2023 Premier League Darts

The 2023 Cazoo Premier League Darts was a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the nineteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 2 February 2023, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and finished with the play-offs, at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday 25 May 2023.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after beating Joe Cullen 11–10 in the 2022 final. He successfully defended the title, beating Gerwyn Price 11–5 in the final.

Format
As introduced in 2022's tournament, the 2023 Premier League Darts used an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches was played over the best-of-11 legs. The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks and once in the quarterfinals in weeks 9–15, with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point. Players received two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish, and five points per final win.

Following the regular phase, the top four players in the league table contested the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.

Venues
The 2023 tournament kept the same 17 venues used in the 2022 Premier League. On 8 October 2022, it was announced that Liverpool and Brighton were switching dates, after Liverpool had been awarded the hosting duties for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Prize money
The prize money for the 2023 tournament remained at £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner.

Players
The format introduced in 2022 continued, which would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night received an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up received 3 points and the winner received 5.

The top 4 players on the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified, with the remaining four announced following the conclusion of the Masters on 29 January 2023.

League stage
The fixtures were announced on 30 January 2023.

2 February – Night 1
SSE Arena, Belfast

Night 1 was played in Belfast. Chris Dobey was the winner in his Premier League debut, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the night's final.

9 February – Night 2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

Night 2 was played in Cardiff. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the night's final.

16 February – Night 3
OVO Hydro, Glasgow

Night 3 was played in Glasgow. Michael Smith was the winner, after beating Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–4 in the night's final.

23 February – Night 4
🇮🇪 3Arena, Dublin

Night 4 was played in Dublin. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Gerwyn Price 6–5 in the night's final.

2 March – Night 5
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Westpoint Arena, Exeter

Night 5 was played in Exeter. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Jonny Clayton 6–3 in the night's final.

9 March – Night 6
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

Night 6 was played in Liverpool. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the night's final.

16 March – Night 7
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham

Night 7 was played in Nottingham. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Chris Dobey 6–4 in the night's final.

23 March – Night 8
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Utilita Arena Newcastle, Newcastle

Night 8 was played in Newcastle. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6–1 in the night's final.

30 March – Night 9
🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin

Night 9 was played in Berlin. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the night's final.

6 April – Night 10
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham

Night 10 was played in Birmingham. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Peter Wright 6–5 in the night's final.

13 April – Night 11
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brighton Centre, Brighton

Night 11 was played in Brighton. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–3 in the night's final.

20 April – Night 12
Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam

27 April – Night 13
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 First Direct Arena, Leeds

4 May – Night 14
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 AO Arena, Manchester

11 May – Night 15
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield

18 May – Night 16
P&J Live, Aberdeen

25 May – Play-offs
The top four players of the league stage contest in the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The O2, London

Standings
Five points are awarded for a night win, three points for the runner-up and two points for the semi-finalists. When players are tied on points, nights won is used first as a tie-breaker and after that overall matches won.

The top 4 players after 16 nights advance to the play-offs on 25 May.

(Week 16)

(C) Champion after the playoffs, (RU) Runner-up after the playoffs