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2023 Grand Slam Of Darts
The 2023 Grand Slam of Darts (known for sponsorship reasons as the Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts) was the seventeenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, 11–19 November 2023. Michael Smith was the defending champion, after defeating Nathan Aspinall 16–5 in the 2022 final, however, he was eliminated during the group stage. Luke Humphries won his second major and first Grand Slam title by defeating Rob Cross 16–8 in the final. Humphries won every match he played in the tournament, hitting six 100+ averages in the process. Ryan Searle hit a nine-dart finish during his group-stage win over Nathan Rafferty. Prize money The prize fund for the Grand Slam remained the same as the year before at £650,000. Qualification PDC Qualifying Tournaments European Tour If the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of Walsall to the east and Dudley to the south. The population in 2021 was 263,700, making it the third largest city in the West Midlands after Birmingham and Coventry. Historic counties of England, Historically in Staffordshire, Wolverhampton grew as a market town specialising in the wool trade. During the Industrial Revolution, it became a major centre for coal mining, steel production, lock making, and automotive manufacturing; the economy of the city is still based on engineering, including a large aerospace industry, as well as the Tertiary sector of the economy, service sector. The city is also home to the University of Wolverhampton. A town for most of its history, it gained city status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2000. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 Premier League Darts
The 2023 Cazoo Premier League Darts was a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the nineteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 2 February 2023, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and finished with the play-offs, at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday 25 May 2023. Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after beating Joe Cullen 11–10 in the 2022 final. He successfully defended the title, beating Gerwyn Price 11–5 in the final. Format As introduced in 2022's tournament, the 2023 Premier League Darts used an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches was played over the best-of-11 legs. The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks and once in the quarterfinals in weeks 9–15, with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point. Players received two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
World Series Of Darts 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 World Series of Darts Finals tournament held annually, which has taken place in September at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam every year since 2022. History The World Series of Darts commenced in 2013 with the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters. The goal of these series of tournaments was 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 even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2022 Players Championship Finals
The 2022 Cazoo Players Championship Finals was the fifteenth edition of the PDC darts tournament, which saw the top 64 players from the 2022 PDC Players Championship series take part. The tournament took place from 25–27 November 2022 at the Butlin's Resort, Minehead. Peter Wright was the previous champion, after defeating Ryan Searle 11–10 in the 2021 final. However, he did not defend his title after withdrawing for family reasons. Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for a seventh time, defeating Rob Cross 11–6 in the final, hitting the tournament's only nine-dart finish and a 170 checkout in the final. In a slight change to the usual format, and to avoid a direct clash with England’s 2022 FIFA World Cup group match with the USA which took place on the evening of the opening night of the competition, all matches in the first round were played during the day in a single bumper session. Prize money The 2022 Players Championship Finals prize fund remained at £500, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Players Championship Finals
The Players Championship Finals is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament originally featured the top 32 players from the Players Championship Order of Merit, a separate ranking system that only takes into account the non-televised Players Championship events on the PDC Pro Tour. In 2016, the field increased to 64 players. The tournament was first announced at the PDC Awards Dinner in January 2008 by PDC chairman Barry Hearn. It was initially held from late January to February, and originally took place at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, the venue for the first 14 PDC World Championships. For the third edition, the event moved to the Doncaster Dome. The 2012 edition took place in December at Butlins Minehead and has remained at that venue for all subsequent tournaments, with the exception of the 2020 tournament, which was moved to Coventry, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Finals Records and statistics Total finalist appearances * Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 European Championship (darts)
The 2023 Machineseeker European Championship was the sixteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which sees the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 26 to 29 October 2023 at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany. Ross Smith was the defending champion, having beaten Michael Smith in the 2022 final. He became the fifth consecutive defending champion to lose in the first round after a 6–3 defeat to Ricardo Pietreczko. Peter Wright won the tournament for the second time after beating James Wade 11–6 in the final. Prize money The 2023 European Championship had a total prize fund of £600,000, up from £500,000 in 2022. The following is the breakdown of the fund: Qualification The 2023 tournament continued the established qualification system whereby the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit qualified for the tournament. The Order of Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
European Championship (darts)
The European Championship is a Professional Darts Corporation, PDC darts tournament which was created to allow the top European players to compete with the highest ranked players from the Darts world rankings, PDC Order of Merit. Since 2016 European Championship (darts), 2016, the tournament has taken place at the end of October, and features the top 32 players on the PDC European Tour Order of Merit. History The inaugural tournament – the 2008 European Championship Darts, 2008 European Championship – was held at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany and featured a prize fund of £200,000.PDC website report – European Championship Details Confirmed from the Professional Darts Corporation, retrieved 12-08-2008 The tournament moved to the Claus Hotel & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
