PDC Players Championship Finals- 23rd-25th November 2018- Minehead

[ssjsa]

MENSUR SULJOVIC has withdrawn from the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals, and is replaced by Benito van de Pas.

World number seven Suljovic had been set to line up at the Butlins Minehead Resort on Friday to compete in the £460,000 tournament, but has pulled out for family reasons.

Under PDC Rule 3.7, Suljovic will be replaced in the draw by the next non-qualified player, Benito van de Pas, who will now take on Keegan Brown in the first round.

There will be no change to the advertised schedule of play, with Brown v Van de Pas taking place third in Friday's afternoon session on the Main Stage.

The Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals will be held from November 23-25 at the Butlin's Minehead Resort in Somerset, live on ITV4 and through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners.

Whilst the televised coverage of the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals will focus on the Main Stage, play on Friday and Saturday on Stage Two will be available on PDCTV-HD for all subscribers worldwide.

For Weekend Break Packages, visit the Big Weekends packages.

2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Schedule of Play
Friday November 23
First Round
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Main Stage
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Jelle Klaasen
Max Hopp v Steve West
Keegan Brown v Benito van de Pas
Adrian Lewis v Adam Hunt
Simon Whitlock v Kyle Anderson
Daryl Gurney v Robert Thornton
James Wade v Ross Smith

Stage Two
Brendan Dolan v Michael Barnard
Josh Payne v Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall v Martin Schindler
Gabriel Clemens v Andrew Gilding
Ryan Joyce v Steve Lennon
Mervyn King v Simon Stevenson
Stephen Bunting v Richard North
Mickey Mansell v Madars Razma
Dave Chisnall v Jamie Lewis

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Main Stage
Ian White v Scott Taylor
Gary Anderson v Alan Tabern
Rob Cross v Cristo Reyes
Krzysztof Ratajski v Gerwyn Price
Peter Wright v Toni Alcinas
Michael van Gerwen v Matthew Edgar
Michael Smith v Vincent van der Voort

Stage Two
Jermaine Wattimena v Stephen Burton
John Henderson v Joe Cullen
Jonny Clayton v Mark Webster
Ricky Evans v Jan Dekker
James Wilson v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Danny Noppert v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Chris Dobey v Ron Meulenkamp
Darren Webster v Jeffrey de Graaf

[clarky]

More likely for MvG to make the semis then as he was due to face Mensur in the second round which would have been his most likely game to lose over just best of 11.

TV Cameras caught up with MVGs first oppenent Matty Edgar this week - 6-4 to Edgar will be the result

[ssjsa]

THE 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals begins on Friday, with Michael van Gerwen bidding for a fifth title in six years - live on ITV4.

The event will take place from November 23-25 at the Butlin's Minehead Resort in Somerset, featuring the leading 64 stars from the 2018 Players Championship Order of Merit, following 22 one-day ProTour events.

The tournament offers a £460,000 prize fund, including £100,000 to the winner, as Van Gerwen begins the defence of his title against Matthew Edgar.

Top seed Ian White will face Scott Taylor in the first round, while newly-crowned Grand Slam of Darts Champion Gerwyn Price meets Krzysztof Ratajski.

Number two seed Gary Anderson will take on Alan Tabern, fourth seed Peter Wright will play Spain's Toni Alcinas and World Champion Rob Cross will face Alcinas' World Cup partner and Spanish number one Cristo Reyes.

A clash between Daryl Gurney and Robert Thornton will see two former World Grand Prix champions collide, Simon Whitlock and Kyle Anderson will meet in an all-Australian tie, while Dutch pair Jeffrey de Zwaan and Jelle Klaasen will face off.

World number seven Mensur Suljovic has withdrawn from the event, and has been replaced by the next non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit, Benito van de Pas.

Play will be split across two stages on the opening two days, before Finals Day on the Main Stage, while the weekend will also feature the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship final on Sunday evening between Dimitri Van den Bergh and Martin Schindler.

Televised coverage of the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals will focus on the Main Stage, while play on Friday and Saturday on Stage Two will be available on PDCTV-HD for all subscribers worldwide.

Butlin's Weekend Break Packages are available through www.bigweekends.com, which include accommodation and tickets for all six sessions of darts.

