Van Gerwen moves up to second place on World Series Order of Merit after victory in Townsville

Michael van Gerwen has moved up to second place on the World Series Order of Merit after winning the Queensland Darts Masters on Saturday.

The Dutchman brought his total up to 24 points, and now only has Dimitri van den Bergh in front of him. The Belgian, who won the World Series tournaments in Copenhagen and Amsterdam, leads the ranking with 27 points.

Michael Smith dropped to third place. The Englishman lost surprisingly in the quarter finals to Gordon Mathers on Saturday. The Australian eventually lost in the semi-finals and therefore enters the World Series Order of Merit on the tenth place.

Losing finalist Gerwyn Price climbed from the sixth to the fourth place, while James Wade lost two places and is now fifth. Gary Anderson, Peter Wright and Dirk van Duijvenbode, the numbers six to eight on the rankings, are all absent during the treble-header in Australia and New Zealand. That offers opportunities for number nine Fallon Sherrock, or the shared numbers ten Mathers, Joe Cullen and Jonny Clayton, to move up on the ranking.

1 Dimitri Van den Bergh 27

2 Michael van Gerwen 24

3 Michael Smith 21

4 Gerwyn Price 17

5 James Wade 14

6 Gary Anderson 11

7 Peter Wright 9

8 Dirk van Duijvenbode 8

9 Fallon Sherrock 6

10 Gordon Mathers 5

10 Joe Cullen 5

10 Jonny Clayton 5

10 Danny Noppert 5

14 Simon Whitlock 3

14 Haupai Puha 3

14 Jermaine Wattimena 3

14 Maik Kuivenhoven 3

14 Vincent van der Voort 3

14 Martijn Kleermaker 3

14 Leonard Gates 3

21 Joseph Comito 1

21 Koha Kokiri 1

21 Dave Marland 1

21 Damon Heta 1

21 Bailey Marsh 1

21 Ron Meulenkamp 1

21 Jeffrey De Zwaan 1

21 Vladimir Andersen 1

21 Brian Lokken 1

21 Darius Labanauskas 1

21 Benjamin Reus 1

21 Daniel Larsson 1

21 Matthías Orn Frioriksson 1

21 Marko Kantele 1

21 Madars Razma 1

21 Danny Lauby 1

21 Douglas Boehm 1

21 Danny Baggish 1

21 Jeff Smith 1

21 Jules van Dongen 1

21 Matt Campbell 1

21 David Cameron 1