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Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson (Picture: Steve Welsh/PDC)
Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson (Picture: Steve Welsh/PDC)

World Series of Darts Finals 2017: Draw, schedule, betting odds, results, ITV4 coverage & player profiles

15:49 · WED November 08, 2017

The full results from the Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals, which took place at Glasgow's Braehead Arena from November 3-5.

Michael van Gerwen won the World Series of Darts Finals for the third year in a row, defeating Gary Anderson 11-6 in the final in Glasgow.

Here, you can look back on how the tournament unfolded with all the results and daily reviews.

World Series of Darts Finals: Draw & tournament bracket

  • Gary Anderson (1) v Chris Dobey/Mensur Suljovic
  • Gerwyn Price (8) v Corey Cadby/Jelle Klaasen
  • James Wade (5) v Simon Stevenson/Jan Dekker
  • Raymond van Barneveld (4) v Michael Smith/Dimitri Van den Bergh
  • Michael van Gerwen (2) v Max Hopp/Adrian Lewis
  • Kyle Anderson (7) v Jonny Clayton/Rob Cross
  • Daryl Gurney (6) v Mark Webster/Simon Whitlock
  • Peter Wright (3) v Justin Pipe/Dave Chisnall

World Series of Darts: Schedule, results, reviews & stats

Friday November 3 (1900 GMT)
First Round (Best of 11 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4

  • Simon Stevenson 6-3 Jan Dekker
  • Justin Pipe 6-5 Dave Chisnall
  • Max Hopp 6-2 Adrian Lewis
  • Michael Smith 1-6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
  • Corey Cadby 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
  • Mark Webster 3-6 Simon Whitlock
  • Chris Dobey 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
  • Jonny Clayton 1-6 Rob Cross

Click here for Friday's round-up

Saturday November 4 (1900 GMT)
Second Round (Best of 11 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4

  • James Wade 6-5 Simon Stevenson
  • Raymond van Barneveld 4-6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
  • Gerwyn Price 6-5 Corey Cadby
  • Gary Anderson 6-1 Chris Dobey
  • Peter Wright 6-1 Justin Pipe
  • Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Max Hopp
  • Daryl Gurney 6-3 Simon Whitlock
  • Kyle Anderson 5-6 Rob Cross

Click here for Saturday's round-up

Sunday November 5
Afternoon session (1300 GMT)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4

  • James Wade 10-6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
  • Gary Anderson 10-8 Gerwyn Price
  • Michael van Gerwen 10-4 Rob Cross
  • Daryl Gurney 10-7 Peter Wright

Evening session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals (Best of 21 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4

  • Gary Anderson 11-5 James Wade
  • Michael van Gerwen 11-8 Daryl Gurney

Final (Best of 21 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4

  • Gary Anderson 6-11 Michael van Gerwen

Click here for Sunday's round-up

World Series of Darts 2017: Player line-up

Eight players from the World Series ranking

These players seeded

  • Gary Anderson (Scotland)
  • Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
  • Peter Wright (Scotland)
  • Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)
  • James Wade (England)
  • Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)
  • Kyle Anderson (Australia)
  • Gerwyn Price (Wales)

PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers

  • Adrian Lewis (England)
  • Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
  • Dave Chisnall (England)
  • Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands)

Invited Players

  • Simon Whitlock (Australia)
  • Corey Cadby (Australia)
  • Michael Smith (England)
  • Max Hopp (Germany)

PDC Tour Card Holders' Qualifiers

The following eight players won through via a qualifying tournament in Barnsley on October 9

  • Rob Cross (England)
  • Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)
  • Chris Dobey (England)
  • Justin Pipe (England)
  • Jonny Clayton (Wales)
  • Mark Webster (Wales)
  • Jan Dekker (Netherlands)
  • Simon Stevenson (England)

World Series of Darts: Sky Bet odds

Michael van Gerwen was installed as the pre-draw, even-money favourite by Sky Bet.

Next in the market came Gary Anderson at 9/2, followed by Peter Wright at 13/2. It's 16/1 bar.

For a full list of the latest tournament odds, check out Sky Bet's darts page.