2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Schedule of Play
Friday November 23
First Round
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Main Stage
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Jelle Klaasen
Max Hopp v Steve West
Keegan Brown v Mensur Suljovic
Adrian Lewis v Adam Hunt
Simon Whitlock v Kyle Anderson
Daryl Gurney v Robert Thornton
James Wade v Ross Smith

Stage Two
Brendan Dolan v Michael Barnard
Josh Payne v Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall v Martin Schindler
Gabriel Clemens v Andrew Gilding
Ryan Joyce v Steve Lennon
Mervyn King v Simon Stevenson
Stephen Bunting v Richard North
Mickey Mansell v Madars Razma
Dave Chisnall v Jamie Lewis

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Main Stage
Ian White v Scott Taylor
Gary Anderson v Alan Tabern
Rob Cross v Cristo Reyes
Krzysztof Ratajski v Gerwyn Price
Peter Wright v Toni Alcinas
Michael van Gerwen v Matthew Edgar
Michael Smith v Vincent van der Voort

Stage Two
Jermaine Wattimena v Stephen Burton
John Henderson v Joe Cullen
Jonny Clayton v Mark Webster
Ricky Evans v Jan Dekker
James Wilson v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Danny Noppert v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Chris Dobey v Ron Meulenkamp
Darren Webster v Jeffrey de Graaf
Steve Beaton v Kim Huybrechts

Saturday November 24
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Second Round
Main Stage
Gurney/Thornton v Payne/Searle
Wade/R Smith v Aspinall/Schindler
Chisnall/J Lewis v Dobey/Meulenkamp
Cross/Reyes v Joyce/Lennon
G Anderson/Tabern v Whitlock/K Anderson
Van Gerwen/Edgar v Brown/Suljovic
Wright/Alcinas v Hopp/West

Stage Two
Bunting/North v Mansell/Razma
Wilson/Van den Bergh v Clemens/Gilding
De Zwaan/Klaasen v Evans/Dekker
Wattimena/Burton v D Webster/De Graaf
White/Taylor v Dolan/Barnard
Noppert/Rodriguez v King/Stevenson
M Smith/Van der Voort v Clayton/M Webster
Beaton/Huybrechts v Henderson/Cullen
A Lewis/Hunt v Ratajski/G Price

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Third Round
Main Stage
4x Games TBC

Stage Two
4x Games TBC

Sunday November 25
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals
Final

Plus PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Final:
Martin Schindler v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Best of 11 legs. To be played between semi-finals and final of Players Championship Finals.

Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Prize Fund
Winner: £100,000
Runner-Up: £40,000
Semi-Finalists: £23,000
Quarter-Finalists: £12,500
Second Round Losers: £8,000
Last 32 Losers: £5,000
First Round Losers: £2,500
Total: £460,000
Nine-Dart Finish Bonus: £5,000

Format
First Round: Best of 11 legs
Second Round: Best of 11 legs
Third Round: Best of 19 legs
Quarter-Finals: Best of 19 legs
Semi-Finals: Best of 21 legs
Final: Best of 21 legs

[callataxi]

Anyone know if PDC will be streaming board 2 again on their Facebook page??

See post above. Board 2 on PDC.tv for all subscribers.

Many thanks and very disappointing news - that was a great feature last year, shame it’s behind a paywall this...

It only costs £50 for a year and that gives you access to every euro events and players champ plus obviously a few
Tv events where more than 1 board is used. If you really are into your darts it's a fairly affordable package. £4 a month
is hardly gonna break the bank .

[malcy93]

Anyone know if PDC will be streaming board 2 again on their Facebook page??

See post above. Board 2 on PDC.tv for all subscribers.

Many thanks and very disappointing news - that was a great feature last year, shame it’s behind a paywall this...

It only costs £50 for a year and that gives you access to every euro events and players champ plus obviously a few
Tv events where more than 1 board is used. If you really are into your darts it's a fairly affordable package. £4 a month
is hardly gonna break the bank .

I thought the big perk for which you need annual rather than monthly subscription is early ticket access for the TV events.

[callataxi]

Anyone know if PDC will be streaming board 2 again on their Facebook page??

See post above. Board 2 on PDC.tv for all subscribers.

Many thanks and very disappointing news - that was a great feature last year, shame it’s behind a paywall this...

It only costs £50 for a year and that gives you access to every euro events and players champ plus obviously a few
Tv events where more than 1 board is used. If you really are into your darts it's a fairly affordable package. £4 a month
is hardly gonna break the bank .

I thought the big perk for which you need annual rather than monthly subscription is early ticket access for the TV events.

Well I work on the darts for a living so I can't make any of the events, but yes that's another perk.
I think you can only pay yearly anyway, was just breaking it down to v little cost of £4 month.

[Wubbalubbadubdub]

Little treble of Aspinall,Gilding and Dekker at 9/1. Lots of interesting match ups today could be a few "upsets"

[DavidB]

Anyone know if PDC will be streaming board 2 again on their Facebook page??

