Champions League



The Champions League is a new PDC tournament which for the first time will take place in September 2016 in the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. Despite the name is similar to the Championship League the two tournaments have nothing in common.

In the inaugural tournament the top eight of the PDC Order of Merit after the World Matchplay will take part. The players are divided into two groups. In the group phase similar to the Grand Slam the tournament will be played in round robin. The first two of each group after the group phase play in the semi-finals. Semifinals and final are knock-out.
The tournament is legs throughout.
In its first year the tournament is sponsored by Unibet. The price money for the winner will be 100 000 pound. All price money won will not count for the rankings, The winner and the runner-up will be invited to the Grand Slam.

While all other PDC tournaments are televised on pay TV the champions League will be televised on BBC2 which can be received for free.
To be able to televise this PDC tournament the BBC cancelled his decades-long contract with the BDO to televise the BDO world Championship in Lakeside.

Participants 2019: Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Daryl Gurney, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price, James Wade

Participants 2018: Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Rob Cross, Daryl Gurney, Peter Wright, Dave Chisnall, Raymond van Barneveld, Mensur Suljovic

Participants 2017: Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, Peter Wright, Dave Chisnall, Raymond van Barneveld, Mensur Suljovic

Participants 2016: Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, Peter Wright, Michael Smith, James Wade, Robert Thornton


Champions League Winners
2016Phil Taylor11:5Michael van Gerwen
2017Mensur Suljovic19:11Gary Anderson
2018Gary Anderson11:4Peter Wright
2019Michael van Gerwen11:10Peter Wright



Price Money
WinnerRunnerupSemifinalGroup ThirdGroup Fourth
2016-2019100 000 Pound50 000 Pound25 000 Pound15 000 Pound10 000 Pound












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