2003 PDC World Darts Championship

October 2017 October 2017 February 2023 2003 PDC World Darts Championship 27 December 2002 – 5 January 2003 Circus Tavern Purfleet, Essex, England Professional Darts Corporation SetsFinal – best of 13 £237,000 £50,000 170 Les Fitton ENGRoland Scholten NED John Part CAN 2002 2004 The 2003 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2003 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship) was the tenth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since its split from the British Darts Organisation in 1993. The tournament took place between 27 December 2002 and 5 January 2003 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, England. Ladbrokes (who sponsored the 1996 event with their Vernon's brand) took over sponsorship of the event from Skol. The field at the televised stages was expanded for the first time since 1999, adding an extra qualifying round that increased the total number of players from 32 to 40. John Part defeated the defending champion and number one seed, Phil Taylor, in the final. This ended Taylor's streak of eight successive World titles and 44 successive victories at the Circus Tavern. This was Part's second world championship, having also won the 1994 BDO World Championship (the first tournament after the split). As Raymond van Barneveld won the rival BDO World Darts Championship the same year, this was the first time that both versions of the world title were held by a player from outside the British Isles.Darts' future is orange http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/world_darts_championship_2003/2652829.stm BBC Sport 13 January 2003 Qualifying criteria The qualifying criteria for the World Championship were as follows: Top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit (as of 1 December 2002), Four PDPA Qualifiers (Al Hedman, Lee Palfreyman, Mark Robinson, Dave Smith), Australian Qualifier (Simon Whitlock), Dutch Qualifier (Arjan Moen), USA Qualifier (Ray Carver) Nine-dart challenge sponsored by The Sunday People (David Platt) Seeds ENG Phil Taylor CAN John Part ENG Ronnie Baxter ENG Alan Warriner NED Roland Scholten ENG Peter Manley ENG Colin Lloyd ENG Dennis Smith ENG Denis Ovens ENG Andy Jenkins WAL Richie Burnett ENG Dave Askew ENG John Lowe ENG Kevin Painter SCO Jamie Harvey ENG Peter Evison Prize money Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £237,000)Winner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £25,000Semi-finalists (2) £12,500Quarter-finalists (4) £7,000Third round losers (8) £5,000Second round losers (16) £3,000First round losers (8) £2,500Highest finish bonus (1) £1,000 Nine-dart finish: A diamond, worth a six figure sum, will be mounted in the bulls eye of a championship dartboard as a unique prize (not won). Results First round All matches are the best of 7 sets. Av. Three dart average Player Score Player Av. Three dart average 80.11 Mark Holden ENG 4–3 ENG Dave Smith 81.65 83.11 Bob Anderson ENG 4–0 JAM Al Hedman 76.36 81.58 Reg Harding ENG 4–3 ENG Mark Robinson 83.67 86.75 Mick Manning ENG 4–2 ENG Lee Palfreyman 81.13 85.21 Simon Whitlock AUS 4–2 ENG Paul Williams 84.88 87.84 Steve Brown USA 4–2 AUS David Platt 88.05 92.99 Wayne Mardle ENG 4–0 USA Ray Carver 82.72 89.85 Shayne Burgess ENG 4–2 NED Arjan Moen 84.07 Last 32 Second round (best of 7 sets)28–30 December Third round (best of 9 sets)1–2 January Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)3 January Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)4 January Final (best of 13 sets)5 January 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.44 4 USA Steve Brown 89.15 1 16 ENG Peter Evison 87.34 3 ENG Wayne Mardle 96.49 4 8 ENG Dennis Smith 92.96 4 ENG Dennis Priestley 84.46 1 9 ENG Denis Ovens 86.41 4 ENG Alex Roy 82.29 1 5 NED Roland Scholten 84.68 4 ENG Shayne Burgess 81.84 1 12 ENG Dave Askew 85.22 4 ENG Steve Beaton 84.89 3 4 ENG Alan Warriner 85.54 4 ENG Rod Harrington 79.78 2 13 ENG John Lowe 72.49 1 ENG Les Fitton 80.90 4 2 CAN John Part 88.67 4 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 85.41 1 15 SCO Jamie Harvey 85.07 4 ENG Mark Holden 83.26 1 7 ENG Colin Lloyd 86.36 4 ENG Bob Anderson 92.50 3 10 ENG Andy Jenkins 84.01 2 ENG Chris Mason 90.91 4 6 ENG Peter Manley 86.35 1 AUS Simon Whitlock 87.63 4 11 WAL Richie Burnett 91.69 4 ENG Keith Deller 87.92 3 3 ENG Ronnie Baxter 96.90 4 ENG Mick Manning 86.38 1 14 ENG Kevin Painter 86.49 4 ENG Reg Harding 86.43 1 1 ENG Phil Taylor 98.71 5 ENG Wayne Mardle 93.70 3 8 ENG Dennis Smith 91.45 5 9 ENG Denis Ovens 93.44 1 5 NED Roland Scholten 87.79 5 12 ENG Dave Askew 84.24 0 4 ENG Alan Warriner 88.76 5 ENG Les Fitton 87.94 4 2 CAN John Part 96.69 5 15 SCO Jamie Harvey 92.58 3 7 ENG Colin Lloyd 92.82 1 ENG Chris Mason 96.78 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 87.68 3 11 WAL Richie Burnett 89.28 5 3 ENG Ronnie Baxter 87.94 3 14 ENG Kevin Painter 87.53 5 1 ENG Phil Taylor 100.37 5 8 ENG Dennis Smith 94.46 3 5 NED Roland Scholten 87.98 2 4 ENG Alan Warriner 90.87 5 2 CAN John Part 95.50 5 ENG Chris Mason 88.33 0 11 WAL Richie Burnett 83.58 2 14 ENG Kevin Painter 90.78 5 1 ENG Phil Taylor 95.60 6 4 ENG Alan Warriner 86.77 1 2 CAN John Part 93.20 6 14 ENG Kevin Painter 89.47 4 1 ENG Phil Taylor 99.98 6 2 CAN John Part 96.86 7 Representation from different countries This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the 1st round. ENG ENG NED NED AUS AUS SCO SCO WAL WAL CAN CAN USA USA JAM JAM Total Final 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Semis 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Quarters 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 Round 3 11 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 Round 2 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 32 Round 1 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 16 Total 30 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 40 References Category:PDC World Darts Championships Category:2000s in Essex PDC World Darts Championship 2003 PDC World Darts Championship 2003 PDC World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship Category:Purfleet Category:Sport in Essex Category:2002 in English sport