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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
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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