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2019 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	13 December 2018 – 1 January 2019
Venue	Alexandra Palace
Location	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£2,500,000
Winner's share	£500,000
High checkout	170  Brendan Dolan  Luke Humphries  Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2018 2020»

The 2019 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 26th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 December 2018 to 1 January 2019.

In the biggest overhaul since 2006, when 16 extra participants were added, the number of participants increased from 72 to 96. The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit competed with the 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and 32 qualifiers from around the world, including two female darts players. The tournament length was consequently increased from six to seven rounds, while the preliminary round was dropped. The tournament was played in 28 afternoon and evening sessions (an increase of six sessions over 2018) over the 20-day period with four rest days included for both Christmas and also New Year's Eve, with 95 matches played.

Rob Cross was the defending champion, but lost 4–2 to Luke Humphries in the fourth round. Michael van Gerwen won his third world title with a 7–3 victory over Michael Smith.

It was the first PDC World Championship without retired Phil Taylor, and the first time Taylor had not played in either World Championship since 1989. 2004 runner-up Kevin Painter was also a notable absentee, failing to qualify for the first time since 1997, when he was a BDO player.

Prize money

The prize money for the tournament was £2,500,000 in total, £700,000 more than 2018. The winner's prize money was £500,000, adding £100,000 to the previous year's winners share.

It was the first ever World Darts Championship to match Snooker in prize money received for the eventual World Champion during the same calendar year. At the time of the last unified World Darts Championship in 1993 the Snooker World Champion received almost 6 times more prize money than the Darts equivalent. It would also be the first World Darts Championship to have a greater overall prize fund to that of the World Snooker Championship. (Compared to 8x more prize money for the Crucible over Lakeside in 1993)

Qualification

Qualifiers

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Notes

1. Corey Cadby, who was originally 28th on the Pro Tour list, was forced to withdraw from the field, with Matthew Edgar his replacement as the highest ranked Pro Tour player not yet qualified.
2. Tahuna Irwin, winner of the DPNZ Qualifier, was banned from entering the United Kingdom following an issue when attempting to enter for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. Craig Ross, the runner-up of the DPNZ Qualifier, was his replacement.

Background

96 players competed in the championship, an increase of 24 from the 2018 tournament; with the thirty-two highest ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit being seeded to the second round, and the next thirty-two highest ranked players from the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and thirty-two players from a number of international and invitational qualifiers going into the first round.

Michael van Gerwen, the winner of the 2014 and 2017 championships, was top of the two-year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament. Rob Cross was second seed and reigning champion, having won the 2018 championship on his debut. As well as van Gerwen and Cross, three other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds, two-time champions Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis, and 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld. Three other seeds, 18th seeded Stephen Bunting, 20th seeded Steve Beaton and 24th seeded Jelle Klaasen, were previous champions of the BDO World Darts Championship, as was van Barneveld.

The top seeds below van Gerwen and Cross were 2018 World Grand Prix runner-up Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, 2018 Players Championship Finals winner Daryl Gurney and 2018 Grand Slam of Darts winner Gerwyn Price.

Danny Noppert, in his debut year with the PDC, was the highest ranked non-seed on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. As well as Noppert, 5 other qualifiers through the Pro Tour made their debut; Gabriel Clemens, Ryan Joyce, Nathan Aspinall, Ryan Searle and Matthew Edgar. Edgar took the final qualification place after 2018 UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby withdrew. The list of qualifiers also included the 2018 Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh and 2018 World Matchplay semi-finalist Jeffrey de Zwaan.

As part of the expansion of the world championship, there was an increase in the number of tournaments and ranking systems offering qualification places. Places were now offered to the winner of the Challenge Tour, the top two from the Development Tour (where previously only the winner had qualified), the top four of the new Asian Tour, and the top American and Canadian players on the North American Championship Darts Circuit. Previous qualification places to the top two players on the Nordic & Baltic rankings and the winner of the Dartplayers Australia rankings also remained.

