| 2018 William Hill World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 14 December 2017 – 1 January 2018 | ||
| Venue | Alexandra Palace | ||
| Location | London | ||
| Country |  England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Sets Final – best of 13 | ||
| Prize fund | £1,800,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £400,000 | ||
| High checkout | |||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Rob Cross | |||
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The2018 William Hill World Darts Championship was adarts event, held between 14 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 at theAlexandra Palace inLondon,United Kingdom. It was the 25thWorld Championship organised by theProfessional Darts Corporation since itseparated from theBritish Darts Organisation.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, but lost 6–5 in sets toRob Cross in the semi-finals, with the score at 5–5 in sets and with van Gerwen leading 5–4 in legs he missed 5 match darts to beat Cross. Cross forced an 11th and sudden death leg, van Gerwen missed a 6th match dart before Cross hit double 8 to win an epic semi-final and reach his first world final. Cross went on to win the World Championship on his debut by defeatingPhil Taylor 7–2 in the final. Cross only turned professional 11 months prior to the event. This was Taylor's 29th and final World Championship, surpassing the record of 28 appearances he jointly held withJohn Lowe.
Jamie Lewis became the first player to reach the semi-finals after entering the championship through a preliminary round event, first introduced at the2004 Championship. Lewis eventually fell to Taylor in the semi-final, by a score of 6–1.
The prize money for the tournament was a record high of £1,800,000 in total. The winner's prize money increased from £350,000 to £400,000.[1]
| Position(num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £1,800,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £400,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £170,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £85,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £40,000 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £27,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £18,500 |
| First round losers | (32) | £11,000 |
| Preliminary round losers | (8) | £4,500 |
| Nine-dart finish | (0) | £20,000 |
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72 players competed in the championship; with the 32 highest ranked players on thePDC Order of Merit beingseeded, and the next sixteen highest ranked players from the2017 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and the top eight ranked players from a number of international and invitational qualifiers also going straight into the first round. The remaining sixteen international and invitational qualifiers competed in a preliminary round.
Michael van Gerwen, the winner of the2014 and2017 championships, was top of the two-yearPDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament.[2] The tournament was to be the last forPhil Taylor, who had won the PDC World Championship fourteen times previously, most recently in2013.[5] As well as van Gerwen and Taylor, three other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds, two-time championsGary Anderson andAdrian Lewis, and2007 championRaymond van Barneveld.
The top seeds below van Gerwen were2017 UK Open winnerPeter Wright, Gary Anderson,2017 World Grand Prix winnerDaryl Gurney and2017 Champions League of Darts winnerMensur Suljović.[2]Rob Cross, the runner-up at the2017 European Championship, made his World Championship debut as the 20th seed.[2]
Richard North, in his debut year, was the highest ranked non-seed on the2017 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. As well as North, three other qualifiers through the Pro Tour made their debut,Peter Jacques,Steve Lennon andMartin Schindler.[2] The list of qualifiers also included the2017 Youth ChampionDimitri Van den Bergh and the2004 runner-upKevin Painter.
Amongst theinternational and invitational qualification tournaments there was, for the first time, a South and Central American Qualifier.[6] The majority of tournaments were the same as had been forthe previous championship, but there was no longer aPhilippines Championship.[7]Gordon Mathers was the first player to qualify for the Championships, having finished top of the Dartplayers Australia rankings.[8] The top two players on theNordic & Baltic rankings also qualified,[7] as did the winners of the fifteeninternational qualifiers, including the2017 PDC World Youth Championship.
