CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE DARTS began on Tuesday September 27 at Crondon Park GC in Essex, and sees players compete in eight eight-man groups, with prize money awarded per leg won.
Each day sees the players meet each other once during the league phase, before the top four contest the semi-finals and final to determine a group winner.
The eight Group winners return on Thursday October 20 for the big-money Winners Group, with additional prize money of £10,000 for the eventual winner and Grand Slam of Darts invitations on offer for the finalists.
Championship League Darts is shown live worldwide via LIVEPDC.TV and 30 bookmakers' websites.
Championship League Darts
Group One - Tuesday September 27 2011
Competitors: Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, James Wade, Gary Anderson, Simon Whitlock, Wes Newton, Mark Webster, Terry Jenkins,
Winner: Gary Anderson
Eliminated: Adrian Lewis, Terry Jenkins
Click here for Group One Results & Report
Group Two - Wednesday September 28 2011
Competitors: Phil Taylor, James Wade, Simon Whitlock, Wes Newton, Mark Webster, Paul Nicholson, Andy Hamilton, Mervyn King
Winner: Phil Taylor
Eliminated: James Wade, Mark Webster
Click here for Group Two Results & Report
Group Three - Thursday September 29 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Wes Newton, Paul Nicholson, Andy Hamilton, Mervyn King, Wayne Jones, Mark Walsh, Colin Lloyd
Winner: Paul Nicholson
Eliminated: Wes Newton, Andy Hamilton
Click here for Group Three Results & Report
Group Four - Tuesday October 11 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Mervyn King, Wayne Jones, Mark Walsh, Colin Lloyd, Ronnie Baxter, Vincent van der Voort, Jamie Caven
Winner: Mark Walsh
Eliminated: Ronnie Baxter, Wayne Jones
Click here for Group Four Results & Report
Group Five - Wednesday October 12 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Mervyn King, Colin Lloyd, Vincent van der Voort, Jamie Caven, Andy Smith, Colin Osborne, Kevin Painter
Winner: Mervyn King
Eliminated: Colin Lloyd, Jamie Caven
Click here for Group Five Results & Report
Group Six - Thursday October 13 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Vincent van der Voort, Andy Smith, Colin Osborne, Kevin Painter, Denis Ovens, Alan Tabern, Steve Beaton
Winner: Simon Whitlock
Eliminated: Denis Ovens, Colin Osborne
Click here for Group Six Results & Report
Group Seven - Tuesday October 18 2011
Competitors: Vincent van der Voort, Andy Smith, Kevin Painter, Alan Tabern, Steve Beaton, Robert Thornton, Mark Dudbridge, John Part
* Co Stompe withdrew from Championship League Darts through illness, and was replaced in Group Seven by John Part, with Jelle Klaasen coming in to Group eight.
Winner: Steve Beaton
Eliminated: Andy Smith, Robert Thornton
Click here for Group Seven Results & Report
Group Eight - Wednesday October 19 2011
Competitors: Vincent van der Voort, Kevin Painter, Alan Tabern, Mark Dudbridge, John Part, Steve Brown, Dennis Priestley, Jelle Klaasen
Winner: Dennis Priestley
Click here for Group Eight Results & Report
Winners Group - Thursday October 20 2011
Eight Group Winners return to play in Winners Group
Qualifiers: Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor, Paul Nicholson, Mark Walsh, Mervyn King, Simon Whitlock, Steve Beaton, Dennis Priestley
Winner: Phil Taylor
Click here for Winners Group Results & Report
Final Prize Money Earnings
Format & Prize Money
Each player plays all other seven in the league over best-of-11 leg matches in a round-robin format. Two points go to the winner. Once a player reaches six legs, he has won the match and no further legs are played.
At the end of the league phase, the top four move into the play-offs, with semi-finals and then the final played on the day.
Winner progresses to Winners Group.
The losing finalist, losing semi-finalists and players finishing fifth and sixth in the league table progress to Group Two.
Players seven and eight in league table are eliminated and ineligible for future groups.
Groups 1-8 Prize Money
Prize Money is paid at £50 per leg won in the league phase and £100 per leg won in the play-offs.
Winners Group
Prize Money is paid at £100 per leg won in the league phase and £200 per leg won in the play-offs.
The Championship League Darts winner also receives £10,000, the runner-up receives £5,000 and the losing semi-finalists receive £2,500.
The winner and runner-up will also receive an invitation to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.
The tournament has a total achievable prize fund of £207,000.
WATCH LIVE
Championship League Darts is being shown live online through LIVEPDC.TV as well as through a total of 30 bookmakers' websites worldwide, as detailed below.
Each day sees the players meet each other once during the league phase, before the top four contest the semi-finals and final to determine a group winner.
The eight Group winners return on Thursday October 20 for the big-money Winners Group, with additional prize money of £10,000 for the eventual winner and Grand Slam of Darts invitations on offer for the finalists.
Championship League Darts is shown live worldwide via LIVEPDC.TV and 30 bookmakers' websites.
