Summary

  • Final: Michael van Gerwen 11-3 Phil Taylor

  • Van Gerwen wins second Premier League title

  • Semi-final result: Taylor 10-7 Anderson

  • Semi-final result: Van Gerwen 10-4 Lewis

  1. Premier League 2016 so farpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

    Premier League play-offs

    The play-offs bring the curtain down on 15 weeks of top tungsten played in front of sell-out crowds across the UK and, for the first time, continental Europe.

    Michael van Gerwen topped the table after winning a showdown with second-placed Phil Taylor in Rotterdam last week.

    Rotterdam crowd Premier League DartsImage source, Getty Images

    Reigning champion Gary Anderson finished third, while Adrian Lewis guaranteed a night at the O2 with victory over Anderson in the Netherlands,

    Lewis, the only player here not to have won the Premier League before, also hit a nine-dart finish in Belfast.

    Oh my, how we'd love to see a nine-darter this evening!

  2. get involved

    Get involved: #bbcdartspublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

    What's your favourite walk-on?

    Raymond van Barneveld walk-onImage source, Rex Features

    Darts isn't just about throwing a small sharp piece of metal into a board from 7 feet 9.25 inches.

    Well, it is, but it's also about the showmanship, the mind games, 16 lads in the crowd dressed as cows and of course the player walk-ons!

    So, to start your involvement in tonight's proceedings we want to know - what is your favourite walk-on in darts?

    I'll give you something for starters - Justin Pipe strolling on to "Can You Feel The Force" by The Real Thing - that's one that always gets me bouncing.

    Let us know your favourite using #bbcdarts on Twitter.

  3. 'Do our sport proud'published at 19:02 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

    James Wade, Premier League champion in 2009, had a good luck message for the players on Twitter...

  4. Tonight's matchespublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

    Premier League play-offs

    I mentioned the top four players in the world are squaring off tonight - we may even be talking about the four best players in history.

    Here's the semi-final line-up (best of 19 legs):

    Michael van Gerwen v Adrian Lewis - 19:15 BST

    Phil Taylor v Gary Anderson - 20:15 BST (approx)

    The final follows at about 21:15 BST and will be the best of 21 legs.

  5. £200,000 for an evening's workpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

    Premier League play-offs

    Phil TaylorImage source, Rex Features

    "I remember working for £74 a week" is one of 16-time world champion Phil Taylor's classic lines over the years.

    Well tonight the 55-year-old will pocket a cool £200,000 if he picks up his seventh Premier League crown.

    Not bad work if you can get it, eh?

  6. The perfect line-uppublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

    Premier League play-offs

    Gary Anderson Premier League champion 2015Image source, Rex Features

    If you could hand-pick your perfect evening of darts, what would it be? 

    The top four players in the world? The greatest thrower of all time? The best player on the planet? How about 21 world titles between them?

    Well my friends, this is exactly what we have in store for you this evening at London's O2 Arena.

    Welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League play-offs.