World number one Michael van Gerwen won in Leeds to finish top of the Premier League group-phase table for a seventh successive year.

 

Rob Cross began the final round of fixtures with a one-point lead, but Van Gerwen's victory over Mensur Suljovic left him needing to beat James Wade.

 

And Cross missed out on the £25,000 league leader's bonus as he was beaten 8-6 by his fellow Englishman.

 

Wade and Daryl Gurney clinched the two remaining semi-final spots.

 

Gurney's 8-3 victory over Michael Smith proved to be enough to secure a last-four place for the Northern Irishman, while Wade's progress had already been assured by Suljovic's loss.

 

Gerwyn Price was the only other player who started his last group match with a chance of a top-four finish, but he was eliminated despite an 8-3 win over Peter Wright.

So the play-offs of the Premier League Darts are on Thursday at The O2 in London, live coverage of this will be on Sky Sports Action from 8pm.

 

 

Semi-Finals (Best of 19 legs)

 

Michael van Gerwen v Daryl Gurney

Rob Cross v James Wade

 

Finals (Best of 21 legs)

 

Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2

 

 

Who do you think will win? Can anyone stop MvG?

 

 

I'm thinking it will be in the semi-finals:

 

Michael van Gerwen 10-6 Daryl Gurney

Rob Cross 8-10 James Wade

 

 

 

Michael van Gerwen beat Rob Cross 11-5 at London's O2 Arena to win his fifth Premier League title.

Updated Order of Merit

 

1 Michael van Gerwen £1,657,750

2 Rob Cross £810,000

3 Gary Anderson £541,750

4 Daryl Gurney £539,000

5 Peter Wright £502,500

6 Michael Smith £495,500

7 Gerwyn Price £415,250

8 Mensur Suljovic £378,750

9 James Wade £374,000

10 Ian White £333,750

11 Simon Whitlock £312,750

12 Dave Chisnall £294,500

13 Nathan Aspinall £270,000

14 Darren Webster £260,750

15 Jonny Clayton £256,750

16 Adrian Lewis £252,000

17 Joe Cullen £235,500

18 Stephen Bunting £214,250

19 Steve Beaton £209,750

20 John Henderson £197,750

21 Mervyn King £195,500

22 Steve West £190,750

23 Jermaine Wattimena £180,000

24 Kyle Anderson £176,750

25 Max Hopp £168,250

26 Jamie Lewis £165,750

27 James Wilson £163,250

28 Kim Huybrechts £158,250

29 Raymond van Barneveld £150,250

30 Keegan Brown £148,250

31 Dimitri Van den Bergh £144,750

32 Chris Dobey £142,000

33 Jeffrey de Zwaan £141,750

34 Vincent van der Voort £138,250

35 Steve Lennon £136,000

36 Cristo Reyes £133,500

37 Jelle Klaasen £129,750

38 Alan Norris £128,000

39 Brendan Dolan £121,750

40 Danny Noppert £118,500

41 Richard North £116,000

42 Ricky Evans £115,000

43 Benito van de Pas £114,750

44 Krzysztof Ratajski £110,750

44 Justin Pipe £110,750

46 Robert Thornton £107,500

47 William O’Connor £102,000

48 Jan Dekker £98,750

49 Josh Payne £97,000

50 Ryan Joyce £95,500

 

 

Steve Beaton is now up to 19th- his career high is 18th.

 

Other notable names outside the Top 50 include Martin Schindler (51), Luke Humphries (55), James Richardson (57), Devon Petersen (59), Corey Cadby (63), Glen Durrant (67) and Harry Ward (76).

2019 Betfred World Matchplay Field

 

 

PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers

 

(Seeded for first round draw)

 

1 Michael van Gerwen

2 Rob Cross

3 Daryl Gurney

4 Gary Anderson

5 Michael Smith

6 Peter Wright

7 Gerwyn Price

8 James Wade

9 Mensur Suljovic

10 Ian White

11 Simon Whitlock

12 Dave Chisnall

13 Nathan Aspinall

14 Jonny Clayton

15 Darren Webster

16 Adrian Lewis

 

ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers

Krzysztof Ratajski

Ricky Evans

Glen Durrant

Joe Cullen

Steve Beaton

Stephen Bunting

Jermaine Wattimena

Jamie Hughes

Jeffrey de Zwaan

Chris Dobey

Danny Noppert

Max Hopp

Mervyn King

John Henderson

Keegan Brown

Vincent van der Voort

2019 Betfred World Matchplay Draw

 

 

 

