The Sports Lowdown For All Your News and OpinionsA new event on the PDC calendar will take place in 2015, and that is the World Series finals, that will decide an overall winner of the five PDC World Series that will take place this year.
The competitors will be the top eight in the World Series standings after the last event in Auckland in August, the last of the Oceania triple-header this summer. The table is currently led by Phil Taylor after his win on Sunday in Japan.
Not only will the top eight take part, but PDC chairman Barry Hearn has confirmed that sixteen qualifiers from around the world will also be taking part in the event hosted in Glasgow.
The event will take place on the 21st and 22nd of November, with two sessions set to be played on each of the two days, with the tournament starting off with 24 players from around the world. Here is what Barry Hearn had to say about the venue announcement and the concept of the World Series finals.
“Scottish fans love their darts and this will be another fantastic opportunity for them to see the greatest players in the sport up close and personal in November.”
“The World Series of Darts as a concept has grown incredibly over the past three years since we first held events in Dubai and Sydney, and with Japan, Perth and Auckland also on the calendar in 2015 it was a natural development to create the World Series of Darts Finals.”
“Alongside the top eight stars from the five events this year, we’ll also have a series of 16 qualifiers from around the world who will again be hoping to show their talents on the big stage.”
“It’s great to be returning to the Braehead Arena. The atmosphere when we staged the Jocky Wilson Cup at the venue six years ago was amazing and showed the passion which Scottish fans have for the sport – it promises to be a memorable weekend.”