The international qualifiers included new Indian and African qualifiers, and the Southern Europe qualifier being split into South/West and South/East. Tahuna Irwin, who won the New Zealand qualifier, had to withdraw after being denied entry to the UK, and subsequently being banned from entry, when attempting to compete in the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship. His place was given to the New Zealand runner-up, Craig Ross.

The tournament also saw two tournaments to qualify female players for the tournament. This followed the wildcard invitations of Gayl King to the 2001 tournament and Anastasia Dobromyslova to the 2009 tournament, and also came in the wake of the qualification of China's Momo Zhou for the 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts. Dobromyslova, three times BDO women's world champion, returned to the PDC championship after winning the rest of the world tournament, while the UK tournament was won by four time women's world champion, and reigning 2018 champion, Lisa Ashton.

The final placings were determined by the PDPA qualifier held at Arena MK on 26 November, with two places as standard and an extra place as Youth Champion Van den Bergh had already qualified. Stephen Burton, Adam Hunt and Aden Kirk took the three places, all three of them making their debuts.

In addition to the three PDPA qualifiers, 15 more of the international qualifiers were making their PDC World Championship debuts, Lisa Ashton, James Bailey, Kevin Burness, Nitin Kumar, Darius Labanauskas, Daniel Larsson, Yuanjun Liu, Jim Long, Noel Malicdem, Yordi Meeuwisse, Geert Nentjes, Chuck Puleo, Craig Ross, Karel Sedláček and Raymond Smith. Labanauskas was the first ever Lithuanian to qualify for the PDC World Championship.

Summary

The top quarter of the draw saw number one seed Michael van Gerwen easily reach the quarter-final, knocking Alan Tabern out in the second round despite having beer thrown at him during the walk on, before consecutive 4–1 victories over Max Hopp and former world champion Adrian Lewis. Other former champion Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated in the second round following a 3–2 loss to Darius Labanauskas. James Wade controversially beat Seigo Asada in the second round, having been perceived to have shouted in his opponent's face after winning the second set, and saying after the match that he "wanted to hurt" Asada; Wade subsequently apologised, citing a hypomania episode. Wade was eliminated in the fourth round by debutant Ryan Joyce. In the quarter-final, van Gerwen triumphed over Joyce, 5–1, to qualify for the semi-final for the sixth time in seven championships.

In the second quarter, fourth seed Gary Anderson had to come through last-set deciders against Jermaine Wattimena and Chris Dobey to reach the quarter-final, while fifth-seed Daryl Gurney was eliminated in the third round by 2018 semi-finalist Jamie Lewis. Dave Chisnall came back from 0–2 down against Josh Payne to run off eleven consecutive sets over three matches, beating Payne 3–2 before 4–0 wins over Kim Huybrechts and Lewis. In the quarter-final, Anderson won 5–2 against Chisnall to set up a semi-final with van Gerwen.

In the third quarter, reigning champion Rob Cross defeated Jeffrey de Zwaan in the second round, before beating Cristo Reyes 4–0 in the third round. Two-time consecutive world youth champion Dimitri Van den Bergh was beaten by two-time consecutive Development Tour winner Luke Humphries in the third round. In round four, Humphries played Cross. The defending champion went 2–0 up, before Humphries fought back to win 4–2 and end Cross's reign. Seventh-seed Mensur Suljović was eliminated by Ryan Searle, and tenth-seed Michael Smith eliminated Ron Meulenkamp before beating John Henderson and Searle to reach the quarter-final. Smith secured a semi-final slot with a 5–1 win over Humphries.

In the fourth quarter, the four top seeds were eliminated in the second round, with third-seed Peter Wright losing to Toni Alcinas, sixth-seed Gerwyn Price being eliminated by Nathan Aspinall, eleventh-seeded Ian White losing to South African Devon Petersen and Brendan Dolan whitewashing fourteenth seed Joe Cullen. Further seeds were eliminated in the third round, with thirtieth seed Benito van de Pas being the only seed from this quarter in the fourth round, and unseeded players Aspinall, Petersen and Dolan taking the other three slots. Aspinall defeated Petersen, with Dolan getting a 4–1 win over van de Pas to reach the quarter-final. In the quarter-final, Aspinall easily beat Dolan 5–1 to reach the semi-final on his debut year.

