: Today astonishing four former world champions will stand on stage: Scott Mitchell, Gary Anderson, Adrian Lewis and not to forget Lisa Ashton, who won four world champion titles
What you should know as well: Today is a really international day: one player from Northern Ireland, two from the Republic of Ireland, one American, one Canadian, one German, one Latvian, one Scotsman, two Dutch and six Englishmen will stand at the oche
Schedule

PDC World Championship - Day 1

The first night of the PDC World Championship surprised with thrilling and highclass matches. Reigning champion Gerwyn Price was forced by a secure Ritchie Edhouse to play like a world champion and had with 101.28 the highest average of the night. The first round match between Adrian Lewis and Matt Campbell was as well highclass and thrilling, Lewis improved and won 3:1. Ricky Evans had no pressure at all and only needed a little more than 20 minutes for his 3:0 win over Nitin Kumar.
Report, Statisticsnew



15. December

WDF News

Due to the world wide spreading Omicron variant of the Corona virus the WDF not only postponed the Dutch Open but the WDF World Championships as well.
The Dutch Open are now rescheduled from 10. - 12. June, the WDF Wolrd Championships will move to the 2. - 10. April. Details relating to the tournament draw and playing schedule will be clarified in due course.
Tournament Calendar 2022

PDC World Championship - Five Minutes Analysis Day 1

Today the PDC World Championship 2021/22 will begin in London's Alexandra Palace.
Match of the Day: Personal Favourite Adrian Lewis v Matt Campbell, Impartial probably reigning champion Gerwyn Price v Edhouse/Hudson
Debutant of the Day: None...
Today's Day's Specials: Peter Hudson is the most surprising and sure most short notice participant - he only moved up yesterday for the Chinese qualifier Lihao Wen who had problems with his Visa and couldn't travel in time
What you should know as well: Only an evening session will be played with three first round and one second round match.
Schedule, Results

PDC World Championship - PDC Preview

The PDC has a view at the World Championship which will begin tonight.
In the preview reigning champion Gerwyn Price, Fallon Sherrock, Peter Wright und Michael van Gerwen have their say.
PDC Preview



14. December

PDC World Championship

Chinese qualifier Lihao Wen has some issues with his visa and had to withdraw from the World Championship. He will be replaced by Peter "Rock" Hudson.
PDC World Championship

Some Data...

The PDC collected some data of this year's World Championship. Globaldarts added some more...
Some Data!

PDC World Championship

Tomorrow in the Alexandra Palace in London the PDC World Championship 2021/22 will begin. From 15. December till 3. January 2022 in 95 matches the next World Champion will be determined, who could wll be the reigning champion...Here a preview on the 16 days of darts which are ahead of us.
The height of the season is near!



13. December

More Additions Who is Who

Today follow some of the missing participants in the WDF World Championships 2022.
Added were: Thibault Tricole, Scott Marsh, Mike Warburton, Andy Baetens, Aaron Turner, Aleksey Kadochnikov, Veronika Ihasz, Shawn Burt, Jim McEwan and Luke Littler.



11. December

Addtions Who is Who

As every year befor the World championships some additions to the Who is Who are necessary. Today it will be to begin with most missing players of the PDC World Championship 2021/21.
Added were: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Ky Smith, John Norman Jnr, Roman Benecky, Lihao Wen, Fabian Schmutzler, Ben Robb and Chas Barstow.

WDF World Championships

The WDF now published the detailed schedule of both the women's and the men's World Championships.
The opening match of the World Championships will be on 1. January 2022 the match between the three times BDO World Champion Martin Adams and Jarred Cole. The first match of the women's event will be the match between Paula Jacklin and Rhian O'Sullivan.
Schedule

PDC World Championship

After a positive Covid 19 test Spaniard Juan Francisco Rodriguez was ruled ouf of the PDC World Championship. He will be replaced by the Australian Tour Card holder Gordon Mathers.
PDC World Championship



8. December

WDF World Championships

Yesterday the draw for the First and Second Rounds of the WDF World Championships 2022 took place. The last BDO World Champion, Wayne Warren, will meet in his first match the winner of the first round match between Lee Shewan and Jordan Brooks treffen. The reigning women's champion, Mikuru Suzuki, plays in her first round match against Laura Turner. In the second round Aileen de Graaf would wait for her.
Draw First and Second Rounds



7. December

WDF World Championships

At the weekend in England and in the Netherlands the qualifiers for the WDF World Championships took place. For the women's world championship in Assen Dutch Marjolein Noijens qualified, for the men's event Dutchman Ryan de Vreede and Belgian Mario Vandenbogaerde. For the girls event German Wibke Riemann qualified and for the boys event beside Dutch Bradley Roes German Luis Liptow was successful.
In Lakeside in England Welsh Rhian O'Sullivan qualified, the two Englishmen Jarred Cole and Johnny Haines and for the youth events Eleanor Cairns and Leighton Bennett and Charlie Large - all from England.
Beside after Warren Parry and Donovan Lottering now Jeremy Fagg, Landon Gardiner and Roman Obukhov withdrew from the World Championship. They will be replaced by American Kevin Luke, Scotsman Shaun McDonald and Englishmen Jordan Brooks. Wendy Harper had already withdrawn and was replaced by Desi Mercer. Fallon Sherrock has declinded the invitation to the tournament. So Lorraine Winstanley moves up into the seeded players while Vicky Pruim is new in the field of participants.
WDF World Championships

