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THE Unibet Premier League will be played across 17 nights in 2019 in the biggest ever season of the event.

The withdrawal of Gary Anderson, due to a back injury, has seen the Premier League’s format amended, with the remaining nine players still competing for the title and joined by nine invited Contenders across the opening nine league nights.

Results from the original nine players will count towards the league table, with the Contenders not receiving league points – meaning that only one player is eliminated following Judgement Night.

The remaining eight players then meet for a second time during the remaining seven league nights, before the top four players progress to compete in the Play-Offs, with the semi-finals and final deciding the destiny of the title.

• All fixtures for the opening nine league nights will be the best of 12 legs of 501. Once a player reaches seven legs, they have won the game and no further legs will be played, or the game will be a six-all draw.
• Following Judgement Night, the final seven league nights will see games played over the best of 14 legs, with the first player to reach eight legs being the winner, or the game will be a seven-all draw.
• Two points will be awarded for a win, one point will be awarded for a draw. The nine Contenders would not receive points on the league table.
• In the event of any Points ties for positions in the league table, then the first deciding factor shall be Leg Difference. In the event of there still being a tie after Leg Difference has been taken into account, then the player who has won the most Legs Against Throw (LWAT) during the entire league programme shall be declared the winner of the tie. Any further ties after both of these tie-breakers have been utilised will be decided by the relevant players’ three-dart averages over the entire league programme as per the data recorded by the PDC’s official data partner, Sportradar.
• The semi-finals will be based on the top four league positions, with 1v4 and 2v3.
• The semi-final will be played over the best of 19 legs (first to ten) and the final will be the best of 21 legs (first to 11).
• The fixtures for Nights Ten-16 will be confirmed at www.pdc.tv following Judgement Night. The latest league table is also available at www.pdc.tv.

Prize Fund

• Winner                                £250,000
• Runner-Up                        £120,000
• Semi-Finalists                   £80,000
• Fifth Place                          £70,000
• Sixth Place                         £60,000
• Seventh Place                  £55,000
• Eighth Place                       £50,000
• Ninth Place                        £35,000
• League Leader Bonus    £25,000
• Total                                     £825,000

Fixtures & Schedule

• Night One - Thursday February 7
• Utilita Arena, Newcastle
• James Wade v Raymond van Barneveld
• Gerwyn Price v Daryl Gurney
• Chris Dobey v Mensur Suljovic
• Michael van Gerwen v Michael Smith
• Peter Wright v Rob Cross

• Night Two - Thursday February 14
• The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
• Peter Wright v Michael Smith
• Rob Cross v James Wade
• Raymond van Barneveld v Gerwyn Price
• Daryl Gurney v Glen Durrant
• Mensur Suljovic v Michael van Gerwen

• Night Three - Thursday February 21
• 3Arena, Dublin
• Gerwyn Price v James Wade
• Steve Lennon v Peter Wright
• Michael van Gerwen v Rob Cross
• Michael Smith v Daryl Gurney
• Mensur Suljovic v Raymond van Barneveld

• Night Four - Thursday February 28
• Westpoint Exeter
• Luke Humphries v Gerwyn Price
• Daryl Gurney v Rob Cross
• Mensur Suljovic v Peter Wright
• Michael van Gerwen v James Wade
• Michael Smith v Raymond van Barneveld

• Night Five - Thursday March 7
• The BHGE Arena, Aberdeen
• Michael Smith v Rob Cross
• Daryl Gurney v James Wade
• Mensur Suljovic v Gerwyn Price
• Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Wright
• Michael van Gerwen v John Henderson

• Night Six - Thursday March 14
• Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
• Nathan Aspinall v Michael Smith
• James Wade v Mensur Suljovic
• Rob Cross v Raymond van Barneveld
• Gerwyn Price v Michael van Gerwen
• Peter Wright v Daryl Gurney

• Night Seven - Thursday March 21
• Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
• Gerwyn Price v Rob Cross
• James Wade v Peter Wright
• Michael van Gerwen v Daryl Gurney
• Michael Smith v Mensur Suljovic
• Max Hopp v Raymond van Barneveld

• Night Eight - Wednesday March 27
• Rotterdam Ahoy
• Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith
• James Wade v Dimitri Van den Bergh
• Rob Cross v Mensur Suljovic
• Peter Wright v Michael van Gerwen
• Raymond van Barneveld v Daryl Gurney

• Judgement Night - Thursday March 28
• Rotterdam Ahoy
• Daryl Gurney v Mensur Suljovic
• Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price
• Rob Cross v Jeffrey de Zwaan
• Raymond van Barneveld v Michael van Gerwen
• James Wade v Michael Smith

• Fixtures for Nights Ten-16 will be confirmed following Judgement Night at www.pdc.tv.

• Night Ten - Thursday April 4
• The SSE Arena, Belfast

• Night 11 - Thursday April 11
• M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

• Night 12 - Thursday April 18
• Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

• Night 13 - Thursday April 25
• Arena Birmingham

• Night 14 - Thursday May 2
• The Manchester Arena

• Night 15 - Thursday May 9
• The FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield

• Night 16 - Thursday May 16
• First Direct Arena, Leeds

• Play-Offs - Thursday May 23
• The O2, London
• Semi-Finals
• Final

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Roll of Honour

• 2005      PHIL TAYLOR def Colin Lloyd 16-4
• 2006      PHIL TAYLOR def Roland Scholten 16-6
• 2007      PHIL TAYLOR def Terry Jenkins 16-6
• 2008      PHIL TAYLOR def James Wade 16-8
• 2009      JAMES WADE def Mervyn King 13-8
• 2010      PHIL TAYLOR def James Wade 10-8
• 2011      GARY ANDERSON def Adrian Lewis 10-4
• 2012      PHIL TAYLOR def Simon Whitlock 10-7
• 2013      MICHAEL VAN GERWEN def Phil Taylor 10-8
• 2014      RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD def Michael van Gerwen 10-6
• 2015      GARY ANDERSON def Michael van Gerwen 11-7
• 2016      MICHAEL VAN GERWEN def Phil Taylor 11-3
• 2017      MICHAEL VAN GERWEN def Peter Wright 11-10
• 2018      MICHAEL VAN GERWEN def Michael Smith 11-4

Nine-Dart Finishes

• 2006      RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD v Peter Manley, BIC Bournemouth
• 2010      RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD v Terry Jenkins, AECC Aberdeen
• 2010      PHIL TAYLOR x2 v James Wade, Wembley Arena
• 2012      PHIL TAYLOR v Kevin Painter, AECC Aberdeen
• 2012      SIMON WHITLOCK v Andy Hamilton, The O2, London
• 2016      ADRIAN LEWIS v James Wade, The SSE Arena, Belfast
• 2017      ADRIAN LEWIS v Raymond van Barneveld, Echo Arena, Liverpool

Worldwide Broadcast Partners

• Sky Sports - UK & Ireland
• RTL7 - Netherlands
• DAZN - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Italy, Spain
• Sport1 - Germany
• Fox Sports - Australia
• Sky Sport - New Zealand
• Nova - Czech Republic & Slovakia
• Viasat - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria
• Pragosport - Poland
• TV Play - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
• Ravus - SPtv - Croatia
• Kwese - South Africa