2018 William Hill World Darts ChampionshipTournament informationDates14 December 2017 –1 January 2018VenueLocationCountryOrganisation(s)FormatFinal – best of 13Prize fund£1,800,000Winners share£400,000High checkout70170170Champion(s)«»The 2018 William Hill World Darts Championship was a event, held between 14 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 at the in,. It was the 25th organised by the since it from the.was the defending champion, but lost to 6–5 in the semi final. Cross went on to win the World Championship on his debut by defeating 7–2 in the final. This was Taylor's 29th and final World Championship, surpassing the record of 28 appearances he jointly held with.became the first player to reach the semi-finals after entering the championship through a preliminary round event, first introduced at the. Lewis eventually fell to Taylor in the semi-final, by a score of 6–1.
The number one seed, was the reigning and defending champion, prior to the tournament.The 2018 PDC World Darts Championship is the 25th to be organised by the; and the tenth to be held at, London. It was held between 14 December 2017 and 1 January 2018, the culmination of the. 72 players competed in the championship; with the 32 highest ranked players on the being, and the next sixteen highest ranked players from the 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., the winner of the and championships, was top of the two-year and number one seed going into the tournament. The tournament was to be the last for, who had won the PDC World Championship fourteen times previously, most recently in. As well as van Gerwen and Taylor, three other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds, two-time champions and, and champion.The top seeds below van Gerwen were winner, Gary Anderson, winner and winner., the runner-up at the, made his World Championship debut as the 20th seed., in his debut year, was the highest ranked non-seed on the Order of Merit.
As well as North, three other qualifiers through the Pro Tour made their debut,. The list of qualifiers also included the and the.Amongst the there was, for the first time, a South and Central American Qualifier. The majority of tournaments were the same as had been for, but there was no longer a Championship. Was the first player to qualify for the Championships, having finished top of the Dartplayers Australia rankings. The top two players on the rankings also qualified, as did the winners of the fifteen, including the.The final four qualification places were announced on 19 October, with places being given to the highest ranked, the National Darts Federation of Canada number one, the highest ranked, and the then-undetermined winner,. Per the PDC Order of Merit Rules, invited players shall be placed in to either the Preliminary or First Round draws for the event based on their position in the Order of Merit (if applicable). If insufficient players hold a position of the Order of Merit, the PDC will select which players are placed in to which round at the discretion of its board of Directors.Prize money The prize money for the tournament was a record high of £1,800,000 in total.
The winner's prize money has increased from £350,000 to £400,000. Position (num. Of players)Prize Money(Total: £1,800,000)Winner(1)£400,000Runner-up(1)£170,000Semi-finalists(2)£85,000Quarter-finalists(4)£40,000Third round losers(8)£27,000Second round losers(16)£18,500First round losers(32)£11,000Preliminary round losers(8)£4,500(0)£20,000Tournament summary. (pictured in 2009), sixteen-time (14 time ) in his final year before retirement, lost in the final.The top quarter of the draw saw reigning champion dominate, knocking fellow Dutchman out in the first round, before defeating, without losing any of the twelve legs played, and, to set up a quarter-final with fellow Dutch former world champion. 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.In the second quarter, the fourth seed, was eliminated in the second round. Debutant defeated in the second round after Smith missed two match darts, and Cross went on to defeat Henderson to set up a quarter-final against the, who had defeated fifth seed in the third round.
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.The two highest-ranked seeds in the third quarter fell early on.
Two-time champion and seventh seed was knocked out in the first round by German qualifier, while the second seed was knocked out in the second round by, who had qualified for the event by coming third in the final. Welshman Jamie Lewis went past the unseeded in the third round, becoming the first player to go from the preliminary round to the quarter-final in the history of the championship; before to reach the semi-final.Two former world champions, two-time champion and retiring sixteen-time champion, met in the last quarter-final. Anderson's run to the quarter-final included a second round win over 63-year-old Singaporean, a match noted for a leg in which Lim, who in had become the first player to throw a perfect leg in the, missed a dart at double twelve to repeat the feat. Taylor had faced English opposition in his three previous rounds, beating in the first round before and 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.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-first final in his career.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 a 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, becoming the first player to make the final on his debut since in.In the final, held on 2018, Phil Taylor won the, 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. Please note this is not calculated properly for players playing more than one match and is not indicative of actual tournament averages.Top averages This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.#PlayerRoundScoreResult12108.65Won2F107.67Won32107.27Won41106.17Won51104.17Won61104.12Won72103.44Lost82103.29Lost9QF102.91Won102102.78WonRepresentation from different countries This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Retrieved 21 July 2017. ^. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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