Summary

  • Final: Peter Wright 10-11 Michael van Gerwen

  • Van Gerwen wins four-straight legs to clinch title

  • Semi-finals: Peter Wright 11-5 Michael Smith; Michael van Gerwen 11-10 Gerwyn Price

  • Final takes place after second last-four match

  • Semi-finals and final both best of 21 legs

  1. Postpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    *Peter Wright 6-0 Michael Smith

    Surely we're not going to see a whitewash? We may well do.

    Peter Wright continues his flawless finishing by taking out double top with his first dart.

    It's another break of throw. Smith just hasn't found his scoring boots.

  2. Five out of eight on the doublespublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Peter Wright 5-0 Michael Smith*

    Peter Wright continues his dominance. 5-0.

    Snakebite finishes double four at the first time of asking and has now hit five out of eight attempts at double.

    Smith is averaging less than 90.

  3. Break of throwpublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    *Peter Wright 4-0 Michael Smith

    Snakebite is in the mood here.

    The Scot pings in a third maximum on his way to making it 4-0. He finishes 72 on double 16.

    Michael Smith isn't at the races yet.

  4. Postpublished at 18:53 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Peter Wright 3-0 Michael Smith*

    A second 180 for Peter Wright and a third leg in a row.

    Wright is averaging a shade under 104. Mightily impressive stuff from the world number seven.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    #bbcdarts

    Kevin Wakeham: Peter Wright to beat Michael Smith. MvG to beat Gerwyn Price. MvG to beat Peter Wright in the final.

    Lou: Loving this coverage takes me back to when I was a little girl watching it with my dad.

  6. Postpublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    *Peter Wright 2-0 Michael Smith

    Michael Smith messes around on the doubles and Peter Wright steps in to finish on double 8. Wright also fired in his first max in the leg.

    It's a break of throw for Snakebite.

  7. 128 finish for Wrightpublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Peter Wright 1-0 Michael Smith*

    Michael Smith gets this first semi-final under way with a maximum! The first of many you'd expect - but it's Peter Wright who wins the leg with a magnificent 128 finish on double 10.

    More of the same please.

  8. Postpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    *Peter Wright 0-0 Michael Smith

    Peter Wright will throw first. First to 11 legs. Game on!

  9. Postpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Peter Wright v Michael Smith (18:45 BST)

    Michael Smith's passage to the semi-final was a little more nervy.

    He had to see off a determined James Wade, 10-8, this afternoon to seal his place in the last four.

  10. Postpublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Peter Wright v Michael Smith (18:45 BST)

    Peter Wright was in sensational form in the group stage, winning his three matches against Gerwyn Price, Daryl Gurney and then Rob Cross earlier today.

    The Scot is currently bouncing around on the stage as part of his entrance. As he does.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    #bbcdarts

    If you want to get involved in this evening's live text, then you can send me your thoughts using #bbcdarts on Twitter.

    Meanwhile, Peter Wright and Michael Smith are just about ready to make their entrances for this first semi-final in Leicester...

  12. Postpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Michael van Gerwen v Gerwyn Price (20:00 BST approx)

    Michael van Gerwen v Gerwyn PriceImage source, Rex Features

    The second semi sees world number one Michael van Gerwen take on in-form Gerwyn Price.

    The Champions League of Darts is one of the few titles the Dutchman hasn't yet won, although it's only in it's fourth year.

    For feisty Welshman Price, he'll have to beat the Dutchman on television for the first time if he's to go through to the final later.

  13. Postpublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Peter Wright v Michael Smith (18:45 BST)

    First up it's world number seven Peter Wright against world number four Michael Smith.

    Both men have been hitting 180s for fun in this tournament so far.

    It promises to be a cracker.

    Peter WrightImage source, Lawrence Lustig/PDC
  14. BBC coveragepublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Television coverage is now under way on BBC Two or you can watch by clicking on the video icon at the top of this page.

    I'll also be taking you through things leg-by-leg in the live text commentary so you won't miss a thing.

  15. Earlier...published at 18:35 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    If you missed what happened in Sunday's afternoon session, check out the report...

    Van Gerwen hits back to win Champions League

    Michael van Gerwen wins four straight legs to beat Peter Wright 11-10 and claim his first Champions League of Darts title.

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  16. Postpublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    The top eight slingers on the planet arrived in Leicester yesterday. Now four remain.

    The first semi-final sees Peter 'Snakebite' Wright take on Michael 'Bully Boy' Smith.

    World number one Michael van Gerwen against 'Iceman' Gerwyn Price follows in the other semi.

    The winners then square off in the final. Tasty.

  17. Postpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Hello and welcome to the final session of the 2019 Champions League of Darts.

    We've got four of the best players in the world, £100,000 on offer for the winner, and one of the game's feistiest characters toeing the oche.

    Not a bad way to spend a Sunday evening is it?

    Gerwyn PriceImage source, Lawrence Lustig/PDC
  18. Watch: Wade knocks out defending champion Andersonpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Watch as James Wade wins a tense match 10-9 against defending champion Gary Anderson, who is knocked out of the 2019 Champions League of Darts on the opening day.

    Media caption,

    James Wade knocks out defending champion Gary Anderson

  19. Anderson knocked out of Champions Leaguepublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 20 October 2019

    Gary AndersonImage source, LAWRENCE LUSTIG/PDC

    Defending champion Gary Anderson is out of the 2019 Champions League of Darts after losing his first two group games.

    Anderson knocked out of Champions League

    Defending champion Gary Anderson is out of the 2019 Champions League of Darts after losing his first two group games.

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  20. How does the Champions League work?published at 17:54 British Summer Time 19 October 2019

    Rob CrossImage source, Getty Images

    The world's best eight players compete for a £250,000 prize at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

    They are split into two groups, with the top two players in each group progressing to the semi-finals on Sunday evening.

    Group A includes reigning champion Gary Anderson and world champion Michael van Gerwen, as well as Michael Smith and James Wade.

    Group B features Daryl Gurney, Peter Wright, Rob Cross and Gerwyn Price.

    After the opening matches of Saturday's afternoon session, the winners and losers in each group will face each other in the evening session.

    The final group matches will take place in Sunday's afternoon session, before the semi-finals and final on Sunday evening.