PDC World Championship

There was a first cancellation for the PDC World Championship as well - African Charles Losper has withdrawn due to problems with his visa. He will be replaced by Belgian Mike de Decker.
PDC World Championship



2. Dezember

PDC World Championship

The PDC now published the detailed schedule of the first and second round of the tournament. As always the rigning champion wil play his second round match already on the first night of the tournament - Gerwyn Price will play against the winner of the first round match between Ritchie Edhouse and the Chinese qualifier Lihao Wen, which will open the tournament. In the last match of second round on 23. December in the evening session Chris Dobey will meet the winner of the first round match between Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and the New Zealand qualifier Ben Robb.
Schedule First and Second Round

WDF World Championships

With the exception of those players who will qualify by the two qualifiers in the Netherlands and in England on the 5. December the fields of participants for the tournaments are now complete.
How they look you can find here:
WDF World Championships



30. November

PDC World Championship

Yesterday the Tour Card Qualifier for the PDC World Championship took place and James Wilson, Boris Krcmar and Nicky Kenny secured a place in the tournament.
Now the fireld of participants is complete and the draw for the first and second round of the tournament already took place.
Draw first and second round
Participants



29. November

Wright wins Players Championship Finals

With a very narrow 11:10 win over Ryan Searle Peter Wright won his first Players Championship Title. Peter Wright before won in the Last 8 against reigning champion Michael van Gerwen with 10:6 and in the semi-finals a one sided match against Jonny Clayton with 11:6. Clayton experienced a lot of double trouble. Ryan Searle reached his first TV Final with a hard fought 10:9 win over Daryl Gurney in the quarterfinals and an easy 11:6 win against Brendan Dolan in the semi-finals.
Results
Statistics
Report Finalnew

Evetts newly crowned PDC Unicorn World Youth Champion

24 years old Ted Evetts is the new PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship. He defeated in the final of the event which was played on the big stage in Minehead Nathan Rafferty with 6:4. Evetts took part for the seventh and for him last time in the tournament.
As Evetts is already qualified by the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit today three places are on offer in the Tour Card holders Qualifier for the PDC World Championship.
Report Finalnew
Resultsnew



28. November

Players Championship Finals

Today the tournament in Minehead will be played to the end. In the afternoon-session the quarterfinals will take place. In the evening-session semi-finals and final will be played.
Between the semi-finals and the final Nathan Rafferty and Ted Evetts will meet in the final of the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship on the Minehead stage.
Results

Players Championship Finals - Day 2

On the second day the rounds two and three of the tournament were played. Responsible for the biggest upset of the day was Brendan Dolan who won in the third round 10:8 in a slightly arduous match over Gerwyn Price. All in all many of the players looked a bit worn out - might be they were affected by the chilliness of the venue. Really exiting was the last match of the night - and the third round - in which Luke Humphries got 9:8 in front with a great comeback but then lost 9:10 to Jonny Clayton.
Results
Statistics



27. November

Players Championship Finals

Today the tournament in Minehead will continue. In the afternoon-session the second round will be played, in the evening-session the Last 16 matches will take place - all again on two boards per session.
Reigning champion Gerwyn Price will play on the main stage against German Martin Schindler. But in the limelight will be the clash between Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld.
Schedule, Results
Statistics



26. November

Players Championship Finals - Day 1

Today in Minehead the first round of the tournament was played. In an afternoon and an evening session the first round took place - both sessions played on two boards each. So far there were no big upsets - all top players won their matches though an under par playing Jonny Clayton had to fight hard to beat Alan Tabern in the last match of the day.
Results
Statistics
Report Day 1new



25. November

PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship

All participants in the tournament were confirmed by the PDC.
The complete tournament will be played this year on a single day in Minehead. The final will be played in the evening session of the Players Championship Finals between the semi-finals and the final. The group draw for the first round didn't take place yet.
PDC Unicorn Youth World Championship



24. November

Players Championship Finals

Jamie Hughes got a positive Corona test result and can't take part in the tournament.
He will be replaced by Jelle Klaasen.

World Seniors Darts Championship

After the qualifiers for the tournament took place, the field of participants now is complete. The tournament is planned to take place from 3. - 6. February 2022. Richie Howson and Kevin Burness qualified.
World Seniors Darts Championship



22. November

Players Championship Finals

The PDC published the detailed schedule of the first round of the tournament which will begin next Friday. The match between Ryan Searle and Simon Whitlock will open the tournament in the afternoon-session on the main stage. Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen will play his first match as well on the main stage but during the evening-session.
Participants, Schedule First Round

PDC World Championship

At the weekend several more qualifiers for the PDC World Championship took place. By the South-West Europe Qualifier Spaniard Juan Francisco Rodriguez qualified, he will give his debut. By the South East Qualifier once again Greece John Michael qualified for the PDC World Championship. The winner of the CDC Continental Cups Canadian Jeff Smith as well gets a place in the PDC World Championship. As Smith was already qualified by the Pro Tour Order of Merit another player of the the Pro Tour Order of Merit will move up.
Schedule
Participants on 21. November

WDF World Championships

The fields of participants for the WDF World Championships fills as well.
How they look at the moment you can find here:
WDF World Championships

WDF News...

