2008 PDC World Darts Championship
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The 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sponsored by Ladbrokes
, was the 15th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation
since it separated from the British Darts Organisation
. The 2008 event began on December 17, 2007 (a tradition for the event to begin in the previous calendar year) and the final was played on New Year's Day for the second year in succession. There was no play on December 23, 24, 25 or 31.
John Part
won his third World Championship, beating the qualifier Kirk Shepherd
7-2 in the final.
He joined Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld
, Eric Bristow
and John Lowe
as the only people to have won more than two world titles. He also became only one of two players to have won the PDC World Darts Championship
more than once, along with Taylor. In addition, he became the first player to have won World Championships in three different venues; the Lakeside, the Circus Tavern and the Alexandra Palace, although this accolade was matched in 2009 by Phil Taylor.
Raymond van Barneveld
was the defending champion having won the PDC World Championship at the first attempt in an epic final against Phil Taylor in 2007
. He was knocked out in the third round with a 4-2 loss to Kevin Painter
.
Phil Taylor failed to reach the final of the competition, for the first time in PDC World Championship history, after losing 5-4 to Wayne Mardle
in the quarter-finals.
After being staged at the Circus Tavern
in Purfleet for 14 years, the tournament moved to the Alexandra Palace
in London. The championships had been considered to have outgrown the Circus Tavern whose capacity of 800-900 spectators was considerably smaller than some Holsten Premier League
darts events in 2007 which saw crowds reaching 5,000. The Alexandra Palace was the venue of the News of the World Darts Championship
between 1963 and 1977 and boasts a capacity for 2008 of 2,500.
at November 12, 2007 received an automatic place in the World Championship. . They were joined by 16 PDPA
members and 20 international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.
The 16 PDPA members were made up from the top eight players (who hadn't already qualified) in the PDC Pro Tour Events during 2007 (Jelle Klaasen
, Mark Walsh, Tony Eccles
, Michael van Gerwen
, Steve Brown
, Dave Askew
, Jason Clark and Matt Clark
)
The final eight qualifiers were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event which was held on November 17, 2007 in Wolverhampton - prior to the Grand Slam of Darts
tournament. The successful players were Steve Maish
, Jan van der Rassel
, Colin Monk
, Steve Evans
, Jamie Caven
, Steve Hine
, Kirk Shepherd
and Jason Barry
. Former world champions John Lowe
, Eric Bristow
, Keith Deller
and Richie Burnett
all played in the qualifying rounds but failed to reach the televised stages.
Phil Taylor
91.11 3-2 
Michael van Gerwen
85.99 Adrian Gray
88.01 2-3 Mark Walsh 87.63 Andy Jenkins
86.80 3-2 
Miloslav Navratil
83.12 Alan Tabern
87.96 3-1 
Per Laursen
84.17 Roland Scholten
94.25 3-2 Matt Clark
93.88 Mervyn King 95.97 3-2 
Michael Rosenauer
86.60 Wayne Mardle
91.13 3-2 
Ray Carver
90.30 Wes Newton
87.15 0-3 : Jamie Caven
89.36 Peter Manley
90.09 3-2 Toon Greebe
89.60 Alan Warriner-Little
80.98 3-1 
Shi Yongsheng
76.38 Colin Lloyd
85.75 2-3 Jan van der Rassel
90.66 Denis Ovens
85.08 3-0 : Colin Monk
69.48 Terry Jenkins
83.62 2-3 Kirk Shepherd
79.09 Mick McGowan
86.66 3-0 Jason Barry
87.75 Barrie Bates
82.99 3-0 
Gerry Convery
79.50 Colin Osborne
90.33 1-3 Erwin Extercatte
92.58
Raymond van Barneveld
89.12 3-0 
Anthony Forde
81.84 Bob Anderson
91.07 2-3 :
Jason Clark 89.70 Kevin Painter
96.45 3-0 Gary Mawson
83.86 Chris Mason
84.72 3-1 Steve Brown
77.61 Adrian Lewis
96.79 3-1 Dave Askew
90.46 Vincent van der Voort
86.94 3-2 Jelle Klaasen
90.27 Dennis Priestley
92.06 1-3 Steve Maish
92.59 Wayne Jones
83.71 0-3 Tony Eccles
91.17 Andy Hamilton
90.20 3-1 Leroy Kwadijk
74.17 Alex Roy
86.41 3-2 
Warren Parry
83.56 John Part
94.08 3-1 
Charles Losper
85.21 Andy Smith
81.11 2-3 
Mensur Suljovic
83.26 James Wade
89.82 3-0 
Steve MacArthur 75.66 Steve Beaton
76.99 3-0 Steve Evans
75.56 Ronnie Baxter
90.31 3-2 Dan Olson 85.17 Mark Dudbridge
85.46 3-1 Steve Hine
83.07
180's scored : 478
Most 180s Scored, Individual : 34 John Part, 33 Kirk Shepherd, 24 Wayne Mardle, 24 Kevin Painter, 22 Adrian Lewis.
Highest Tournament Dart Average (In A Single Match): John Part 99.06 vs Suljovic (Second Round).
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Day Two,
Day Three, Wednesday 19 December
Day Four, Thursday 20 December
Day Five, Friday 21 December
Sunday 23 December to Tuesday 25 December
The tournament went into hiatus for the Christmas period.
Day Eight, Thursday 27 December
Third Round (Last 16)
Day Nine, Friday 28 December
Raymond van Barneveld
's reign as PDC World Championship was ended by Kevin Painter
in a thrilling match which Painter finished off with a ten-dart leg to clinch the match 4-2. Painter hit seven consecutive treble 20s, en route to a possible nine dart leg
before missing a treble 19 before completing a remarkable ten darter to go through to the quarter finals.
Earlier, James Wade
overcame flu and Mark Dudbridge
4-2 to go through to his first World quarter-final and Kirk Shepherd
defeated Barrie Bates
4-2 to be the surprise quarter-finalist. Peter Manley
and John Part
both had comfortable wins in their last 16 matches.
The talking point of the day may have been the Adrian Lewis
v Tony Eccles
clash. Eccles started in sensational fashion winning the first eight legs, but couldn't close out the third set. He missed two darts at a double for a 3-0 sets lead and then Lewis started a fightback winning the next three sets to lead 3-2. Eccles fought back himself to level the match, but controversy came in the final set when the scores were level at 2 legs each. Lewis took an unscheduled comfort break just minutes after a scheduled one and when he came back he found his rhythm to win the next two legs and make the quarter finals.