The final four qualification places were announced on 19 October,[7] with places being given to the highest rankedEastern European,Krzysztof Ratajski, the National Darts Federation of Canada number oneJeff Smith, the highest rankedAfrican,Devon Petersen, and the then-undetermined2017 Development Tour winner,Luke Humphries.[9] The sudden announcement of these places, and the granting of them to Ratajski, who had declined an invitation to the rival2018 BDO World Darts Championship before failing to qualify through the2017 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit; and Jeff Smith, who had failed to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship and not played a single PDC event in the previous year, were criticized by some, withITV4 pundit and tour card holderPaul Nicholson saying he had written to the Professional Darts Players Association to seek clarification over the placings.[10]
The final three placings were determined by the PDPA qualifier held atArena MK on 27 November, withTed Evetts securing a first round place by winning the tournament, and runner-upBrendan Dolan and third-place playoff winnerJamie Lewis both qualifying to the preliminary round. The third place had become available as the2017 PDC World Youth Championship, which carries a qualification place, was won byDimitri Van den Bergh, who qualified through the Pro Tour Order of Merit.[3]
15 of the international and invitational qualifiers were making their PDC World Championship debuts,Seigo Asada,[7]Willard Bruguier,[7]Ted Evetts,[3]Cody Harris,[7]Luke Humphries,[9]Kai Fan Leung,[11] Alan Ljubić,[12]Gordon Mathers,[7]Kenny Neyens,[13]William O'Connor,[7]Diogo Portela,[14]Krzysztof Ratajski,[7]Bernie Smith,[15]Jeff Smith,[7] andZong Xiao Chen.[16] Portela was the first ever Brazilian to qualify for the World Championships.[17]
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The top quarter of the draw saw reigning championMichael van Gerwen dominate, knocking fellow DutchmanChristian Kist out in the first round,[18] before defeatingJames Wilson, without losing any of the twelve legs played,[19][20] andGerwyn Price,[21] to set up a quarter-final with fellow Dutch former world championRaymond van Barneveld. In the quarter-final, van Gerwen took an early lead, but missed a dart in the fifth set to take a 4–1 lead and ended up being pulled back to 3–3. The two took one more set each before van Gerwen won the deciding set 3–1 to qualify for the semi-final.[22]
In the second quarter, the fourth seed,Daryl Gurney, was eliminated in the second round byJohn Henderson.[23] DebutantRob Cross defeatedMichael Smith in the second round after Smith missed two match darts,[24] and Cross went on to defeat Henderson[25] to set up a quarter-final against theWorld Youth ChampionDimitri Van den Bergh, who had defeated fifth seedMensur Suljović in the third round.[26] In the quarter-final, Cross led his Belgian opponent early on, leading 4–1 in the best-of-nine match after five sets. Van den Bergh took the next three sets in succession, setting up a decider which Cross won 3–1, hitting double one in the final leg to qualify for the semi-final.[22]
The two highest-ranked seeds in the third quarter fell early on. Two-time champion and seventh seedAdrian Lewis was knocked out in the first round by German qualifierKevin Münch,[27] while the second seedPeter Wright was knocked out in the second round byJamie Lewis, who had qualified for the event by coming third in the finalPDPA Qualifier.[28] Welshman Jamie Lewis went past the unseededJames Richardson in the third round, becoming the first player to go from the preliminary round to the quarter-final in the history of the championship;[29] beforewhitewashingDarren Webster to reach the semi-final.[22]
Two former world champions, two-time championGary Anderson and retiring sixteen-time championPhil Taylor, met in the last quarter-final. Anderson's run to the quarter-final included a second round win over 63-year-old Singaporean,Paul Lim, a match noted for a leg in which Lim, who in1990 had become the first player to throw a perfectnine-dart leg in theWorld Darts Championship,[30] missed a dart at double twelve to repeat the feat.[31] Taylor had faced English opposition in his three previous rounds, beatingChris Dobey[32] in the first round beforewhitewashingJustin Pipe[33] andKeegan Brown[34] in the next two rounds to set up the quarter-final. Taylor took a 4–1 lead after winning six consecutive legs, and despite Anderson winning the next two sets, Taylor took advantage of missed darts in the eighth set to triumph, 5–3.[22]
