2008 World Matchplay (darts)

Stan James World Matchplay
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
High checkout 161 England Matt Clark
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2007 2009»

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

[1]
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

  1. England Phil Taylor (Winner)
  2. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (Quarter-finals)
  3. England James Wade (Runner-Up)
  4. Canada John Part (Second round)
  5. England Terry Jenkins (Second round)
  6. England Andy Hamilton (First round)
  7. England Adrian Lewis (First round)
  8. Netherlands Roland Scholten (First round)
  9. England Colin Lloyd (First round)
  10. England Wayne Mardle (Semi-finals)
  11. England Peter Manley (Second round)
  12. England Dennis Priestley (Semi-finals)
  13. England Alan Tabern (Quarter-finals)
  14. England Ronnie Baxter (Second round)
  15. England Kevin Painter (First round)
  16. England Colin Osborne (Second round)

PDPA Players Championship qualifiers

  1. England Mervyn King (First round)
  2. England Chris Mason (First round)
  3. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (First round)
  4. England Denis Ovens (First round)
  5. England Wayne Jones (First round)
  6. England Mark Dudbridge (First round)
  7. England Andy Smith (First round)
  8. England Kevin McDine (Quarter-finals)
  9. England Mark Walsh (Second round)
  10. England Matt Clark (Quarter-finals)
  11. England Steve Beaton (First round)
  12. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (Second round)
  13. England Tony Eccles (Second round)
  14. England Alex Roy (First round)
  15. England Mark Frost (First round)
  16. England Adrian Gray (First round)

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
               
1 England Phil Taylor 103.53 10
England Steve Beaton 97.91 6
1 England Phil Taylor 109.70 13
16 England Colin Osborne 97.08 5
16 England Colin Osborne 96.78 10
England Mervyn King 91.48 7
1 England Phil Taylor 95.78 16
England Kevin McDine 89.76 6
8 England Adrian Lewis 88.75 8
England Kevin McDine 96.02 10
  England Kevin McDine 92.29 13
England Mark Walsh 95.02 9
9 England Colin Lloyd 91.37 6
England Mark Walsh 100.41 10
1 England Phil Taylor 105.59 17
12 England Dennis Priestley 96.56 8
5 England Terry Jenkins 92.48 10
England Alex Roy 91.32 6
5 England Terry Jenkins 93.10 11
12 England Dennis Priestley 94.60 13
12 England Dennis Priestley 91.13 10
England Adrian Gray 84.63 8
12 England Dennis Priestley 94.10 16
13 England Alan Tabern 90.65 14
4 Canada John Part 85.24 10
England Chris Mason 81.97 3
4 Canada John Part 90.26 7
13 England Alan Tabern 93.53 13
13 England Alan Tabern 95.75 10
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 92.25 8
1 England Phil Taylor 109.47 18
3 England James Wade 102.58 9
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 88.41 11
England Mark Frost 82.17 9
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 90.99 13
England Tony Eccles 84.83 3
15 England Kevin Painter 86.57 8
England Tony Eccles 88.73 10
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 89.32 16
10 England Wayne Mardle 87.90 18
7 England Andy Hamilton 92.59 12
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 93.22 14
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 88.13 9
10 England Wayne Mardle 91.70 13
10 England Wayne Mardle 88.29 11
England Mark Dudbridge 88.28 9
10 England Wayne Mardle 88.92 5
3 England James Wade 102.73 17
6 Netherlands Roland Scholten 90.56 4
England Matt Clark 90.75 10
England Matt Clark 88.39 13
11 England Peter Manley 88.91 6
11 England Peter Manley 91.14 10
England Denis Ovens 90.59 4
England Matt Clark 93.27 12
3 England James Wade 97.85 16
3 England James Wade 96.31 10
England Wayne Jones 91.04 4
3 England James Wade 97.99 13
14 England Ronnie Baxter 93.06 7
14 England Ronnie Baxter 93.33 10
England Andy Smith 84.45 4

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

[6][7]

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor Winner 5 74 34 30 143 92 36 160 104.81
England James Wade Final 5 65 46 28 120 95 42 157 99.49
England Wayne Mardle Semi-finals 4 47 51 16 133 65 12 155 89.20
England Dennis Priestley Semi-finals 4 47 50 18 131 62 13 155 94.10
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Quarter-finals 3 40 30 16 91 44 6 138 89.57
England Kevin McDine Quarter-finals 3 29 33 9 87 35 15 160 92.69
England Matt Clark Quarter-finals 3 35 26 11 75 34 9 161 90.80
England Alan Tabern Quarter-finals 3 37 31 14 98 52 14 120 93.31
England Mark Walsh Second round 2 19 19 7 60 26 12 96 97.72
England Colin Osborne Second round 2 15 20 5 44 19 10 110 96.93
England Ronnie Baxter Second round 2 17 17 7 44 23 4 102 93.20
England Terry Jenkins Second round 2 21 19 9 52 30 9 160 92.79
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Second round 2 23 25 9 64 29 8 112 90.68
England Peter Manley Second round 2 16 17 5 48 20 8 156 90.03
Canada John Part Second round 2 17 16 6 26 24 7 120 87.75
England Tony Eccles Second round 2 13 21 4 54 11 4 157 86.78
England Kevin Painter First round 1 8 10 3 26 10 2 76 86.57
England Adrian Gray First round 1 8 10 3 23 7 3 81 84.63
England Andy Smith First round 1 4 10 1 22 5 2 80 84.45
England Mark Frost First round 1 9 11 5 29 13 2 102 82.17
England Steve Beaton First round 1 6 10 0 19 14 4 152 97.91
England Adrian Lewis First round 1 8 10 3 17 14 4 116 88.75
England Mark Dudbridge First round 1 9 11 2 23 18 5 160 88.28
England Andy Hamilton First round 1 12 14 5 35 18 4 140 92.59
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort First round 1 8 10 3 18 15 5 96 92.25
England Mervyn King First round 1 7 10 1 22 13 1 116 91.49
England Colin Lloyd First round 1 6 10 2 22 5 2 127 91.37
England Alex Roy First round 1 6 10 3 27 13 2 116 91.32
England Wayne Jones First round 1 4 10 1 18 12 1 116 91.04
England Denis Ovens First round 1 4 10 1 22 10 3 110 90.59
Netherlands Roland Scholten First round 1 4 10 0 17 6 1 74 90.56
England Chris Mason 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

Evening Session

Round 1 and 2, Tuesday 22 July

Andy Hamilton throws against Michael van Gerwen in their epic first round match.

Afternoon Session

Evening Session

Round 2

Round 2, Wednesday 23 July

Afternoon Session

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

  1. ↑ "Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2008 Order of Merit explanation obtained 6 July 2008
  3. ↑ "Seeds". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ↑ 2008 Stan James World Matchplay tickets obtained 6 July 2008
  5. ↑ "Averages all the way". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tournament Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "180s". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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