Day Ten, Quarter Finals, Saturday 29 December
For the first time in the 15 year history of the event, Phil Taylor failed to make it to the final after losing to Wayne Mardle
. Taylor took an early 3-0 lead, but after winning a set Mardle's confidence increased and with the crowd behind him brought it back to 3-3. With the sets tied 4-4 the legs went with throw until 4-4 when Mardle broke Taylor with tops after Taylor missed double sixteen when the dart went the wrong side of the wire. Wayne closed out the match on his own darts with 140 and double 18 to win the final set 6-4 and a 5-4 win. Mardle immediately broke down into tears after the win. After the match Mardle said "it's not being in the semis that's important... it's beating that guy there (Taylor); he didn't play well, but I still had to play at my best to beat him"
Taylor said "When I was 3 sets to nil up, I thought I'm going to beat him 5-0... If he gets his game together now he's got the biggest chance of his life to win it".
World Matchplay champion James Wade
also went out in the quarter-finals to two-time former World Champion John Part
. It was a close match, but Part always stayed in front after establishing a 2-0 set lead. Wade did fight back from 1-3 to level the match.
Kirk Shepherd
continued his amazing run and for the third time in the tournament survived his opponent having darts to win the match. Peter Manley
had two darts to win the final set 3-0, but Shepherd came back to win the final set 4-2. After sharing the first four sets, Kevin Painter
beat Adrian Lewis
5-2.
Day Eleven, Semi Finals, Sunday 30 December
Kirk Shepherd
's sensational run in the tournament continued as he beat Wayne Mardle
in the semi-final to reach the final. Shepherd, the 21-year old qualifier built up a 3-1 set
lead and missed five darts to go 4-1 up only to see Mardle come back to take the lead 4-3. Mardle, who had beaten Phil Taylor the previous night in the quarter finals looked to be on his way to his first world final before Shepherd fought back again to take the next three sets and become the first qualifier to reach the PDC World final.
The other semi-final was a more clinical performance as John Part
returned to the final always having the edge over 2004 finalist Kevin Painter
. The fourth set was potential decisive as Painter missed darts to take a 2-0 leg lead. Part then took out the next two legs and a 13-darter in the fourth leg gave him a 3-1 set lead. Painter missed a dart at bullseye to bring the score back to 2-3, leaving Part a 44 finish to go 4-1 up - then also missed a chance to take the sixth set. Part took the match with a classy 130 finish for a 6-2 win.
Day Twelve, Final, Tuesday 1 January 2008
John Part
became World Champion for the third time with a ruthless 7-2 victory over qualifier Kirk Shepherd
. Shepherd had beaten world number four Terry Jenkins
, three time world finalist Peter Manley
and Phil Taylor's conqueror Wayne Mardle
to become the first qualifier to reach the PDC World final - but he had no answer to Part's experience in the final. The early stages of the match were close with both of the first two sets going down to a deciding leg. Part just edged the first set and in the deciding leg of the second started with 140, 180 and a 15-dart leg for a 2-0 lead. Part then ran off the next six legs to find himself 4-0 in front and missed a bullseye for a 5-0 lead before Shepherd took his first set. The sixth set again went to last leg with Part re-establishing a four set lead but Shepherd continued to battle away and took the seventh set with a brilliant 160 finish. Part opened the eighth set with a 139 finish, then Shepherd hit an 88 to level it before checkouts of 52 and 80 from Part took him one set away from victory at 6-2. The Canadian closed out victory in the ninth set with a double ten in the fifth leg.
became the youngest player to ever reach a Darts World Championship (PDC
or BDO
) final.
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, was the 15th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
since it separated from the British Darts Organisation
British Darts Organisation
The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, OBE. The BDO is a founder member of the World Darts Federation which was formed in 1976....
. The 2008 event began on December 17, 2007 (a tradition for the event to begin in the previous calendar year) and the final was played on New Year's Day for the second year in succession. There was no play on December 23, 24, 25 or 31.
John Part
John Part
John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...
won his third World Championship, beating the qualifier Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
7-2 in the final.
He joined Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
, Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow MBE is a British darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport.- Early career :...
and John Lowe
John Lowe
John Lowe is an English darts player who was one of the best-known men in darts during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom. Lowe is one of only five players to have won the World Championship 3 times.-Biography:Lowe won the World Championship title in three different decades -...
as the only people to have won more than two world titles. He also became only one of two players to have won the PDC World Darts Championship
PDC World Darts Championship
The PDC World Darts Championship is a world championship competition for the sport of darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation . It was introduced following a dispute in 1994 with the British Darts Organisation, which has run its own world championship since 1978...
more than once, along with Taylor. In addition, he became the first player to have won World Championships in three different venues; the Lakeside, the Circus Tavern and the Alexandra Palace, although this accolade was matched in 2009 by Phil Taylor.
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
was the defending champion having won the PDC World Championship at the first attempt in an epic final against Phil Taylor in 2007
2007 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2007 Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship was the 14th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The tournament began on Monday 18 December 2006 and the final was played on Monday 1 January 2007...
. He was knocked out in the third round with a 4-2 loss to Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...
.
Phil Taylor failed to reach the final of the competition, for the first time in PDC World Championship history, after losing 5-4 to Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
in the quarter-finals.
After being staged at the Circus Tavern
Circus Tavern
The Circus Tavern is an entertainment venue in Purfleet, Essex, England which hosts functions, cabaret acts and is also a nightclub venue. However, it is most famous as having been a long-time venue of the PDC World Darts Championship....
in Purfleet for 14 years, the tournament moved to the Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace is a building in North London, England. It stands in Alexandra Park, in an area between Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green...
in London. The championships had been considered to have outgrown the Circus Tavern whose capacity of 800-900 spectators was considerably smaller than some Holsten Premier League
Premier League Darts
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darts events in 2007 which saw crowds reaching 5,000. The Alexandra Palace was the venue of the News of the World Darts Championship
News of the World Darts Championship
The News of the World Individual Darts Championship was one of the first major organised darts competitions, which began in 1927. It became England's first national darts competition from 1947 until its demise in 1990...
between 1963 and 1977 and boasts a capacity for 2008 of 2,500.
Format and qualifiers
The televised stages featureD 68 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of MeritDarts world rankings
Darts world rankings are a system which should determine a list of the best dart players in the world based on their performances in tournaments...
at November 12, 2007 received an automatic place in the World Championship. . They were joined by 16 PDPA
Professional Dart Players Association
The Professional Dart Players Association is an organisation for professional dart players. Its intention is to look after the interests of professional players through an annually elected Board of six current professionals.-Formation:...
members and 20 international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.