Which TV channel is the World Series of Darts Finals on?

This is one of the majors broadcast live on ITV4, who have coverage of all four sessions across the three days. The evening sessions begin at 1900 GMT while the only afternoon session on Sunday takes place at 1300 GMT.

World Series of Darts: Selected player profiles

GARY ANDERSON

  • Nickname: The Flying Scotsman
  • Date of Birth: 22/12/1970
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Seeding: 1
  • World Ranking (October 12): 3
  • Walk-on music: Jump Around, House of Pain
  • Career highlights: 2x World Champion (2015, 2016), 2x Premier League champion (2011, 2015), Players Championship Finals champion (2014), over 30 other PDC titles, runner-up in 10 other major finals including the World Championship, UK Open, World Grand Prix & Champions League of Darts

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN

  • Nickname: Mighty Mike
  • Date of Birth: 25/04/1989
  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Seeding: 2
  • World Ranking (October 12): 1
  • Walk-on music: Seven Nation Army, White Stripes
  • Career highlights: 2x World Champion (2014 & 2017), 2x World Matchplay champion (2015, 2016), 3x Premier League champion (2013, 2016, 2017), 3x World Grand Prix champion (2012, 2014, 2016), 2x UK Open champion (2015, 2016), 2x Grand Slam of Darts champion (2015, 2016), 3x European champion (2014, 2015, 2016), 3x Masters champion (2015, 2016, 2017), 3x Players Championship Finals champion ( 2013, 2015, 2016), 2x World Cup winner (2014, 2017) & over 50 other PDC titles!

PETER WRIGHT

  • Nickname: Snakebite
  • Date of Birth: 10/03/1970
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Seeding: 3
  • World Ranking (October 12): 2
  • Walk-on music: Don't Stop The Party, Pitbull
  • Career highlights: UK Open champion (2017), World Championship runner-up (2014), Premier League runner-up (2017), World Matchplay runner-up (2017) 17 non-televised PDC titles and four more televised final appearances. Fourth player to win 10 PDC tournaments in a calendar year (2017)

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD

  • Nickname: Barney
  • Date of Birth: 20/04/1967
  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Seeding: 4
  • World Ranking (October 12): 9
  • Walk-on music: Eye of The Tiger, Survivor
  • Career highlights: PDC World Champion (2007), 4x BDO world champion (1998, 1999, 2003, 2005), 2x UK Open champion (2006, 2007), Premier League champion (2014), Grand Slam of Darts champion (2012), 3x World Cup winner (2010, 2014, 2017), 20 other PDC titles, runner-up in eight majors including the World Championship, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix

JAMES WADE

  • Nickname: The Machine
  • Date of Birth: 06/04/1983
  • Nationality: English
  • Seeding: 5
  • World Ranking (October 12): 10
  • Walk-on music: The Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy
  • Career highlights: 2x World Grand Prix champion (2007, 2010), World Matchplay champion (2007), Premier League champion (2009), 2x UK Open champion (2008, 2011), Masters champion (2014), 20 non-televised PDC titles, runner-up in 11 televised majors

DARYL GURNEY

  • Nickname: SuperChin
  • Date of Birth: 22/03/1986
  • Nationality: Northern Irish
  • Seeding: 6
  • World Ranking (October 12): 6
  • Walk-on music: Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond
  • Career highlights: World Grand Prix champion (2017), World Matchplay semi-finalist (2017), World Championship quarter-finalist (2017), UK Open semi-finalist (2017), winner of one non-televised PDC title

KYLE ANDERSON

  • Nickname: The Original
  • Date of Birth: 17/09/1987
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Seeding: 7
  • World Ranking (October 12): 25
  • Walk-on music: Solid Rock, Street Warriors feat. Shannon Noll
  • Career highlights: UK Open quarter-finalist (2016), European Championship quarter-finalist (2016), Auckland Darts Masters champion (2017), winner of one non-televised PDC title this year