Due to new Corona regulations the WDF World Open in Assen was cancelled. The qualifiers for the WDF World Championships will be played nervertheless on 5. December.
The Canadian Klondike Open were won by Shawn Burt and Darlene van Sleeuwen. Winners of the youth events were Nathan Osmond and Kylie Chapman. The Virginia Classic were won by Leonard Gates who threw a nine-darter in the quarterfinals - and Marliese Kiel. Winner of the youth event was Ryan Avellino.
Deta Hedman won in Budapest both the Hungarian Classic and the Hungarian Masters. The men's event of the Hungarian Masters won Aleksey Kadochnikov, winner of the Hungarian Classic was Mark Barilli. The titles of both girl's events went to Aleksandra Zemtsova. The boy's events were won by Adam Sepsi and David Dobos (Hungarian Masters).

Tournament Calendar 2022

The dates of the European Tour Qualifier were added.
Provisional Tournament Calendar 2022new

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit was updated after the Grand Sla.
PDC Rankings

WDF Rankings

All WDF Rankings were updated.
WDF Rankings



21. November

Price wins Grand Slam

Gerwyn Price defeated in the final of the Grand Slam of Darts Peter Wright with 16:8 and for the third time won the title. Price dominated the final against a tired looking Wright from the start. Price performed in bestform in contrast to his opponent. Only near the end of the match Price made a few mistakes and was no longer so clinical on his doubles but Wright only managed with a 155 finish from nowhere to reduce the gap to 8:15 before Price completed his win in the next leg with a double 12.
Report, Statistics - Finals Daynew

Grand Slam of Darts - Finals Day

In the afternoon the two semi-finals of the tournament took place. In the first semi-final Gerwyn Price was clearly dominant and showed a convincing performance to win 16:9 over James Wade who near the end of the match had a short run and won a few legs in a row. The second semi-final was much closer but first nevertheless a slightly dull affair. Michael Smith was till his 12:8 lead the better player. But suddenly and surprisingly Peter Wright woke up and played eight really strong legs in a row by which he won 16:12 and secured himself the place in the final against Gerwyn Price.
Results

Grand Slam of Darts

Today the Grand Slam of Darts will be played to the end in Wolverhampton. In the afternoon-session the semi-finals will take place, in the evening-session the final will be played.
The semi-final between James Wade and Gerwyn Price will open the afternoon. After that in the second semi-final Michael Smith and Peter Wright will meet.
Schedule



20. November

Grand Slam of Darts - Day 8

Tonights quarterfinals were highclass and thrilling as well. In the first match Michael Smith kept his nerve and defeated Michael van Gerwen with 16:13. Smith won the first five legs of the match and managed to keep van Gerwen at distance throughout the match. In the second quarterfinal tonight Peter Wright as in the group match had his problems with Fallon Sherrock but was soon in the lead. Though Sherrock at times reduced her deficit she never managed to draw or even turn the match around. Wright won 16:13 as well and will now play tomorrow afternoon in the semi-finals against Smith.
Report, Statistics - Quarterfinals 2new
Results

Grand Slam of Darts

Tonight the quarterinfals will conclude.
In the penultimate quarterfinal Michael van Gerwen will play against Michael Smith before in the last quarterfinal Peter Wright and Fallon Sherrock will meet at the oche.
Schedule



19. November

Grand Slam of Darts - Day 7

Both quarterfinals tonight were highclass and relatively balanced matches. In the first match of the night James Wade won 16:14 against Rob Cross - with a slightly higher average, a slightly better hitting rate on the doubles and an 150 and an 148 finish as highlights. More clear with 16:12 was Gerwyn Price win over his fellow country man Jonny Clayton, who managed to level several times in the match but never was in the lead.
So on Sunday in the semi-finals James Wade and Gerwyn Price will meet.
Report, Statistics - Quarterfinals 1new
Results

Grand Slam of Darts

Tonight the first two quarterfinals of the Grand Slam will be played.
First on twill be a repeat of the third group match between James Wade and Rob Cross. An all Welsh quarterfinal between Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton will follow.
Schedule

Grand Slam of Darts - Day 6

On the sixth day of the tournament the second round was played to the end. And on this night of the tournament it was again mostly Fallon Sherrock who delighted the Wolverhampton crowd - she defeated a weak playing Mensur Suljovic with a focussed performance 10:5 and progressed at her debut in the quarterfinals. With the same result Michael Smith defeated Joe Cullen who had problems to hit his doubles. The other two matches were hard fought - a mediocre one between Peter Wright and Jose de Sousa in which the reigning champion de Sousa lost 9:10 and a highclass one in which Michael van Gerwen prevailed 10:8 over Gary Anderson.
Report, Statistics - Sixth Tagnew
Results



18. November

Grand Slam of Darts

In Wolverhampton tonight the last four Last 16 matches will be played.
The match between Michael Smith and Joe Cullen will open the night. After that Peter Wright will play against reigning champion Jose de Sousa. In the third match Mensur Suljovic and Fallon Sherrock will play in a repeat of their famous World Championship clash. In the last match Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson will meet at the oche.
Schedule