The 16 PDPA members were made up from the top eight players (who hadn't already qualified) in the PDC Pro Tour Events during 2007 (Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Matador. He lives in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands...
, Mark Walsh, Tony Eccles
Tony Eccles
Tony Eccles is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. He uses the nickname The Viper.-BDO career:...
, Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player, nicknamed Mighty Mike. He is the youngest player in history to win a major televised tournament in either the BDO or the PDC, winning the 2006 Winmau World Masters at the age of 17...
, Steve Brown
Steve Brown (England darts player)
Steve Brown is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.He lists beating five-time former world champion Eric Bristow as his best moment - although Bristow was well past his best years and long-since given up competing regularly on the circuit by the time they...
, Dave Askew
Dave Askew
Dave Askew is an English darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation. Askew is a twice semi-finalist in the PDC World Championship, both in 2001 and 2002 and on both occasions losing to eventual winner Phil Taylor.- Overview :Askew began competing in major tournaments in the...
, Jason Clark and Matt Clark
Matt Clark (darts player)
Matt Clark is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.-Darting history:...
)
The final eight qualifiers were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event which was held on November 17, 2007 in Wolverhampton - prior to the Grand Slam of Darts
Grand Slam of Darts
The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and is known as the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The PDC also invites the best performing players from its rival the British Darts Organisation...
tournament. The successful players were Steve Maish
Steve Maish
Steve Maish is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Mr Magic for his matches....
, Jan van der Rassel
Jan van der Rassel
Jan van der Rassel is a Dutch darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation events. He uses the nickname The Project for his matches. His former nickname was Tweety Pie....
, Colin Monk
Colin Monk
Colin Monk is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events and formerly played in British Darts Organisation events. He is turning full time professional in January 2010....
, Steve Evans
Steve Evans (darts player)
Steve Evans is a Welsh darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Evans joined the PDC in 2003, and reached the last 32 of the 2004 UK Open, eventually losing to John MaGowan....
, Jamie Caven
Jamie Caven
Jamie Robert Caven is an English darts player. He uses the nickname Jabba for his matches and is sponsored by Unicorn....
, Steve Hine
Steve Hine
Steve Hine is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He works as a baker and consequently he is nicknamed The Muffin Man...
, Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
and Jason Barry
Jason Barry (darts player)
Jason "Jacko" Barry is an Irish darts player.Barry won a place in the 2007 World Grand Prix, coming through a record-breaking field of 549 players at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin to qualify. He competed against World No...
. Former world champions John Lowe
John Lowe
John Lowe is an English darts player who was one of the best-known men in darts during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom. Lowe is one of only five players to have won the World Championship 3 times.-Biography:Lowe won the World Championship title in three different decades -...
, Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow MBE is a British darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport.- Early career :...
, Keith Deller
Keith Deller
Keith Deller is an English darts player, who won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1983. He was the first qualifier ever to win the championship and remains one of the youngest champions in history...
and Richie Burnett
Richie Burnett
Richie Burnett is a Welsh darts player who was the 1995 Embassy World Darts Champion and currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. His nickname is The Prince of Wales.-BDO career:...
all played in the qualifying rounds but failed to reach the televised stages.
International qualifiers
- Gary MawsonGary MawsonGary Mawson is a Canadian-born American darts player, who currently resides in North Royalton, Ohio, United States. He moved from Niagara Falls to Ohio to further increase his chances of success on the growing American darts circuit. He uses the nickname The Mauler for his matches...
- PDC North American Pro Tour Order of Merit - Ray CarverRay Carver (darts player)Ray Carver is an American darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation and is generally regarded as one of the top American darts players...
- PDC North American Pro Tour Order of Merit - Gerry ConveryGerry ConveryGerry Convery is a Canadian darts player.Convery made his televised debut in the 2004 Las Vegas Desert Classic, beating Darren Webster in the first round before losing in the second round to Dennis Smith...
- PDC North American Pro Tour Order of Merit - Dan Olson - PDC North American Pro Tour Order of Merit
- Leroy KwadijkLeroy KwadijkLeroy Kwadijk is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Kwadijk made his PDC debut in the 2007 Thialf Darts Trophy, reaching the semi finals. He defeated Denis Ovens, Ray Farrell and James Wade before losing to eventual winner Roland Scholten...
- Dutch/Belgian DDF Order of Merit - Toon GreebeToon GreebeToon Greebe is a Dutch darts player. He plays on the BDO circuit.Greebe reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Dutch Open. He beat Spain's Carlos Rodriguez in the last 32 stage and then defeated Stephen Bunting in the last 16, eventually losing to fellow Dutchman Edwin Max...
- Dutch/Belgian DDF Order of Merit - Mensur SuljovicMensur SuljovicMensur Suljović is a Serbian-born Austrian darts player. He plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and previously played for the British Darts Organisation. He was also one of the top players in the German Darts Corporation where he won three events in 2007...
- German Darts Corporation Order of Merit - Michael RosenauerMichael RosenauerMichael Rosenauer is a German darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Rosenauer created controversy when he chose to play in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, having won qualification for the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship...
- German Darts Corporation Order of Merit - Per LaursenPer LaursenPer Laursen is a Danish darts player. He reached the final of the WDF World Cup in 2005 and won the Welsh Open earlier that year - performances which enabled him to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship for the first time in 2006....
- Danish Order of Merit - Steve MacArthur - DartPlayers Australia Order of Merit
- Warren ParryWarren ParryWarren Parry is a New Zealand darts player. He is not a full-time professional and works as a slaughterman.Parry reached the final of the 1999 WDF World Cup Men's Singles event, beating Marko Kantele in the last 16, Andy Fordham in the quarter finals and fellow New Zealander Herbie Nathan in the...
- DartPlayers Australia Oceanic Masters Winner - Charles LosperCharles LosperCharles Losper is a darts player from South Africa. He is currently the highest ranked South African darts player on the PDC Order of Merit, ranked at number 71...
- South African Open Winner
- Four Preliminary Round Winners
Prize Money
The 2008 World Championship will feature a prize fund of £600,000 - a rise of £100,000 on the previous year. The prize money for earlier round losers has been increased, whilst the winner and runner-up prize money is all unchanged.- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-Up: £50,000
- Semi-Finals: £22,500 (up from £20,000)
- Quarter Finals: £15,000 (up from £12,500)
- Third Round losers: £10,500 (up from £8,500)
- Second Round losers: £7,000 (up from £5,000)
- First Round losers: £4,000 (up from £3,500)
- Preliminary Round losers (2): £2,500
- PDPA Qualifying round losers fund: £16,000
- Nine dart finishNine dart finishA nine-dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals...
