Michael van Gerwen will not compete in the play-offs of the Premier League Darts this year. He needed a win against Daryl Gurney, but lost 8-2 to Gurney on the last night of the league phase.
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In the past seven years, Van Gerwen has always won the league phase of the Premier League Darts. He was also in the final of the play-offs seven times, which the Dutchman managed to win five times. But he failed to even make the play-offs in his eighth appearance in this tournament.
With four victories from six matches, Van Gerwen traveled to Milton Keynes at the end of August, where the league phase resumed behind closed doors. The remaining ten rounds resulted in only four wins, a draw and five losses.
Nevertheless, Van Gerwen was able to reach the play-offs with a victory over Daryl Gurney. However that was out of range on Saturday evening.
The 31-year-old had trouble to find the trebles, missed a lot of doubles and became 6-0 down quickly to Gurney, who was eliminated already.
In the seventh leg, he came on the scoreboard with a 121 finish, avoiding at least a whitewash. Moments later it became 7-2, but the five-time Premier League champion didn't came closer. Gurney produced a 104 finish in the 10th leg to knock Van Gerwen out of the Premier League Darts.
With the defeat of Mighty Mike, Gary Anderson and Peter Wright are now definitively certain of the play-offs. The last place goes to Nathan Aspinall or Gerwyn Price. Aspinall needs at least one point against Glen Durrant to keep The Iceman behind him.
Click here for more information on the 2020 Premier League Darts, including the fixtures and prize money breakdown.
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Schedule Premier League Darts
Saturday September 5 Milton Keynes – Marshall Arena
Gerwyn Price (107.70) 8-3 (83.39) Gary Anderson Michael van Gerwen (91.74) 2-8 (91.04) Daryl Gurney Peter Wright v Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall v Glen Durrant
I stumbled into the world of darts quite by accident back in 2013. For a Journalism School assignment, I had to produce a live sports report and as it happened, the European Tour event in Veldhoven was the only available option. That weekend, I caught the darts bug. The post-match interviews especially appealed to me, as darts players tend to be much more open and approachable than what you usually see with footballers on television.
After a few detours, I joined Dartsnieuws.com in 2017 as editor-in-chief. I don’t have much competitive experience myself, although I once entered a PDC Development Tour weekend just to experience what it’s like from a player’s perspective. I even managed to win a leg against a Tour Card holder and, quite by accident, earned £50 in prize money.
In 2022, I was also involved in the founding of the TOTO Dart Kings, a commercial darts team, where I worked as media manager for three years. Unfortunately, due to new legislation in the Netherlands, that project came to an end in 2025.
Through my work in darts, I’ve been fortunate to travel to some incredible events, from Premier League nights at Ahoy Rotterdam, to several World Championships, and even the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyond darts, I’m a passionate sports fan in general. You can always wake me up for a game of tennis or padel, and I love following football, tennis, padel, cycling, Formula 1, and ice skating.
MvG IS OUT!
For the first time in his Premier League career, Michael van Gerwen will NOT participate in the Play-Offs as Daryl Gurney dominates the five-time champion to an 8-2 victory!
Who saw that coming?!