17. November

Grand Slam of Darts - Day 5

On the fifth day of the tournament the second round matches of the Groups A-D took place and it was a highclass evening with mostly onesided matches. Only the match between Gerwyn Price and Bradley Brooks was a high fought affair in which Price was far from his best. In the end he managed to win 10:8. Clear wins got Rob Cross, James Wade and Jonny Clayton - Clayton with the highest average of the night of 104.3. In the quarterfinals we'll see an all Welsh match between Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton and a rerun of the group match of Group C between James Wade and Rob Cross.
Report, Statistics - Day Fivenew
Results

Grand Slam of Darts

In Wolverhampton tonight the knock-out phase of the tournament will begin. The first four matches of the second round will be played.
World Champion Gerwyn Price will meet World Youth Champion Bradley Brooks, Jonny Clayton will play against Nathan Rafferty, James Wade will clash with Rowby-John Rodriguez and Ryan Joyce will stand against Rob Cross at the oche. The format will be longer, now it is best of 19 legs.
Schedule

Grand Slam of Darts - Day 4

The last night of the first round of the tournament with the third group matches of the Groups E-H started with several mediocre and one-sided matches. Highlight was a dominant Mensur Suljovic who defeated Matt Campbell with an 105 average 5:0. After that it got more thrilling though not outstanding. Reigning champion Jose de Sousa won against Luke Humphries the three legs he needed to stay in the tournament. In a from both players weak match Peter Wright won 5:0 against Mike de Decker and progressed. Nearer the end of the night we first saw a thrilling and good match in which Fallon Sherrock secured with a 170 Finish her place in the next round while Gabriel Clemens was eliminated. And the last match was a really highclass affair between Gary Anderson and Raymond van Barneveld which Anderson won with an 103.88 average. So Anderson progressed as well and will meet Michael van Gerwen in the last 16.
Report, Statistics - Day 4new
Results Day 4, Group Tables



16. November

Turnier Kalender 2022

The still provisional tournament calendar for next year was updated with the PDC events till October 2022.
Provisional Tournament Calendar 2022new

PDC World Championship

By now some more international qualifiers were played. Dutchman Chris Landman, young Czech Roman Benecky, Royden Lam and once again Paul Lim qualified for the World Championship. For Lim it will be the 26. World Championship.
Participants on 16. November

Grand Slam of Darts

Tonight the first round of the tournament will end with the third and last group matches of the Groups E-H. Only Michael Smith has already secured his place under the Last 16. Anong others Fallon Sherrock still has a chance to qualify - she will play against German Gabriel Clemens. Raymond van Barneveld still has a chance as well - he will play against Gary Anderson.
Schedule

Grand Slam of Darts - Day 3

The last day with group matches of the Groups A-D was a day with surprising results on which the young players were exceptionally impressive. In Group A German Martin Schindler left the tournament on a high after his great 5:4 victory over Gerwyn Price and Nathan Rafferty progressed thanks to his win against Krzysztof Ratajski beside Price in the next round. In Group B it was Bradley Brooks who managed beside Jonny Clayton to reach the last 16. In Group C James Wade finally had arrived in the tournament and took the lead of the group table with an outstanding 111.71 average at his 5:2 win over Rob Cross while Cross stood up in second place. In Group D an unstoppable Rowby-John Rodriguez defeated Stephen Bunting with 5:1 and so progressed together with Ryan Joyce into the knock-out phase of the event.
Report, Statistics - Third Daynew
Results Day 3, Group Tables



15. November

Grand Slam of Darts

Tonight the third and last group matches of the groups A-D will take place. Till now from this groups only Ryan Joyce and Gerwyn Price secured their places in the knock-out stage. Jonny Clayton in Group B and Rob Cross in Group C have with two wins each the best chances to progress.
Schedule

Grand Slam of Darts - Tag 2

Once again responsible for a sensation today was Fallon Sherrock who defeated with an outstanding performance and an 101.5 average Mike de Decker with 5:0 and by this still has a chance to progress into the knock-out phase of the tournament. Gerwyn Price, Ryan Joyce and Michael Smith all secured today with their second wins their place in the next round - van Gerwen with an unbelievable average of 115.19. Out of the tournament are already Chris Dobey and Martin Schindler.
Report, Statistics - Second Daynew
Results Day 2, Group Tables



14. November

Grand Slam of Darts

Today the tournament will continue with the second group matches aof all groups and again in an afternoon- and an evening session. In the afternoon groups A-D will play, tonight groups E-H. In each session first yesterday's losers and after that yesterday's winners will play each other.
Schedule

Grand Slam of Darts - Tag 1

On the first day of the Grand Slam the first group matches of the afternoon session brought the first upsets as Stephen Bunting, Mervyn King and James Wade lost their matches In the evening session most results were very clear. Only the last match of the night between Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld was a hard fought match in which Smith prevailed. Highlights of the often highclass first days were Michael van Gerwen's and Jonny Clayton's performances. Both women lost their matches.
Report, Statistics - First Daynew



13. November

Grand Slam of Darts

Today in Wolverhampton the Grand Slam of Darts will begin. In an afternoon- and an evening-session all eight groups play their first group matches.
Due to a positive Corona test Dimitri van den Bergh can't take part in the tournament and will be replaced by Chris Dobey.
The tournament will be opened by the match between Stephen Bunting and Ryan Joyce. Both female qualifiers - Fallon Sherrock and Lisa Ashton - and the reigning champion Jose de Sousa are among the players who are in action in the evening session.
In the PDC Preview Jose de Sousa, Jonny Clayton and Raymond van Barneveld have their say.
Group Tables, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
Preview