: £20,000 (not won and rolls over to £25,000 for UK Open)
Preliminary Round Draw
(best of nine legs, played Wednesday 19 December and Thursday 20 December)- Akihiro NagakawaAkihiro Nagakawais a Japanese darts player.Nagakawa qualified for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the Preliminary Round to Anthony Forde. He qualified again for the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost again in the Preliminary Round, this time losing to Warren French.The match with French...
2-5 Anthony FordeAnthony FordeAnthony Forde is a Barbadian darts player.Forde won the 2004 Caribbean and South American Masters which earned him a place in the 2005 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost in the first round to John Verwey. He won the tournament again in 2007, which earned him a place in the 2008 PDC World...
- Rizal BarellanoRizal BarellanoRizal Barellano is a Filipino darts player.Barellano reached the quarter finals of the 2006 WDF Asis-Pacific Cup, winning group C2 and eventually lost to Malaysian Amin Abdul Ghani who won the tournament...
0-5 Miloslav NavratilMiloslav NavrátilMiloslav Navrátil is a Czech darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Navratil won the 2007 PDC World East European Qualifying Event beating fellow countryman Petr Tous in the final. It earned him a place in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship...
- Alan BoltonAlan BoltonAlan Bolton is a New Zealand darts player.Bolton won the 2007 New Zealand National Championships and won himself a place in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship. He was beaten 5-0 in the Preliminary Round by Erwin Extercatte.-External links:*... 0-5 Erwin ExtercatteErwin ExtercatteErwin Extercatte is a Dutch darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation.Extercatte showed great promise in his first two years in the PDC, winning the Open Oust Nederland in 2004, followed by the 2005 Open Holland...
- Ashfaque SayedAshfaque SayedAshfaque Sayed is an Indian darts player.Sayed's first major tournament came in the 2005 WDF World Cup, losing in the first round 4-1 to Brazilian Artue Valle. He then played in the 2006 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup, losing all three group games in group D2...
0-5 Shi YongshengShi YongshengShi Yongsheng is a Chinese darts player.He played in the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Andy Smith. In November 2007, Yongsheng won the Chinese qualifiers to return to the World Championship for 2008, thus becoming the first Chinese player to play in two World...
First Round Draw
(best of five sets, sets are best of five legs)Phil Taylor
91.11 3-2 Michael van GerwenMichael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player, nicknamed Mighty Mike. He is the youngest player in history to win a major televised tournament in either the BDO or the PDC, winning the 2006 Winmau World Masters at the age of 17...
85.99 Adrian Gray
Adrian Gray
Adrian Gray is an English darts player. Previously using the nickname '3 Styler', he is now known as 'The Conqueror'. Adrian made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open...
88.01 2-3 Mark Walsh 87.63 Andy JenkinsAndy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:...
86.80 3-2 Miloslav NavratilMiloslav Navrátil
Miloslav Navrátil is a Czech darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Navratil won the 2007 PDC World East European Qualifying Event beating fellow countryman Petr Tous in the final. It earned him a place in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship...
83.12 Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...
87.96 3-1 Per LaursenPer Laursen
Per Laursen is a Danish darts player. He reached the final of the WDF World Cup in 2005 and won the Welsh Open earlier that year - performances which enabled him to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship for the first time in 2006....
84.17 Roland Scholten
Roland Scholten
Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...
94.25 3-2 Matt ClarkMatt Clark (darts player)
Matt Clark is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.-Darting history:...
93.88 Mervyn King
95.97 3-2 Michael RosenauerMichael Rosenauer
Michael Rosenauer is a German darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Rosenauer created controversy when he chose to play in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, having won qualification for the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship...
86.60 Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
91.13 3-2 Ray CarverRay Carver (darts player)
Ray Carver is an American darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation and is generally regarded as one of the top American darts players...
90.30 Wes Newton
Wes Newton
Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:...
87.15 0-3 : Jamie CavenJamie Caven
Jamie Robert Caven is an English darts player. He uses the nickname Jabba for his matches and is sponsored by Unicorn....
89.36 Peter Manley
Peter Manley
Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...
90.09 3-2 Toon GreebeToon Greebe
Toon Greebe is a Dutch darts player. He plays on the BDO circuit.Greebe reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Dutch Open. He beat Spain's Carlos Rodriguez in the last 32 stage and then defeated Stephen Bunting in the last 16, eventually losing to fellow Dutchman Edwin Max...
89.60 Alan Warriner-Little
Alan Warriner-Little
Alan Warriner-Little is an English professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and plays with the nickname The Iceman...
80.98 3-1 Shi YongshengShi Yongsheng
Shi Yongsheng is a Chinese darts player.He played in the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Andy Smith. In November 2007, Yongsheng won the Chinese qualifiers to return to the World Championship for 2008, thus becoming the first Chinese player to play in two World...
76.38 Colin Lloyd
Colin Lloyd
Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...
85.75 2-3 Jan van der RasselJan van der Rassel
Jan van der Rassel is a Dutch darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation events. He uses the nickname The Project for his matches. His former nickname was Tweety Pie....
90.66 Denis Ovens
Denis Ovens
Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...
85.08 3-0 : Colin MonkColin Monk
Colin Monk is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events and formerly played in British Darts Organisation events. He is turning full time professional in January 2010....
69.48 Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...
83.62 2-3 Kirk ShepherdKirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
79.09 Mick McGowan
Mick McGowan
Mick McGowan is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player...
86.66 3-0 Jason Barry
Jason Barry (darts player)
Jason "Jacko" Barry is an Irish darts player.Barry won a place in the 2007 World Grand Prix, coming through a record-breaking field of 549 players at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin to qualify. He competed against World No...
87.75 Barrie Bates
Barrie Bates
Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....
82.99 3-0 Gerry ConveryGerry Convery
Gerry Convery is a Canadian darts player.Convery made his televised debut in the 2004 Las Vegas Desert Classic, beating Darren Webster in the first round before losing in the second round to Dennis Smith...
79.50 Colin Osborne
Colin Osborne
Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...
90.33 1-3 Erwin ExtercatteErwin Extercatte
Erwin Extercatte is a Dutch darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation.Extercatte showed great promise in his first two years in the PDC, winning the Open Oust Nederland in 2004, followed by the 2005 Open Holland...
