Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
First Round Schedule of Play
Thursday December 16
Paul Nicholson 3-0 Steve Farmer
Gary Mawson 4-1 Juanito Gionson (Preliminary Round)
Steve Beaton 2-3 Mark Hylton
Mark Webster 3-0 Steve Maish
Phil Taylor 3-0 Gary Mawson
Friday December 17
Co Stompe 1-3 Peter Wright
Roland Scholten 4-2 Veijo Viinikka (Preliminary Round)
Colin Lloyd 3-2 Andree Welge
Adrian Lewis 3-0 Tony Eccles
Ronnie Baxter 3-0 Roland Scholten
Saturday December 18
Andy Hamilton 3-0 Dennis Smith
Matt Padgett 2-4 Morihiro Hashimoto (Preliminary Round)
Mark Dudbridge 3-1 Alex Roy
Simon Whitlock 3-0 Steve Evans
Gary Anderson 3-0 Morihiro Hashimoto
Sunday December 19
Wayne Jones 3-1 Kirk Shepherd
Per Laursen 4-2 Boris Krcmar (P)
Robert Thornton 3-1 Nigel Heydon
Wes Newton 3-0 Darin Young
John Part 0-3 Per Laursen
Monday December 20
Alan Tabern 3-2 Richie Burnett
Jyhan Artut 4-3 Scott Mackenzie (P)
Kevin Painter 0-3 Brendan Dolan
James Wade 3-0 Antonio Alcinas
Denis Ovens 3-1 Jyhan Artut
Tuesday December 21
Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Mensur Suljovic
Michael Mansell 0-4 Preston Ridd (Preliminary Round)
Terry Jenkins 3-2 Joe Cullen
Jelle Klaasen 1-3 Steve Brown
Vincent van der Voort 3-0 Preston Ridd
Wednesday December 22
Colin Osborne 3-1 Chris Thompson
Devon Petersen 4-3 Norman Madhoo (Preliminary Round)
Barrie Bates 1-3 Kevin McDine
Raymond van Barneveld 3-1 Steve Hine
Jamie Caven 3-1 Devon Petersen
Thursday December 23
Andy Smith 3-1 Shane Tichowitsch
Magnus Caris 4-3 Dietmar Burger (Preliminary Round)
Mark Walsh 3-1 Justin Pipe
Dennis Priestley 3-0 Bernd Roith
Mervyn King 3-0 Magnus Caris
Second Round
Monday December 27
Afternoon Session
Ronnie Baxter 0-4 Mark Webster
Paul Nicholson 2-4 Peter Wright
Andy Hamilton 0-4 Robert Thornton
Evening Session
Colin Lloyd 2-4 Mark Hylton
Adrian Lewis 4-1 Mark Dudbridge
Phil Taylor 4-0 Per Laursen
Tuesday December 28
Afternoon Session
Mark Walsh 4-3 Alan Tabern
Wayne Jones 2-4 Vincent van der Voort
Terry Jenkins 4-1 Steve Brown
Evening Session
Wes Newton 4-0 Brendan Dolan
Simon Whitlock 4-0 Denis Ovens
James Wade 2-4 Mensur Suljovic
Wednesday December 29
Afternoon Session (1pm)
Colin Osborne 4-0 Jamie Caven
Gary Anderson 4-2 Dennis Priestley
Mervyn King 3-4 Andy Smith
Evening Session (7pm)
Raymond van Barneveld 4-1 Kevin McDine
Third Round
Mark Webster 4-1 Mark Hylton
Phil Taylor 4-1 Peter Wright
Thursday December 30
Afternoon Session (1pm)
Adrian Lewis 4-1 Robert Thornton
Andy Smith 0-4 Gary Anderson
Terry Jenkins 4-0 Mark Walsh
Evening Session (7pm)
Simon Whitlock 2-4 Vincent van der Voort
Raymond van Barneveld 4-3 Colin Osborne
Mensur Suljovic 0-4 Wes Newton
Saturday January 1 2011
Quarter-Finals
Afternoon Session
Wes Newton 4-5 Terry Jenkins
Adrian Lewis 5-2 Vincent van der Voort
Evening Session
Gary Anderson 5-1 Raymond van Barneveld
Phil Taylor 2-5 Mark Webster
Sunday January 2
Semi-Finals
Terry Jenkins 2-6 Gary Anderson
Mark Webster 4-6 Adrian Lewis
Monday January 3
Final (8pm)
Adrian Lewis 7-5 Gary Anderson
Best of 13 sets
Preceded at 7.10pm by
PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Championship Final
Michael van Gerwen 4-6 Arron Monk
Best of 11 legs
Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship Format
Preliminary Round – Best of seven legs (no tie-break)
First Round – Best of five sets
Second Round – Best of seven sets
Third Round – Best of seven sets
Quarter-Finals – Best of nine sets
Semi-Finals – Best of 11 sets
Final – Best of 13 sets
All sets are the best of five legs.
