2008 World Matchplay

2008 Stan James World Matchplay 20–26 July 2008 Winter Gardens Blackpool, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £300,000 £60,000 161 ENG Matt Clark ENG Phil Taylor 2007 2009 The 2008 Stan James World Matchplay was the 15th annual staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 20 to 26 July 2008. 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 A total of £300,000 was available for the players, divided based on the following performances:Prize money http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=1144 Darts Database 10 December 2014 Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £300,000)Winner (1) £60,000Runner-Up (1) £30,000Semi-finalists (2) £17,000Quarter-finalists (4) £12,000Second round (8) £8,000First round (16) £4,000Nine-dart finish (0) £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.2008 Order of Merit explanation https://web.archive.org/web/20081219065358/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/OrderofMerit/0%2C%2C10180~1233239%2C00.html 2008-12-19 obtained 6 July 2008Seeds http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventSeeding.aspx?EventKey=1144 Darts Database 10 December 2014 Thus, the participants were: PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (winner) NED Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals) ENG James Wade (runner-up) CAN John Part (second round) ENG Terry Jenkins (second round) NED Roland Scholten (first round) ENG Andy Hamilton (first round) ENG Adrian Lewis (first round) ENG Colin Lloyd (first round) ENG Wayne Mardle (semi-finals) ENG Peter Manley (second round) ENG Dennis Priestley (semi-finals) ENG Alan Tabern (quarter-finals) ENG Ronnie Baxter (second round) ENG Kevin Painter (first round) ENG Colin Osborne (second round) PDPA Players Championship qualifiers ENG Mervyn King (first round) ENG Chris Mason (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) ENG Denis Ovens (first round) ENG Wayne Jones (first round) ENG Mark Dudbridge (first round) ENG Andy Smith (first round) ENG Kevin McDine (quarter-finals) ENG Mark Walsh (second round) ENG Matt Clark (quarter-finals) ENG Steve Beaton (first round) NED Michael van Gerwen (second round) ENG Tony Eccles (second round) ENG Alex Roy (first round) ENG Mark Frost (first round) ENG Adrian Gray (first round) Draw First round (best of 19 legs)20–22 July2008 Stan James World Matchplay tickets https://web.archive.org/web/20080915142104/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/WorldMatchplayDetail/0,,10180~1190658,00.html 2008-09-15 obtained 6 July 2008Averages all the way http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=1144&showAverages=Y Darts Database 10 December 2014 Second round (best of 25 legs)22–23 July Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)24 July Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)25 July Final (best of 35 legs)26 July 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.53 10 ENG Steve Beaton 97.91 6 16 ENG Colin Osborne 96.78 10 ENG Mervyn King 91.48 7 8 ENG Adrian Lewis 88.75 8 ENG Kevin McDine 96.02 10 9 ENG Colin Lloyd 91.37 6 ENG Mark Walsh 100.41 10 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 92.48 10 ENG Alex Roy 91.32 6 12 ENG Dennis Priestley 91.13 10 ENG Adrian Gray 84.63 8 4 CAN John Part 85.24 10 ENG Chris Mason 81.97 3 13 ENG Alan Tabern 95.75 10 NED Vincent van der Voort 92.25 8 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 88.41 11 ENG Mark Frost 82.17 9 15 ENG Kevin Painter 86.57 8 ENG Tony Eccles 88.73 10 7 ENG Andy Hamilton 92.59 12 NED Michael van Gerwen 93.22 14 10 ENG Wayne Mardle 88.29 11 ENG Mark Dudbridge 88.28 9 6 NED Roland Scholten 90.56 4 ENG Matt Clark 90.75 10 11 ENG Peter Manley 91.14 10 ENG Denis Ovens 90.59 4 3 ENG James Wade 96.31 10 ENG Wayne Jones 91.04 4 14 ENG Ronnie Baxter 93.33 10 ENG Andy Smith 84.45 4 1 ENG Phil Taylor 109.70 13 16 ENG Colin Osborne 97.08 5   ENG Kevin McDine 92.29 13 ENG Mark Walsh 95.02 9 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 93.10 11 12 ENG Dennis Priestley 94.60 13 4 CAN John Part 90.26 7 13 ENG Alan Tabern 93.53 13 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 90.99 13 ENG Tony Eccles 84.83 3 NED Michael van Gerwen 88.13 9 10 ENG Wayne Mardle 91.70 13 ENG Matt Clark 88.39 13 11 ENG Peter Manley 88.91 6 3 ENG James Wade 97.99 13 14 ENG Ronnie Baxter 93.06 7 1 ENG Phil Taylor 95.78 16 ENG Kevin McDine 89.76 6 12 ENG Dennis Priestley 94.10 16 13 ENG Alan Tabern 90.65 14 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 89.32 16 10 ENG Wayne Mardle 87.90 18 ENG Matt Clark 93.27 12 3 ENG James Wade 96.58 16 1 ENG Phil Taylor 105.59 17 12 ENG Dennis Priestley 96.56 8 10 ENG Wayne Mardle 88.92 5 3 ENG James Wade 102.73 17 1 ENG Phil Taylor 109.47 18 3 ENG James Wade 102.58 9 Statistics Tournament Averages http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=1144 Darts Database 10 December 2014180s http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=1144 Darts Database 10 December 2014 Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average ENG Phil TaylorWinner57434301439236160104.81 ENG James WadeFinal5654628120954215799.49 ENG Wayne MardleSemi-finals4475116133651215589.20 ENG Dennis PriestleySemi-finals4475018131621315594.10 NED Raymond van BarneveldQuarter-finals34030169144613889.57 ENG Kevin McDineQuarter-finals32933987351516092.69 ENG Matt ClarkQuarter-finals33526117534916190.80 ENG Alan TabernQuarter-finals337311498521412093.31 ENG Mark WalshSecond round2191976026129697.72 ENG Colin OsborneSecond round21520544191011096.93 ENG Ronnie BaxterSecond round2171774423410293.20 ENG Terry JenkinsSecond round2211995230916092.79 NED Michael van GerwenSecond round2232596429811290.68 ENG Peter ManleySecond round2161754820815690.03 CAN John PartSecond round2171662624712087.75 ENG Tony EcclesSecond round2132145411415786.78 ENG Kevin PainterFirst round18103261027686.57 ENG Adrian GrayFirst round1810323738184.63 ENG Andy SmithFirst round1410122528084.45 ENG Mark FrostFirst round191152913210282.17 ENG Steve BeatonFirst round161001914415297.91 ENG Adrian LewisFirst round181031714411688.75 ENG Mark DudbridgeFirst round191122318516088.28 ENG Andy HamiltonFirst round1121453518414092.59 NED Vincent van der VoortFirst round18103181559692.25 ENG Mervyn KingFirst round171012213111691.49 ENG Colin LloydFirst round16102225212791.37 ENG Alex RoyFirst round161032713211691.32 ENG Wayne JonesFirst round141011812111691.04 ENG Denis OvensFirst round141012210311090.59 NED Roland ScholtenFirst round1410017617490.56 ENG Chris MasonFirst round13101263011581.97 References Category:World Matchplay (darts) Category:2000s in Lancashire World Matchplay Darts Category:2008 in English sport Category:July 2008 sports events in the United 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