Televised darts returned with a live crowd in attendance for the first time since March as 24 players from 12 different countries headed to the Salzburgarena for the sixth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals.
Defending champion Michael van Gerwen was favourite to win the title for the fifth time despite his recent lack of consistency and after he crashed out at the first hurdle to Glen Durrant, it was Gerwyn Price who came through the field to land the third TV title of his career and a top prize of £70,000.
It was also the two-time Grand Slam of Darts champion's third tournament success in a row following his back-to-back wins at the Autumn Series and he had to defeat Vincent Van der Voort, Nathan Aspinall, Peter Wright and Rob Cross to do it.
History-maker Fallon Sherrock - who was initially due to compete on the World Series circuit in New York, Copenhagen, Australia and New Zealand this year only for them all to be postponed due to the coronavirus - was in the field but agonisingly lost to Jeff Smith in the first round having led 5-1.
Here below we have everything you need to know...
World Series of Darts Finals: Draw & tournament bracket
Seeded players entered in round two on Saturday and play winners of Friday's first round.
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- (1) Michael van Gerwen v Glen Durrant/Dimitri Van den Bergh
- (8) James Wade v Jeff Smith/Fallon Sherrock
- (4) Michael Smith v Krzysztof Ratajski/Mensur Suljovic
- (5) Rob Cross v Simon Whitlock/Steve Beaton
- (2) Peter Wright v Ian White/Damon Heta
- (7) Daryl Gurney v Cody Harris/Dave Chisnall
- (3) Gerwyn Price v Vincent Van der Voort/Joe Cullen
- (6) Nathan Aspinall v Harry Ward/Darius Labanauskas
World Series of Darts: Schedule & results
Friday September 18 (1900 BST)
First Round (Best of 11 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4 (2000 BST)
- Darius Labanauskas 6-2 Harry Ward
- Damon Heta 6-5 Ian White
- Cody Harris 6-2 Dave Chisnall
- Vincent van der Voort 6-0 Joe Cullen
- Jeff Smith 6-5 Fallon Sherrock
- Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
- Glen Durrant 6-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh
- Steve Beaton 6-5 Simon Whitlock
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Saturday November 2 (1900 GMT)
Second Round (Best of 11 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4
- James Wade 6-3 Jeff Smith
- Nathan Aspinall 6-1 Darius Labanauskas
- Daryl Gurney 6-2 Cody Harris
- Gerwyn Price 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
- Rob Cross 6-0 Steve Beaton
- Peter Wright 6-3 Damon Heta
- Michael van Gerwen 4-6 Glen Durrant
- Michael Smith 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
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Sunday November 3
Afternoon session (1300 GMT)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4
- Peter Wright 10-5 Daryl Gurney
- Gerwyn Price 10-9 Nathan Aspinall
- Glen Durrant 9-10 James Wade
- Michael Smith 8-10 Rob Cross
Evening session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals (Best of 21 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4
- Peter Wright 6-11 Gerwyn Price
- James Wade 7-11 Rob Cross
Final (Best of 21 legs)
TV Channel: ITV4
- Gerwyn Price 11-9 Rob Cross
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World Series of Darts: Sky Bet odds
Michael van Gerwen is favourite to bounce back from his numerous disappointments since darts resumed but PEter Wright and Gerwyn Price will also be well fancied.
Full odds list:
- 2/1 Michael van Gerwen
- 3/1 Peter Wright
- 11/2 Gerwyn Price
- 9/1 Nathan Aspinall
- 10/1 Michael Smith
- 12/1 Glen Durrant
- 20/1 Rob Cross
- 25/1 Krzysztof Ratajski, Daryl Gurney, James Wade
- 33/1 Ian White, Dimitri Van den Bergh
- 40/1 Dave Chisnall, Mensur Suljovic
- 80/1 Simon Whitlock, Joe Cullen, Vincent van der Voort
- 100/1 Damon Heta, Darius Labanauskas, Steve Beaton
- 150/1 Jeff Smith
- 200/1 Cody Harris
- 250/1 Harry Ward
- 300/1 Fallon Sherrock
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Which TV channel is the World Series of Darts Finals on?
The World Series of Darts Finals will be shown on ITV4 in the UK, with worldwide coverage through RTL7, DAZN and other PDC broadcast partners accompanied live streaming for PDCTV Rest of the World Subscribers.
World Series of Darts Finals Prize Fund
- Winner £70,000
- Runner-Up £30,000
- Semi-Finals £20,000
- Quarter-Finals £15,000
- Second Round £7,500
- First Round £5,000
- Total £300,000
World Series of Darts Finals: Past winners
World Series of Darts 2020: Player line-up
World Series Order of Merit: Eight seeded players
- Michael Van Gerwen (Netherlands)
- Peter Wright (Scotland)
- Gerwyn Price (Wales)
- Michael Smith (England)
- Rob Cross (England)
- Nathan Aspinall (England)
- Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)
- James Wade (England)
Invited Players
- Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)
- Glen Durrant (England)
- Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland)
- Dave Chisnall (England)
- Ian White (England)
- Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
- Fallon Sherrock (England)
- Simon Whitlock (Australia)
- Damon Heta (Australia)
- Kyle Anderson (Australia)
- Cody Harris (New Zealand)
- Jeff Smith (Canada)
- Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania)
PDC Tour Card Holders' Qualifiers
- Steve Beaton (England)
- Joe Cullen (England)
- Harry Ward (England)
- Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)
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