World Series of Darts

World Series of Darts
Tournament information
Venue	Various
Location	Various cities
Country	Various countries
Established	2013
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£250,000
Month(s) Played	May–November
Current champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen (Winner of 2023 Finals)

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

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 Masters	Dubai Tennis Centre	2013	2017	None scheduled	Gary Anderson
Sydney Darts Masters	Luna Park (2013) Hordern Pavilion (2014) Qantas Credit Union Arena (2015) The Star (2016)	2013	2016	None scheduled	Phil Taylor
Singapore Darts Masters	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2014		None scheduled	Michael van Gerwen
Perth Darts Masters	HBF Stadium (2014–2015, 2017) Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (2016)	2014	2017	None scheduled	Gary Anderson
Japan/Tokyo Darts Masters	Osanbashi Hall, Yokohama (2015) Yoyogi National Gymnasium (2016)	2015	2016	None scheduled	Gary Anderson
Auckland Darts Masters	The Trusts Arena	2015	2018	None scheduled	Michael van Gerwen
Shanghai Darts Masters	Pullman Hotel Shanghai South	2016	2018	None scheduled	Michael Smith
US Darts Masters	Tropicana Las Vegas (2017) Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (2018–2019) Hulu Theater, New York City (2022–)	2017	2023	2024	Michael van Gerwen
Melbourne Darts Masters	Hisense Arena	2017	2019	None scheduled	Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Masters	Castello Arena, Düsseldorf (2017) Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen (2018) Lanxess Arena, Cologne (2019)	2017	2019	None scheduled	Peter Wright
Brisbane Darts Masters	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	2018	2019	None scheduled	Damon Heta
New Zealand Darts Masters	Globox Arena, Hamilton	2019	2023	None scheduled	Rob Cross
Nordic Darts Masters	Forum Copenhagen	2021	2023	None scheduled	Peter Wright
Dutch Darts Masters	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam (2022) Maaspoort, Den Bosch (2024)	2022	2024	None scheduled	Michael van Gerwen
Queensland Darts Masters	Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre	2022		None scheduled	Michael van Gerwen
New South Wales Darts Masters	WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong	2022	2023	None scheduled	Rob Cross
Bahrain Darts Masters	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	2023	2024	None scheduled	Luke Littler
Poland Darts Masters	Arena COS Torwar, Warsaw	2023		2024	Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals	Braehead Arena, Glasgow (2015–2017) Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna (2018) AFAS Live, Amsterdam (2019, 2021–) Salzburgarena, Salzburg (2020)	2015	2022	2024	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.

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				Hulu Theater, New York City
	4	7–8 June	Nordic Masters				Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen
	5	14–15 June	Poland Masters				Prezero Arena Gliwice, Gliwice
	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 Dutch Darts Masters.

Rank	Player	Won	Runner-up	Finals	Appearances
1	Michael van Gerwen	20	8	28	52
2	Phil Taylor	8	2	10	25
3	Gary Anderson	6	2	8	38
4	Peter Wright	4	5	9	50
5	Rob Cross	3	4	7	21
6	Michael Smith	3	3	6	28
7	Gerwyn Price	3	3	6	25
8	Dimitri Van den Bergh	2	3	5	19
9	Jonny Clayton	2	1	2	12
10	James Wade	1	3	4	43
11	Adrian Lewis	1	2	3	10
12	Damon Heta	1	1	2	15
13	Nathan Aspinall	1	1	2	9
14	Luke Littler	1	1	2	2
15	Kyle Anderson	1	0	1	19
16	Mensur Suljović	1	0	1	8
17	Raymond van Barneveld	0	5	5	38
18	Dave Chisnall	0	2	2	20
19	Daryl Gurney	0	2	2	17
20	Dirk van Duijvenbode	0	2	2	3
21	Simon Whitlock	0	1	1	32
22	Corey Cadby	0	1	1	10
	Fallon Sherrock	0	1	1	10
24	Stephen Bunting	0	1	1	7
	Danny Noppert	0	1	1	7
26	Gabriel Clemens	0	1	1	5
	Jeff Smith	0	1	1	5

References

External links

• World Series of Darts official website
• World Series Of Darts Finals Winners Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine at dartsdatabase.co.uk

This page was last edited on 22 March 2024, at 12:33