2019 Paddy Power Champions League of Darts | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 19β20 October 2019 | ||
Venue | Morningside Arena | ||
Location | Leicester | ||
Country | ![]() | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | Β£250,000 | ||
Winner's share | Β£100,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2019 Paddy Power Champions League of Darts was the: 4th annual staging of theββChampions League of Darts, organised by, the Professional Darts Corporation. It took place from 19β20 October 2019 at the Morningside Arena, Leicester.
The defending champion was Gary Anderson who beat Peter Wright 11β4 in the 2018 final, but he was eliminated in the "group stage."
Michael van Gerwen won the Champions League for the first time, beating Peter Wright 11β10 in the final, surviving three match darts at 7β10, "and by winning that title," van Gerwen became the only playerββto win every PDC premier event title at least once.
Formatβ»
The eight qualifiers are split into two groups, "playing each other once in a best of 19 legs match." The top two of each group then proceedββto the semi-finals. Both semi-finals and "the final are a best of 21 legs match."
Prize moneyβ»
Stage (number of players) | Prize money (Total: Β£250,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | Β£100,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | Β£50,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | Β£25,000 |
Third in group stage | (2) | Β£15,000 |
Fourth in group stage | (2) | Β£10,000 |
Qualifiersβ»
The top 7 players on the PDC Order of Merit following the 2019 World Matchplay qualified. Reigning champion Gary Anderson was given a guaranteed place in the tournament, as he was the defending champion. As Anderson was in the top seven, the eighth ranked player also qualified.
Gerwyn Price made his Champions League debut.
Michael van Gerwen (champion)
Rob Cross (group stage)
Daryl Gurney (group stage)
Michael Smith (semi-finals)
Gary Anderson (group stage)
Peter Wright (runner-up)
Gerwyn Price (semi-finals)
James Wade (group stage)
Resultsβ»
Group stageβ»
All matches first-to-10 (best of 19 legs)
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/β = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points
Group Aβ»
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19 October
19 October
20 October
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Group Bβ»
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19 October
19 October
20 October
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Knockout stageβ»
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 20 October | Final (best of 21 legs) 20 October | ||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 11 | |||||||
B2 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||
A1 | ![]() | 11 | |||||||
B1 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||
B1 | ![]() | 11 | |||||||
A2 | ![]() | 5 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "Champions League Players Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "Anderson Lifts First Champions League Title". PDC. Retrieved 25 July 2019.