{"id":6973,"date":"2021-06-30T23:16:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2023-09-25T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:05:10","slug":"world-matchplay-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/sports-betting-guides\/world-matchplay-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"World Matchplay Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#What_is_the_World_Matchplay\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> What is the World Matchplay?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#When_is_the_World_Matchplay\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> When is the World Matchplay?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#What_channel_is_World_Matchplay_on\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> What channel is World Matchplay on?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#World_Matchplay_facts\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> World Matchplay facts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_the_World_Matchplay\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the World Matchplay?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Matchplay is an annual darts tournament, sponsored by Betfred. Thirty-two of the world\u2019s top professional darts players compete to take home the Phil Taylor Trophy and prize money. Last year\u2019s top prize of \u00a3700,000 went to Belgian, Dimitri \u201cThe Dream Maker\u201d Van den Bergh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2021 will see the tournament return home to the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Darts players have met in the Empress Ballroom since 1994. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, last year\u2019s tournament was played behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Format of play<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Matchplay tournament is played in legs. Since 2016, this is what the format of play has looked like:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Round<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>How winner is decided<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Info<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First round<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First to 10 legs<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Match must be won by 2 clear legs. Sudden death leg at 12\u201312.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second round<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First to 11 legs<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Match must be won by 2 clear legs. Sudden death leg at 13\u201313.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quarter finals<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First to 16 legs<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Match must be won by 2 clear legs. Sudden death leg at 18\u201318.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Semi finals<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First to 17 legs<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Match must be won by 2 clear legs. Sudden death leg at 19\u201319.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First to 18 legs<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Match must be won by 2 clear legs. Sudden death leg at 20\u201320.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"When_is_the_World_Matchplay\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When is the World Matchplay?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2021 World Matchplay will take place between July 17th 2021 and the 25th. Due to remaining COVID-19 restrictions, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdc.tv\/news\/2021\/06\/25\/ticketing-update-2021-betfred-world-matchplay\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seating won\u2019t be available at full capacity throughout the whole event<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedule<\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday July 17th<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 x First Round<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday July 18th<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 x First Round<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:30 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 x First Round<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday July 19th<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 x First Round<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday July 20th<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 x Second Round<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday July 21st<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 x Second Round<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday July 22nd<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 x Quarter-Finals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday July 23rd<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 x Quarter-Finals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday July 24th<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19:00 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 x Semi-Finals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday July 25th<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20:30 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span id=\"What_channel_is_World_Matchplay_on\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What channel is World Matchplay on?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sky Sports has shown the World Matchplay in the UK every year since the tournament started.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"World_Matchplay_facts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Matchplay facts<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Players compete for a trophy named for Phil \u201cThe Power\u201d Taylor, one of the most successful UK darts players of all time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prize money: Total \u00a3700,000 \/ Champion \u00a3150,000 \/ Runner up \u00a370,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most tournament wins: Phil Taylor has appeared in 24 finals, winning 16 of them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Started in 1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First winner: American Larry Butler beat England\u2019s Dennis Priestley 16-12 to take victory in the first World Matchplay darts tournament.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has been held in the Winter Gardens in Blackpool since the tournament started in 1994. Except in 2020. COVID-19 restrictions meant the tournament was played behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the World Matchplay? The World Matchplay is an annual darts tournament, sponsored by Betfred. Thirty-two of the world\u2019s top professional darts players compete to take home the Phil Taylor Trophy and prize money. Last year\u2019s top prize of \u00a3700,000 went to Belgian, Dimitri \u201cThe Dream Maker\u201d Van den Bergh. 2021 will see the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":""},"categories":[10105],"tags":[11220,11226],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6985,"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions\/6985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}