The Players Championship Finals is a

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tournament organised by the

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. The tournament originally featured the top 32 players from the Players Championship Order of Merit, a separate ranking system that only takes into account the non-televised Players Championship events on the

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. In 2016, the field increased to 64 players. The tournament was first announced at the

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in January 2008 by PDC chairman

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. It was initially held from late January to February, and originally took place at the

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, the venue for the first 14 PDC World Championships. For the third edition, the event moved to the

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. The 2012 edition took place in December at Butlins Minehead and has remained at that venue for all subsequent tournaments, with the exception of the 2020 tournament, which was moved to

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, due to the

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Finals

Records and statistics

Total finalist appearances

* Active players are shown in bold * Only players who reached the final are included * In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

Champions by country

Nine-dart finishes

Three nine-darters have been thrown at the Players Championship Finals. The first one was in 2016, which is the only one of the three that wasn't done on the Main Stage.

High averages

Television coverage

In the UK and Ireland, the first two tournaments were broadcast on

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with the third edition being screened by PDC TV. The fourth edition returned to ITV4 where it has stayed ever since and ITV4 signed a long-term deal to cover the European Championships, Players Championships, UK Open and new tournament the Masters from 2014 to 2016.pdc.tv
TV broadcasters * 2009–2010: ITV4 * February 2011: PDC TV * December 2011–present: ITV4

References

External links

Official websitePlayers Championship Finals on Darts Database
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