18 Dec 2014 - 3 Jan 2015
Alexandra Palace, London
SID WADDELL TROPHY (from 2013)
Defending Champion: Michael van Gerwen
Format of Play
Preliminary Round - Best of 3 sets
Round 1 - Best of 5 sets
Round 2 - Best of 7 sets
Round 3 - Best of 7 sets
Q-Final - Best of 9 sets
S-Final - Best of 11 sets
Final - Best of 13 sets
Each set is best of 5 legs.
There is no tie break in the Preliminary Round.
Tie break applies only to the final set of all other Rounds where a player has to win by two clear legs however, the 11th leg, if played, is a sudden-death leg.
Live broadcasts:
Sky Sports Darts - UK & Ireland (Dedicated Darts Channel)
RTL7 - Netherlands
Sport1 - Germany
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
OSN - Middle East & North Africa
Fox - Italy
Fox Africa - Across Africa plus Greece, Turkey, Malta, Cyrpus & Israel
Nova - Czech Republic & Slovakia
Viasat - Denmark, Norway & Bulgaria
Pragosport - Hungary
ESPN3 - America
CCTV - China
Prize Fund:
Winner: £250,000
Runner-Up: £120,000
Semi-Final: £60,000
Quarter-Final: £35,000
Third Round: £18,000
Second Round: £12,000
First Round: £8,000
Preliminary Round: £3,500
Total: £1,250,000
Nine Darter (1) £10,000
The Players
Order of Merit
(seeded players)
Michael van Gerwen
Phil Taylor
Adrian Lewis
Gary Anderson
Peter Wright
James Wade
Simon Whitlock
Dave Chisnall
Robert Thornton
Mervyn King
Brendan Dolan
Andy Hamilton
Wes Newton
Raymond van Barneveld
Ian White
Terry Jenkins
Pro Tour Qualifiers
Andrew Gilding
Darren Webster
Benito van de Pas
Christian Kist
Jamie Lewis
Ronny Huybrechts
Wayne Jones
Gerwyn Price
John Henderson
Keegan Brown
David Pallett
Joe Cullen
Kyle Anderson
Jyhan Artut
Michael Mansell
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Order of Merit
(unseeded players)
Justn Pipe
Kim Huybrechts
Jamie Caven
Kevin Painter
Steve Beaton
Michael Smith
Vincent van der Voort
Ronnie Baxter
Paul Nicholson
Dean Winstanley
Stephen Bunting
Andy Smith
Jelle Klaasen
John Part
Mark Webster
Stuart Kellett
European OOM
First Round
Mensur Suljović
Ron Meulenkamp
Max Hopp
Ryan de Vreede
PDPA Qualifier
First Round
Jason Hogg
Preliminary Round
Scott MacKenzie
International Qualifiers
First Round
Dave Richardson
Laurence Ryder
John Weber
Preliminary Round
Nolan Arendse
Daryl Gurney
Jani Haavisto
Alex Hon
Scott Kirchner
Boris Koltsov
Robert Marijanović
Mark McGrath
John Michael
Haruki Muramatsu
Christian Perez
Cristo Reyes
Sascha Stein
Kim Viljanen
Jermaine Wattimena
(Local time GMT)
Preliminary Round First to 4 legs
Kim Viljanen
Scott MacKenzie
Mark McGrath
Christian Perez
1-4
3-4
0-4
0-4
Sascha Stein
Daryl Gurney
Scott Kirchner
Cristo Reyes
Boris Koltsov
Jani Haavisto
Jermaine Wattimena
Nolan Arendse
4-2
1-4
3-4
4-0
Haruki Muramatsu
John Michael
Robert Marijanović
Alex Hon
Michael van Gerwen
Stuart Keller
Terry Jenkins
Justin Pipe
Dave Chisnall
Paul Nicholson
Robert Thornton
Ronnie Baxter
Peter Wright
Andy Smith
Andy Hamilton
Steve Beaton
Gary Anderson
Jelle Klaasen
Wes Newton
Kevin Painter
3-1
1-3
3-1
2-3
3-0
2-3
3-0
3-1
3-0
0-3
3-2
0-3
3-1
3-1
2-3
3-1
Joe Cullen
Sascha Stein
John Weber
Laurence Ryder
Ryan de Vreede
Benito van de Pas
Andrew Gilding
Daryl Gerney
Gerwyn Price
Ronny Huybrechts
Dave Richardson
Kyle Anderson
Scott Kirchner
Christian Kist
Cristo Reyes
Boris Koltsov
Phil Taylor
Mark Webster
Ian White
Kim Huybrechts
Simon Whitlock
Dean Winstanley
Mervyn King
Vincent van der Voort
James Wade
Stephen Bunting
Brendan Dolan
Michael Smith
Adrian Lewis
John Part
Raymond van Barneveld
Jamie Caven
3-0
3-1
3-1
3-0
1-3
3-2
2-3
3-2
3-0
2-3
3-0
3-2
3-1
3-1
3-0
3-1
Jyhan Artut
Ron Meulenkamp
John Michael
Michael Mansell
Darren Webster
Wayne Jones
Max Hopp
John Henderson
Jamie Lewis
Robert Marijanović
Nolan Arendse
Mensur Suljović
David Pallett
Keegan Brown
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Jason Hogg
Round 1 Best of 5 sets
Round 2 Best of 7 sets
Michael van Gerwen
Terry Jenkins
Dave Chisnall
Robert Thornton
Peter Wright
Andy Hamilton
Gary Anderson
Cristo Reyes
4-1
4-0
2-4
4-0
4-1
4-2
4-3
4-3
Sascha Stein
Laurence Ryder
Benito van de Pas
Ronnie Baxter
Ronny Huybrechts
Kyle Anderson
Jelle Klaasen
Kevin Painter
Phil Taylor
Ian White
Darren Webster
Max Hopp
James Wade
Brendan Dolan
Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld
4-0
3-4
3-4
0-4
1-4
2-4
4-2
4-3
Mark Webster
Kim Huybrechts
Dean Winstanley
Vincent van der Voort
Stephen Bunting
Michael Smith
Keegan Brown
Jamie Caven
Round 3 Best of 7 sets
Michael van Gerwen
Benito van de Pas
Peter Wright
Gary Anderson
4-1
0-4
4-0
4-1
Terry Jenkins
Robert Thornton
Andy Hamilton
Cristo Reyes
Phil Taylor
Dean Winstanley
Stephen Bunting
Adrian Lewis
4-3
2-4
4-2
3-4
Kim Huybrechts
Vincent van der Voort
Michael Smith
Raymond van Barneveld
Q-Final Best of 9 sets
Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
5-2
1-5
Robert Thornton
Gary Anderson
Phil Taylor
Stephen Bunting
5-3
4-5
Vincent van der Voort
Raymond van Barneveld
Final Best of 13 sets Sat 3rd Jan 7pm Sky Sports 1
Michael van Gerwen
Phil Taylor
3-6
6-2
Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld
Gary Anderson
7-6
Phil Taylor
S-Final Best of 11 sets Fri 2nd Jan 8pm Sky Sports 1