The 2023 Cazoo Premier League Darts was a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation â the nineteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 2 February 2023, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and finished with the play-offs, at The O<sub>2</sub> Arena in London on Thursday 25 May 2023.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after beating Joe Cullen 11âÂÂ10 in the 2022 final. He successfully defended the title, beating Gerwyn Price 11âÂÂ5 in the final.
As introduced in 2022's tournament, the 2023 Premier League Darts used an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches was played over the best-of-11 legs. The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks and once in the quarterfinals in weeks 9âÂÂ15, with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point. Players received two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish, and five points per final win.
Following the regular phase, the top four players in the league table contested the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.
The 2023 tournament kept the same 17 venues used in the 2022 Premier League. On 8 October 2022, it was announced that Liverpool and Brighton were switching dates, after Liverpool had been awarded the hosting duties for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The prize money for the 2023 tournament remained at ã1 million, including a ã10,000 bonus to each night's winner.
The format introduced in 2022 continued, which would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night received an additional ã10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up received 3 points and the winner received 5.
The top 4 players on the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified, with the remaining four announced following the conclusion of the Masters on 29 January 2023.
The fixtures were announced on 30 January 2023.
Night 1 was played in Belfast. Chris Dobey was the winner in his Premier League debut, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6âÂÂ5 in the night's final.
Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Night 2 was played in Cardiff. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Nathan Aspinall 6âÂÂ3 in the night's final.
Night 3 was played in Glasgow. Michael Smith was the winner, after beating Dimitri Van den Bergh 6âÂÂ4 in the night's final.
Night 4 was played in Dublin. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Gerwyn Price 6âÂÂ5 in the night's final.
Night 5 was played in Exeter. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Jonny Clayton 6âÂÂ3 in the night's final.
Night 6 was played in Liverpool. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6âÂÂ4 in the night's final.
Night 7 was played in Nottingham. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Chris Dobey 6âÂÂ4 in the night's final.
Night 8 was played in Newcastle. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6âÂÂ1 in the night's final.
====== Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Night 9 was played in Berlin. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6âÂÂ4 in the night's final.
Night 10 was played in Birmingham. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Peter Wright 6âÂÂ5 in the night's final.
Night 11 was played in Brighton. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6âÂÂ3 in the night's final.
The top four players of the league stage contest in the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.
Five points are awarded for a night win, three points for the runner-up and two points for the semi-finalists. When players are tied on points, nights won is used first as a tie-breaker and after that overall matches won.
The top 4 players after 16 nights advance to the play-offs on 25 May.
(Week 16)
(C) Champion after the playoffs, (RU) Runner-up after the playoffs