“Mighty Mike” wins the world Cup final in London against the English outsider Michael Smith. And says: “this is The best feeling you can have.”
Top-favourite Michael van Gerwen has been crowned for the third Time, after the 2014 and 2017 to the Darts champion of the world. The 29-year-old Dutchman won the traditional new year’s day Rugby world Cup final at London’s Alexandra Palace against the English outsider Michael Smith easily with 7:3 and a price secured the money in the amount of 500,000 pounds (approximately 555.000 euros).
thanks to the uncontested success of “Mighty Mike” in addition to the assigned legend Phil Taylor (14 titles) the only player who was able to win in the world of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), more than twice the coveted Sid Waddell Championships trophy. “This is the best feeling you can have. For me there is nothing Greater than my own family and to win this title,” said van Gerwen.
The 28-year-old Smith missed in his first world Cup final, the big Coup, after he had come far to rarely to his strong Form from the previous games. “I just missed too many chances. At some point it was then, of course, difficult. I would have won,” said Smith, self-critical.
Four Germans were at the world Cup, they were eliminated early from
32. Meet the two finalists was actually a clear matter. Van Gerwen, who had delivered in the previous five games of the more than three-week tournament, never more than one sentence, took advantage of the early nervousness of his opponent, and quickly went with 4 sets to 0 lead. As soon as the “Bully Boy” came up, with no outstanding leader van Gerwen the reins.
In the course of the game, Smith came back into the game and stabilized its performance. After his first two record to 2:4 is the hope of the audience rose to win in the “Ally Pally” on a turn. Van Gerwen in the semi-finals against his adversary, Gary Anderson (Scotland) had already made his Exceptional skills, still retained in the heated atmosphere but a cool head. Also, because Smith herschenkte multiple good chances, won the favorite with the tenth set of the victory.
Van Gerwen was ascended, at his first Triumph of 2014 in the final against Peter Wright to become the youngest PDC world champion. In 2017, he repeated the title win against the 19-year-older Anderson. Title defender Rob Cross (England) had at 26. Edition of the PDC world championship by his eighth-final From an early stage all the chances to win again the world title playful.
The German colors were represented in the 96-player field for the first time, by four players. Hope Max Hopp (Idstein) was failed in the third round van Gerwen. Martin Schindler (Strausberg), and Robert Marijanovic (joy city) was eliminated in round one, to debutant Gabriel Clemens (Honzrath) was in the second round of the circuit.