In the first semi-final, Aspinall played Smith. Smith won the first two sets without dropping a leg, before Aspinall came back to make it 2–2. Each player won one of the next two sets to make it 3–3, before Smith won two consecutive sets 3–1 and the final set 3–0 to win the match and qualify for the first World Championship final of his career. Smith scored 17 180s, the most by a player in a World Championship semi-final.

In the second semi-final, Anderson played van Gerwen in a repeat of the 2017 final. After van Gerwen won the first set in a last-leg decider, he then won twelve of the next thirteen legs to quickly take a 5–0 lead in the first-to-six match. Anderson managed to avoid the whitewash by winning the sixth set, but van Gerwen completed the rout in the next set, qualifying for the final for the fourth time in his career.

In the final, held on New Year's Day 2019, van Gerwen won the first two legs before missing one set-dart in each of the next two legs for Smith to force a last-leg set decider, which van Gerwen won. Van Gerwen broke Smith's throw with a 3–1 win in the second set, and lengthened his lead by taking the third set by the same scoreline. Smith lost the fourth set after missing four darts at double 12 in the decider, but won the fifth set 3–2 to avoid the whitewash and took the sixth set 3–0. Van Gerwen restored his three-set advantage with a 3–1 win in the seventh set. Smith missed three darts for the eighth set, which van Gerwen won to go one set away from victory. The ninth set went to a deciding leg, which Smith won to prolong the match. Van Gerwen took the first two legs in the tenth set, and missed one dart for the championship in the third leg; in the next, he hit double 16 to take the set and win the World Championship for the third time.

Schedule

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
01	1	Jeffrey de Zwaan	3 – 0	Nitin Kumar	3 – 0	3 – 2	3 – 1	—	—
02	1	Martin Schindler	2 – 3	Cody Harris	1 – 3	3 – 1	0 – 3	3 – 1	1 – 3
03	1	Jan Dekker	3 – 1	Lisa Ashton	0 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 2	3 – 1	—
04	2	Rob Cross	3 – 1	Jeffrey de Zwaan	0 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 1	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
05	1	Michael Barnard	3 – 2	José de Sousa	3 – 2	3 – 2	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 2
06	1	Alan Tabern	3 – 2	Raymond Smith	3 – 1	3 – 1	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 0
07	1	Paul Nicholson	0 – 3	Kevin Burness	2 – 3	1 – 3	1 – 3	—	—
08	2	Jamie Lewis	3 – 2	Cody Harris	3 – 1	3 – 1	2 – 3	2 – 3	3 – 0
09	1	Danny Noppert	3 – 0	Royden Lam	3 – 1	3 – 0	3 – 0	—	—
10	1	Simon Stevenson	0 – 3	Ted Evetts	2 – 3	2 – 3	1 – 3	—	—
11	1	Chris Dobey	3 – 0	Boris Koltsov	3 – 0	3 – 0	3 – 2	—	—
12	2	Gary Anderson	3 – 1	Kevin Burness	3 – 2	1 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 0	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
13	1	Richard North	3 – 2	Robert Marijanović	2 – 3	2 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 2	3 – 1
14	1	Mickey Mansell	1 – 3	Jim Long	3 – 2	2 – 3	0 – 3	2 – 3	—
15	1	Josh Payne	3 – 2	Jeff Smith	1 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 0	2 – 3	3 – 0
16	2	Max Hopp	3 – 0	Danny Noppert	3 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 2	—	—
17	1	Toni Alcinas	3 – 0	Craig Ross	3 – 0	3 – 0	3 – 1	—	—
18	1	Ryan Searle	3 – 0	Stephen Burton	3 – 2	3 – 0	3 – 1	—	—
19	1	Keegan Brown	3 – 0	Karel Sedláček	3 – 2	3 – 2	3 – 1	—	—
20	2	Michael van Gerwen	3 – 1	Alan Tabern	3 – 1	3 – 0	2 – 3	3 – 2	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
21	1	Gabriel Clemens	3 – 0	Aden Kirk	3 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 2	—	—
22	1	William O'Connor	3 – 0	Yordi Meeuwisse	3 – 1	3 – 2	3 – 2	—	—
23	1	Brendan Dolan	3 – 0	Yuanjun Liu	3 – 0	3 – 0	3 – 1	—	—
24	2	Dave Chisnall	3 – 2	Josh Payne	0 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 1
25	1	Luke Humphries	3 – 0	Adam Hunt	3 – 1	3 – 0	3 – 0	—	—
26	1	Matthew Edgar	1 – 3	Darius Labanauskas	3 – 1	1 – 3	1 – 3	0 – 3	—
27	1	Ross Smith	3 – 1	Paul Lim	3 – 2	3 – 0	0 – 3	3 – 0	—
28	2	Peter Wright	1 – 3	Toni Alcinas	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 0	2 – 3	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
29	1	Vincent van der Voort	3 – 1	Lourence Ilagan	3 – 1	1 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 2	—
30	1	Wayne Jones	2 – 3	Devon Petersen	2 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 2	2 – 3
31	1	Ryan Joyce	3 – 0	Anastasia Dobromyslova	3 – 1	3 – 0	3 – 2	—	—
32	2	Raymond van Barneveld	2 – 3	Darius Labanauskas	1 – 3	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 2	0 – 3

