World Series of Darts

The World Series of Darts is a series of darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.

For the finals of this tournament, see World Series of Darts Finals. For other uses, see World Series of Darts (disambiguation).
World Series of Darts
Tournament information
VenueVarious
LocationVarious cities
CountryVarious countries
Established2013
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£250,000
Month(s) PlayedMay–November
Current champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
(Winner of 2023 Finals)

Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked PDC players take on local qualifiers in a knockout format. Since 2015, there has been a finals tournament held annually in November at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, although in 2018, it moved to the Multiversum Schwechat in Vienna, Austria, and moved again to the AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2019, then to the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria in 2020.

History

The World Series of Darts commenced in 2013 with the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters. The goal of these series of tournaments is to make darts more popular across the globe.

Later that year, the Sydney Darts Masters took place, which as well as including 8 top-ranked PDC players, also featured 8 players from Australia and New Zealand to take part in the tournament. In 2014, tournaments in Singapore and Perth were added to the series, although this would be the only year that Singapore was used for an event.

In 2015, both the Japan tournament (later renamed as Tokyo for the 2016 tournament) and Auckland were added. Also in 2015, the series was ended with the World Series of Darts Finals. In 2016, the PDC expanded into China with the addition of the Shanghai Darts Masters, and in 2017, both North America and Europe had their own tournaments with the US Darts Masters in Las Vegas, and the German Darts Masters in Düsseldorf, along with Melbourne over from Sydney in the Australian leg of the tour.

In 2018, Brisbane joined the fray and replaced Perth, whilst Dubai was excluded.[1] It was also confirmed that Vienna, Austria would replace Glasgow as the host of the World Series Finals in 2018.

In 2019, it was announced that Cologne and Hamilton would host World Series events for the first time, with Dubai seemingly still on a back burner and China also excluded.[2] It was also confirmed that Amsterdam, Netherlands would replace Vienna as the host of the World Series Finals in 2019.

In 2020 a new tournament, the Nordic Darts Masters, was due to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was also confirmed that Salzburg, Austria will replace Amsterdam as the host of the World Series Finals in 2020. The two Australian events will move to Wollongong and Townsville.[3]

The US Darts Masters will relocate to New York City in 2022, having been due to move in 2020 before the cancellation of the 2020 US Masters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The events in Hamilton, Wollongong and Townsville will also play in 2022, but the only event in 2021 was the delayed Nordic Masters in Copenhagen, with the finals returning to Amsterdam in October 2021.

Venues

Since the first tournament began in 2013, the World Series has visited ten countries including the Finals.

Event Venue(s) First held Last held Upcoming Current/last champion
Dubai Duty Free Darts MastersDubai Tennis Centre20132017None scheduled Gary Anderson
Sydney Darts MastersLuna Park (2013)
Hordern Pavilion (2014)
Qantas Credit Union Arena (2015)
The Star (2016)		20132016None scheduled Phil Taylor
Singapore Darts MastersSingapore Indoor Stadium2014None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
Perth Darts MastersHBF Stadium (2014–2015, 2017)
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (2016)		20142017None scheduled Gary Anderson
Japan/Tokyo Darts MastersOsanbashi Hall, Yokohama (2015)
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (2016)		20152016None scheduled Gary Anderson
Auckland Darts MastersThe Trusts Arena20152018None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
Shanghai Darts MastersPullman Hotel Shanghai South20162018None scheduled Michael Smith
US Darts MastersTropicana Las Vegas (2017)
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (2018–2019)
Hulu Theater, New York City (2022–)		20172024None scheduled Rob Cross
Melbourne Darts MastersHisense Arena20172019None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
German Darts MastersCastello Arena, Düsseldorf (2017)
Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen (2018)
Lanxess Arena, Cologne (2019)		20172019None scheduled Peter Wright
Brisbane Darts MastersBrisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre20182019None scheduled Damon Heta
New Zealand Darts MastersGlobox Arena, Hamilton201920232024 Rob Cross
Nordic Darts MastersForum Copenhagen20212024None scheduled Gerwyn Price
Dutch Darts MastersZiggo Dome, Amsterdam (2022)
Maaspoort, Den Bosch (2024)		20222024None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
Queensland Darts MastersTownsville Entertainment & Convention Centre2022None scheduled Michael van Gerwen
New South Wales Darts MastersWIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong20222023None scheduled Rob Cross
Bahrain Darts MastersBahrain International Circuit, Sakhir20232024None scheduled Luke Littler
Poland Darts MastersArena COS Torwar, Warsaw20232024None scheduled Luke Littler
Australian Darts MastersWIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong2024None Scheduled
World Series of Darts FinalsBraehead Arena, Glasgow (2015–2017)
Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna (2018)
AFAS Live, Amsterdam (2019, 2021–)
Salzburgarena, Salzburg (2020)		201520222024 Michael van Gerwen

Points in the World Series tournament

Since the World Series of Darts Finals were announced in 2015, each event includes ranking points that all players earn dependent on how far they go to through each tournament. The top 8 ranked players automatically qualify for the Finals.

