2008 World Matchplay

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 20–26 July 2008.

2008 Stan James World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates20–26 July 2008
VenueWinter Gardens
LocationBlackpool
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£60,000
High checkout161 England Matt Clark
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2007 2009»

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:[1]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £300,000)
Winner (1) £60,000
Runner-Up (1) £30,000
Semi-finalists (2) £17,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £12,000
Second round (8) £8,000
First round (16) £4,000
Nine-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.[2][3]

Thus, the participants were:

Draw
First round (best of 19 legs)
20–22 July[4][5] 		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
               
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 96.58 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

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

References
  1. "Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. 2008 Order of Merit explanation Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine obtained 6 July 2008
  3. "Seeds". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. 2008 Stan James World Matchplay tickets Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine 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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