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
33	1	Robert Thornton	1 – 3	Daniel Larsson	1 – 3	3 – 2	1 – 3	2 – 3	—
34	1	Ricky Evans	1 – 3	Rowby-John Rodriguez	2 – 3	3 – 1	1 – 3	2 – 3	—
35	1	Krzysztof Ratajski	2 – 3	Seigo Asada	3 – 2	3 – 1	2 – 3	1 – 3	1 – 3
36	2	Darren Webster	0 – 3	Vincent van der Voort	1 – 3	0 – 3	0 – 3	—	—
37	1	Steve Lennon	3 – 0	James Bailey	3 – 1	3 – 2	3 – 1	—	—
38	1	Ron Meulenkamp	3 – 2	Diogo Portela	0 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 1	3 – 1
39	1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	3 – 0	Chuck Puleo	3 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 2	—	—
40	2	Daryl Gurney	3 – 0	Ross Smith	3 – 2	3 – 0	3 – 0	—	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
41	1	Nathan Aspinall	3 – 0	Geert Nentjes	3 – 1	3 – 1	3 – 2	—	—
42	1	Jeffrey de Graaf	2 – 3	Noel Malicdem	1 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 2	1 – 3	0 – 3
43	2	Joe Cullen	0 – 3	Brendan Dolan	0 – 3	0 – 3	1 – 3	—	—
44	2	Kim Huybrechts	3 – 0	Daniel Larsson	3 – 0	3 – 0	3 – 0	—	—
45	2	James Wilson	2 – 3	William O'Connor	3 – 1	1 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 2	1 – 3
46	2	Simon Whitlock	0 – 3	Ryan Joyce	2 – 3	1 – 3	1 – 3	—	—
47	2	Michael Smith	3 – 1	Ron Meulenkamp	3 – 2	3 – 1	1 – 3	3 – 1	—
48	2	James Wade	3 – 2	Seigo Asada	1 – 3	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 1	4 – 2

