2004 PDC World Darts Championship

October 2017 October 2017 March 2013 2004 PDC World Darts Championship 27 December 2003 – 4 January 2004 Circus Tavern Purfleet PDC SetsFinal – best of 13 £257,000 £50,000 170 Peter Manley Ronnie Baxter Phil Taylor 2003 2005 The 2004 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2004 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship) was the eleventh PDC version of the World Darts Championship. The tournament took place between 27 December 2003 and 4 January 2004 at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England. An extra round was added, with the top 16 seeds given a bye to the third round, bringing the total players at the televised stages to 48. Ladbrokes, who sponsored the event initially for one year in 2003, decided to extend their deal and the prize fund was increased to £256,000. The Dutch television station, RTL 5 and Sky Sports both extended their deals with the PDC by three years. PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced that the tournament would be shown in Malaysia on pay-per-view. Defending champion and number two seed, John Part suffered a surprise first-round defeat to Mark Dudbridge, his first match of the 2004 campaign. The final became only the second ever (and first PDC) world final to go to a sudden-death leg. The first time it happened was when Phil Taylor beat Mike Gregory in the 1992 BDO final, Taylor was again involved and came out victorious against Kevin Painter. He came from 4–1 down to win his 11th world title. The two losing semi-finalists came from different ends of darts experience. 56-year-old Bob Anderson, a World Champion 16 years earlier lost to Painter and Wayne Mardle was making his first PDC World Championship semi-final appearance. Mardle lost to Taylor for the second year running, following a third-round defeat as an unseeded player in 2003. Seeds There were sixteen seeds in the World Championship.2004 PDC World Championship Seeds http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventSeeding.aspx?EventKey=234 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630093211/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventSeeding.aspx?EventKey=234 30 June 2015 dead Seeded playersEnter in third round ENG Phil Taylor CAN John Part ENG Peter Manley NED Roland Scholten ENG Colin Lloyd ENG Dennis Smith ENG Ronnie Baxter ENG Denis Ovens ENG Alan Warriner ENG Kevin Painter ENG Andy Jenkins ENG Wayne Mardle WAL Richie Burnett ENG Dave Askew SCO Jamie Harvey ENG Dennis Priestley Unseeded playersEnter in third round ENG John Lowe ENG Alex Roy ENG Peter Evison ENG Keith Deller ENG Bob Anderson ENG Les Fitton ENG Paul Williams ENG Steve Beaton Enter in second round ENG Mark Holden USA Steve Brown ENG Cliff Lazarenko ENG Mark Walsh ENG Lionel Sams ENG Mick Manning ENG Mark Dudbridge ENG Simon Whatley PDPA QualifiersEnter in first round NIR Colin McGarry ENG Ritchie Buckle ENG Steve Maish BEL Erik Clarys SCO Alex MacKay WAL Wayne Atwood ENG Steve Smith ENG Robbie Widdows International QualifiersEnter in first round USA Tony Payne USA Dan Lauby AUS Barry Jouannet NED Jan van der Rassel CAN Rory Orvis JPN Toru Sano GUY Norman Madhoo NIR Henry O'Neill International qualifying tournaments Highest Placed North American in the Desert Classic: USA Tony Payne bt Ricky Villanueva USA American Darters Association: USA Dan Lauby bt Ray Carver USA Oceanic Masters: AUS Barry Jouannet bt Mick Parker AUS RTL Television Holland Playoff: NED Jan van der Rassel bt Bert Vlaardingerbroek NED Canada Winner: CAN Rory Orvis bt Seymour Dixon CAN Japan Winner: JPN Toru Sano bt Hiroshi Watanobe JPN Caribbean Winner: GUY Norman Madhoo bt Anthony Forde BAR Ireland Winner: NIR Henry O'Neill bt John MaGowan NIR Prize money Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £257,000)2004 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=234 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630124204/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=234 30 June 2015 deadWinner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £25,000Semi-finalists (2) £12,500Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500Fourth round losers (8) £5,250Third round losers (16) £3,250Second round losers (8) £2,500First round losers (8) £1,500Highest finish bonus (1) £1,000 New format To accommodate the change in the number of entries into the competition to 48, the format of the World Championship was again changed. 