8. November

Grand Slam of Darts

After with the winner of the European Development Tour, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, the field of participants was complete the PDC today published the detailed schedule of the first group matches of all groups on Saturday 13. November. In the afternoon Groups A - D will play their first group matches - the match between Stephen Bunting and Ryan Joyce will open the tournament. In the evening Groups E - H will play their first group matches. Among the players on stage will be reigning champion Jose de Sousa against Matt Campbell.
First Group Matches

European Development Tour

At the weekend the last six events of the European Development Tour took place. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez won again two of the events and stayed on the first place of the table. A complete surprise were the two wins of the just 16 years old German Fabian Schmutzler who for the first time took part in a Development Tour weekend. He ended in the second place of the table. As Rodriguez was already qualified for the PDC World Championship by the Pro Tour Order of Merit Schmutzler moves up into the field of participants. The other two events were won by Sebastian Bialecki and Nico Kurz.
Development Tour 2021



5. November

Grand Slam of Darts

Today to end Super Series 8 in Barnsley the Tour Card Holder Qualifier for the Grand Slam of Darts was played. The eight tournament places on offer secured Mike de Decker, Gabriel Clemens, Stephen Bunting, Raymond van Barneveld, Martin Schindler, Ryan Joyce, Krzysztof Ratajski and Boris Krcmar.
The draw of the groups took as well place today - Reigning champion Jose des Sousa will face in his group Luke Humphries, Mensur Suljovic and Matt Campbell.
Participants, Draw Groups

Players Championship Finals

After the Super Series 8 all participants of the Players Championship Finals are known.
The PDC confirmed the participants and the first round draw.
Participants, Draw First Round

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated after Super Series 8.
PDC Rankings
Pro Tour



4. November

Super Series

Super Series 8 ended today with a 8:7 win of Krzysztof Ratajski over Joe Cullen in the 30. and last Players Championship of the year. Ratajski won with an 112 Finish after he had already been 4:7 behind. The semi-finals reached Michael van Gerwen and Darius Labanauskas.
Tomorrow in Barnsley the qualifier for the Grand Slam of Darts will follow which is not streamed.
PC 30 Teilnehmer, Ergebnisse

Super Series

Michael van Gerwen won against Nathan Aspinall in the final of the penultimate Players Championship of the year and got his first ranking title of the year. In the semi-finals stood William O'Connor and Damon Heta.
Mickey Mansell and Steve West both threw a nine-darter.
PC 29 Participants, Results



3. November

Super Series

An outstanding Chris Dobey defeated in the final of the 28. Players Championship Ryan Searle with 8:6 and won his second Pro Tour title of the year. In the semi-finals stood Dave Chisnall and Rob Cross. German Gabriel Clemens threw in his third round win against Ross Smith. As well a nine-darter threw Scott Waites in the first round but lost the match to Daryl Gurney.
The Super Series 8 will continue today with the 29. Players Championship. Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV .



2. November

PDC Super Series

Today in Barnsley the eighth and last Super Series of the year begins with the 28. Players Championship.
Some Tour Card Holders will not be in Barnsley and will be replaced by Associate Members.
Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV .
PC 28 Participants, Results

PDC World Championship

Over the weekend several more participants were confirmed. Ky Smith qualified as winner of the Oceanic Masters for the first time for the PDC World Championship while his father Raymond Smith qualified by the DPA Satellite Tour and will stand for the second time on the Alexanda Palace stage. Boris Koltsov won the EADC world championship qualifier, Chinese Lihao Wen the China Qualifier.
Participants on 1. November



1. November

UK Development Tour

On the UK Development Tour at the weekend the last six events took place.
Bradley Brooks won two of the events and heads the table. By this he qualified for the PDC World Championship and secured himself a two years Tour Card. He already is qualified for the Grand Slam as the reigning youth world champion. Nathan Rafferty, who won one event at the weekend and is second in the ranking got a Grand Slam place as well.
The other events of the weekend were won by Ted Evetts, Keelan Kay and Reece Colley.
Development Tour 2021



31. October

Clayton wins World Series Final

Jonny Clayton won the final of the World Series with 11:6 against Dimitri van den Bergh and secured convincingly another title. Till the 5:5 it had been a very close match but then Clayton pulled away and won deservedly and without problems. Before Clayton prevailed in the quarterfinals over his fellow countryman Gerwyn Price and defeated in the semi-finals Michael van Gerwen. Van den Bergh won on finals day against Kim Huybrechts and Krzysztof Ratajski.
Results
Statistics

World Series of Darts Final

Today in Amsterdam the tournament will be played to the end. In the afternoon the quarterfinals take place, tonight the semi-finals and the final.
On the second day there were again some upsets and with Madars Razma, Gary Anderson, Fallon Sherrock and Peter Wright four seeded players lost their first matches. With the exception of Niels Zonneveld and Michael van Gerwen all Dutch players were eliminated on the second day of the tournament as well. Dimitri van den Bergh and Gerwyn Price were in the second round the only players with an average of over 100.



