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. He successfully defended the title, beating Gerwyn Price 11–5 in the final.
Format As introduced in 2022's tournament, the 2023 Premier League Darts used an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches was played over the best-of-11 legs. The players were 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 received 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 contested the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.
Venues The 2023 tournament kept 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.
Belfast Cardiff Glasgow Dublin SSE Arena BelfastThursday 2 February Cardiff International ArenaThursday 9 February OVO HydroThursday 16 February 3ArenaThursday 23 February Exeter Liverpool Nottingham Newcastle Westpoint ExeterThursday 2 March Liverpool ArenaThursday 9 March Nottingham ArenaThursday 16 March Newcastle ArenaThursday 23 March Berlin Birmingham Brighton Rotterdam Mercedes-Benz ArenaThursday 30 March Arena BirminghamThursday 6 April Brighton CentreThursday 13 April Rotterdam AhoyThursday 20 April Leeds Manchester Sheffield Aberdeen Leeds ArenaThursday 27 April Manchester ArenaThursday 4 May Sheffield ArenaThursday 11 May P&J LiveThursday 18 May London The O2Thursday 25 May
Prize money The prize money for the 2023 tournament remained at £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner. Stage Prize money Winner £275,000 Runner-up £125,000 Semi-finalists (x2) £85,000 5th place £75,000 6th place £70,000 7th place £65,000 8th place £60,000 Weekly Winner Bonus (x16) £10,000 Total £1,000,000
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 received an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up received 3 points and the winner received 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.
PlayerAppearance inPremier LeagueConsecutiveStreakOrder of MeritRank on 30/1/23Previous best performance 6th 2 1 10th 10 2 Runner-up (2017) 11th 11 3 5th 2 4 5th place (2019, 2020) 3rd 3 7 Winner (2021) 3rd 1 9 Runner-up (2020) 2nd 1 11 5th place (2021) 1st 1 21 Debut
League stage The fixtures were announced on 30 January 2023.
2 February – Night 1 SSE Arena, Belfast
Night 1 was played in Belfast. Chris Dobey was the winner in his Premier League debut, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the night's final.
Night 1 Statistics Night's Total Average: 97.61 Highest Checkout: 170 Most 180s: 11 Night's 180s: 38
9 February – Night 2 Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Night 2 was played in Cardiff. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the night's final.
Night 2 Statistics Night's Total Average: 97.22 Highest Checkout: 156 Most 180s: 10 Total 180s: 31
16 February – Night 3 OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Night 3 was played in Glasgow. Michael Smith was the winner, after beating Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–4 in the night's final.
Night 3 Statistics Night's Total Average: 97.60 Highest Checkout: 170 Most 180s: 11 Total 180s: 42
23 February – Night 4 3Arena, Dublin
Night 4 was played in Dublin. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Gerwyn Price 6–5 in the night's final.
Night 4 Statistics Night's Total Average: 95.10 Highest Checkout: 148 Most 180s: 11 Total 180s: 41
2 March – Night 5 Westpoint Exeter, Exeter
Night 5 was played in Exeter. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Jonny Clayton 6–3 in the night's final.
Night 5 Statistics Night's Total Average: 95.77 Highest Checkout: and 140 Most 180s: 8 Total 180s: 31
9 March – Night 6 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool
Night 6 was played in Liverpool. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the night's final.
Night 6 Statistics Night's Total Average: 93.64 Highest Checkout: 143 Most 180s: 11 Total 180s: 36
16 March – Night 7 Nottingham Arena, Nottingham
Night 7 was played in Nottingham. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Chris Dobey 6–4 in the night's final.
Night 7 Statistics Night's Total Average: 96.25 Highest Checkout: 156 Most 180s: 10 Total 180s: 32
23 March – Night 8 Newcastle Arena, Newcastle
Night 8 was played in Newcastle. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6–1 in the night's final.
Night 8 Statistics Night's Total Average: 93.92 Highest Checkout: 150 Most 180s: 10 Total 180s: 38
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Night 9 was played in Berlin. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the night's final.
Night 9 Statistics Night's Total Average: 96.79 Highest Checkout: 130 Most 180s: 15 Total 180s: 41
6 April – Night 10 Arena Birmingham, Birmingham
Night 10 was played in Birmingham. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Peter Wright 6–5 in the night's final.
Night 10 Statistics Night's Total Average: 98.26 Highest Checkout: 142 Most 180s: 9 Total 180s: 37
13 April – Night 11 Brighton Centre, Brighton
Night 11 was played in Brighton. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–3 in the night's final.
Night 11 Statistics Night's Total Average: 99.95 Highest Checkout: 160 Most 180s: 15 Total 180s: 56
20 April – Night 12 Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam
Night 12 Statistics Night's Total Average: 94.25 Highest Checkout: 140 Most 180s: 12 Total 180s: 29
27 April – Night 13 Leeds Arena, Leeds
Night 13 Statistics Night's Total Average: 94.24 Highest Checkout: 164 Most 180s: 14 Total 180s: 40
4 May – Night 14 Manchester Arena, Manchester
Night 14 Statistics Night's Total Average: 96.14 Highest Checkout: 170 Most 180s: 8 Total 180s: 32
11 May – Night 15 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield
Night 15 Statistics Night's Total Average: 99.49 Highest Checkout: 170 Most 180s: 9 Total 180s: 37
18 May – Night 16 P&J Live, Aberdeen
Night 16 Statistics Night's Total Average: 95.79 Highest Checkout: 160 Most 180s: 10 Night's 180s: 37
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
Score Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) 10–2 8–10 Final (best of 21 legs) 5–11 Night's Total Average: 100.33 Highest Checkout: 170 Most 180s: 12 Night's 180s: 25
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, nights won is used first as a tie-breaker and after that overall matches won.
The top 4 players after 16 nights advance to the play-offs on 25 May.
Name Nights Matches Legs Scoring100+140+1801 (RU)394525362412 +477698.31158/48639.30%2 334327322012 +175597.70164/40139.40%3 (C)333265321913 +276198.19170/42037.85%4 242248281414 –154294.70170/27744.04%5 241186281315 –164895.72143/34236.25%6 161141024915 –134495.59151/26039.23%7 141131123815 –2335 97.32170/25037.20%8 90131221516–292993.45156/22438.39%
(Week 16)
(C) Champion after the playoffs, (RU) Runner-up after the playoffs
Streaks Player Nights 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Play-offs Colspan=2 colspan=2 Colspan=2 Colspan=2 Colspan=2 Colspan=2 Colspan=3 Colspan=3 Colspan=2 Colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=3 colspan=2 Colspan=2 Colspan=2 Colspan=2 Colspan=2 Rowspan=4 colspan=4 colspan=3 colspan=5 colspan=5 colspan=2 Colspan=5 colspan=3 colspan=3
Legend: Did not qualify Lost in Quarterfinals Semi-finalist Runner-up Night winner
Positions by Week Player Nights 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 5 3 6 3 4 2 1 7 6 1 2 3 4 3 4 3 5 3 2 2 4 1 2 3 8 7 6 7 5 3 4 5 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 5 3 5 6 7 6 7 6 1 5 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 7 6 7 8
References
External links Professional Darts Corporation, official website PDC Professional Darts Corporation, official website, Tournaments