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
49	2	Jermaine Wattimena	3 – 0	Michael Barnard	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 0	—	—
50	2	Alan Norris	3 – 2	Steve Lennon	2 – 3	3 – 0	2 – 3	3 – 2	6 – 5
51	2	Stephen Bunting	1 – 3	Luke Humphries	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 1	2 – 3	—
52	2	Steve Beaton	0 – 3	Chris Dobey	2 – 3	0 – 3	0 – 3	—	—
53	2	Cristo Reyes	3 – 2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	2 – 3	2 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 2	3 – 0
54	2	Mervyn King	3 – 2	Jan Dekker	3 – 2	3 – 0	2 – 3	2 – 3	4 – 2
55	2	Adrian Lewis	3 – 0	Ted Evetts	3 – 2	3 – 2	3 – 1	—	—
56	2	Mensur Suljović	1 – 3	Ryan Searle	3 – 1	1 - 3	1 – 3	1 – 3	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
57	2	Benito van de Pas	3 – 2	Jim Long	3 – 1	3 – 1	0 – 3	2 – 3	5 – 3
58	2	John Henderson	3 – 2	Gabriel Clemens	3 – 2	2 – 3	2 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1
59	2	Steve West	3 – 1	Richard North	3 – 0	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 2	—
60	2	Kyle Anderson	3 – 1	Noel Malicdem	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 0	—
61	2	Ian White	2 – 3	Devon Petersen	3 – 1	3 – 0	1 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 5
62	2	Jelle Klaasen	1 – 3	Keegan Brown	3 – 2	0 – 3	1 – 3	1 – 3	—
63	2	Gerwyn Price	2 – 3	Nathan Aspinall	3 – 2	3 – 2	2 – 3	1 – 3	0 – 3
64	2	Jonny Clayton	1 – 3	Dimitri Van den Bergh	0 – 3	3 – 1	1 – 3	2 – 3	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7
65	3	Ryan Joyce	4 – 3	Alan Norris	0 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 2	1 – 3	3 – 1
66	3	Dave Chisnall	4 – 0	Kim Huybrechts	3 – 2	3 – 2	3 – 0	3 – 1	—	—	—
67	3	Daryl Gurney	3 – 4	Jamie Lewis	2 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 2	1 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 1	2 – 4
68	3	Ryan Searle	4 – 1	William O'Connor	1 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 0	—	—
69	3	Gary Anderson	4 – 3	Jermaine Wattimena	2 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 1	3 – 2	1 – 3	2 – 3	5 – 3
70	3	Michael van Gerwen	4 – 1	Max Hopp	3 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 0	0 – 3	3 – 2	—	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7
71	3	Vincent van der Voort	3 – 4	Chris Dobey	1 – 3	3 – 2	0 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 0	0 – 3	1 – 3
72	3	Brendan Dolan	4 – 2	Mervyn King	3 – 1	3 – 2	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 2	—
73	3	James Wade	4 – 3	Keegan Brown	2 – 3	2 – 3	3 – 1	0 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 2	3 – 1
74	3	Adrian Lewis	4 – 0	Darius Labanauskas	3 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 1	3 – 1	—	—	—
75	3	Nathan Aspinall	4 – 1	Kyle Anderson	3 – 2	3 – 1	1 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 2	—	—
76	3	Rob Cross	4 – 0	Cristo Reyes	3 – 1	3 – 0	3 – 2	3 – 2	—	—	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7
77	3	Devon Petersen	4 – 2	Steve West	0 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 0	0 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1	—
78	3	Dimitri Van den Bergh	1 – 4	Luke Humphries	2 – 3	2 – 3	3 – 1	1 – 3	0 – 3	—	—
79	3	Michael Smith	4 – 2	John Henderson	2 – 3	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 0	—
80	3	Toni Alcinas	2 – 4	Benito van de Pas	1 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 2	2 – 3	2 – 3	—
81	4	Gary Anderson	4 – 3	Chris Dobey	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 0	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 2	4 – 2
82	4	Michael van Gerwen	4 – 1	Adrian Lewis	3 – 1	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 2	—	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7
83	4	Nathan Aspinall	4 – 3	Devon Petersen	1 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 2	1 – 3	4 – 2
84	4	Benito van de Pas	1 – 4	Brendan Dolan	1 – 3	1 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 2	2 – 3	—	—
85	4	Ryan Joyce	4 – 3	James Wade	3 – 1	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 0	0 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1
86	4	Ryan Searle	1 – 4	Michael Smith	1 – 3	2 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 2	2 – 3	—	—
87	4	Jamie Lewis	0 – 4	Dave Chisnall	2 – 3	1 – 3	2 – 3	1 – 3	—	—	—
88	4	Rob Cross	2 – 4	Luke Humphries	3 – 0	3 – 2	1 – 3	1 – 3	1 – 3	2 – 3	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Set 8	Set 9
89	QF	Nathan Aspinall	5 – 1	Brendan Dolan	3 – 0	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 1	0 – 3	3 – 1	—	—	—
90	QF	Dave Chisnall	2 – 5	Gary Anderson	0 – 3	1 – 3	2 – 3	3 – 2	1 – 3	3 – 2	2 – 3	—	—
91	QF	Luke Humphries	1 – 5	Michael Smith	1 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 0	1 – 3	2 – 3	1 – 3	—	—	—
92	QF	Michael van Gerwen	5 – 1	Ryan Joyce	3 – 0	3 – 1	2 – 3	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 1	—	—	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Set 8	Set 9	Set 10	Set 11
93	SF	Michael Smith	6 – 3	Nathan Aspinall	3 – 0	3 – 0	2 – 3	1 – 3	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 1	3 – 0	—	—
94	SF	Michael van Gerwen	6 – 1	Gary Anderson	3 – 2	3 – 0	3 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 0	2 – 3	3 – 1	—	—	—	—