1 - Michael van Gerwen v Steve Beaton

16 - Adrian Lewis v Glen Durrant

8 - James Wade v Jeffrey De Zwaan

9 - Mensur Suljovic v Jermaine Wattimena

5 - Michael Smith v Jamie Hughes

12 - Dave Chisnall v Max Hopp

4 - Gary Anderson v Danny Noppert

13 - Nathan Aspinall v Mervyn King

2 - Rob Cross v Chris Dobey

15 - Darren Webster v Kryzstof Ratajski

7 - Gerwyn Price v Stephen Bunting

10 - Ian White v Joe Cullen

6 - Peter Wright v Vincent van der Voort

11 - Simon Whitlock v John Henderson

3 - Daryl Gurney v Ricky Evans

14 - Jonny Clayton v Keegan Brown

Durrant up to 44 in the rankings. Smith and Anderson swap places at 4 and 5. Bunting moves into the top 16 at the expense of Lewis. Barney down to 35 after the World Matchplay.

 

 

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Price had his DRA fine reduced by £10,000

 

Ratajski won PC21

Dolan won PC22 (first win for 5 years)

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The Champions League of Darts has been pushed back to October this year, meaning we'll have 8 consecutive weekends of televised darts From The World Grand Prix on the 6th Oct right through to The Players Championships at the end of Nov.

2019 World Grand Prix Draw

 

1) Michael van Gerwen v Jamie Hughes

Jeffrey de Zwaan v Steve Beaton

(8) James Wade v John Henderson

Mervyn King v Dimitri Van den Bergh

 

(5) Michael Smith v Simon Whitlock

Joe Cullen v Ian White

(4) Gary Anderson v Keegan Brown

Ricky Evans v Chris Dobey

 

(2) Rob Cross v Mensur Suljovic

Glen Durrant v Krzysztof Ratajski

(7) Peter Wright v Max Hopp

Adrian Lewis v Jermaine Wattimena

 

(6) Gerwyn Price v Dave Chisnall

Stephen Bunting v Jonny Clayton

(3) Daryl Gurney v Danny Noppert

Vincent van der Voort v Nathan Aspinall

 

World Grand Prix Odds: (Coral)

 

Michael van Gerwen 7/4f

Gary Anderson 9/1

Peter Wright 9/1

Rob Cross 10/1

Gerwyn Price 12/1

Daryl Gurney 14/1

Michael Smith 20/1

Nathan Aspinall 20/1

Glen Durrant 22/1

Ian White 25/1

James Wade 25/1

Mensur Suljovic 25/1

Dave Chisnall 28/1

Krzysztof Ratajski 40/1

Dimitri Van den Bergh 50/1

Jeffrey de Zwaan 66/1

Adrian Lewis 80/1

Jamie Hughes 80/1

Joe Cullen 100/1

Jonny Clayton 100/1

Stephen Bunting 100/1

Chris Dobey 125/1

Danny Noppert 125/1

Max Hopp 125/1

Mervyn King 125/1

Simon Whitlock 125/1

Jermaine Wattimena 150/1

John Henderson 150/1

Ricky Evans 150/1

Vincent van der Voort 150/1

Keegan Brown 200/1

Steve Beaton 250/1

Results

 

Ricky Evans 0-2 Chris Dobey

Mervyn King 2-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Joe Cullen 1-2 Ian White

Jeffrey de Zwaan 2-0 Steve Beaton

James Wade 2-1 John Henderson

Michael Smith 2-1 Simon Whitlock

First Round Results

 

Stephen Bunting 2-0 Jonny Clayton (3-0, 3-2)

Vincent van der Voort 0-2 Nathan Aspinall (0-3, 1-3)

Adrian Lewis 1-2 Jermaine Wattimena (3-1, 2-3, 0-3)

Glen Durrant 2-1 Krzysztof Ratajski (0-3, 3-1, 3-1)

Danny Noppert 2-0 Daryl Gurney (3-2, 3-0)

Dave Chisnall 2-1 Gerwyn Price (2-3, 3-0, 3-2)

Rob Cross 2-1 Mensur Suljovic (3-1, 0-3, 3-1)

Peter Wright 2-0 Max Hopp (3-2, 3-1)

Second Round Results

 

Mervyn King 3-1 James Wade (2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-0)

Ian White 3-1 Michael Smith (2-3, 3-0, 3-0, 3-2)

Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Jeffrey De Zwaan (3-0, 3-1, 3-1)

Chris Dobey 3-1 Gary Anderson (2-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1)

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Champions League of Darts schedule

 

Saturday, 19 October

 

13:15 BST

 

Daryl Gurney v Peter Wright (B)

Rob Cross v Gerwyn Price (B)

Michael Smith v Gary Anderson (A)

Michael van Gerwen v James Wade (A)

18:30 BST

 

Four group matches; afternoon session winners in each group face each other, as do afternoon session losers

Sunday, 20 October

 

13:00 BST

 

Four remaining group matches

18:30 BST

 

Semi-finals and final