92.58
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
89.12 3-0 Anthony FordeAnthony Forde
Anthony Forde is a Barbadian darts player.Forde won the 2004 Caribbean and South American Masters which earned him a place in the 2005 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost in the first round to John Verwey. He won the tournament again in 2007, which earned him a place in the 2008 PDC World...
81.84 Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson (darts player)
Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson is a former world darts champion. He was ranked as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, he lives in Clevedon in Somerset.-Before Darts:Anderson threw his first darts maximum at the age of just five...
91.07 2-3 : Jason Clark 89.70 Kevin PainterKevin Painter
Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...
96.45 3-0 Gary MawsonGary Mawson
Gary Mawson is a Canadian-born American darts player, who currently resides in North Royalton, Ohio, United States. He moved from Niagara Falls to Ohio to further increase his chances of success on the growing American darts circuit. He uses the nickname The Mauler for his matches...
83.86 Chris Mason
Chris Mason (darts player)
Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.- BDO and first PDC spell :...
84.72 3-1 Steve BrownSteve Brown (England darts player)
Steve Brown is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.He lists beating five-time former world champion Eric Bristow as his best moment - although Bristow was well past his best years and long-since given up competing regularly on the circuit by the time they...
77.61 Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...
96.79 3-1 Dave AskewDave Askew
Dave Askew is an English darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation. Askew is a twice semi-finalist in the PDC World Championship, both in 2001 and 2002 and on both occasions losing to eventual winner Phil Taylor.- Overview :Askew began competing in major tournaments in the...
90.46 Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...
86.94 3-2 Jelle KlaasenJelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Matador. He lives in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands...
90.27 Dennis Priestley
Dennis Priestley
Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...
92.06 1-3 Steve MaishSteve Maish
Steve Maish is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Mr Magic for his matches....
92.59 Wayne Jones
Wayne Jones (darts player)
Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....
83.71 0-3 Tony EcclesTony Eccles
Tony Eccles is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. He uses the nickname The Viper.-BDO career:...
91.17 Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton (darts player)
Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....
90.20 3-1 Leroy KwadijkLeroy Kwadijk
Leroy Kwadijk is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Kwadijk made his PDC debut in the 2007 Thialf Darts Trophy, reaching the semi finals. He defeated Denis Ovens, Ray Farrell and James Wade before losing to eventual winner Roland Scholten...
74.17 Alex Roy
Alex Roy (darts player)
Alex Roy is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Ace of Herts for this matches and is with Dave Holland Management....
86.41 3-2 Warren ParryWarren Parry
Warren Parry is a New Zealand darts player. He is not a full-time professional and works as a slaughterman.Parry reached the final of the 1999 WDF World Cup Men's Singles event, beating Marko Kantele in the last 16, Andy Fordham in the quarter finals and fellow New Zealander Herbie Nathan in the...
83.56 John Part
John Part
John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...
94.08 3-1 Charles LosperCharles Losper
Charles Losper is a darts player from South Africa. He is currently the highest ranked South African darts player on the PDC Order of Merit, ranked at number 71...
85.21 Andy Smith
Andy Smith (darts player)
Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...
81.11 2-3 Mensur SuljovicMensur Suljovic
Mensur Suljović is a Serbian-born Austrian darts player. He plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and previously played for the British Darts Organisation. He was also one of the top players in the German Darts Corporation where he won three events in 2007...
83.26 James Wade
James Wade
James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...
89.82 3-0 Steve MacArthur 75.66 Steve BeatonSteve Beaton
Steve Beaton is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation...
76.99 3-0 Steve EvansSteve Evans (darts player)
Steve Evans is a Welsh darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Evans joined the PDC in 2003, and reached the last 32 of the 2004 UK Open, eventually losing to John MaGowan....
75.56 Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...
90.31 3-2 Dan Olson 85.17 Mark DudbridgeMark Dudbridge
Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...
85.46 3-1 Steve HineSteve Hine
Steve Hine is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He works as a baker and consequently he is nicknamed The Muffin Man...
83.07
Last 32 to Final
Highest Checkouts: 170, Mervyn King, James Wade, Wayne Mardle180's scored : 478
Most 180s Scored, Individual : 34 John Part, 33 Kirk Shepherd, 24 Wayne Mardle, 24 Kevin Painter, 22 Adrian Lewis.
Highest Tournament Dart Average (In A Single Match): John Part 99.06 vs Suljovic (Second Round).
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Statistics
| Player | Played | Sets Won | Sets Lost | Legs Won | Legs Lost | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High Checkout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Part John Part John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion... |
6 | 29 | 10 | 98 | 68 | 202 | 112 | 34 | 160 | 94.42 |
| Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship... |
6 | 24 | 23 | 104 | 101 | 237 | 120 | 33 | 160 | 83.92 |
| Phil Taylor |
4 | 15 | 13 | 66 | 59 | 162 | 70 | 19 | 137 | 93.67 |
| Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player, nicknamed Mighty Mike. He is the youngest player in history to win a major televised tournament in either the BDO or the PDC, winning the 2006 Winmau World Masters at the age of 17... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 106 | 85.99 |
| Adrian Gray Adrian Gray Adrian Gray is an English darts player. Previously using the nickname '3 Styler', he is now known as 'The Conqueror'. Adrian made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 104 | 88.01 |
| Mark Walsh |
2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 52 | 38 | 10 | 156 | 88.58 |
| Andy Jenkins Andy Jenkins Andy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:... |
2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 142 | 83.42 |
| Rizal Barellano Rizal Barellano Rizal Barellano is a Filipino darts player.Barellano reached the quarter finals of the 2006 WDF Asis-Pacific Cup, winning group C2 and eventually lost to Malaysian Amin Abdul Ghani who won the tournament... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | 68.58 |
| Miloslav Navratil Miloslav Navrátil Miloslav Navrátil is a Czech darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Navratil won the 2007 PDC World East European Qualifying Event beating fellow countryman Petr Tous in the final. It earned him a place in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship... |
2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 81 | 79.04 |
| Alan Tabern Alan Tabern Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"... |
3 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 98 | 55 | 9 | 160 | 89.14 |
| Per Laursen Per Laursen Per Laursen is a Danish darts player. He reached the final of the WDF World Cup in 2005 and won the Welsh Open earlier that year - performances which enabled him to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship for the first time in 2006.... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 84.17 |