All matches using the sets format will have a tie-break situation in the deciding set only, where the final set must be won by two clear legs until the score in that final set reaches 5-5.
Should that situation occur, then a sudden-death leg will be played in which the players will throw for the bull to determine who throws first in the sudden-death leg.
2012 LADBROKES.COM WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS CONFIRMED
THE international qualifiers for the 2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship have been confirmed.
The £1 million tournament, darts’ biggest event, will see 72 players take part at Alexandra Palace in London from December 15 2011-January 2 2012.
The PDC’s top 32 players will qualify automatically for the tournament, alongside the top 16 non-qualified players from the Players Championship Order of Merit after the final PDC ProTour events on November 27.
Additionally, the top four non-qualified players from the European Order of Merit will qualify and earn a place in the first round, alongside the leading non-qualified North American player from the PDC Order of Merit.
The winner of the PDPA Qualifier, to be held on Monday November 28 in Wigan, will join them in the first round draw, alongside Sean Reed, the DPA Australian Grand Prix champion and the Oceanic Masters winner.
A further 16 places in the Preliminary Round have been awarded to a combination of international qualifiers, as well as the PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up and the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit winner.
Qualifiers will come from across Europe, Scandinavia and Asia, as well as from the South African Masters and the new South Asia Qualifier, featuring players from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Shane O’Connor and Connie Finnan will battle for the place reserved for the winner of the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay event when they contest the final at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin on Sunday October 9 ahead of the World Grand Prix final, while Warren French has already qualified through the New Zealand rankings.
Tickets for the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship can be purchased by visiting www.seetickets.com/darts or by calling 0844 871 8807 (calls cost 6p per minute from a BT landline plus standard network charge).
Hospitality Packages are also available and can be purchased via the PDC Head Office on 08712 501 180.
Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
First Round Qualifiers
PDC Order of Merit Top 32 (at November 28)
Top 16 non-qualified players from Players Championship Order of Merit
Top four non-qualified players from European Order of Merit
DPA Australian Grand Prix champion (Sean Reed)
Oceanic Masters Winner
PDPA Qualifier Winner
Leading non-qualified North American player from PDC Order of Merit
Preliminary
Round Qualifiers
Chinese Qualifier
Danish Qualifier
East European Qualifier
Finnish Qualifier
German Qualifier
Irish Matchplay Winner
Japanese Qualifier
New Zealand Qualifier (Warren French)
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit Winner
PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up
Philippines Qualifier
South African Masters Winner
South Asia Qualifier (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore)
South European Qualifier
Swedish Qualifier
West European Qualifier
The PDC World Darts Championship is the biggest event in the sport; it is traditionally called ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ as stated by PDC chairman Barry Hearn. It was first staged following the well documented split in darts with the BDO in 1994 when Dennis Priestley inflicted a rare defeat to Phil Taylor 6-1 at darts new home The Circus Tavern, Purfleet, Essex. The event stayed at the Circus Tavern for 14 years until in 2008 when it moved to the Alexandra Palace, London where it remains.
The event is currently sponsored by Ladbrokes.com, but has had many sponsors in its entirety, including Red Band, Vernon’s Pools, Proton Cars and Skol.
The 2010 event, for the first time will reach £1 Million with £200,000 going to the winner. Only 4 players have ever won the PDC World Championships Dennis Priestley, Phil Taylor, John Part and Raymond van Barneveld. Of these, only two have won it more than once – Taylor and Part.
