Alan Soutar claims Players Championship 11 in last leg decider

Alan Soutar surprisingly took the overall victory at the 11th Players Championship tournament of the season. He won in the final of the event in Hildesheim with a 8-7 over Daryl Gurney.

Soutar was in a PDC rankings final for the first time, having previously stranded in the last four three times. The Scot had two good first seasons at the PDC in 2021 and 2022, but 2023 was a lot less so and in that year he also missed out on participation in the World Darts Championship. Soutar still has quite a bit of prize money to defend in 2024 from 2022, so this ranking title will serve him well.

Soutar had reached the final of Players Championship 11 by beating Steve Beaton (6-5), Martin Lukeman (6-2), Danny Noppert (6-2), Ritchie Edhouse (6-4), Niels Zonneveld (6-3) and Dirk van Duijvenbode (7-0) in succession.

Scott Williams 6 | 2 Ian White

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 0 Luke Woodhouse

Mike De Decker 6 | 1 Martijn Dragt

Kevin Doets 6 | 3 Lee Evans

Damon Heta 6 | 4 Maik Kuivenhoven

James Wade 6 | 1 Mensur Suljovic

Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Wessel Nijman

Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Mervyn King

Alan Soutar 6 | 2 Danny Noppert

Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 5 Nick Kenny

Jeffrey Sparidaans 6 | 2 Nathan Aspinall

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 1 Gian van Veen

Gerwyn Price 6 | 3 Graham Hall

Madars Razma 6 | 2 Ryan Meikle

Stephen Burton 6 | 0 Cam Crabtree

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 5 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Scott Williams

Kevin Doets 6 | 5 Mike De Decker

James Wade 6 | 4 Damon Heta

Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Jermaine Wattimena

Alan Soutar 6 | 4 Ritchie Edhouse

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 3 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Madars Razma 6 | 1 Gerwyn Price

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 0 Stephen Burton

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 4 Kevin Doets

Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 James Wade

Alan Soutar 6 | 3 Niels Zonneveld

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 1 Madars Razma

Daryl Gurney 7 | 4 Raymond van Barneveld

Alan Soutar 7 | 0 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Daryl Gurney 7 | 8 Alan Soutar