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, and he successfully defended his title, by defeating Gerwyn Price 11–5 to win a record-breaking 7th Premier League title.

## Format

As introduced in 2022's tournament, the 2023 Premier League Darts uses an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches will be played over the best-of-11 legs. The players will be 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 will receive two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish, and five points per final win.

Following the regular phase, the top four players in the league table will contest the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.

## Venues

The 2023 tournament will keep the same 17 venues used in the 2022 Premier League. On 8 October 2022, it was announced that Liverpool and Brighton were switching dates, after Liverpool had been awarded the hosting duties for the Eurovision Song Contest.

## Prize money

The prize money for the 2023 tournament remained at £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner.

## Players

The format introduced in 2022 continued, which would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night would receive an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up will receive 3 points and the winner receives 5.

The top 4 players on the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified, with the remaining four announced following the conclusion of the Masters on 29 January 2023.

1. ↑ Price qualified for the 2021 Premier League Darts, but withdrew following a positive COVID-19 test.

## League stage

The fixtures were announced on 30 January 2023.

1. ↑ Withdrew due to injury

## 25 May – Play-offs

The top four players of the league stage contest in the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.

 **The O2, London**

## Standings

Five points are awarded for a night win, three points for the runner-up and two points for the semi-finalists. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.

The top 4 players after 16 nights advance to the play-offs on 25 May.

*As of 18 May 2023* (Week 16)

## References

1. ↑ 2023 Premier League schedule & ticket information confirmed.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Premier League: Masters winner Chris Dobey earns tournament place. BBC Sport.
3. ↑ Van Gerwen wins Cullen classic to lift sixth Premier League title.
4. ↑ Van Gerwen powers past Price to secure record seventh PL title.
5. ↑ Every Match Matters.
6. ↑ Premier League Darts to keep same format in 2023; Belfast to host start of 17-event season.
7. ↑ PDC chairman Hearn announces record prize money for 2022. PDC.
8. ↑ 2022 Cazoo Premier League Night One preview. PDC.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 2023 Cazoo Premier League fixtures confirmed.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Premier League Darts: Debutant Chris Dobey stuns Michael van Gerwen to win opening night in Belfast.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 2023 Premier League Event Stats.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Premier League Darts: Gerwyn Price defeats Michael van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall to win in Cardiff.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Premier League Darts: Michael Smith shows class against Dimitri Van den Bergh and Gerwyn Price to win in Glasgow.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Premier League Darts: Michael van Gerwen defeats Gerwyn Price in final-leg thriller in Dublin.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Premier League Darts: Van Gerwen sails past Clayton in Exeter to secure back-to-back victories.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Premier League Darts: Van Gerwen beats Smith in Liverpool to secure three wins in a row.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Premier League Darts: Gerwyn Price wins Week Seven in Nottingham after Michael Van Gerwen whitewashed by Chris Dobey.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Premier League Darts: Gerwyn Price demolishes Michael van Gerwen in Newcastle to secure back-to-back wins.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Premier League Darts: Jonny Clayton beats Michael Smith 6-4 in final of thrilling night nine in Berlin.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Premier League Darts 2023: Jonny Clayton defeats Peter Wright in Birmingham to secure back-to-back victories.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Premier League Darts 2023: Gerwyn Price defeats Michael Smith to close gap on Michael van Gerwen.

## External links

* Professional Darts Corporation, official website
* PDC Professional Darts Corporation, official website, Tournaments