See post above. Board 2 on PDC.tv for all subscribers.

Many thanks and very disappointing news - that was a great feature last year, shame it’s behind a paywall this...

It only costs £50 for a year and that gives you access to every euro events and players champ plus obviously a few
Tv events where more than 1 board is used. If you really are into your darts it's a fairly affordable package. £4 a month
is hardly gonna break the bank .

Sure, great value agreed but I was just talking specially this event which last year board 2 was FTA and this year isn't.

[Wubbalubbadubdub]

Dear me West threw that away by not going 3-0 up. Good comeback from Hopp though

[Wubbalubbadubdub]

BvdP got rid of his ridiclously long dartsstill playing crap thus far though

Yeah new throw and new darts,looks to be struggling with control but a lot better to watch even though he's havin a mare

[Wubbalubbadubdub]

Somehow Benito is still in this, some horrendous choice from Brown whilst miles in front on a leg. 3-2 Brown.

[Ginge]

Gilding finding it much tougher playing the professionals today, I see.

[BlueSpark]

Not that I'm watching, got better things to do, but the King game looked woeful.

[ChrisW]

Friday November 23
First Round
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Main Stage
Jeffrey De Zwaan (94.72) 6 (11) 4 (84.72) Jelle Klaasen
Max Hopp (98.44) 6 (11) 4 (94.21) Steve West
Keegan Brown (89.25) 6 (11) 3 (79.69) Benito Van De Pas
Adrian Lewis (95.47) 6 (11) 2 (83.85) Adam Hunt
Simon Whitlock (92.55) 6 (11) 4 (91.37) Kyle Anderson
Daryl Gurney (85.82) 6 (11) 3 (82.7) Robert Thornton
James Wade (94.52) 6 (11) 4 (89.74) Ross Smith
Dave Chisnall (98.47) 6 (11) 4 (93.94) Jamie Lewis

Stage Two
Brendan Dolan (92.12) 6 (11) 4 (93.42) Michael Barnard
Josh Payne (89.67) 2 (11) 6 (93.23) Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall (96.93) 6 (11) 1 (85.31) Martin Schindler
Gabriel Clemens (91.62) 6 (11) 3 (81.02) Andrew Gilding
Ryan Joyce (91.08) 2 (11) 6 (97.11) Steve Lennon
Mervyn King (78.2) 6 (11) 4 (77.31) Simon Stevenson
Stephen Bunting (94.08) 6 (11) 5 (88.3) Richard North
Mickey Mansell (88.35) 4 (11) 6 (89.23) Madars Razma

[ChrisW]

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Main Stage
Ian White (111.12) 6 (11) 2 (92.91) Scott Taylor
Gary Anderson (107.95) 6 (11) 2 (82.99) Alan Tabern
Rob Cross (93.72) 1 (11) 6 (96.98) Cristo Reyes
Krzysztof Ratajski (105.38) 6 (11) 5 (105.79) Gerwyn Price
Peter Wright v Toni Alcinas
Michael van Gerwen v Matthew Edgar
Michael Smith v Vincent van der Voort

Stage Two
Jermaine Wattimena (88.05) 5 (11) 6 (95.65) Stephen Burton
John Henderson (97.78) 5 (11) 6 (93.87) Joe Cullen
Jonny Clayton (95.24) 6 (11) 3 (93.09) Mark Webster
Ricky Evans (88) 6 (11) 3 (81.35) Jan Dekker
James Wilson (94.05) 6 (11) 2 (93.31) Dimitri Van Den Bergh
Danny Noppert v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Chris Dobey v Ron Meulenkamp
Darren Webster v Jeffrey de Graaf
Steve Beaton v Kim Huybrechts

[only85]

Im struggling to think of a worst session of darts from the pdc side quality wise I have seen than that,, I noticed mason at least once referred to a lack of big stage experience & the difference between stage & floor, hope tonight’s offerings are better

[DavidB]

Im struggling to think of a worst session of darts from the pdc side quality wise I have seen than that,, I noticed mason at least once referred to a lack of big stage experience & the difference between stage & floor, hope tonight’s offerings are better

If anything tonight on the main stage is even worse...stage 2 matches look far better, shame not available as last year...

[devosteve]

Stinking sky plus record. Programme finished before end of last match.

anyway, still reckon itv4 do a great job.

[Kinsella]

Great to see a superb performance from Ian White. Next up Ando.

[ChrisW]

Great to see a superb performance from Ian White. Next up Ando.

Surely not he's always rubbish on TV.