The 2011

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tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the seventh edition of the tournament. The tournament began at The O₂ Arena in London on 10 February and finished at the

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on 19 May. The format was a double round robin tournament with the top four finishers moving on to the play-offs. Each league match was played over 14 legs. If a player won his eighth leg before the 14th leg, no further legs were played after this point. Two points were awarded for a win and one point awarded for a draw. Gary Anderson won his first major title, defeating world champion

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10–4 in the final. He is the first player to win the title on his debut appearance (except from the inaugural tournament) and this was the first final to feature neither of the top 2 players from the group stage. This edition of the Premier League contained the most non-English players ever to compete in the same edition of the tournament at four ( Raymond van Barneveld, Gary Anderson,

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and Mark Webster). Mark Webster recorded the worst ever run of matches from weeks 7–11, winning just 6 legs in 5 matches, in a run that culminated in his failure to win any of his last 10 matches and finish with just 5 points and −49 leg difference, the worst ever record from a Premier League season. This stood until

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was eliminated with nine consecutive losses and 0 points in the

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edition of the tournament.

Qualification

The PDC's top four players following the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on 4 January qualified by right to compete in Premier League Darts, and were joined by four wild card selections. Two were chosen by the PDC and two wild card qualifiers by broadcasters Sky Sports. The line-up was confirmed on 4 January 2011. WC = Wild Card

Venues

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a second venue, replacing

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Prize money

The prize fund remained at £410,000 for the 2011 tournament.

Results

League stage

On 4 January 2011, the PDC announced via their official website that Phil Taylor would play against

on the opening event of the League on 10 February. Lewis subsequently defeated Taylor 8–2 on the opening night. Coincidentally, this turned out to be Taylor's only loss of the league phase, as he went on to win 13 consecutive games. On 12 January the PDC's website released the fixtures.

10 February – Week 1

The O₂ Arena,

17 February – Week 2

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24 February – Week 3

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3 March – Week 4

Westpoint Arena, Exeter

10 March – Week 5

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17 March – Week 6

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24 March – Week 7

Brighton Centre, Brighton

31 March – Week 8

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7 April – Week 9

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14 April – Week 10

Motorpoint Arena,

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21 April – Week 11

National Indoor Arena,

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28 April – Week 12

Echo Arena,

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5 May – Week 13

Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth

12 May – Week 14

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Play-offs – 19 May

Table and Streaks

Table

Final table statistics: Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost N/A = Did not play

Player statistics

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor

*Longest unbeaten run: 13 *Most consecutive wins: 13 *Most consecutive draws: 0 *Most consecutive losses: 1 *Longest without a win: 1 *Biggest victory: 8–1 (''v.'' James Wade and ''v.'' Mark Webster) *Biggest defeat: 2–8 (''v.''

)

Raymond van Barneveld

*Longest unbeaten run: 5 *Most consecutive wins: 3 *Most consecutive draws: 2 *Most consecutive losses: 2 *Longest without a win: 2 *Biggest victory: 8–2 (''v.'' James Wade) *Biggest defeat: 3–8 (''v.'' Phil Taylor (twice))

Gary Anderson

*Longest unbeaten run: 4 *Most consecutive wins: 4 *Most consecutive draws: 1 *Most consecutive losses: 3 *Longest without a win: 3 *Biggest victory: 8–1 (''v.'' Mark Webster (twice)) *Biggest defeat: 3–8 (''v.''

and ''v.'' Phil Taylor)

Adrian Lewis

*Longest unbeaten run: 4 *Most consecutive wins: 2 *Most consecutive draws: 1 *Most consecutive losses: 3 *Longest without a win: 3 *Biggest victory: 8–1 (''v.'' Mark Webster) *Biggest defeat: 2–8 (''v.'' Mark Webster)

James Wade

*Longest unbeaten run: 4 *Most consecutive wins: 3 *Most consecutive draws: 1 *Most consecutive losses: 3 *Longest without a win: 3 *Biggest victory: 8–1 (''v.'' Mark Webster) *Biggest defeat: 1–8 (''v.'' Phil Taylor)

Simon Whitlock

*Longest unbeaten run: 3 *Most consecutive wins: 3 *Most consecutive draws: 1 *Most consecutive losses: 3 *Longest without a win: 5 *Biggest victory: 8–1 (''v.''

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) *Biggest defeat: 2–8 (''v.''

)

Terry Jenkins

*Longest unbeaten run: 2 *Most consecutive wins: 1 *Most consecutive draws: 1 *Most consecutive losses: 3 *Longest without a win: 6 *Biggest victory: 8–4 (''v.'' Mark Webster (twice)) *Biggest defeat: 1–8 (''v.''

)

Mark Webster

*Longest unbeaten run: 1 *Most consecutive wins: 1 *Most consecutive draws: 1 *Most consecutive losses: 8 *Longest without a win: 10 *Biggest victory: 8–2 (''v.''

) *Biggest defeat: 1–8 (''v.'' Gary Anderson (twice), ''v.''

, ''v.'' Phil Taylor and ''v.'' James Wade)

References

External links

PDC Premier League Darts
{{2011 in PDC darts Premier League Darts

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