Phil Taylor has dominated this tournament in particular winning 13 titles and reaching 16 of the first 17 finals. He missed out on the final in 2008, when John Part defeated Kirk Shepherd to win his third world title (second in the PDC).
| YEAR | CHAMPION (AVERAGE IN FINAL) | SCORE (SETS) | RUNNER UP (AVERAGE IN FINAL) | SPONSOR | PRIZE FUND | CHAMPION | RUNNER – UP |
| 1994 | Dennis Priestley 94.38 |
6-1 | Phil Taylor 90.62 |
Skol | £64,000 | £16,000 | £8,000 |
| 1995 | Phil Taylor 94.11 |
6-2 | Rod Harrington 87.15 |
Proton Cars | £55,000 | £12,000 | £6,000 |
| 1996 | Phil Taylor 98.52 |
6-4 | Dennis Priestley 101.49 |
Vernon’s | £61,000 | £14,000 | £7,000 |
| 1997 | Phil Taylor 100.92 |
6-3 | Dennis Priestley 96.78 |
Red Band | £98,000 | £45,000 | £10,000 |
| 1998 | Phil Taylor 103.98 |
6-0 | Dennis Priestley 90.75 |
Skol | £71,000 | £20,000 | £10,000 |
| 1999 | Phil Taylor 97.11 |
6-2 | Peter Manley 93.63 |
Skol | £104,000 | £30,000 | £16,000 |
| 2000 | Phil Taylor 94.42 |
7-3 | Dennis Priestley 91.80 |
Skol | £110,000 | £31,000 | £16,400 |
| 2001 | Phil Taylor 107.46 |
7-0 | John Part 92.58 |
Skol | £124,000 | £33,000 | £18,000 |
| 2002 | Phil Taylor 98.47 |
7-0 | Peter Manley 91.35 |
Skol | £200,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 |
| 2003 | John Part 96.87 |
7-6 | Phil Taylor 99.98 |
Ladbrokes | £200,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 |
| 2004 | Phil Taylor 96.03 |
7-6 | Kevin Painter 90.48 |
Ladbrokes | £256,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 |
| 2005 | Phil Taylor 96.14 |
7-4 | Mark Dudbridge 90.66 |
Ladbrokes | £300,000 | £60,000 | £30,000 |
| 2006 | Phil Taylor 106.74 |
7-0 | Peter Manley 91.72 |
Ladbrokes | £500,000 | £100,000 | £50,000 |
| 2007 | Raymond van Barneveld 100.93 |
7-6 | Phil Taylor 100.86 |
Ladbrokes | £500,000 | £100,000 | £50,000 |
| 2008 | John Part 92.86 |
7-2 | Kirk Shepherd 85.10 |
Ladbrokes | £605,000 | £100,000 | £50,000 |
| 2009 | Phil Taylor 110.94 |
7-1 | Raymond van Barneveld 101.18 |
Ladbrokes | £740,000 | £125,000 | £60,000 |
| 2010 | Phil Taylor 104.38 |
7-3 | Simon Whitlock 100.51 |
Ladbrokes | £1,000,000 | £200,000 | £100,000 |
| 2011 | Adrian Lewis 99.40 |
7-5 | Gary Anderson 99.41 |
Ladbrokes | £1,000,000 | £200,000 | £100,000 |
The PDC World Championship has been broadcast live and in its entirety by Sky Sports in the UK since its inception. The tournament has become more and more popular in recent years with the 2007 World Final achieving a viewing figure in excess of 1 million for the first time. Sky’s contract to cover the event has been extended until 2013, which will be the 20th year of the tournament.
Sky Television have covered the PDC World Darts Championships since its inception, and is shown around the World on; Dutch broadcaster SBS6, having covered the BDO World Darts Championship for many years, now also covers the event. DSF (Germany), Fox Sports (USA), TSN (Canada), Fox Sports (Australia), SuperSport (South Africa), Ten Sports (India), CCTV (China), Showtime (Middle East), Ukraine TV, Sky New Zealand, IKO (Poland), Starhub (Singapore), Sport1 (Hungary), Meersat (Malaysia), 7TV (Russia), Measat (Indonesia), J Sports (Japan) now also broadcast the event.
