The 2024 Premier League Darts, also known as the BetMGM Premier League Darts for sponsorship reasons, was a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation â the twentieth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 1 February 2024, at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, and finished with the play-offs, at The O<sub>2</sub> Arena in London on Thursday 23 May 2024.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after beating Gerwyn Price 11âÂÂ5 in the 2023 final. However, he lost 10âÂÂ5 to Luke Humphries in the semi-finals.
Luke Littler won his first major title and his first Premier League title on debut, beating Humphries 11âÂÂ7 in the final. He became the youngest player to win a major PDC tournament and hit a nine-dart finish in the final.
On night 10, Gerwyn Price also hit a nine-dart finish during his semi-final match against Michael Smith.
The 2024 Premier League Darts remained an eight-person knockout bracket every night, with each of the seven matches played as the first to six legs. The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks, and once in the quarter-finals 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 league phase, the top four players in the table contested the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.
The prize money for the 2024 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. The remaining 4 were announced on 4 January 2024.
The fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.
Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
The top four players of the league stage contest in the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.
Five points were awarded for a night win, three points for the runner-up and two points for the losing 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 four players after 16 nights advanced to the play-offs.
(C) Champion<br>(RU) Runner-up<br>(E) Eliminated<br> (Q) Qualified