StagePoints
Winner12
Runner-up8
Semi-final5
Quarter-final3
First round1

Event Finals
Year No. Date Event Winner Legs Runner-up Venue Ref.
2013 1 23–24 May Dubai Masters Michael van Gerwen 11 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld Dubai Tennis Centre [4]
2 29–31 August Sydney Masters Phil Taylor 10 – 3 Michael van Gerwen Luna Park [5]
2014 1 29–30 May Dubai Masters Michael van Gerwen 11 – 7 Peter Wright Dubai Tennis Centre [6]
2 15–16 August Singapore Masters Michael van Gerwen 11 – 8 Simon Whitlock Singapore Indoor Stadium [7]
3 22–24 August Perth Masters Phil Taylor 11 – 9 Michael van Gerwen HBF Stadium [8]
4 28–30 August Sydney Masters Phil Taylor 11 – 3 Stephen Bunting Hordern Pavilion [9]
2015 1 28–29 May Dubai Masters Michael van Gerwen 11 – 8 Phil Taylor Dubai Tennis Centre [10]
2 27–28 June Japan Masters Phil Taylor 8 – 7 Peter Wright Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama [11]
3 14–16 August Perth Masters Phil Taylor 11 – 7 James Wade HBF Stadium [12]
4 20–22 August Sydney Masters Phil Taylor 11 – 3 Adrian Lewis Qantas Credit Union Arena [13]
5 28–30 August Auckland Masters Adrian Lewis 11 – 10 Raymond van Barneveld The Trusts Arena [14]
Finals 21–22 November World Series of Darts Finals Michael van Gerwen 11 – 10 Peter Wright Braehead Arena, Glasgow [15]
2016 1 26–27 May Dubai Masters Gary Anderson 11 – 9 Michael van Gerwen Dubai Tennis Centre [16]
2 17–19 June Auckland Masters Gary Anderson 11 – 7 Adrian Lewis The Trusts Arena [17]
3 25–26 June Shanghai Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 3 James Wade Pullman Hotel [18]
4 6–7 July Tokyo Masters Gary Anderson 8 – 6 Michael van Gerwen Yoyogi National Gymnasium [19]
5 18–20 August Sydney Masters Phil Taylor 11 – 9 Michael van Gerwen The Star [20]
6 25–27 August Perth Masters Michael van Gerwen 11 – 4 Dave Chisnall Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre [21]
Finals 5–6 November World Series of Darts Finals Michael van Gerwen 11 – 9 Peter Wright Braehead Arena, Glasgow [22]
2017 1 24–25 May Dubai Masters Gary Anderson 11 – 7 Michael van Gerwen Dubai Tennis Centre [23]
2 6–7 July Shanghai Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 0 Dave Chisnall Pullman Hotel [24]
3 14–15 July US Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 6 Daryl Gurney Tropicana Las Vegas [25]
4 11–13 August Auckland Masters Kyle Anderson 11 – 10 Corey Cadby The Trusts Arena [26]
5 18–20 August Melbourne Masters Phil Taylor 11 – 8 Peter Wright Hisense Arena [27]
6 25–27 August Perth Masters Gary Anderson 11 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld HBF Stadium [28]
7 21–22 October German Masters Peter Wright 11 – 4 Phil Taylor Castello Arena, Düsseldorf [29]
Finals 3–5 November World Series of Darts Finals Michael van Gerwen 11 – 6 Gary Anderson Braehead Arena, Glasgow [30]
2018 1 25 May German Masters Mensur Suljović 8 – 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen [31]
2 6–7 July US Masters Gary Anderson 8 – 4 Rob Cross Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas [32]
3 13–14 July Shanghai Masters Michael Smith 8 – 2 Rob Cross Pullman Hotel [33]
4 3–5 August Auckland Masters Michael van Gerwen 11 – 4 Raymond van Barneveld The Trusts Arena [34]
5 10–12 August Melbourne Masters Peter Wright 11 – 8 Michael Smith Hisense Arena [35]
6 17–19 August Brisbane Masters Rob Cross 11 – 6 Michael van Gerwen Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre [36]
Finals 2–4 November World Series of Darts Finals James Wade 11 – 10 Michael Smith Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna [37]
2019 1 4–5 July US Masters Nathan Aspinall 8 – 4 Michael Smith Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas [38]
2 12–13 July German Masters Peter Wright 8 – 6 Gabriel Clemens LANXESS arena, Cologne [39]
3 9–10 August Brisbane Masters Damon Heta 8 – 7 Rob Cross Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre [40]
