German Darts Masters 2017: Draw, schedule, betting odds, results, TV coverage & player profiles

The seventh of this season's eight World Series of Darts tournaments took place from October 20-21, as the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and Peter Wright chased glory at the inaugural German Darts Masters.

Not to be confused with the European Tour event of the same name, this new tournament at Dusseldorf's Castello Arena had been introduced onto the PDC's globetrotting World Series of Darts tour, which all comes to a conclusion with the Finals in Glasgow next month.

Here, you can look back on how the action unfolded with all the results and daily reviews while we have details of the previous winners on the World Series of Darts tour and the prize money information.

German Darts Masters Draw & Tournament Bracket

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• Gary Anderson (1) v Max Hopp
• Raymond van Barneveld v Stefan Stoyke
• Peter Wright (4) v Dragutin Horvat
• Kyle Anderson v Mensur Suljovic
• Michael van Gerwen (2) v Martin Schindler
• James Wade v Kevin Munch
• Phil Taylor (3) v Robert Marijanovic
• Daryl Gurney v Maik Langendorf

German Darts Masters: Daily Schedule & Results

Friday October 20
Evening Session (2015 local time, 1915 BST)
First Round (Best of 11 legs)
TV Coverage: ITV 4

• Raymond van Barneveld 6-3 Stefan Stoyke
• Daryl Gurney 6-0 Maik Langendorf
• James Wade 6-2 Kevin Munch
• Kyle Anderson 5-6 Mensur Suljovic
• Gary Anderson 6-3 Max Hopp
• Peter Wright 6-5 Dragutin Horvat
• Phil Taylor 6-2 Robert Marijanovic
• Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Martin Schindler

CLICK HERE FOR DAY ONE ROUND-UP

Saturday October 21
Afternoon Session (1400 local time, 1300 BST)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
TV Coverage: ITV 4

• Gary Anderson 8-10 Raymond van Barneveld
• Peter Wright 10-9 Mensur Suljovic
• Phil Taylor 10-7 Daryl Gurney
• Michael van Gerwen v James Wade

*MVG pulls out injured, so James Wade progresses

Evening Session (2015 local time, 1915 BST)
Semi-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
TV Coverage: ITV 4

• Raymond van Barneveld 9-11 Peter Wright
• James Wade 7-11 Phil Taylor

Final (Best of 21 legs)

• Peter Wright 11-4 Phil Taylor

CLICK HERE FOR DAY TWO ROUND-UP

German Darts Masters: Sky Bet odds

Michael van Gerwen is the odds-on favourite at 4/5 to win the inaugural German Darts Masters while Gary Anderson is next in the running at 5/1 ahead of Peter Wright at 11/2 and Phil Taylor at 9/1.

Click here to check out all the odds on Sky Bet's darts page

What channel is the German Darts Masters on?

The 2017 German Darts Masters will be broadcast live on ITV 4 in the UK.

Can I buy tickets for the German Darts Masters?

Tickets for the 2017 German Darts Masters are available now from www.germandartsmasters.ticket.io.

German Darts Masters: Player Profiles

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN

• Nickname: Mighty Mike
• Date of Birth: 25/04/1989
• Nationality: Dutch
• Seeding: 1
• World Ranking (October 16): 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 16): 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)

GARY ANDERSON

• Nickname: The Flying Scotsman
• Date of Birth: 22/12/1970
• Nationality: Scottish
• Seeding: 2
• World Ranking (October 16): 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

PHIL TAYLOR

• Nickname: The Power
• Date of Birth: August 13 1960
• Nationality: England
• Seeding: 3
• World Ranking (October 16): 5
• Walk-on music: I've Got The Power, Snap
• Notable Achievements: 14x PDC World Champion (1995-2002, 2004-2006, 2009, 2010, 2013), 2x BDO World Champion (1990, 1992), 16x World Matchplay champion (1995, 1997, 2000-2004, 2006, 2008-2014, 2017), 11x World Grand Prix champion (1998-2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013), 5x UK Open champion (2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013), 6x Grand Slam of Darts champion (2007-2009, 2011, 2013, 2014), 6x Premier League champion (2005-2008, 2010, 2012), 4x European Champion (2008-2011), 3x Players Championship Finals champion (2009, 2011, 2012), Masters champion (2013), Champions League of Darts champion (2016), 4x World Cup winner (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016), over 100 other PDC titles

DARYL GURNEY

• Nickname: SuperChin
• Date of Birth: 22/03/1986
• Nationality: Northern Irish
• World Ranking (October 16): 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

MENSUR SULJOVIC

• Nickname: The Gentle
• Date of Birth: 05/03/1972
• Nationality: Austrian
• World Ranking (October 16): 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

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD

• Nickname: Barney
• Date of Birth: 20/04/1967
• Nationality: Dutch
• World Ranking (October 16): 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
• World Ranking (October 16): 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

GERWYN PRICE

• Nickname: The Iceman
• Date of Birth: 07/03/1985
• Nationality: Welsh
• World Ranking (October 16): 18
• Walk-on music: Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby
• Career highlights: UK Open runner-up (2017), winner of two non-televised PDC titles

KYLE ANDERSON

• Nickname: The Original
• Date of Birth: 17/09/1987
• Nationality: Australian
• World Ranking (October 16): 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

MAX HOPP

• Nickname: Maximiser
• Date of Birth: 20/08/1996
• Nationality: Germany
• World Ranking (October 16): 44
• Walk-on music: The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
• Notable Achievements: Former World Youth champion

World Series of Darts: Tournament calendar

Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters (May 24-25) - Gary Anderson

Shanghai Darts Masters (July 13-15) - Michael van Gerwen

US Darts Masters (Last Vegas) - July 14-15 - Michael van Gerwen

Auckland Darts Masters - August 11-13 - Kyle Anderson

Melbourne Darts Masters - August 18-20 - Phil Taylor

Perth Darts Masters - August 25-27 - Gary Anderson

German Darts Masters - October 20-21

World Series Finals (Glasgow) - November 3-5

Click here now for the full PDC tournament calendar for 2017

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