🇳🇱𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗻 | 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗖 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 100.66 (2013) 100.10 (2014) 108.06 (2017) 102.21 (2019) 102.88 (2020) 99.58 (2023) For the first time, he didn’t register an average over 100 in a World Championship final! #WCDarts #DartsWM #DARTZN
Michael van Gerwen went down 7-4 against Michael Smith in the final of the PDC World Darts Championship. It was the 33-year-old Dutchman's third defeat in six World Championship finals.
Van Gerwen played his first final in 2013, when he went down 7-4 against Phil Taylor. 'Mighty Mike' registered an average of 100.66 in that final.
First time no 100 average
In his next four finals too, Van Gerwen averaged above 100 each time. Until this year, with 99.58 he stayed below that magic limit for the first time.