16 qualifiers would contest the first round, with the eight winners going through to the second round to meet players ranked between 25 and 32 in the PDC. The eight second round winners would go through to join the top 24 in the third round, where the tournament proceeded from the last 32 to the Final. Results Players in bold denote match winners.2004 PDC World Championship Results http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=234&showAverages=Y Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630123159/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=234&showAverages=Y 30 June 2015 deadResults of PDC World Championship 2004 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/pdc-world-championship/2004/results Mastercaller 5 February 2024PDC World Championship 2004 – Bracket https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/pdc-world-championship/2004/bracket Mastercaller 5 February 2024 Rounds 1-2 no 200 First round (best of 5 sets) 27 December Second round (best of 5 sets) 28 December CAN Rory Orvis 82.00 0 NIR Colin McGarry 88.60 3 ENG Ritchie Buckle 87.15 3 NED Jan van der Rassel 83.76 1 USA Tony Payne 73.21 0 ENG Steve Maish 82.04 3 USA Dan Lauby 65.59 0 BEL Erik Clarys 79.24 3 AUS Barry Jouannet 75.51 2 SCO Alex MacKay 85.15 3 WAL Wayne Atwood 77.34 3 JPN Toru Sano 66.52 0 GUY Norman Madhoo 74.06 1 ENG Steve Smith 80.49 3 ENG Robbie Widdows 84.64 3 NIR Henry O'Neill 82.06 2 ENG Mark Holden 75.63 0 NIR Colin McGarry 86.21 3 USA Steve Brown 83.42 0 ENG Ritchie Buckle 91.71 3 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 80.53 2 ENG Steve Maish 82.20 3 ENG Mark Walsh 72.29 0 BEL Erik Clarys 79.21 3 ENG Lionel Sams 85.83 3 SCO Alex MacKay 84.77 2 ENG Mick Manning 80.57 0 WAL Wayne Atwood 87.94 3 ENG Mark Dudbridge 81.70 3 ENG Steve Smith 78.26 0 ENG Simon Whatley 80.34 3 ENG Robbie Widdows 81.86 1 Round 3 onwards Third round (best of 7 sets)29–31 December Fourth round (best of 7 sets)1 January Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)2 January Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)3 January Final (best of 13 sets)4 January 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 97.89 4 Q NIR Colin McGarry 81.79 0 16 ENG Dennis Priestley 83.02 4 Q ENG Ritchie Buckle 84.18 3 8 ENG Denis Ovens 85.70 3 ENG Alex Roy 85.49 4 9 ENG Alan Warriner 94.95 4 ENG John Lowe 90.26 3 5 ENG Colin Lloyd 98.62 4 ENG Peter Evison 78.84 1 12 ENG Wayne Mardle 92.61 4 Q ENG Steve Maish 87.09 2 4 NED Roland Scholten 88.05 2 ENG Lionel Sams 88.78 4 13 WAL Richie Burnett 82.21 3 ENG Simon Whatley 80.06 4 2 CAN John Part 90.09 3 ENG Mark Dudbridge 88.99 4 15 SCO Jamie Harvey 79.00 0 ENG Steve Beaton 87.58 4 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 86.85 4 Q BEL Erik Clarys 82.53 2 10 ENG Kevin Painter 88.62 4 ENG Paul Williams 82.47 3 6 ENG Dennis Smith 81.77 4 ENG Les Fitton 82.24 2 11 ENG Andy Jenkins 77.97 1 ENG Bob Anderson 83.98 4 3 ENG Peter Manley 89.34 4 Q WAL Wayne Atwood 85.60 3 14 ENG Dave Askew 75.32 3 ENG Keith Deller 76.60 4 1 ENG Phil Taylor 94.50 4 16 ENG Dennis Priestley 87.06 1 ENG Alex Roy 85.33 3 9 ENG Alan Warriner 82.97 4 5 ENG Colin Lloyd 87.39 3 12 ENG Wayne Mardle 91.01 4 ENG Lionel Sams 83.77 1   ENG Simon Whatley 82.84 4   ENG Mark Dudbridge 84.36 4 ENG Steve Beaton 77.62 1 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 89.62 2 10 ENG Kevin Painter 90.74 4 6 ENG Dennis Smith 86.21 3 ENG Bob Anderson 86.23 4 3 ENG Peter Manley 93.33 4 ENG Keith Deller 92.58 2 1 ENG Phil Taylor 98.15 5 9 ENG Alan Warriner 90.35 1 12 ENG Wayne Mardle 87.93 5 ENG Simon Whatley 77.24 1 ENG Mark Dudbridge 83.37 1 10 ENG Kevin Painter 90.26 5 ENG Bob Anderson 90.91 5 3 ENG Peter Manley 89.87 2 1 ENG Phil Taylor 99.61 6 12 ENG Wayne Mardle 96.49 2 10 ENG Kevin Painter 96.71 6 ENG Bob Anderson 88.95 0 1 ENG Phil Taylor 96.00 7 10 ENG Kevin Painter 90.47 6 Representation from different countries This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including round 1&2. ENG ENG NED NED SCO SCO AUS AUS WAL WAL NIR NIR BEL BEL CAN CAN USA USA JPN JPN GUY GUY Total Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Semis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Quarters 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Round 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Round 3 25 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 32 Round 2 11 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 16 Round 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 16 Total 32 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 48 References External links Tournament format Category:PDC World Darts Championships Category:2000s in Essex PDC World Darts Championship 2004 PDC World Darts Championship 2004 PDC World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship Category:Purfleet Category:Sport in Essex Category:2003 in English sport