Game #	Round	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Set 8	Set 9	Set 10	Set 11	Set 12	Set 13
95	F	Michael van Gerwen	7 – 3	Michael Smith	3 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 1	3 – 2	2 – 3	0 – 3	3 – 1	3 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 1	—	—	—

Draw

Finals

	Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 29 December					Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) 30 December					Final (best of 13 sets) 1 January
	1	Michael van Gerwen 101.12	5
		Ryan Joyce 88.35	1
						1	Michael van Gerwen 104.76	6
						4	Gary Anderson 97.98	1
	12	Dave Chisnall 96.54	2
	4	Gary Anderson 103.03	5
											1	Michael van Gerwen 102.21	7
											10	Michael Smith 95.29	3
		Luke Humphries 94.18	1
	10	Michael Smith 103.00	5
						10	Michael Smith 105.22	6
							Nathan Aspinall 100.53	3
		Nathan Aspinall 99.72	5
		Brendan Dolan 93.87	1

Top half

Section 1

	First round (best of 5 sets) 13–19 December					Second round (best of 5 sets) 13–21 December					Third round (best of 7 sets) 22–27 December					Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 27–28 December					Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 29 December
	Alan Tabern 91.12		3			1	Michael van Gerwen 102.59	3
	Raymond Smith 86.14		2				Alan Tabern 93.45	1
											1	Michael van Gerwen 101.51	4
											32	Max Hopp 96.68	1
	Danny Noppert 96.19		3			32	Max Hopp 93.51	3
	Royden Lam 85.72		0				Danny Noppert 97.35	0
																1	Michael van Gerwen 108.08	4
																16	Adrian Lewis 101.16	1
	Simon Stevenson 93.96		0			16	Adrian Lewis 97.20	3
	Ted Evetts 92.97		3				Ted Evetts 95.92	0
											16	Adrian Lewis 97.43	4
												Darius Labanauskas 89.74	0
	Matthew Edgar 83.41		1			17	Raymond van Barneveld 89.57	2
	Darius Labanauskas 93.57		3				Darius Labanauskas 86.81	3
																					1	Michael van Gerwen 101.12	5
																						Ryan Joyce 88.35	1
	Ryan Joyce 90.34		3			8	Simon Whitlock 87.63	0
	Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.32		0				Ryan Joyce 90.40	3
												Ryan Joyce 87.74	4
											25	Alan Norris 89.65	3
	Steve Lennon 87.22		3			25	Alan Norris 92.23	3
	James Bailey 80.18		0				Steve Lennon 87.89	2
																	Ryan Joyce 87.69	4
																9	James Wade 90.77	3
	Krzysztof Ratajski 90.21		2			9	James Wade 93.57	3
	Seigo Asada 90.64		3				Seigo Asada 97.50	2
											9	James Wade 94.71	4
												Keegan Brown 91.01	3
	Keegan Brown 95.78		3			24	Jelle Klaasen 79.24	1
	Karel Sedláček 92.15		0				Keegan Brown 82.55	3