| Roland Scholten Roland Scholten Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC... |
3 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 40 | 103 | 56 | 19 | 140 | 93.07 |
| Matt Clark Matt Clark (darts player) Matt Clark is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.-Darting history:... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 100 | 93.88 |
| Mervyn King |
2 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 170 | 93.14 |
| Michael Rosenauer Michael Rosenauer Michael Rosenauer is a German darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Rosenauer created controversy when he chose to play in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, having won qualification for the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 116 | 86.60 |
| Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford... |
5 | 20 | 16 | 81 | 70 | 183 | 135 | 24 | 170 | 90.92 |
| Ray Carver Ray Carver (darts player) Ray Carver is an American darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation and is generally regarded as one of the top American darts players... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 110 | 90.30 |
| Wes Newton Wes Newton Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:... |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 81 | 87.15 |
| Jamie Caven Jamie Caven Jamie Robert Caven is an English darts player. He uses the nickname Jabba for his matches and is sponsored by Unicorn.... |
2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 121 | 85.86 |
| Peter Manley Peter Manley Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart... |
4 | 15 | 9 | 57 | 49 | 167 | 80 | 14 | 156 | 90.27 |
| Toon Greebe Toon Greebe Toon Greebe is a Dutch darts player. He plays on the BDO circuit.Greebe reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Dutch Open. He beat Spain's Carlos Rodriguez in the last 32 stage and then defeated Stephen Bunting in the last 16, eventually losing to fellow Dutchman Edwin Max... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 94 | 89.60 |
| Alan Warriner-Little Alan Warriner-Little Alan Warriner-Little is an English professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and plays with the nickname The Iceman... |
2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 108 | 86.77 |
| Ashfaque Sayed Ashfaque Sayed Ashfaque Sayed is an Indian darts player.Sayed's first major tournament came in the 2005 WDF World Cup, losing in the first round 4-1 to Brazilian Artue Valle. He then played in the 2006 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup, losing all three group games in group D2... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | 72.03 |
| Shi Yongsheng Shi Yongsheng Shi Yongsheng is a Chinese darts player.He played in the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Andy Smith. In November 2007, Yongsheng won the Chinese qualifiers to return to the World Championship for 2008, thus becoming the first Chinese player to play in two World... |
2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 119 | 77.33 |
| Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 120 | 85.75 |
| Jan van der Rassel Jan van der Rassel Jan van der Rassel is a Dutch darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation events. He uses the nickname The Project for his matches. His former nickname was Tweety Pie.... |
3 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 37 | 103 | 51 | 10 | 116 | 89.47 |
| Denis Ovens Denis Ovens Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to... |
2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 46 | 20 | 6 | 100 | 87.65 |
| Colin Monk Colin Monk Colin Monk is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events and formerly played in British Darts Organisation events. He is turning full time professional in January 2010.... |
1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | 69.48 |
| Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 56 | 83.62 |
| Mick McGowan Mick McGowan Mick McGowan is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player... |
2 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 66 | 35 | 6 | 120 | 85.88 |
| Jason Barry Jason Barry (darts player) Jason "Jacko" Barry is an Irish darts player.Barry won a place in the 2007 World Grand Prix, coming through a record-breaking field of 549 players at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin to qualify. He competed against World No... |
1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 64 | 87.75 |
| Barrie Bates Barrie Bates Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy".... |
3 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 101 | 34 | 6 | 120 | 83.66 |
| Gerry Convery Gerry Convery Gerry Convery is a Canadian darts player.Convery made his televised debut in the 2004 Las Vegas Desert Classic, beating Darren Webster in the first round before losing in the second round to Dennis Smith... |
1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 79.50 |
| Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 144 | 90.33 |
| Alan Bolton Alan Bolton Alan Bolton is a New Zealand darts player.Bolton won the 2007 New Zealand National Championships and won himself a place in the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship. He was beaten 5-0 in the Preliminary Round by Erwin Extercatte.-External links:*... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 60.38 |
| Erwin Extercatte Erwin Extercatte Erwin Extercatte is a Dutch darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation.Extercatte showed great promise in his first two years in the PDC, winning the Open Oust Nederland in 2004, followed by the 2005 Open Holland... |
3 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 61 | 18 | 5 | 147 | 79.91 |
| Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player... |
3 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 73 | 36 | 13 | 120 | 90.73 |
| Akihiro Nagakawa Akihiro Nagakawa is a Japanese darts player.Nagakawa qualified for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the Preliminary Round to Anthony Forde. He qualified again for the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost again in the Preliminary Round, this time losing to Warren French.The match with French... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 68.85 |
| Anthony Forde Anthony Forde Anthony Forde is a Barbadian darts player.Forde won the 2004 Caribbean and South American Masters which earned him a place in the 2005 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost in the first round to John Verwey. He won the tournament again in 2007, which earned him a place in the 2008 PDC World... |
2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 120 | 75.84 |
| Bob Anderson Bob Anderson (darts player) Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson is a former world darts champion. He was ranked as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, he lives in Clevedon in Somerset.-Before Darts:Anderson threw his first darts maximum at the age of just five... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 141 | 91.07 |
| Jason Clark |
2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 53 | 32 | 9 | 104 | 88.83 |
| Kevin Painter Kevin Painter Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"... |
5 | 18 | 10 | 69 | 45 | 159 | 77 | 24 | 137 | 92.23 |
| Gary Mawson Gary Mawson Gary Mawson is a Canadian-born American darts player, who currently resides in North Royalton, Ohio, United States. He moved from Niagara Falls to Ohio to further increase his chances of success on the growing American darts circuit. He uses the nickname The Mauler for his matches... |
1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 96 | 83.86 |
| Chris Mason Chris Mason (darts player) Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.- BDO and first PDC spell :... |
2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 136 | 84.32 |