The semi-final between Taylor and Lewis was the first to be played, and, despite Lewis winning the first set, Taylor took the next three, with Lewis having missed darts in all three sets to have potentially been 4–0 up. Taylor won the next two sets as well, before Lewis took the first two legs in the seventh set, with Taylor taking advantage of three missed set darts from Lewis to steal the set and qualify for the twenty-firstWorld Darts Championship final in his career.[35]
In the second semi-final, debutant Cross took on reigning world champion van Gerwen. The first eight sets in the match all went with throw, with Cross taking a lead before being pegged back by van Gerwen. Michael van Gerwen got the first break in the ninth set, taking a 5–4 lead to throw for the match, but Cross fought back to win the tenth set 3–1 to force a deciding set. In the deciding set – which had to be won by two clear legs until the eleventh leg was reached – Cross missed a match-winning dart at the bull with the score at 3–2, before van Gerwen won two legs in succession to take a 5–4 lead. With both players under pressure, van Gerwen missed five darts to win the tenth leg, before Cross hit a double 18 to force asudden death leg. Both Cross and van Gerwen missed match darts at double 16 before Cross hit double 8 to qualify for the final in his debut entry,[36] becoming the first player to make the final on his debut sinceKirk Shepherd in2008.[37]
In the final, held onNew Year's Day 2018, Phil Taylor won thebull-off, but opted to allow Cross to throw first. Rob Cross held the first set 3–1, and broke in the second set by the same scoreline, before winning the third set 3–0. Taylor scored his first set with a 3–0 win in the fourth, before missing a dart at double twelve for a potentialperfect nine-dart leg in the first leg of the fifth set.[38]Cross won that leg and the next two to restore his three set lead, before breaking Taylor in the first leg of the sixth set, and the fourth leg of the seventh, taking a 6–1 lead in the best-of-thirteen match.[39]Taylor held the eighth set 3–0, but Cross held the first leg in the ninth set, before hitting double-eight to break and go one leg away from the championship, and in the final leg, hit a 140 finish, treble-18, treble-18, double-16 to win the world championship.[40]
The draw was made on 26 November 2017.[41]
Best of three sets.
| Av. | Player | Score | Player | Av. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86.65 | Seigo Asada | 2 – 1 |  Gordon Mathers | 82.65 |
| 92.19 | Brendan Dolan | 2 – 0 |  Alan Ljubić | 85.36 |
| 95.39 | Jeff Smith | 2 – 0 | Luke Humphries | 88.56 |
| 87.21 | Kenny Neyens | 1 –2 |  Jamie Lewis | 93.17 |
| 83.96 | Willard Bruguier | 1 –2 |  Cody Harris | 84.30 |
| 81.74 | Kai Fan Leung | 0 –2 |  Paul Lim | 86.25 |
| 76.70 | Aleksandr Oreshkin | 0 –2 |  Kevin Münch | 84.66 |
| 86.97 | Zong Xiao Chen | 0 –2 | Bernie Smith | 87.47 |
The draw for the main round was made live on Sky Sports News on 27 November 2017.[42][43]
| Quarter-finals(best of 9 sets) 29 December [22] | Semi-finals(best of 11 sets) 30 December [35] | Final(best of 13 sets) 1 January [40] | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Michael van Gerwen102.91 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Raymond van Barneveld98.76 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen102.44 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Rob Cross100.97 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Dimitri Van den Bergh98.60 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Rob Cross97.13 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Rob Cross107.67 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Phil Taylor102.26 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jamie Lewis101.26 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Darren Webster91.88 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Jamie Lewis97.35 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Phil Taylor99.87 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Phil Taylor102.02 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Gary Anderson98.68 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: George Noble(first half) and Kirk Bevins(second half).Alexandra Palace,London,England, 1 January 2018. | ||
| (20)Rob Cross | 7 – 2 | Phil Taylor (6) |
| 3 – 1,3 – 1,3 – 0, 0 –3,3 – 0,3 – 1,3 – 1, 0 –3,3 – 0 | ||
| 107.67 | Average (3 darts) | 102.26 |
| 27 | 100+ scores | 33 |
| 27 | 140+ scores | 20 |
| 11 | 180 scores | 12 |
| 167 | Highest checkout | 151 |
| 3 | 100+ Checkouts | 2 |
| 60% (21/35) | Checkout summary | 45.45% (10/22) |
| Player | Eliminated | Played | Sets Won | Sets Lost | Legs Won | Legs Lost | Leg Breaks | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High checkout | Checkout Av.% | Average[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Cross | Winner | 6 | 29 | 15 | 101 | 82 | 38 | 201 | 122 | 66 | 167 | 44.49 | 102.05 |