4 16–17 August Melbourne Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 3 Daryl Gurney Melbourne Arena [41]
5 23–24 August New Zealand Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 1 Raymond van Barneveld Claudelands Arena, Hamilton [42]
Finals 1–3 November World Series of Darts Finals Michael van Gerwen 11 – 2 Danny Noppert AFAS Live, Amsterdam [43]
2020 Finals 18–20 September World Series of Darts Finals Gerwyn Price 11 – 9 Rob Cross Salzburgarena, Salzburg [44]
2021 1 17–18 September Nordic Masters Michael van Gerwen 11 – 7 Fallon Sherrock Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen [45]
Finals 29–31 October World Series of Darts Finals Jonny Clayton 11 – 6 Dimitri Van den Bergh AFAS Live, Amsterdam [46]
2022 1 3–4 June US Masters Michael Smith 8 – 4 Michael van Gerwen Hulu Theater, New York City [47]
2 10–11 June Nordic Masters Dimitri Van den Bergh 11 – 5 Gary Anderson Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen [48]
3 24–25 June Dutch Masters Dimitri Van den Bergh 8 – 2 Dirk van Duijvenbode Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam [49]
4 12–13 August Queensland Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 5 Gerwyn Price Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville [50]
5 19–20 August New South Wales Masters Jonny Clayton 8 – 1 James Wade WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong [51]
6 26–27 August New Zealand Masters Gerwyn Price 8 – 4 Jonny Clayton Globox Arena, Hamilton [52]
Finals 16–18 September World Series of Darts Finals Gerwyn Price 11 – 10 Dirk van Duijvenbode AFAS Live, Amsterdam [53]
2023 1 12–13 January Bahrain Masters Michael Smith 8 – 6 Gerwyn Price Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir [54]
2 20–21 January Nordic Masters Peter Wright 11 – 5 Gerwyn Price Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen [55]
3 2–3 June US Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 0 Jeff Smith Hulu Theater, New York City [56]
4 7–8 July Poland Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 3 Dimitri Van den Bergh Arena COS Torwar, Warsaw [57]
5 4–5 August New Zealand Masters Rob Cross 8 – 7 Nathan Aspinall Globox Arena, Hamilton [58]
6 11–12 August New South Wales Masters Rob Cross 8 – 1 Damon Heta WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong [59]
Finals 15–17 September World Series of Darts Finals Michael van Gerwen 11 – 4 Nathan Aspinall AFAS Live, Amsterdam [60]
2024 1 18–19 January Bahrain Masters Luke Littler 8 – 5 Michael van Gerwen Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir [61]
2 26–27 January Dutch Masters Michael van Gerwen 8 – 6 Luke Littler Maaspoort, Den Bosch [62]
3 31 May – 2 June US Masters  Rob Cross 8 – 7  Gerwyn Price Hulu Theater, New York City [63]
4 7–8 June Nordic Masters  Gerwyn Price 8 – 5  Rob Cross Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen [64]
5 14–15 June Poland Masters  Luke Littler 8 – 3  Rob Cross Prezero Arena Gliwice, Gliwice [65]
6 9–10 August Australian Masters WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
7 16–17 August New Zealand Masters Globox Arena, Hamilton
Finals 13–15 September World Series of Darts Finals AFAS Live, Amsterdam

Finalists

Up to and including the 2024 Poland Darts Masters.

Rank Player Won Runner-up Finals
1  Michael van Gerwen 21829
2  Phil Taylor 8210
3  Gary Anderson 628
4  Rob Cross 4610
5  Peter Wright 459
6  Gerwyn Price 448
7  Michael Smith 336
8  Dimitri Van den Bergh 235
9  Luke Littler 213
 Jonny Clayton 213
11  James Wade 134
12  Nathan Aspinall 123
 Adrian Lewis 123
14  Damon Heta 112
15  Kyle Anderson 101
 Mensur Suljović 101
17  Raymond van Barneveld 055
18  Dave Chisnall 022
 Dirk van Duijvenbode 022
 Daryl Gurney 022
21  Stephen Bunting 011
 Corey Cadby 011
 Gabriel Clemens 011
 Danny Noppert 011
 Fallon Sherrock 011
 Jeff Smith 011
 Simon Whitlock 011

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