 He eased to wins over Stephen Bunting 10–4 and Simon Whitlock 11–3 but suffered a heavy 16–6 defeat at the hands of Phil Taylor in the quarter finals.At the Champions League of Darts in Cardiff, Van Gerwen failed to get out of the group stages he lost his opening match 10–5 to Raymond van Barneveld.He then defeated Adrian Lewis 10–4 meaning he needed to win his final group game against Phil Taylor without losing 7 legs in the match.