GERWYN PRICE

  • Nickname: The Iceman
  • Date of Birth: 07/03/1985
  • Nationality: Welsh
  • Seeding: 8
  • World Ranking (October 12): 18
  • Walk-on music: Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby
  • Career highlights: UK Open runner-up (2017), winner of two non-televised PDC titles

ADRIAN LEWIS

  • Nickname: Jackpot
  • Date of Birth: 21/011985
  • Nationality: English
  • World Ranking (October 12): 4
  • Walk-on music: Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag, Pigbag
  • Career highlights: 2x World Champion (2011, 2012), UK Open champion (2014), European champion (2013), 4x World Cup winner (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016), 17 other PDC titles, runner-up in 10 majors including 2011 Premier League & 2016 World Championship

MENSUR SULJOVIC

  • Nickname: The Gentle
  • Date of Birth: 05/03/1972
  • Nationality: Austrian
  • World Ranking (October 12): 7
  • Walk-on music: Simply The Best, Tina Turner
  • Career highlights: Champions League of Darts champion (2017), European Championship runner-up (2016), winner of two non-televised PDC titles, 2015 World Grand Prix semi-finalist on debut

DAVE CHISNALL

  • Nickname: Chizzy
  • Date of Birth: 12/09/1980
  • Nationality: English
  • World Ranking (October 12): 8
  • Walk-on music: Dizzy, Vic Reeves & Wonderstuff
  • Career highlights: World Grand Prix runner-up (2013), Grand Slam of Darts runner-up (2014), Masters runner-up (2016), Players Championship Finals runner-up (2016), winner of 12 non-televised PDC titles

JELLE KLAASEN

  • Nickname: The Cobra
  • Date of Birth: 17/13/1984
  • Nationality: Dutch
  • World Ranking (October 12): 11
  • Walk-on music: Sex On Fire, Kings of Leon
  • Career highlights: BDO world champion (2006), winner of three non-televised PDC titles

MICHAEL SMITH

  • Nickname: Bully Boy
  • Date of Birth: 18/09/1990
  • Nationality: English
  • Seeding: 7
  • World Ranking (October 12): 12
  • Walk-on music: Shut Up & Dance, Walk The Moon
  • Career highlights: World Youth Champion (2013), winner of seven non-televised PDC titles

SIMON WHITLOCK

  • Nickname: The Wizard
  • Date of Birth: 03/03/1969
  • Nationality: Australian
  • World Ranking (October 12): 13
  • Walk-on music: Down Under, Men at Work
  • Career highlights: World Grand Prix runner-up (2017), European champion (2012), World Championship runner-up (2010), Premier League runner-up (2012), winner of 16 non-televised TV titles

JUSTIN PIPE

  • Nickname: The Force
  • Date of Birth: 09/11/1971
  • Nationality: English
  • World Ranking (October 12): 29
  • Walk-on music: You Can Feel The Force, The Real Thing
  • Career highlights: World Grand Prix semi-finalist (2013), Players Championship Finals semi-finalist (2012, 2013), winner of six non-televised PDC titles

ROB CROSS

  • Nickname: Voltage
  • Date of Birth: 21/09/1990
  • Nationality: English
  • World Ranking (October 12): 32
  • Walk-on music: Jump, Kris Kross
  • Career highlights: Four non-televised PDC titles in 2017

MAX HOPP

  • Nickname: Maximiser
  • Date of Birth: August 20 1996
  • Nationality: Germany
  • World Ranking (October 12): 44
  • Notable Achievements: Former World Youth champion

COREY CADBY

  • Nickname: The King
  • Date of Birth: March 18 1995
  • Home Town: Melbourne, Australia
  • Highlights: 2016 PDC Unicorn World Youth Champion, 2017 Auckland Darts Masters finalist, Made World Championship debut in 2017 event, defeating Qiang Sun before losing to Joe Cullen, Winner of five DPA tournaments in 2017

World Series of Darts Finals prize money

  • Winner: £50,000
  • Runner-Up: £25,000
  • Semi-Final: £16,500
  • Quarter-Final: £12,500
  • Second Round: £7,500
  • First Round: £4,000
  • Total Prize Fund: £200,000

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