29. October

World Series of Darts Final

Today in Amsterdam the World Series of Darts Final started and the first round was played. Most of the Dutch players impressed and caused some upsets - only Danny Noppert lost to Jose de Sousa. In the all Dutch clash between Jeffrey de Zwaan and Dirk van Duijvenbode van Duijvenbode prevailed. The best average of the first night played Mervyn King with 115.62. He defeated James Wade mit 6:0.
Results
Statistics



27. October

WDF News

Winners of the Welsh Open were Cameron Menzies and Kirsty Hutchinson who by this qualified for the WDF World Championships 2022. The titles of the Welsh Classic went to Beau Greaves and Frenchman Thibault Tricol. The youth titles of the Welsh Open secured Luke Littler and Eleanor Cairns.

WDF World Championships

The WDF World Championships 2022 will take place from 1. - 9. January in the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green.
The WDF published deteails of the qualification criteria. With the winners of the WDF Gold Events the first participants are already known - among them Fallon Sherrock, who will take part in both the PDC World Championship and the WDF World Championships.
Tournament Information
WDF World Championships 2022

World Series of Darts

The PDC published the detailed schedule for the first and the second round of the tournament, which will begin on Friday in Amsterdam.
The match between Kim Huybrechts uand Michael Smith will popen the tournament. On Friday the first round will take place in which only the unseeded players will stand at the oche. Reigning champion Gerwyn Price will play on Saturday in the second round against the winner of the first round match between Jeffrey de Zwaan and Dirk van Duijvenbode.
Schedule



25. October

PDC World Championship

Some players already qualified for the PDC World Championship which will take place from 15. December 2021 till 3. January 2022 in the Alexandra Palace in London.
The PDC now confirmed the already qualified players and the dates of the remaining international qualifiers.
Schedule
Participants on 25. October

PDC Unicorn Youth World Championship

The PDC published details to this year's PDC Unicorn Youth World Championship.
Due to the ongoing restictions owing to the corona pandemic the event will be played this year on one day and with a good deal less participants - only 32. The tournament will be played on 28. November in the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, the finals day of the Players Championship Finals. The early round will be played offside the big stage while the final will take place on stage between the semi-finals and the final of the Players Championship Finals. A few participants are already known.
PDC Unicorn Youth World Championship



24. October

Wins for Sherrock, Ashton and Suzuki

On the last day of the PDC Women's Series Fallon Sherrock, Lisa Ashton and Mikuru Suzuki each won one event, beside Ashton lost in the final of the last event to Suzuki. By this Ashton secured the second Grand Slam place.
In the final Order of Merit Fallon Sherrock sits in first place followed by Ashton in second place. The top eight for the ranking will be offered free entry in the Qualifying School 2022 - beside Ashton and Sherrock those are Deta Hedman, Mikuru Suzuki, Anastasia Dobromyslova, Rhian O'Sullivan and Trina Gulliver.
Participants, Results
Final Order of Merit



23. October

Sherrock and Ashton secure PDC World Championship places

Even though tomorrow three more Women's Series events will be played it is already certain that Fallon Sherrock and Lisa Ashton get the two World Championship places. Sherrock won today the first and the third event and was defeated in the final of the second by Lisa Ashton. Ashton stood today on the first event in the quarterfinals, won the second and lost in the final of the third to Fallon Sherrock. So the decision about the World Championship places was made today - no one can bowl them out tomorrow. Who'll get the second Grand Slam place will be decided tomorrow but at the moment Ashton has the best chance.

PDC Women Series

Today again in Barnsley darts is played - Now the women stand at the oche, who will today and tomorrow play the last six events of this year's women's series.
The play for one place in the Grand Slam and two places in the PDC World Championship. Fallon Sherrock already secured a Grand Slam place in the first part of the Women's Series.
One board of the Women's Series will be streamed live on Sarurday and Sunday on PDCTV .
Participants, Results

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated after Super Series 7.
PDC Rankings
Pro Tour

PDC Super Series

Michael Smith won the 27. and last Players Championship of Super Series 7 with a 8:6 finals win over Ross Smith. For Smith it was already the second Pro Tour title this year. In the semi-finals stood Rob Cross and - for the first time - German Florian Hempel.
PC 27 Participants, Results



22. October

PDC Super Series

Winner of the 26. Players Championship on Thursday was Rob Cross who defeated in the final Ryan Searle with 8:6. The semi-finals reached Madars Razma - who threw a nine-darter in his semi-final - and Nathan Aspinall.
Today Super Series 7 will be played to the end with the 27. Players Championship. Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV .



21. October

PDC Super Series

Callan Rydz won yesterday the 25. Players Championship with an 8:6 win in the final over Gabriel Clemens who already had been 3:0 ahead in the match. For Rydz it was the second Pro Tour win this year. The semi-finals reached Chris Dobey and Dirk van Duijvenbode.
Today Super Series 7 will carry on with the 26. Players Championship. Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV .
PC 26 Participants, Results

WDF News

Frenchman Thibault Tricole and Dutch Anca Zijlstra won the titles of the Denmark Open and by this secured a place in the inaugural WDF World Championship which will take place January in the in Lakeside Country Club. Tricole will be the first Frenchman who will stand on the Lakeside stage in a world championship. The Denmark Masters were won by Deta Hedman and Richar Veenstra.



