2013 Premier League Darts


2013 McCoy's Premier League Darts
Winner
Michael van Gerwen
Runner-up
Phil Taylor
Score
10–8
Date
7 February–16 May 2013
Edition
9th
Number of players
10
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
2014 >

The 2013 McCoy's Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the ninth edition of the tournament. The event began at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on 7 February, and ended at The O2 Arena, London on 16 May. The tournament was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion and he reached the final again this year, but lost 10–8 against Michael van Gerwen who won his first Premier League title on his debut appearance in the competition.

Qualification

The qualification format was different from the last edition of Premier League Darts. The top four players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship automatically qualified. Alongside them, six additional players were chosen on the basis of their performance in the past year or in earlier editions of the Premier League. After the first nine rounds, the bottom 2 players were relegated. All players played each other once at that point. The remaining eight then competed against each other in the final five rounds for the play-offs places. All games in the league stage were played "best of 12 legs", thus games could be drawn by 6–6.
PlayerAppearance in
Premier League		Consecutive
Streak		Order of Merit
rank		Previous best performanceQualification
Phil Taylor9th91Winner 1st in the PDC Order of Merit
Adrian Lewis6th42Runner-up 2nd in the PDC Order of Merit
James Wade6th63Winner 3rd in the PDC Order of Merit
Michael van Gerwen1st14—4th in the PDC Order of Merit
Raymond van Barneveld8th88Semi Finalist Five-time World Champion/2012 Grand Slam of Darts Winner
Simon Whitlock4th45Runner-up 2012 European Championship Winner
Gary Anderson3rd311Winner 2011 Premier League Darts Champion
Andy Hamilton2nd26Semi Finalist 2012 Premier League Darts Semi-finalist
Wes Newton1st17—2012 European Championship Finalist
Robert Thornton1st115—2012 UK Open Champion

Venues

The venues remained the same as in the last Premier League Darts edition.

Belfast Aberdeen Bournemouth Exeter Nottingham
Odyssey Arena
Thursday 7 February		AECC
Thursday 14 February		Bournemouth International Centre
Thursday 21 February		Westpoint Arena
Thursday 28 February		Capital FM Arena
Thursday 7 March
Manchester Cardiff Glasgow Brighton Sheffield
Manchester Arena
Thursday 14 March		Motorpoint Arena
Thursday 21 March		SECC
Thursday 28 March		Brighton Centre
Thursday 4 April		Motorpoint Arena
Thursday 11 April
Dublin Birmingham Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne London
The O2
Thursday 18 April		National Indoor Arena
Thursday 25 April		Echo Arena
Thursday 2 May		Metro Radio Arena
Thursday 9 May		The O2 Arena
Thursday 16 May

Prize money

The prize-money was increased to £520,000 from £450,000 in 2012.

Results

League stage

7 February – Week 1 (Phase 1)

Odyssey Arena, Belfast

14 February – Week 2 (Phase 1)

AECC, Aberdeen

21 February – Week 3 (Phase 1)

Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth

28 February – Week 4 (Phase 1)

Westpoint Arena, Exeter

7 March – Week 5 (Phase 1)

Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

14 March – Week 6 (Phase 1)

MEN Arena, Manchester

21 March – Week 7 (Phase 1)

Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

28 March – Week 8 (Phase 1)

SECC, Glasgow

4 April – Week 9 (Phase 1)

Brighton Centre, Brighton

11 April – Week 10 (Phase 2)

Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

18 April – Week 11 (Phase 2)

The O2, Dublin

25 April – Week 12 (Phase 2)

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

2 May – Week 13 (Phase 2)

Echo Arena, Liverpool

9 May – Week 14 (Phase 2)

Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne

Play-offs – 16 May

The O2 Arena, London

Table and streaks

Table

Streaks

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Positions by round