| MOST TITLES | Phil Taylor 13 (additional 2 BDO titles, takes total to 15) |
| MOST FINALS | Phil Taylor 15 (1994-2007 & 2009-2010, 16 of the first 17 PDC World finals) |
| MOST MATCH WINS | Phil Taylor 87 matches (1994 – 2011). Taylor has only lost five matches at the tournament and reached every final until the 2008 tournament when he was knocked out in the Quarter Final by Wayne Mardle. |
| LONGEST UNBEATEN RUN | Phil Taylor 44 matches between his loss at the 1994 final and his next defeat the final of 2003. |
| MOST 180s IN A TOURNAMENT | The 2011 championship saw a record number of 180s scored. The tournament total of 554. |
| MOST 180s IN A TOURNAMENT (INDIVIDUAL) | Adrian Lewis 60 (2011) which beat Simon Whitlocks record of 58 from 2010. |
| MOST APPEARENCES | John Lowe 27 years Lowe’s defeat in 2005 World Championship qualifying ended his run of 27 consecutive appearances at the world championships – he failed to qualify for the 2006, 2007 & 2008 events and was the last surviving player from the inaugural world championships in 1978. |
| MOST CONSECUTIVE APPEARENCES (UNBROKEN) | Phil Taylor 21 Taylor made his World Championship debut in 1990 and is the only player who has been ever-present each year since. Bob Anderson’s run of 25 consecutive appearances ended in 2008. |
| YOUNGEST PLAYER | Mitchell Clegg 16 years and 37 days Clegg qualified as a 15 year old in 2007. He was younger than Michael van Gerwen who would set the BDO World Championship youngest player record a few weeks later. |
| YOUNGEST FINALIST | Kirk Shepherd 21 years and 88 days in the 2008 final, Shepherd was two days younger than when Jelle Klaasen won the BDO version. Shepherd however was runner-up. Record TV audience the 2007 final was the first time that Sky television achieved a viewing figure of over 1 million for a darts match. The subscription channel had an audience of 1,028,000 for the van Barneveld v Taylor classic. |
| SUDDEN DEATH DECIDERS | The PDC World title has twice been decided on a final set, sudden-death leg. In 2004 Kevin Painter took Phil Taylor to 6-6 in sets and 5-5 in legs before Taylor won the match. In 2007, Taylor was on the wrong end of the sudden-death leg in his defeat by Raymond van Barneveld. There have been two finals in the BDO World Championship that have gone to a tie-break. |
| NINE – DART FINISHES | Raymond van Barneveld was the first person to have thrown a nine-dart finish at the championships. His first came at the quarter-final stage of the 2009 competition against Jelle Klaasen. The second was against Brendan Dolan in the second round of the 2010 tournament. Each time he received a £20,000 bonus prize for his achievement. Adrian Lewis became only the second person to do it, in no less than the 2011 Final, which he went on to win! |
| BOTH VERSIONS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | Dennis Priestley was the first player to have won both versions of the World Championship. He won the 1991 BDO Championship and 1994 PDC Championship. Phil Taylor, John Part and Raymond van Barneveld have also matched the feat. Part’s 2008 win meant he was the first player to win world titles at three different venues (Lakeside, Circus Tavern and Alexandra Palace). However in the 2009 PDC World Championship Final, Phil Taylor defeated Raymond van Barneveld at Alexandra Palace to also achieve this feat. |
| OVERSEAS WORLD CHAMPIONS | John Part was the first player from outside the UK to win the PDC World Championship with his 2003 title, also in 2008 John Part became only the second dart player other than Phil Taylor to win the PDC world title more than once. He was also the first overseas player to win the BDO title in 1994. Tony David was the second overseas champion in 2002 with Raymond van Barneveld the third overseas champion in 2007. |
Prior to the split there had been only three occasions when players had managed to achieve an average of 100 for a match.
102.63 Dennis Priestley (1993, 1st Round) v Jocky Wilson
100.80 Phil Taylor (1990, Semi-Final) v Cliff Lazarenko
100.29 Keith Deller (1985, Quarter-Final) v John Lowe (lost match)
Circus Tavern
An average over 100 in a match at the Circus Tavern in the PDC World Championship was achieved 33 times, compared to only 19 times in the BDO World Championships. This statistic is made even more remarkable by the fact that the BDO tournament has been going on twice as long as the PDC tournament. However, only 6 different men have achieved an average of over 100 in the PDC tournament, compared to 7 different men in the BDO tournament since the split in 1994.
