The 2017

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tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the thirteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 2 February at the

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and ended with the Play-offs at

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in London on Thursday 18 May. This is the fourth year that the tournament is sponsored by

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, the 2016 champion, retained his title by winning the last-leg decider against Peter Wright in the final, after Wright missed six darts to win 11–9.

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became the first player in Premier League Darts history to fail to win a match in the tournament.

Format

The tournament format is identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (Phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are then eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2) each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.

Venues

In the only change from 2016, Brighton returned to the calendar, replacing Bournemouth.

Players

The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship final on 2 January 2017, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards – two chosen by Sky Sports and four by the PDC. Previous PDC wildcards Robert Thornton and Michael Smith were dropped in favour of

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and

. The 2017 edition marks the first time in which the six-time champion Phil Taylor appears as a wildcard entry, having finished outside the Order of Merit places. It is also the first Premier League without a player making his debut in the competition.

Prize money

The prize-money was increased to £825,000 from £725,000 in 2016.

League stage

2 February – Week 1 (Phase 1)

9 February – Week 2 (Phase 1)

Motorpoint Arena,

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16 February – Week 3 (Phase 1)

First Direct Arena,

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23 February – Week 4 (Phase 1)

Brighton Centre, Brighton

2 March – Week 5 (Phase 1)

Westpoint Arena, Exeter *Michael van Gerwen was originally scheduled to play against James Wade, but withdrew due to a back injury, Dave Chisnall played twice in Round 5. Van Gerwen played Wade on 23 March (Round 8), giving Chisnall the night off.

9 March – Week 6 (Phase 1)

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, Glasgow

16 March – Week 7 (Phase 1)

Ahoy,

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23 March – Week 8 (Phase 1)

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, Manchester

30 March – Week 9 (Phase 1) – Judgement Night

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*Kim Huybrechts was unable to travel to Cardiff due to family reasons. Because he was already eliminated in week 8, Peter Wright was awarded the win by default and the game will not be rescheduled, giving Wright the night off.

6 April – Week 10 (Phase 2)

3Arena, Dublin

13 April – Week 11 (Phase 2)

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, Liverpool

20 April – Week 12 (Phase 2)

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27 April – Week 13 (Phase 2)

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, Birmingham

4 May – Week 14 (Phase 2)

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11 May – Week 15 (Phase 2)

GE Oil and Gas Arena, Aberdeen

Play-offs – 18 May

, London

Table and streaks

Table

After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. In the next six weeks (phase 2) the eight remaining players each play a further seven matches. The top four players then compete in the playoffs. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. 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. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" , - ! style="width:10px;" abbr="Position", # ! width=200 , Name ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Played", Pld ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Won", W ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Drawn", D ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Lost", L ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Points", Pts ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs For", LF ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs Against", LA ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Leg Difference", +/- ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs Won Against Throw", LWAT ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Tons", 100+ ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Ton Plus", 140+ ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Maximums", 180s ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Average", A ! style="width:20px;" abbr="High Checkout", HC ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Checkout Percentage", C% , - style="background:#ccffcc;" !1 , align=left, , , 16 , , 10 , , 4 , , 2 , , 24, , 102 , , 70 , , +32 , , 34 , , 174 , , 154 , , 54 , , 104.92 , , 170 , , 40.54% , - style="background:#ccffcc;" !2 , align=left, RU , , 16 , , 10 , , 3 , , 3 , , 23, , 98 , , 68 , , +30 , , 30 , , 203 , , 144 , , 46 , , 98.86 , , 156 , , 38.89% , - style="background:#ccffcc;" !3 , align=left, , , 16 , , 8 , , 3 , , 5 , , 19, , 92 , , 85 , , +7 , , 32 , , 206 , , 133 , , 37 , , 98.15 , , 142 , , 40.17% , - style="background:#ccffcc;" !4 , align=left, , , 16 , , 7 , , 4 , , 5 , , 18, , 91 , , 79 , , +12 , , 35 , , 192 , , 127 , , 53 , , 102.16 , , 170 , , 39.91% , - style="background:#cccffc;" !5 , align=left, , , 16 , , 6 , , 4 , , 6 , , 16, , 82 , , 87 , , −5 , , 25 , , 166 , , 107 , , 65 , , 99.76 , , 160 , , 39.47% , - style="background:#cccffc;" !6 , align=left, , , 16 , , 6 , , 2 , , 8 , , 14, , 79 , , 89 , , −10 , , 26 , , 186 , , 131 , , 58 , , 98.69 , , 156 , , 37.09% , - style="background:#cccffc;" !7 , align=left, , , 16 , , 5 , , 3 , , 8 , , 13, , 82 , , 95 , , −13 , , 23 , , 278 , , 133 , , 28 , , 95.29 , , 121 , , 37.36% , - style="background:#cccffc !8 , align=left, , , 16 , , 6 , , 1 , , 9 , , 13, , 76 , , 90 , , −14 , , 25 , , 197 , , 122 , , 46 , , 96.84 , , 170 , , 36.89% , - style="background:#fcc;" !9 , align=left, , , 9 , , 1 , , 1 , , 7 , , 3, , 42 , , 58 , , −16 , , 15 , , 120 , , 51 , , 19 , , 92.30 , , 152 , , 34.71% , - style="background:#fcc;" !10 , align=left, , , 9 , , 0 , , 3 , , 6 , , 3, , 37 , , 60 , , −23 , , 11 , , 93 , , 70 , , 24 , , 95.58 , , 140 , , 34.58%

Streaks

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Positions by Week

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References

External links

PDC Professional Darts Corporation
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