| Steve Brown Steve Brown (England darts player) Steve Brown is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.He lists beating five-time former world champion Eric Bristow as his best moment - although Bristow was well past his best years and long-since given up competing regularly on the circuit by the time they... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 67 | 77.61 |
| Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion... |
4 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 50 | 118 | 55 | 22 | 136 | 92.26 |
| Dave Askew Dave Askew Dave Askew is an English darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation. Askew is a twice semi-finalist in the PDC World Championship, both in 2001 and 2002 and on both occasions losing to eventual winner Phil Taylor.- Overview :Askew began competing in major tournaments in the... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 90.46 |
| Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world... |
2 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 71 | 32 | 19 | 124 | 91.70 |
| Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Matador. He lives in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 104 | 90.27 |
| Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 130 | 92.06 |
| Steve Maish Steve Maish Steve Maish is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Mr Magic for his matches.... |
2 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 68 | 17 | 7 | 110 | 89.94 |
| Wayne Jones Wayne Jones (darts player) Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches.... |
1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 83.71 |
| Tony Eccles Tony Eccles Tony Eccles is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. He uses the nickname The Viper.-BDO career:... |
3 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 33 | 96 | 55 | 10 | 156 | 93.15 |
| Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit.... |
2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 144 | 90.59 |
| Leroy Kwadijk Leroy Kwadijk Leroy Kwadijk is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.Kwadijk made his PDC debut in the 2007 Thialf Darts Trophy, reaching the semi finals. He defeated Denis Ovens, Ray Farrell and James Wade before losing to eventual winner Roland Scholten... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 160 | 74.17 |
| Alex Roy Alex Roy (darts player) Alex Roy is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Ace of Herts for this matches and is with Dave Holland Management.... |
3 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 108 | 41 | 5 | 124 | 87.63 |
| Warren Parry Warren Parry Warren Parry is a New Zealand darts player. He is not a full-time professional and works as a slaughterman.Parry reached the final of the 1999 WDF World Cup Men's Singles event, beating Marko Kantele in the last 16, Andy Fordham in the quarter finals and fellow New Zealander Herbie Nathan in the... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 91 | 83.56 |
| Charles Losper Charles Losper Charles Losper is a darts player from South Africa. He is currently the highest ranked South African darts player on the PDC Order of Merit, ranked at number 71... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 94 | 85.21 |
| Andy Smith Andy Smith (darts player) Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches... |
1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 88 | 81.11 |
| Mensur Suljovic Mensur Suljovic Mensur Suljović is a Serbian-born Austrian darts player. He plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and previously played for the British Darts Organisation. He was also one of the top players in the German Darts Corporation where he won three events in 2007... |
2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 111 | 87.26 |
| James Wade James Wade James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007... |
4 | 15 | 6 | 59 | 46 | 134 | 72 | 17 | 170 | 89.19 |
| Steve MacArthur |
1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 75.66 |
| Steve Beaton Steve Beaton Steve Beaton is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation... |
2 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 52 | 23 | 7 | 98 | 82.40 |
| Steve Evans Steve Evans (darts player) Steve Evans is a Welsh darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Evans joined the PDC in 2003, and reached the last 32 of the 2004 UK Open, eventually losing to John MaGowan.... |
1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 75.56 |
| Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action... |
2 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 71 | 25 | 9 | 137 | 91.07 |
| Dan Olson |
1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 120 | 85.17 |
| Mark Dudbridge Mark Dudbridge Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes... |
3 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 71 | 38 | 12 | 113 | 86.11 |
| Steve Hine Steve Hine Steve Hine is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He works as a baker and consequently he is nicknamed The Muffin Man... |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 100 | 83.07 |
Tournament Review
- Alan Tabern 3-1 Per Laursen
- Mark Walsh 0-3 Adrian Gray
- Wayne Mardle 3-0 Ray Carver
- Jan van der Rassel 3-2 Colin Lloyd
Day Two,
- Roland Scholten 3-0 Matt Clark
- Peter Manley 3-0 Toon Greebe
- Phil Taylor 3-1 Michael Van Gerwen
- Mervyn King 3-1 Michael Rosenauer
Day Three, Wednesday 19 December
- Jamie Caven 2-3 Wes Newton
- Denis Ovens 3-1 Colin Monk
- Mick Mcgowan 3-0 Jason Barry
- Barrie Bates 3-0 Gerry Convery
- Jason Clark 3-2 Bob Anderson
- Kirk Shepherd 1-3 Terry Jenkins
- Chris Mason 3-1 Steve Brown
- Kevin Painter 3-0 Gary Mawson
Day Four, Thursday 20 December- Andy Jenkins 3-1 Miloslav Navratil
- Tony Eccles 1-3 Wayne Jones
- Andy Hamilton 3-0 Leroy Kwadijk
- Alex Roy 3-0 Warren Parry
- Steve Maish 3-1 Dennis Priestley
- Adrian Lewis 3-1 Dave Askew
- Raymond Van Barneveld 3-0 Anthony Forde
- Vincent Van Der Voort 3-2 Jelle Klaasen
Day Five, Friday 21 December
- Alan Warriner-Little 2-3 Shi Yongsheng
- Erwin Extercatte 0-3 Colin Osborne
- Mensur Suljovic 1-3 Andy Smith
- Steve Beaton 3-0 Steve Evans
- Ronnie Baxter 3-2 Dan Olson
- James Wade 3-0 Steve Macarthur
- John Part 3-1 Charles Losper
- Mark Dudbridge 3-1 Steve Hine
- Alan Tabern 4-0 Andy Jenkins (3-1 3-1 3-1 3-0)
- Jan Van Der Rassel 0-4 Denis Ovens (1-3 1-3 2-3 0-3)
- Peter Manley 4-2 Shi Yongsheng ( 3-0 3-0 1-3 3-2 0-3 3-1)
- Roland Scholten 0-4 Mervyn King ( 0-3 0-3 0-3 1-3)
- Phil Taylor 4-1 Adrian Gray ( 1-3 3-0 3-2 3-2 3-0)
- Wayne Mardle 4-2 Wes Newton (3-0 1-3 2-3 3-2 3-2 3-1)
Sunday 23 December to Tuesday 25 December
The tournament went into hiatus for the Christmas period.
- Barrie Bates 2-4 Colin Osborne 3-1 2-3 2-3 1-3 3-1 0-3
- Kevin Painter 4-0 Chris Mason 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2
- Terry Jenkins 4-0 Mick Mcgowan 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0
- Adrian Lewis 4-3 Vincent Van Der Voort 3-0 3-1 3-0 1-3 1-3 1-3 5-3
- John Part 4-1 Andy Smith 3-1 3-1 1-3 3-1 3-1
- James Wade 4-0 Steve Beaton 3-2 3-2 3-0 3-0
Day Eight, Thursday 27 December
- Wayne Jones 4-0 Steve Maish 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-2
- Alex Roy 1-4 Andy Hamilton 3-0 1-3 0-3 2-3 2-3
- Mark Dudbridge 2-4 Ronnie Baxter 2-3 2-3 3-1 1-3 3-0 0-3
- Raymond Van Barneveld 4-0 Jason Clark 3-0 3-0 3-0 1-3 3-1
Third Round (Last 16)
- Phil Taylor 4-2 Alan Tabern 0-3 2-3 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-2
- Wayne Mardle 4-1 Mervyn King 1-3 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-2
Day Nine, Friday 28 December
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
's reign as PDC World Championship was ended by Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...
in a thrilling match which Painter finished off with a ten-dart leg to clinch the match 4-2. Painter hit seven consecutive treble 20s, en route to a possible nine dart leg
Nine dart finish
A nine-dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals...
before missing a treble 19 before completing a remarkable ten darter to go through to the quarter finals.