111.21 Phil Taylor (2002, 2nd Round) v Shayne Burgess
109.00 Phil Taylor (2007, 2nd Round) v Mick McGowan
108.30 Phil Taylor (2006, 3rd Round) v Andy Hamilton
107.46 Phil Taylor (2001, Final) v John Part
106.74 Phil Taylor (2006, Final) v Peter Manley
106.23 Phil Taylor (2007, Semi-Final) v Andy Hamilton
105.87 Phil Taylor (2000, Quarter Final) v Alan Warriner
105.57 Phil Taylor (2006, Quarter Final) v Kevin Painter
105.15 Phil Taylor (2000, Semi Finals) v Dennis Smith
105.03 Phil Taylor (1999, 1st Round) v Reg Harding
103.98 Phil Taylor (1998, Final) v Dennis Priestley
103.80 Phil Taylor (2000, 2nd Round) v Graeme Stoddart
103.44 Phil Taylor (2003, 2nd Round) v Steve Brown
103.38 Richie Burnett (2001, 1st Round) v Steve Brown
103.26 Phil Taylor (2000, 1st Round) v Mick Manning
103.20 Phil Taylor (2001, Quarter Final) v Keith Deller
103.08 Phil Taylor (1998, Semi-Final) v Rod Harrington
102.87 Phil Taylor (2005, 3rd Round) v Alex Roy
102.75 Phil Taylor (2001, Semi-Final) v Dave Askew
102.48 Raymond van Barneveld (2007, 3rd Round) v Rico Vonck
102.39 Phil Taylor (2006, 2nd Round) v Matt Clark
102.00 Phil Taylor (1999, 2nd Round) v John Lowe
101.82 Mick McGowan (2007, 2nd Round) v Phil Taylor (lost match)
101.51 Phil Taylor (2007, Quarter Final) v Darren Webster
101.49 Dennis Priestley (1996, Final) v Phil Taylor (lost match)
101.07 Raymond van Barneveld (2007, Final) v Phil Taylor
100.98 Phil Taylor (2007, Final) v Raymond van Barneveld (lost match)
100.95 Phil Taylor (1996, Group Stages) v Shayne Burgess
100.92 Phil Taylor (1997, Final) v Dennis Priestley
100.77 Phil Taylor (2005, 4th Round) v Dennis Priestley
100.38 Phil Taylor (2003, Quarter Finals) v Dennis Smith
100.23 Phil Taylor (2002, Quarter Finals) v John Part
100.02 Phil Taylor (2004, Semi Finals) v Wayne Mardle
Alexandra Palace The 2008 World Championship, the first at Alexandra Palace was the first time since the 1995 Championship that no player achieved a single match average of 100. The first 100 average was recorded on December 21, 2008 when Andy Hamilton averaged 101.59 in his first round match against Michael Barnard. Below are all winning averages over 100 since the tournament was held at Alexandra Palace.
110.94 Phil Taylor (2009, Final) v Raymond van Barneveld
108.80 Phil Taylor (2009, Quarter Final) v Co Stompé
108.39 Gary Anderson (2011, 3rd Round) v Andy Smith
107.37 Phil Taylor (2010, Quarter Final) v Adrian Lewis
106.68 Raymond van Barneveld (2009, Quarter Final) v Jelle Klaasen
106.51 Adrian Lewis (2010, 1st Round) v Aodhagan O’Neill
106.00 Phil Taylor (2010, Semi Final) v Mark Webster
105.37 Simon Whitlock (2010, Quarter Final) v James Wade
104.38 Phil Taylor (2010, Final) v Simon Whitlock
104.26 Phil Taylor (2010, 3rd Round) v Robert Thornton
103.68 Adrian Lewis (2010, 2nd Round) v Wes Newton
103.63 Adrian Lewis (2010, 3rd Round) v Kevin McDine
103.44 Gary Anderson (2011, 2nd Round) v Dennis Priestley
103.44 Phil Taylor (2009, Semi Final) v Mervyn King
103.26 Gary Anderson (2011, 1st Round) v Hashimoto
103.28 Phil Taylor (2010, 2nd Round) v Steve Hine
102.86 Simon Whitlock (2011, 2nd Round) v Denis Ovens
102.75 Gary Anderson (2011, Quarter-Final) v Raymond van Barneveld
102.57 Phil Taylor (2009, 2nd Round) v Michael van Gerwen
102.54 Raymond van Barneveld (2009, 2nd Round) v Wes Newton
102.48 Phil Taylor (2010, 1st Round) v Colin Monk
102.42 Co Stompé (2010, 3rd Round) v Mark Dudbridge
102.09 Phil Taylor (2011, 2nd Round) v Per Laursen
101.74 Phil Taylor (2011, Quarter-Final) v Mark Webster Webster (lost match)
101.63 Phil Taylor (2009, 3rd Round) v Kevin Painter
101.59 Andy Hamilton (2009, 1st Round) v Michael Barnard
101.11 Gary Anderson (2011,Semi-Final) v Terry Jenkins ~
101.05 Adrian Lewis (2011, 3rd Round) v Robert Thornton
101.02 Simon Whitlock (2010, 1st Round) v Colin Osborne
100.80 Raymond van Barneveld (2009, 1st Round) v Mark Stephenson
100.60 Simon Whitlock (2010, 3rd Round) v Terry Jenkins
100.03 Adrian Lewis (2011, Quarter-Final) v Vincent van der Voort
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