Section 2

	First round (best of 5 sets) 13–19 December					Second round (best of 5 sets) 13–21 December					Third round (best of 7 sets) 22–27 December					Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 27–28 December					Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 29 December
	Ross Smith 91.89		3			5	Daryl Gurney 100.30	3
	Paul Lim 91.28		1				Ross Smith 88.69	0
											5	Daryl Gurney 91.08	3
											28	Jamie Lewis 93.94	4
	Martin Schindler 85.18		2			28	Jamie Lewis 92.32	3
	Cody Harris 88.66		3				Cody Harris 92.52	2
																28	Jamie Lewis 93.75	0
																12	Dave Chisnall 98.50	4
	Josh Payne 87.34		3			12	Dave Chisnall 95.58	3
	Jeff Smith 88.98		2				Josh Payne 98.49	2
											12	Dave Chisnall 97.60	4
											21	Kim Huybrechts 89.84	0
	Robert Thornton 87.15		1			21	Kim Huybrechts 103.26	3
	Daniel Larsson 91.03		3				Daniel Larsson 91.26	0
																					12	Dave Chisnall 96.54	2
																					4	Gary Anderson 103.03	5
	Paul Nicholson 85.03		0			4	Gary Anderson 94.92	3
	Kevin Burness 88.55		3				Kevin Burness 92.35	1
											4	Gary Anderson 97.33	4
											29	Jermaine Wattimena 95.19	3
	Michael Barnard 88.08		3			29	Jermaine Wattimena 89.94	3
	José de Sousa 87.83		2				Michael Barnard 83.34	0
																4	Gary Anderson 98.75	4
																	Chris Dobey 100.83	3
	Vincent van der Voort 94.06		3			13	Darren Webster 85.48	0
	Lourence Ilagan 95.52		1				Vincent van der Voort 87.81	3
											Vincent van der Voort 93.43		3
											Chris Dobey 98.39		4
	Chris Dobey 92.56		3			20	Steve Beaton 89.27	0
	Boris Koltsov 79.19		0				Chris Dobey 93.44	3

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round (best of 5 sets) 13–19 December					Second round (best of 5 sets) 13–21 December					Third round (best of 7 sets) 22–27 December					Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 27–28 December					Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 29 December
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.18		3			2	Rob Cross 102.93	3
	Nitin Kumar 77.75		0				Jeffrey de Zwaan 106.09	1
											2	Rob Cross 101.72	4
											31	Cristo Reyes 96.20	0
	Ricky Evans 90.74		1			31	Cristo Reyes 89.30	3
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.30		3				Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.28	2
																2	Rob Cross 97.38	2
																	Luke Humphries 99.71	4
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.25		3			15	Jonny Clayton 92.68	1
	Chuck Puleo 83.34		0				Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.45	3
											Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.82		1
											Luke Humphries 89.64		4
	Luke Humphries 97.58		3			18	Stephen Bunting 88.21	1
	Adam Hunt 81.40		0				Luke Humphries 95.56	3
																						Luke Humphries 94.18	1
																					10	Michael Smith 103.00	5
	Ryan Searle 87.82		3			7	Mensur Suljović 90.83	1
	Stephen Burton 87.06		0				Ryan Searle 90.66	3
											Ryan Searle 89.40		4
											William O'Connor 89.76		1
	William O'Connor 87.12		3			26	James Wilson 93.80	2
	Yordi Meeuwisse 84.30		0				William O'Connor 98.73	3
																	Ryan Searle 96.22	1
																10	Michael Smith 99.72	4
	Ron Meulenkamp 93.56		3			10	Michael Smith 94.07	3
	Diogo Portela 92.12		2				Ron Meulenkamp 93.81	1
											10	Michael Smith 100.47	4
											23	John Henderson 94.65	2
	Gabriel Clemens 83.27		3			23	John Henderson 95.17	3
	Aden Kirk 80.31		0				Gabriel Clemens 93.89	2

