Premier League Darts tiebreaker rules: Is there sudden death played and how many legs do you have to win by?

BIG clip darts is backmost TONIGHT arsenic Premier League Darts returns to our screens.

The likes of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen volition each beryllium vying to triumph Premier League Darts successful May.

But first, they've got to get past 17 nights of enactment crossed the UK and Europe earlier heading to London successful May.

Like astir of the circuit calendar, you person to triumph a definite fig of legs to triumph the match.

Unlike the PDC World Championship, it is intolerable that you could triumph much legs than your opponent, but inactive exit the tourney by losing much sets.

SunSport person the lowdown connected each things format, tiebreaks and abrupt decease legs.

What is the Premier League Darts format?

The archetypal 16 rounds of the tourney volition spot 7 matches per night, with each lucifer being best-of-11 legs, oregon archetypal to six legs.

The fig of legs needed to triumph increases arsenic the tourney reaches its decision wherever the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph the astir legs retired of 21 (first to 11) volition triumph the full tournament.

• Nights 1 to 16: Best of 11 legs (first to six)
• Semi-final: Best of 19 legs (first to 10)
• Final: Best of 21 legs (first to 11)

When is determination a tiebreak and abrupt death?

During Premier League Darts, determination are nary tiebreaks oregon abrupt decease legs.

Whoever reaches six legs archetypal is the victor.

This means that a subordinate tin beryllium 6-5 ahead, and helium volition triumph the match.