Championship League Darts
Group One - Tuesday September 27 2011
Competitors: Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, James Wade, Gary Anderson, Simon Whitlock, Wes Newton, Mark Webster, Terry Jenkins,
Winner: Gary Anderson
Eliminated: Adrian Lewis, Terry Jenkins
Click here for Group One Results & Report
Group Two - Wednesday September 28 2011
Competitors: Phil Taylor, James Wade, Simon Whitlock, Wes Newton, Mark Webster, Paul Nicholson, Andy Hamilton, Mervyn King
Winner: Phil Taylor
Eliminated: James Wade, Mark Webster
Click here for Group Two Results & Report
Group Three - Thursday September 29 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Wes Newton, Paul Nicholson, Andy Hamilton, Mervyn King, Wayne Jones, Mark Walsh, Colin Lloyd
Winner: Paul Nicholson
Eliminated: Wes Newton, Andy Hamilton
Click here for Group Three Results & Report
Group Four - Tuesday October 11 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Mervyn King, Wayne Jones, Mark Walsh, Colin Lloyd, Ronnie Baxter, Vincent van der Voort, Jamie Caven
Winner: Mark Walsh
Eliminated: Ronnie Baxter, Wayne Jones
Click here for Group Four Results & Report
Group Five - Wednesday October 12 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Mervyn King, Colin Lloyd, Vincent van der Voort, Jamie Caven, Andy Smith, Colin Osborne, Kevin Painter
Winner: Mervyn King
Eliminated: Colin Lloyd, Jamie Caven
Click here for Group Five Results & Report
Group Six - Thursday October 13 2011
Competitors: Simon Whitlock, Vincent van der Voort, Andy Smith, Colin Osborne, Kevin Painter, Denis Ovens, Alan Tabern, Steve Beaton
Winner: Simon Whitlock
Eliminated: Denis Ovens, Colin Osborne
Click here for Group Six Results & Report
Group Seven - Tuesday October 18 2011
Competitors: Vincent van der Voort, Andy Smith, Kevin Painter, Alan Tabern, Steve Beaton, Robert Thornton, Mark Dudbridge, John Part
* Co Stompe withdrew from Championship League Darts through illness, and was replaced in Group Seven by John Part, with Jelle Klaasen coming in to Group eight.
Winner: Steve Beaton
Eliminated: Andy Smith, Robert Thornton
Click here for Group Seven Results & Report
Group Eight - Wednesday October 19 2011
Competitors: Vincent van der Voort, Kevin Painter, Alan Tabern, Mark Dudbridge, John Part, Steve Brown, Dennis Priestley, Jelle Klaasen
Winner: Dennis Priestley
Click here for Group Eight Results & Report
Winners Group - Thursday October 20 2011
Eight Group Winners return to play in Winners Group
Qualifiers: Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor, Paul Nicholson, Mark Walsh, Mervyn King, Simon Whitlock, Steve Beaton, Dennis Priestley
Winner: Phil Taylor
Click here for Winners Group Results & Report
Final Prize Money Earnings
Name | Total £ |
Phil Taylor | £22,400 |
Simon Whitlock | £18,750 |
Mervyn King | £15,650 |
Paul Nicholson | £14,900 |
Steve Beaton | £10,950 |
Vincent van der Voort | £10,100 |
Kevin Painter | £9,050 |
Mark Walsh | £7,850 |
Andy Smith | £6,250 |
Gary Anderson | £5,900 |
Wes Newton | £5,700 |
Dennis Priestley | £5,700 |
Colin Lloyd | £5,500 |
John Part | £4,900 |
Alan Tabern | £4,850 |
Mark Dudbridge | £3,200 |
Wayne Jones | £3,100 |
Colin Osborne | £2,850 |
Mark Webster | £2,550 |
Jamie Caven | £2,500 |
James Wade | £2,350 |
Andy Hamilton | £2,250 |
Ronnie Baxter | £1,500 |
Steve Brown | £1,400 |
Adrian Lewis | £1,250 |
Robert Thornton | £1,250 |
Denis Ovens | £1,100 |
Terry Jenkins | £950 |
Jelle Klaasen | £900 |
Format & Prize Money
Each player plays all other seven in the league over best-of-11 leg matches in a round-robin format. Two points go to the winner. Once a player reaches six legs, he has won the match and no further legs are played.
At the end of the league phase, the top four move into the play-offs, with semi-finals and then the final played on the day.
Winner progresses to Winners Group.
The losing finalist, losing semi-finalists and players finishing fifth and sixth in the league table progress to Group Two.
Players seven and eight in league table are eliminated and ineligible for future groups.
Groups 1-8 Prize Money
Prize Money is paid at £50 per leg won in the league phase and £100 per leg won in the play-offs.
Winners Group
Prize Money is paid at £100 per leg won in the league phase and £200 per leg won in the play-offs.
The Championship League Darts winner also receives £10,000, the runner-up receives £5,000 and the losing semi-finalists receive £2,500.
The winner and runner-up will also receive an invitation to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.
The tournament has a total achievable prize fund of £207,000.
WATCH LIVE
Championship League Darts is being shown live online through LIVEPDC.TV as well as through a total of 30 bookmakers' websites worldwide, as detailed below.
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