20. October

PDC Super Series

Dimitri van den Bergh won the 24. Players Championship with an 8:5 defeat of Adrian Lewis. In the semi-finals stood Kim Huybrechts and Dave Chisnall. Nathan Aspinall and Callan Rydz both threw during the tournament a nine-darter.
Today Super Series 7 will carry on with the 25. Players Championship. Again two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV .
PC 25 Participants, Results

World Series of Darts

The PDC published the draw of the first- and second round of the tournament. In the first round only the invited players and the qualifiers willstand at the oche, in round two the seeds wiwll play against the first round winners.
Reigning champion Gerwyn Price will play in the second round against the winner of the first round match between Jeffrey de Zwaan and Dirk van Duijvenbode.
Schedule, Participants, Draw

Tournament Calendar 2022

A first, very provisional, Tournament Calendar for next year is oneline. You can find it here:
Provisional Tournament Calendar 2022



19. October

PDC Super Series

Today in Barnsley the 24. Players Championship of the year will be played.
As not all Tour Card holders registered some Associate Members will stand at the oche as well to fill up the field of participants to 128.
Again each day two boards will be streamed live on PDCTV .
Participants

World Series of Darts

After the Tour Card Holders Qualifier for the World Series of Darts Final the field of participants now is complete. The last four places got Niels Zonneveld, Mervyn King, Maik Kuivenhoven and Kim Huybrechts.
The event will take place from 29. - 31. October in Amsterdam.
WSOD Finale 2021

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit was updated after the European Championship.
PDC Order of Merit



18. October

PDC Super Series

Today in Barnsley the Super Series 7 will begin.
The Super Series will kick off with the Tour Card Holders World Series of Darts Final Qualifier, in which the last four places in the field of participants are on offer. From tomorrow till Friday Players Championships 24 - 27 will follow.
Only Tour Card Holders will stand at the oche.
Participants

Cross wins European Championship

Rob Cross defeated in the final of the European Championship Michael van Gerwen with 11:8 and for the second time won the title. For Cross it was the first PDC title in two years.
Van Gerwen had reached the final after outstanding matches in the quarterfinals and the semi-finals against Gerwyn Price and Nathan Aspinall. In the final he couldn't keep up and beside missed a lot of doubles. Cross defeated on finals day Jose de Sousa and Joe Cullen.
Statistics
Report Finalnew
Results



16. October

European Championship - Day 2

Last night the first round of the tournament was played to the end. There were no more upsets and Adam Gawlas, Danny Noppert - again with an outstanding match -, James Wade, Nathan Aspinall, Ryan Searle, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Damon Heta progressed into the second round. Gerwyn Price played with 104.53 the so far highest average of the tournament.
Today the second round will be played in an afternoon- and an evening-session.
Statistics
Schedule, Results



15. October

European Championship - Day 1

On the first night of the European Championship German Florian Hempel caused the biggest upset - he defeated a far from his best Peter Wright with 6:3 and eliminated the reigning champion from the tournament. All in all it was not a highclass night, the highest average played Brendan Dolan ín his 6:2 win over Kim Huybrechts with just below 96. Other winners of the first night were William Borland - whose win over Simon Whitlock was the other upset of the night - Rob Cross, Luke Humphries, Jose de Sousa, Mensur Suljovic and Joe Cullen.
Tonight the first round will be played to the end - again eight matches will take place.
Statistics
Schedule, Results



14. October

European Championship

Tonight in the Salzburg Arena in Salzburg die 14. stagiing of the European Championship will begin. The first eight matches of the first round will be played.
The tournament will be opened with the match Simon Whitlock v William Borland. Beside among others reigning champion Peter Wright will play against German Florian Hempel.
In the PDC preview reigning champion Peter Wright has his say.
Preview
Schedule, Results

World Series of Darts Final

The PDC published more details about the field of participants of the World Series of Darts Final, the tournament will be played from 29. - 31. November in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Eleven more players were invited - among them four Dutch players. Now only four more places in the tournament are on offer which will be filled by a qualifier on 18. October.
WSOD Finale 2021



11. October

PDC Rankings

The PDC Order of Merit was updated after the World Grand Prix.
PDC Order of Merit



9. October

Clayton wins World Grand Prix

After the Premier League and the Masters today Jonny Clayton won his first TV Major ranking tournament. He defeated Gerwyn Price in the final of the World Grand Prix with an impressive and unbelievable performance 5:1. Price played a good match as well but was without a chance from the begin against his fellow country man who again was both on his doubles-in and his doubles-out clinical and who threw beside a 170 finish highfinishs of 110, 152 and 164 points and a 116 finish for the win.
Report, Statisticsnew



8. October

World Grand Prix - Semifinals

In both semi-finals tonight the Welsh players prevailed so that Jonny Clayton and Geryn Price will meet tomorrow in the final of the World Grand Prix.
In the first semi-final Jonny Clayton defeated Danny Noppert with 4:1. Noppert looked a little bit tired and couldn't keep up yesterday's performance while Clayton showed another highclass match. The second semi-final between Gerwyn Price and Stephen Bunting was a strange match. Bunting dominated at the start while Price didn't play well und was 0:2 behind. The next break was longer then usually and it turned out that Price had problems with his arm again. When he finally returned on stage he looked much better and was clearly improved. He won the next four sets and progressed into the final.
Report, Statisticsnew

World Grand Prix

Tonight the semi-finals will be played in the Morningside Arena in Leicester.
First Jonny Clayton will take on Danny Noppert. After that reigning champion Gerwyn Price will play against Stephen Bunting. The format of the semi-finals matches is longer - Best of Seven Sets.
Schedule, Results