| Phil Taylor | Runner-up | 6 | 24 | 12 | 85 | 64 | 34 | 202 | 92 | 38 | 151 | 51.20 | 100.20 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Semi-finals | 5 | 21 | 13 | 84 | 63 | 36 | 160 | 107 | 48 | 170 | 41.38 | 104.05 |
| Jamie Lewis | Semi-finals | 6 | 19 | 9 | 74 | 52 | 32 | 138 | 95 | 50 | 170 | 43.53 | 99.05 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Quarter-finals | 4 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 35 | 26 | 129 | 87 | 21 | 161 | 43.90 | 101.15 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Quarter-finals | 4 | 15 | 8 | 53 | 40 | 21 | 111 | 65 | 30 | 134 | 40.46 | 98.57 |
| Gary Anderson | Quarter-finals | 4 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 40 | 18 | 114 | 63 | 26 | 115 | 38.06 | 98.08 |
| Darren Webster | Quarter-finals | 4 | 11 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 16 | 101 | 52 | 15 | 160 | 37.38 | 91.85 |
| Gerwyn Price | Third round | 3 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 67 | 45 | 21 | 114 | 39.77 | 98.51 |
| Vincent van der Voort | Third round | 3 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 63 | 26 | 15 | 156 | 57.78 | 97.72 |
| Keegan Brown | Third round | 3 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 9 | 77 | 34 | 10 | 124 | 37.35 | 93.22 |
| John Henderson | Third round | 3 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 79 | 45 | 11 | 160 | 46.15 | 92.93 |
 Mensur Suljović | Third round | 3 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 78 | 42 | 5 | 121 | 37.84 | 92.68 |
| Steve West | Third round | 3 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 77 | 46 | 15 | 170 | 42.35 | 92.16 |
| James Richardson | Third round | 3 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 67 | 38 | 17 | 106 | 32.63 | 90.90 |
 Toni Alcinas | Third round | 3 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 66 | 39 | 8 | 121 | 36.25 | 88.40 |
| Peter Wright | Second round | 2 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 54 | 39 | 11 | 121 | 42.00 | 100.67 |
| Daryl Gurney | Second round | 2 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 44 | 33 | 14 | 170 | 42.31 | 98.05 |
| Michael Smith | Second round | 2 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 58 | 24 | 23 | 150 | 36.99 | 97.96 |
| James Wilson | Second round | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 95 | 40.00 | 96.98 |
| Jan Dekker | Second round | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 128 | 48.57 | 96.51 |
| Robert Thornton | Second round | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 58 | 28 | 11 | 144 | 50.00 | 96.09 |
| Ian White | Second round | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 45 | 30 | 8 | 151 | 52.78 | 95.26 |
| Kyle Anderson | Second round | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 114 | 44.74 | 94.52 |
| Steve Beaton | Second round | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 42 | 26 | 6 | 131 | 35.00 | 93.77 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Second round | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 51 | 25 | 2 | 141 | 35.56 | 92.19 |
| Alan Norris | Second round | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 131 | 32.20 | 91.09 |
| Paul Lim | Second round | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 56 | 30 | 16 | 118 | 33.33 | 90.94 |
| Simon Whitlock | Second round | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 127 | 33.93 | 89.79 |
| Justin Pipe | Second round | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 42 | 19 | 4 | 96 | 34.09 | 89.77 |
| Zoran Lerchbacher | Second round | 2 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 77 | 28 | 6 | 122 | 42.62 | 89.60 |
| Kevin Münch | Second round | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 50 | 23 | 12 | 158 | 36.51 | 86.69 |
| Christian Kist | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 86 | 44.44 | 100.23 |
| Stephen Bunting | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 170 | 53.33 | 98.14 |
| Dave Chisnall | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 132 | 66.67 | 96.75 |
| Ronny Huybrechts | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 112 | 37.50 | 96.74 |
| Jelle Klaasen | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 101 | 31.82 | 96.73 |
| Joe Cullen | First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 135 | 52.63 | 96.11 |
 Steve Lennon | First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 91 | 37.50 | 94.95 |
| Adrian Lewis | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 121 | 43.75 | 94.04 |
| Brendan Dolan | First round | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 126 | 62.50 | 93.51 |