Earlier, James Wade
James Wade
James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...
overcame flu and Mark Dudbridge
Mark Dudbridge
Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...
4-2 to go through to his first World quarter-final and Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
defeated Barrie Bates
Barrie Bates
Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....
4-2 to be the surprise quarter-finalist. Peter Manley
Peter Manley
Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...
and John Part
John Part
John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...
both had comfortable wins in their last 16 matches.
The talking point of the day may have been the Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...
v Tony Eccles
Tony Eccles
Tony Eccles is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. He uses the nickname The Viper.-BDO career:...
clash. Eccles started in sensational fashion winning the first eight legs, but couldn't close out the third set. He missed two darts at a double for a 3-0 sets lead and then Lewis started a fightback winning the next three sets to lead 3-2. Eccles fought back himself to level the match, but controversy came in the final set when the scores were level at 2 legs each. Lewis took an unscheduled comfort break just minutes after a scheduled one and when he came back he found his rhythm to win the next two legs and make the quarter finals.
- Kirk Shepherd 4-2 Barrie Bates (3-0, 1-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-2, 3-1)
- Adrian Lewis 4-3 Tony Eccles (0-3, 0-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-2, 1-3, 4-2)
- James Wade 4-2 Mark Dudbridge (2-3, 3-1, 3-0, 3-2, 1-3, 3-2)
- Peter Manley 4-1 Jan Van Der Rassel (2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 3-1)
- Kevin Painter 4-2 Raymond Van Barneveld (1-3, 3-0, 3-1, 0-3, 3-2, 3-2)
- John Part 4-0 Alex Roy (3-1, 3-2, 3-1, 3-1)
Day Ten, Quarter Finals, Saturday 29 December
For the first time in the 15 year history of the event, Phil Taylor failed to make it to the final after losing to Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
. Taylor took an early 3-0 lead, but after winning a set Mardle's confidence increased and with the crowd behind him brought it back to 3-3. With the sets tied 4-4 the legs went with throw until 4-4 when Mardle broke Taylor with tops after Taylor missed double sixteen when the dart went the wrong side of the wire. Wayne closed out the match on his own darts with 140 and double 18 to win the final set 6-4 and a 5-4 win. Mardle immediately broke down into tears after the win. After the match Mardle said "it's not being in the semis that's important... it's beating that guy there (Taylor); he didn't play well, but I still had to play at my best to beat him"
Taylor said "When I was 3 sets to nil up, I thought I'm going to beat him 5-0... If he gets his game together now he's got the biggest chance of his life to win it".
World Matchplay champion James Wade
James Wade
James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...
also went out in the quarter-finals to two-time former World Champion John Part
John Part
John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...
. It was a close match, but Part always stayed in front after establishing a 2-0 set lead. Wade did fight back from 1-3 to level the match.
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
continued his amazing run and for the third time in the tournament survived his opponent having darts to win the match. Peter Manley
Peter Manley
Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...
had two darts to win the final set 3-0, but Shepherd came back to win the final set 4-2. After sharing the first four sets, Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...
beat Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...
5-2.
- Kirk Shepherd 5-4 Peter Manley (3-0, 2-3, 3-2, 2-3, 1-3, 3-1, 2-3, 3-1, 4-2)
- John Part 5-4 James Wade (3-2, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 4-2)
- Wayne Mardle 5-4 Phil Taylor (0-3, 1-3, 0-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1, 6-4)
- Kevin Painter 5-2 Adrian Lewis (3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2)
Day Eleven, Semi Finals, Sunday 30 December
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
's sensational run in the tournament continued as he beat Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
in the semi-final to reach the final. Shepherd, the 21-year old qualifier built up a 3-1 set
Set (darts)
A set in darts consists of a sequence of legs played, ending when the count of legs won meets certain criteria. Throwing first is considered an advantage in a leg, so players alternate who throws first in each leg during the set....
lead and missed five darts to go 4-1 up only to see Mardle come back to take the lead 4-3. Mardle, who had beaten Phil Taylor the previous night in the quarter finals looked to be on his way to his first world final before Shepherd fought back again to take the next three sets and become the first qualifier to reach the PDC World final.
The other semi-final was a more clinical performance as John Part
John Part
John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...
returned to the final always having the edge over 2004 finalist Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...
. The fourth set was potential decisive as Painter missed darts to take a 2-0 leg lead. Part then took out the next two legs and a 13-darter in the fourth leg gave him a 3-1 set lead. Painter missed a dart at bullseye to bring the score back to 2-3, leaving Part a 44 finish to go 4-1 up - then also missed a chance to take the sixth set. Part took the match with a classy 130 finish for a 6-2 win.
- Kirk Shepherd 6-4 Wayne Mardle (0-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-2, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2)
- John Part 6-2 Kevin Painter (3-2, 3-2, 0-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2)
Day Twelve, Final, Tuesday 1 January 2008
John Part
John Part
John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...
became World Champion for the third time with a ruthless 7-2 victory over qualifier Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
. Shepherd had beaten world number four Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...
, three time world finalist Peter Manley
Peter Manley
Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...
and Phil Taylor's conqueror Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
to become the first qualifier to reach the PDC World final - but he had no answer to Part's experience in the final. The early stages of the match were close with both of the first two sets going down to a deciding leg. Part just edged the first set and in the deciding leg of the second started with 140, 180 and a 15-dart leg for a 2-0 lead. Part then ran off the next six legs to find himself 4-0 in front and missed a bullseye for a 5-0 lead before Shepherd took his first set. The sixth set again went to last leg with Part re-establishing a four set lead but Shepherd continued to battle away and took the seventh set with a brilliant 160 finish. Part opened the eighth set with a 139 finish, then Shepherd hit an 88 to level it before checkouts of 52 and 80 from Part took him one set away from victory at 6-2. The Canadian closed out victory in the ninth set with a double ten in the fifth leg.
- John Part 7-2 Kirk Shepherd (3-2, 3-2, 3-0, 3-0, 2-3, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2)
Trivia
Kirk ShepherdKirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
became the youngest player to ever reach a Darts World Championship (PDC
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
or BDO
British Darts Organisation
The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, OBE. The BDO is a founder member of the World Darts Federation which was formed in 1976....
) final.
- No one in the tournament achieved a match average of over 100, for the first time since 1995.
- As a result of
Phil Taylor not advancing past the quarter final stages, Raymond van BarneveldRaymond van BarneveldRaymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
became the world number one. - The tournament saw the first ever PDC World Championship final without the presence of Phil Taylor.