World Grand Prix - Day 5

In the quarterfinals both Danny Noppert and reigning champion Gerwyn Price dominated their matches. Noppert defeated Ian White with 3:1, Price prevailed over Dave Chisnall with 3:0. The match between Krzysztof Ratajski and Jonny Clayton was a real thriller. Clayton won it deservedly with 3:2. The last quarterfinal between Stephen Bunting and Ryan Searle was not without drama either but Bunting just managed to win the deciding leg of the fourth set.
Bericht, Statisticsnew



7. October

World Grand Prix

Quarterfinals night at the World Grand Prix! Tonight in Leicester in the quarterfinals first Danny Noppert and Ian White will meet. After that Krzysztof Ratajski will play against Jonny Clayton. In the third match the number 1 seed and reigning champion Gerwyn Price will play against Dave Chisnall. In the last quarterfinal Stephen Bunting and Ryan Searle will stand at the oche.
Schedule, Results

World Grand Prix - Day 4

The second night of the second round started with a match which was quite similar to the last match of the first night. Darius Labanauskas won the first two sets both 3:0, the next two sets went with 3:1 to Ian White. In the fifth set a deciding leg was necessary in which White prevailed. The following two matches were more of the one sided kind and Kryzsztof Ratajski and Danny Noppert were the winners. The last match was only in the first two sets an evenly matched game. Then Jonny Clayton found another gear and defeated Jose de Sousa with 3:1. So after the second round with the exception of Gerwyn Price and Dave Chisnall all seeded players are out of the tournament.
Report, Statisticsnew



6. October

World Grand Prix

Tonight the second round will be played to the end in the Morningside Arena in Leicester. Again four matches will take place.
The only seeded player who will stand at the oche will be Jose des Sousa. In a repeat of the Premier League Final he will play against Jonny Clayton.
Schedule, Results

World Grand Prix - Day 3

The first three matches on the first second round night were comparatively clear affairs and Ryan Searle, Stephen Bunting and Gerwyn Price progressed all with 3:1 wins into the quarterfinals. The last match of the night between Dave Chisnall and Ross Smith was fiercely contested. Smith won the first two sets unthreatened before Chisnall won the next two. A deciding fifth set was needed. Smith gave everything but lost in a sudden death leg while Chisnall hit a 135 finish for the win and progressed into the quarterfinals.
Report, Statisticsnew



5. October

World Grand Prix

Tonight is the first second round night of the World Grand Prix. The format of the matches is now longer and four matches will take place.
With Luke Humphries and Ross Smith two of this years debutants will play their second round matches. In the limelight tonight will be the second appearance of reigning champion Gerwyn Price - who played such a dominant first round match - against Mervyn King.
Schedule, Results

World Grand Prix - Day 2

On the second first round night of the World Grand Prix one upset followed the next and with Gary Anderson, Peter Wright und Michael van Gerwen three seeded players crashed out of the tournament. While Anderson in a from both players weak match at least managed to win one set, both Wright and van Gerwen lost 0:2 to Rob Cross and Danny Noppert. The wins of Darius Labanauskas over Brendan Dolan and Krzysztof Ratajski over Nathan Aspinall were unexpected as well. German Gabriel Clemens lost against Vincent van der Voort both sets in the deciding leg, Glen Durrant had no chance against Jose de Sousa and Jonny Clayton demolished Callan Rydz with an 95.10 average - the highest of the night.
Report, Statisticsnew



4. October

World Grand Prix

Tonight the first round will be played to the end. The remaining eight first round matches will take place and the players on stage will include Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright and Jose de Sousa. With Darius Labanauskas and Callan Rydz two more players will give their debut.
Schedule, Results

WDF News

Winners of the Catalonia Open were Belgian Andy Baetens and Dutch Aileen de Graaf. Both won the titles of the Anniversary Open as well.
The titles of the Washington Area Open were Marlise Kiel and Bruce Robbins. Roman Obukhov won both the Udmurtia Open and the Kalashnikov Open in Russia. The women's events were won by Elena Shulgina and Natalia Aleksandrova. Winners of the North Queensland Classic were Raymond Smith and Maureen Homer.

World Grand Prix - Day 1

Many of the first round matches on the first night of the World Grand Prix were quite one sided and were won with 2:0. Reigning champion Gerwyn Price was one of the 2:0 winners. He dominated his match against Michael Smith and played the only over 100 average of the night. Beside him Stephen Bunting impressed in his 2:0 win the most and Daryl Gurney had no chance. Three of the matches were closer. Dave Chisnall defeated Mensur Suljovic with 2:1 and was the better player in the final set of the match while James Wade and Ryan Searle both only just prevailed with their last darts 2:1 over Damon Heta and Dimitri van den Bergh.
Report, Statistics



3. October

World Grand Prix

Tonight in Leicester the first day of the World Grand Prix will be played. The first eight matches of the first round will take place. The tournament will be opened by the match between. Martijn Kleermaker after Mervyn King. Later in the night reigning champion Gerwyn Price will begin his campaign against Michael Smith.
Results



1. October

World Grand Prix - Preview

As usally there will be a few debutants in this year's World Grand Prix. In the preview they are introduced.
Preview

WDF Rankings

The WDF rankings were updated.
WDF Rankings