| James Wade | First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 110 | 64.29 | 93.01 |
 Krzysztof Ratajski | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 106 | 57.14 | 92.59 |
| Richard North | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 23.08 | 91.98 |
| Chris Dobey | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 104 | 53.33 | 91.72 |
| Mark Webster | First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 77 | 40.00 | 91.67 |
 Diogo Portela | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 99 | 62.50 | 91.66 |
| William O'Connor | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 115 | 21.74 | 91.27 |
| Benito van de Pas | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 124 | 38.46 | 90.58 |
 Kim Viljanen | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 76 | 27.27 | 90.38 |
| Seigo Asada | First round | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 120 | 41.38 | 89.78 |
| Kevin Painter | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 88 | 16.67 | 88.58 |
| Bernie Smith | First round | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 146 | 39.47 | 87.29 |
| Marko Kantele | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 60.00 | 87.21 |
 Devon Petersen | First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 60 | 32.00 | 87.16 |
| Jeff Smith | First round | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 170 | 44.44 | 86.89 |
| Kim Huybrechts | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18.18 | 86.40 |
| Peter Jacques | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 28.57 | 85.79 |
| Ted Evetts | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 76 | 75.00 | 85.60 |
| Cristo Reyes | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 118 | 35.00 | 85.26 |
| Cody Harris | First round | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 121 | 29.55 | 84.89 |
| Martin Schindler | First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 17.65 | 84.01 |
| Mervyn King | First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 112 | 36.84 | 82.89 |
| Jonny Clayton | First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 104 | 28.57 | 81.83 |
| Luke Humphries | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 75.00 | 88.56 |
| Kenny Neyens | Prelim. Round | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 74 | 29.41 | 87.21 |
| Zong Xiao Chen | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 16.67 | 86.97 |
| Alan Ljubić | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 25.00 | 85.36 |
| Willard Bruguier | Prelim. Round | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 112 | 29.41 | 83.96 |
| Gordon Mathers | Prelim. Round | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 45.45 | 82.65 |
| Kai Fan Leung | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 30.00 | 81.74 |
| Aleksandr Oreshkin | Prelim. Round | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10.00 | 76.70 |
This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.
| # | Player | Round | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 2 | 108.65 | Won |
| 2 | Rob Cross | F | 107.67 | Won |
| 3 | Jamie Lewis | 2 | 107.27 | Won |
| 4 | Michael van Gerwen | 1 | 106.17 | Won |
| 5 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 1 | 104.17 | Won |
| 6 | Rob Cross | 1 | 104.12 | Won |
| 7 | Peter Wright | 2 | 103.44 | Lost |
| 8 | Michael Smith | 2 | 103.29 | Lost |
| 9 | Michael van Gerwen | QF | 102.91 | Won |
| 10 | Raymond van Barneveld | 2 | 102.78 | Won |
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Twenty-four countries were represented in the World Championship, two more than in theprevious championship.
ENG | NED | SCO | WAL | BEL | AUS | AUT | NIR | GER | SPA | FIN | IRL | NZL | SGP | CAN | JPN | BRA | POL | RSA | CHN | CRO | HKG | RUS | USA | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Semi-final | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Quarter-final | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Round 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Round 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Round 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Prelim. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Total | 24 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:
Additionally, there was coverage in Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, France, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Monaco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan onEurosport Player, and coverage in all countries except the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands on theProfessional Darts Corporation's streaming service, PDCTV-HD.[59]
† Sky Sports Arena was renamed as Sky Sports Darts for the duration of the tournament.