Section 4

	First round (best of 5 sets) 13–19 December					Second round (best of 5 sets) 13–21 December					Third round (best of 7 sets) 22–27 December					Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 27–28 December					Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 29 December
	Nathan Aspinall 88.42		3			6	Gerwyn Price 89.08	2
	Geert Nentjes 78.03		0				Nathan Aspinall 92.28	3
												Nathan Aspinall 96.17	4
											27	Kyle Anderson 98.52	1
	Jeffrey de Graaf 78.52		2			27	Kyle Anderson 96.41	3
	Noel Malicdem 85.86		3				Noel Malicdem 92.93	1
																Nathan Aspinall 95.76		4
																Devon Petersen 90.75		3
	Wayne Jones 83.66		2			11	Ian White 98.66	2
	Devon Petersen 84.79		3				Devon Petersen 94.68	3
												Devon Petersen 92.25	4
											22	Steve West 95.68	2
	Richard North 92.82		3			22	Steve West 89.49	3
	Robert Marijanović 85.99		2				Richard North 95.96	1
																					Nathan Aspinall 99.72		5
																					Brendan Dolan 93.87		1
	Toni Alcinas 86.03		3			3	Peter Wright 94.70	1
	Craig Ross 71.47		0				Toni Alcinas 93.12	3
												Toni Alcinas 84.53	2
											30	Benito van de Pas 85.61	4
	Mickey Mansell 75.22		1			30	Benito van de Pas 86.62	3
	Jim Long 75.33		3				Jim Long 85.71	2
																30	Benito van de Pas 86.67	1
																	Brendan Dolan 89.77	4
	Brendan Dolan 86.63		3			14	Joe Cullen 85.16	0
	Yuanjun Liu 78.45		0				Brendan Dolan 92.72	3
												Brendan Dolan 95.73	4
											19	Mervyn King 92.22	2
	Jan Dekker 88.95		3			19	Mervyn King 97.76	3
	Lisa Ashton 88.56		1				Jan Dekker 87.56	2

Final

Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: Kirk Bevins (first half) and George Noble (second half). Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2019.
(1) Michael van Gerwen	7 – 3	Michael Smith (10)
3 – 2, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1
102.21	Average (3 darts)	95.29
49	100+ scores	45
25	140+ scores	27
14	180 scores	13
129	Highest checkout	127
3	100+ Checkouts	3
46.30% (25/54)	Checkout summary	40.43% (19/47)

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

#	Player	Round	Average	Result
1	Michael van Gerwen	R4	108.08	Won
2	Jeffrey de Zwaan	R2	106.09	Lost
3	Michael Smith	SF	105.22	Won
4	Michael van Gerwen	SF	104.76	Won
5	Dimitri Van den Bergh	R2	104.45	Won
6	Kim Huybrechts	R2	103.26	Won
7	Gary Anderson	QF	103.03	Won
8	Michael Smith	QF	103.00	Won
9	Rob Cross	R2	102.93	Won
10	Michael van Gerwen	R2	102.59	Won

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2019 PDC World Championship. A total of 28 nationalities were represented, the most ever at a darts world championship. The second round sees an increase in participation for some countries due to the first round bye for the 32 highest ranked players.

	ENG	NED	AUS	SCO	NIR	GER	WAL	BEL	IRL	SPA	AUT	CAN	NZL	PHI	RUS	RSA	LIT	JPN	SWE	BRA	CHN	CZE	HKG	IND	POL	POR	SIN	USA	Total
Final	1	1	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	4
Quarter-final	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Round 4	10	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Round 3	14	4	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
Round 2	26	10	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
Round 1	20	8	3	1	3	3	0	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	64
Total	34	13	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	96

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External links

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