2013 Premier League Darts

The 2013 McCoy's Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the ninth edition of the tournament. The event began at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on 7 February, and ended at The O2 Arena, London on 16 May. The tournament was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.

2013 McCoy's Premier League Darts
Winner
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-up
England Phil Taylor
Score
10–8
Date
7 February–16 May 2013
Edition
9th
Number of players
10
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
< 2012 | 2013 | 2014 >

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and he reached the final again this year, but lost 10–8 against Michael van Gerwen who won his first Premier League title on his debut appearance in the competition.

Qualification

The qualification format was different from the last edition of Premier League Darts.[1] The top four players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship automatically qualified. Alongside them, six (instead of four) additional players were chosen on the basis of their performance in the past year or in earlier editions of the Premier League. After the first nine rounds, the bottom 2 players were relegated. All players played each other once at that point. The remaining eight then competed against each other in the final five rounds for the play-offs places. All games in the league stage were played "best of 12 legs" (instead of "best of 14 legs"), thus games could be drawn by 6–6.

Player Appearance in
Premier League		 Consecutive
Streak		 Order of Merit
rank		 Previous best performance Qualification
England Phil Taylor 9th 9 1 Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012) 1st in the PDC Order of Merit
England Adrian Lewis 6th 4 2 Runner-up (2011) 2nd in the PDC Order of Merit
England James Wade 6th 6 3 Winner (2009) 3rd in the PDC Order of Merit
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 1st 1 4 Debut 4th in the PDC Order of Merit
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 8th 8 8 Semi-finalist (2006–09, 2011) Five-time World Champion/2012 Grand Slam of Darts Winner
Australia Simon Whitlock 4th 4 5 Runner-up (2012) 2012 European Championship Winner
Scotland Gary Anderson 3rd 3 11 Winner (2011) 2011 Premier League Darts Champion
England Andy Hamilton 2nd 2 6 Semi-finalist (2012) 2012 Premier League Darts Semi-finalist
England Wes Newton 1st 1 7 Debut 2012 European Championship Finalist
Scotland Robert Thornton 1st 1 15 Debut 2012 UK Open Champion

Venues

The venues remained the same as in the last Premier League Darts edition.[2]

Locations of the 2013 Premier League venues in the United Kingdom.
Northern Ireland Belfast Scotland Aberdeen England Bournemouth England Exeter England Nottingham
Odyssey Arena
Thursday 7 February		 AECC
Thursday 14 February		 Bournemouth International Centre
Thursday 21 February		 Westpoint Arena
Thursday 28 February		 Capital FM Arena
Thursday 7 March
England Manchester Wales Cardiff Scotland Glasgow England Brighton England Sheffield
Manchester Arena
Thursday 14 March		 Motorpoint Arena
Thursday 21 March		 SECC
Thursday 28 March		 Brighton Centre
Thursday 4 April		 Motorpoint Arena
Thursday 11 April
Republic of Ireland Dublin England Birmingham England Liverpool England Newcastle upon Tyne England London
The O2
Thursday 18 April		 National Indoor Arena
Thursday 25 April		 Echo Arena
Thursday 2 May		 Metro Radio Arena
Thursday 9 May		 The O2 Arena
Thursday 16 May

Prize money

The prize-money was increased to £520,000 from £450,000 in 2012.[3]

StagePrize Money
Winner£150,000
Runner-up£75,000
Semi-finallists (x2)£55,000
5th place£45,000
6th place£40,000
7th place£35,000
8th place£30,000
9th place£20,000
10th place£15,000
Total£520,000

Results

League stage

Play-offs – 16 May

England The O2 Arena, London

Score
Semi-finals (best of 15 legs)
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands
102.08		4 – 8England Phil Taylor
104.68
Michael van Gerwen Netherlands
97.59		8 – 4England James Wade
93.59
Final (best of 19 legs)
Phil Taylor England
104.10		8 – 10Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
103.29
Nights Average: 100.89
Highest Checkout: Phil Taylor 164

Table and streaks

Table
# Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A[18] HC C%[19]
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen W1611232410268+344018515657100.0916438.65%
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld161033239874+24412151426898.8816160.72%
3 England Phil Taylor RU16844209573+224024911330100.3716441.14%
4 England James Wade16736178882+6302331015897.1217061.43%
5 Scotland Robert Thornton16637158188−7322161285398.216140.78%
6 Australia Simon Whitlock16718158190−9332151064495.0114040.30%
7 England Andy Hamilton166010128293−11291801154294.7715238.48%
8 England Adrian Lewis1642101073100−27251851124392.5717033.14%
9 England Wes Newton921654256−1415109582691.6513236.52%
10 Scotland Gary Anderson921654058−1820125722895.5712427.97%

Last updated: 19 April 2013
Source: Match reports from the results section.

Bottom two eliminated after Week 9. Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average C% = Checkout Percentage HC = High Checkout. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. If leg difference is equal the table is sorted by the player's LWAT. If it is still tied, ranking is determined by average.

Streaks
Player 1st Phase 2nd Phase Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen D D W W L W W L W W W W W L W W W W
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld W W L W W D D L W W L D W W W W L —
England Phil Taylor D W W D L L W W L L W D W W W D W L
England James Wade W L W D W L D W W W L W L L L D L —
Scotland Robert Thornton W D D W L D L W W L L W W L L L Eliminated
Australia Simon Whitlock W L L L W W L L L W W W L W D L
England Andy Hamilton L W W L L W W L W L L L L L W L
England Adrian Lewis L L L L W D W W L L L L L L W D
England Wes Newton L L D W L L L W L Eliminated
Scotland Gary Anderson L W L L W D L L L
Legend: WWinDDrawLLoss—Eliminated

Positions by round
Player Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 5 6 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2
England Phil Taylor 6 2 1 1 3 5 3 2 5 5 4 2 2 3
England James Wade 3 7 5 5 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
Scotland Robert Thornton 4 3 6 4 5 4 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5
Australia Simon Whitlock 1 4 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6
England Andy Hamilton 7 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
England Adrian Lewis 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
England Wes Newton 8 9 9 7 9 9 10 9 9 Eliminated
Scotland Gary Anderson 9 8 8 9 8 8 9 10 10

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