Summary

  • Third seed Gerwyn Price beats two-time winner Gary Anderson 7-3

  • Price missed 11 match darts before clinching the title and gets £500,000

  • Victory takes Price above Michael van Gerwen to world number one

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. No surprises who Welsh rugby legend Scott Quinnell is cheering on...

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  2. Alright stop...

    The brilliant John McDonald gets ready to introduce both players.

    Obviously no fans at this one, so no singing nuns, Minions characters or super hero fancy dress costumes cheering the stars to the stage.

    Anderson to the oche first, before Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby blares out and that means the introduction of Price.

  3. 'Cracker of a game'

    Michael van Gerwen's incredible seven-year dominance at the top of the PDC world rankings could come to an end tonight if Gerwyn Price becomes the world champion.

    This is what the Dutchman tweeted earlier today...

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    David Enever: Price still has time. I think the motivation for Anderson to become a three-time World Champ will see him over the line.

  5. 'I've come here with no expectations'

    Gary Anderson is 8-7 up in previous matches against Price. He is in his fifth final at Alexandra Palace and has gone on to lift the trophy twice - in 2015 and 2016.

    He fired in 13 maximums and kept his average above 100 to see off Dave Chisnall in yesterday's semi-final, but the 50-year-old Scot was disappointed with his performance.

    “Compared to the other night, that felt bad, it felt atrocious out there,” he told Sky Sports. “There needs to be a lot more and I need to buck up my ideas.

    “But I’ve come here with no expectations and I have got there to the final and it’s not bad.”

  6. Prince of Wales

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    While compatriots Leighton Rees, Richie Burnett, Mark Webster and Wayne Warren were BDO world darts champions, Price is the first Welshman to reach the PDC world final.

    "I'm here to win this tournament and I've got every chance," said former rugby union player Price, who will become world number one for the first time if he lifts the Sid Waddell Trophy.

    "It's going to be a really, really tough game, but I'm full of beans and full of confidence."

  7. Thoughts on the darts

    Leicester City footballer James Maddison was playing earlier today but his thoughts were also on tonight's action at Alexandra Palace.

    After he scored in the Foxes' 2-1 win over Newcastle, Maddison celebrated with a darts-throw celebration.

    So, who is Maddison cheering on?

    "I'm wishing Gary Anderson all the best tonight," said the midfielder.

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  8. Get Involved

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    Darren S: It'll be close, that's for sure. I'd like Anderson to win his third, but Price is a tough nut to crack. 7-5 to Price is my prediction.

    Ged: I think Gary to win 7-4 because he has experience being in five finals and winning two, while the occasion may get to Price.

    Michael Greenwood: Anderson to win easy easy easy.

  9. 'Iceman' keen to ditch bad boy image

    Gerwyn PriceLawrence Lustig

    Before the tournament started, Gerwyn Price told the BBC he is determined to leave his image as the bad boy of darts behind him.

    Price, 34, has now reached the last four televised finals of ranking events with increased support after months of jeers following a gamesmanship row.

    "At the beginning, I didn't mind the boos but it went too far," he said. "I don't mind a bit of fun and a joke, the pantomime villain stuff, but to have boos week in, week out and then on vital doubles is a little bit below the belt."

    Former rugby player Price called for calm and pledged to tone down his oche antics after an early exit from the World Grand Prix amid persistent boos in Dublin two months ago.

    "In Ireland, it took its toll and got on top of me, and I had to make my feelings clear. Since then, it has been a lot better," said Price, who goes by the nickname 'The Iceman' and walks on to Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby'.

  10. 'Be back better again'

    These are tweets from both beaten semi-finalists...

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  11. Route to the final - Gerwyn Price

    • R2: 3-2 Jamie Lewis (Average: 91.97)
    • R3: 4-3 Brendan Dolan (Average: 99.74)
    • R4: 4-1 Mervyn King (Average: 97.71)
    • QF: 5-4 Daryl Gurney (Average: 96.36)
    • SF: 6-4 Stephen Bunting (Average: 100.92)

  12. Route to the final - Gary Anderson

    • R2: 3-1 Madars Razma (Average: 96.86)
    • R3: 4-3 Mensur Suljovic (Average: 92.49)
    • R4: 4-0 Devon Petersen (Average: 95.55)
    • QF: 5-1 Dirk van Duijvenbode (Average: 101.07)
    • SF: 6-3 Dave Chisnall (Average: 100.03)

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    As always we want your thoughts on all the action.

    So, who's going to win this and why?

    Tweet us using #bbcdarts to get your thoughts in this page.

  14. 'They probably turned over and watched Corrie'

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    Gary Anderson is certainly not a fan of slow play, as he has already shown this tournament...

    Anderson said fans would have been better off watching Coronation Street than his 4-3 third-round win over Mensur Suljovic, where the Austrian's pace of play riled him.

    "I've always played darts, but if that's darts, I'm offski," said the Scot, who later went on to call Wayne Mardle a 'numpty' when the pundit questioned his reaction.

    "It was dire, an absolute joke of a game. If that's how darts is going to be played, I'm away for a game of golf. I'm not going through that again.

    "I'm sure there are 90% of folk watching at home, they probably turned over and watched Corrie or something - I would have done."

  15. They've got previous

    Gerwyn Price and Gary AndersonRex Features

    Price beat Anderson 16-13 in the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts final in Wolverhampton

    Despite the lack of spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic, there will be plenty of tension on the oche as the pair slug it out over the best of 13 sets for a first prize of £500,000.

    This will be first time the duo have have met in a major final since their Grand Slam of Darts dust-up in November 2018.

    Price triumphed but an independent panel later found he resorted to gamesmanship in an ill-tempered final where the duo twice squared up to each other.

    He was eventually fined £10,000 for his behaviour in the tournament.

    Price clashed with Anderson over what the Scot viewed as slow play and over-exuberant celebrations by his opponent. The Welshman was also fined over his antics when beating Australian Simon 'The Wizard' Whitlock in the quarter-finals.

  16. Thanks for joining us

    Good evening and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the final of the PDC World Darts Championship as Gary Anderson takes on Gerwyn Price.

    I'm Michael Emons and it is my pleasure to be talking you through the action tonight.

  17. Set up perfectly

    Gary AndersonGetty Images

    Scotland's Gary Anderson knows what it feels like to be the champion of the world, having lifted the PDC World Championship trophy at Alexandra Palace in both 2015 and 2016.

    Gerwyn PriceGetty Images

    Standing in the way of a third world title is Wales' Gerwyn Price, in the final for the first time, but who can end the day as not only the world champion, but also the world number one.

    It should be a classic.