2008 World Matchplay (darts)
Stan James World Matchplay | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 20–26 July | ||
Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
Location | Blackpool | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £300,000 | ||
Winners share | £60,000 | ||
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The 2008 Stan James World Matchplay was the 15th annual staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from Sunday 20 July to Saturday 26 July. It was staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. World number three, James Wade went into the competition as the defending champion and managed to reach the final for the third year in a row, but was defeated by top seed Phil Taylor 18-9 who won his ninth World Matchplay championship.
Prize fund
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A total of £300,000 was available for the players, divided based on the following performances:
Winner - £60,000
Runner-up - £30,000
Semi-finalists - £17,000
Quarter-finalists - £12,000
Second round losers - £8,000
First round losers - £4,000
Nine-dart jackpot - £10,000
Qualification
The qualification process for the World Matchplay differed this year. The top 16 in the PDC Order of the Merit after the 2008 UK Open qualified automatically as the 16 seeds. The other 16 places would be made up of the 16 highest ranked players (not already in the top 16) from the 2008 Players Championship Order of Merit - decided by the various Player Championship events taking place on the PDC Pro Tour from January 2008 - the cutoff point was the Las Vegas Players Championship just before the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic.[2][3]
Thus, the participants were:
PDC Top 16
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PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
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Draw
1st Round,[4][5] 20–22 July, best of 19 | 2nd Round, 22–23 July, best of 25 | Quarter Finals, 24 July, best of 31 | Semi Finals, 25 July, best of 33 | Final, 26 July, best of 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
All games had to be won by 2 clear legs (e.g. in Rd 1 there could not be a 10-9 scoreline it had to be 11-9 or 10-8)
Statistics
Player | Eliminated | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High Checkout | 3-dart Average |
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Winner | 5 | 74 | 34 | 30 | 143 | 92 | 36 | 160 | 104.81 |
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Final | 5 | 65 | 46 | 28 | 120 | 95 | 42 | 157 | 99.49 |
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Semi-finals | 4 | 47 | 51 | 16 | 133 | 65 | 12 | 155 | 89.20 |
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Semi-finals | 4 | 47 | 50 | 18 | 131 | 62 | 13 | 155 | 94.10 |
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Quarter-finals | 3 | 40 | 30 | 16 | 91 | 44 | 6 | 138 | 89.57 |
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Quarter-finals | 3 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 87 | 35 | 15 | 160 | 92.69 |
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Quarter-finals | 3 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 75 | 34 | 9 | 161 | 90.80 |
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Quarter-finals | 3 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 98 | 52 | 14 | 120 | 93.31 |
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Second round | 2 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 60 | 26 | 12 | 96 | 97.72 |
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Second round | 2 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 10 | 110 | 96.93 |
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Second round | 2 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 4 | 102 | 93.20 |
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Second round | 2 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 52 | 30 | 9 | 160 | 92.79 |
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Second round | 2 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 64 | 29 | 8 | 112 | 90.68 |
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Second round | 2 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 48 | 20 | 8 | 156 | 90.03 |
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Second round | 2 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 120 | 87.75 |
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Second round | 2 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 157 | 86.78 |
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First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 76 | 86.57 |
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First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 81 | 84.63 |
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First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 80 | 84.45 |
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First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 102 | 82.17 |
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First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 152 | 97.91 |
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First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 116 | 88.75 |
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First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 160 | 88.28 |
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First round | 1 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 140 | 92.59 |
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First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 96 | 92.25 |
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First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 116 | 91.49 |
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First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 127 | 91.37 |
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First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 116 | 91.32 |
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First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 116 | 91.04 |
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First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 110 | 90.59 |
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First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 74 | 90.56 |
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First round | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 81.97 |
Results
Round 1, Sunday 20 July
Evening Session
Round 1, Monday 21 July
Afternoon Session
Dennis Priestley 10-8 Adrian Gray
Kevin Painter 8-10 Tony Eccles
Roland Scholten 4-10 Matt Clark
Terry Jenkins 10-6 Alex Roy
Evening Session
John Part 10-3 Chris Mason
Kevin McDine 10-8 Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor 10-6 Steve Beaton
Raymond van Barneveld 11-9 Mark Frost
Round 1 and 2, Tuesday 22 July
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Afternoon Session
Ronnie Baxter 10-4 Andy Smith
Alan Tabern 10-8 Vincent van der Voort
Andy Hamilton 12-14 Michael van Gerwen
Peter Manley 10-4 Dennis Ovens
Evening Session
Round 2
Round 2, Wednesday 23 July
Afternoon Session
Terry Jenkins 11-13 Dennis Priestley
John Part 7-13 Alan Tabern
Michael van Gerwen 9-13 Wayne Mardle
Evening Session
Quarter Finals, Thursday 24 July
Afternoon Session
Evening Session
Semi Finals, Friday 25 July
Final, Saturday 26 July
The Aftermath
Phil Taylor
Taylor was reduced to tears upon winning the second most prestigious title in the PDC for the ninth time. He could not speak to interviewers and simply stood on the stage with a tearful look in his eyes. Later on, Taylor explained that he was overwhelmed by all of the support that he'd received, he also explained how he once thought he was never going to win the title ever again.
James Wade
Wade took his loss in good spirit. Despite not winning the tournament (as he did in 2007), he has now almost caught up with Raymond van Barneveld in the world rankings and is only £4000 behind him.
References
- ↑ "Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ 2008 Order of Merit explanation obtained 6 July 2008
- ↑ "Seeds". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ 2008 Stan James World Matchplay tickets obtained 6 July 2008
- ↑ "Averages all the way". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "Tournament Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "180s". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.