2007 PDC World Darts Championship
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The 2007 PDC World Darts Championship will be the 14th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The tournament begins on Monday December 18, 2006 and the final will be played on Monday January 1, 2007.
The field will contain 64 players in a straight knock-out event. The top 32 players in the PDC rankings (at November 27, 2006) qualified automatically and are seeded for the event.
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[edit] Prize Money
Total Prize fund for the 2007 World Championship is £500,000.
Winner: £100,000
Runner-Up: £50,000
Semi-Finals: £20,000
Quarter Finals: £12,500
Third Round losers: £8,500
Second Round losers: £5,000
First Round losers: £3,500
[edit] Schedule
For latest results from the World Championship see external link: official PDC website
First Round
Monday December 18, 2006 to Thursday December 21.
32 matches with winners going into tournament bracket below.
Top Half
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Bottom Half
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| Second Round Fri Dec 22 to Wed Dec 27 |
Third Round Wed Dec 27 to Thu Dec 28 |
Quarter Finals Friday December 29 |
Semi Finals Saturday December 30 |
Final Monday January 1, 2007 |
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| 1 | Lloyd or Seyler | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Barneveld/Clegg | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Bates/Cyr | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Walsh/Vonck | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ovens/S.Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Warriner/Tabern | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Askew/Burchell | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mardle/Caves | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lewis/Fleet | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | W.Jones/Branks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | A.Smith/Yongsheng | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | A.Jenkins/B.Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Painter/Osborne | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Newton/Wada | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Roy/Burnett | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Scholten/Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Priestley/Schenk | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Monk/Laursen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | A.Hamilton/Welding | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Dudbridge/Kucynski | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Wade/French | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Sams/Ladley | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Beaton/Convery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | T.Jenkins/Lawrence | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Manley/Jowett | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Maish/Havenga | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Anderson/Webster | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Baxter/Gray | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Mason/Atwood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Part/Green | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Clark/McGowan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Taylor/Pein | |||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Television Coverage
The following television stations will be broadcasting the 2007 PDC World Championships.
- Sky Sports in the UK
- SBS6 in the Netherlands
- DSF in Germany
- Supersport in South Africa
[edit] Match Schedule
- FIRST ROUND - Monday 18th December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 1pm Ronnie Baxter v Adrian Gray
- 2pm Steve Maish v Wynand Havenga
- 3pm Terry Jenkins v Mark Lawrence
- 4pm Matt Clark v Mick McGowan
- Evening session
- 7pm Chris Mason v Wayne Atwood
- 8pm John Part v Alan Green
- 9pm Phil Taylor v Anton Pein
- 10pm Peter Manley v Dave Jowett
- Tuesday 19th December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 1pm Mark Walsh v Rico Vonck
- 2pm Barrie Bates v Brian Cyr
- 3pm Bob Anderson v Darren Webster
- 4pm Denis Ovens v Steve Smith
- Evening session
- 7pm Alan Warriner-Little v Alan Tabern
- 8pm Colin Lloyd v Tomas Seyler
- 9pm Raymond van Barneveld v Mitchell Clegg
- 10pm Adrian Lewis v Anthony Fleet
- Wednesday 20th December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 1pm Wayne Jones v Ian Branks
- 2pm Lionel Sams v Dave Ladley
- 3pm Colin Monk v Per Laursen
- 4pm Andy Hamilton v Gary Welding
- Evening session
- 7pm Steve Beaton v Gerry Convery
- 8pm Dennis Priestley v Josephus Schenk
- 9pm Wayne Mardle v Alan Caves
- 10pm James Wade v Warren French
- Thursday 21st December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 1pm Dave Askew v Martin Burchell
- 2pm Andy Smith v Shi Yongsheng
- 3pm Wes Newton v Tetsuya Wada
- 4pm Andy Jenkins v Bill Davis
- Evening session
- 7pm Mark Dudbridge v John Kuczynski
- 8pm Roland Scholten v Ron Miller
- 9pm Kevin Painter v Colin Osborne
- 10pm Alex Roy v Richie Burnett
- SECOND ROUND - Friday 22rd December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 12.10pm Walsh/Vonck v Bates/Cyr
- 2pm Lewis/Fleet v Jones/Branks
- 3.30pm T Jenkins/Lawrence v Beaton/Convery
- Evening session
- 6.10pm Manley/Jowett v Maish/Havenga
- 7.45pm Mason/Atwood v Part/Green
- 9.15pm Lloyd/Seyler v van Barneveld/Clegg
- 10.45pm Baxter/Gray v Anderson/Webster
Tuesday 26th December 2006
- Evening session
- 6.10pm Ovens/S Smith v Warriner-Little/Tabern
- 7.45pm Dudbridge/Kuczynski v Hamilton/Welding
- 9.15pm Taylor/Pein v Clark/McGowan
- 10.45pm Mardle/Caves v Askew/Burchell
- Wednesday 27th December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 12.10pm Wade/French v Sams/Ladley
- 2pm Priestley/Schenk v Monk/Laursen
- 3.30pm Painter/Osborne v Newton/Wada
- Evening session
- 6.10pm A Jenkins/Davis v A Smith/Yongsheng
- 7.45pm Scholten/Miller v Roy/Burnett
- THIRD ROUND
- 9.15pm Lloyd/Seyler/van Barneveld/Clegg v Walsh/Vonck/Bates/Cyr (Match 49)
- 10.45pm Mardle/Caves/Askew/Burchell v Ovens/S Smith/Warriner-Little/Tabern (Match 50)
- Thursday 28th December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 12.10pm Manley/Jowett/Maish/Havenga v Baxter/Gray/Anderson/Webster (Match 51)
- 2pm Scholten/Miller/Roy/Burnett v Painter/Osborne/Newton/Wada (Match 52)
- 3.30pm Lewis/Fleet/Jones/Branks v A Jenkins/Davis/A Smith/Yongsheng (Match 53)
- Evening session
- 7.10pm T Jenkins/Lawrence/Beaton/Convery v Wade/French/Sams/Ladley (Match 54)
- 8.45pm Taylor/Pein/Clark/McGowan v Mason/Atwood/Part/Green (Match 55)
- 10.15pm Priestley/Schenk/Monk/Laursen v Dudbridge/Kuczynski/Hamilton/Welding (Match 56)
- QUARTER-FINALS - Friday 29th December 2006
- Afternoon session
- 12.10pm Winner Game 53 v Winner Game 52
- 3.30pm Winner Game 54 v Winner Game 56
- Evening session
- 7.10pm Winner Game 49 v Winner Game 50
- 9.00pm Winner Game 55 v Winner Game 51
- SEMI-FINALS - Saturday 30th December 2006
- 7.10pm As per draw
- 9.00pm As per draw
- FINAL - Monday 1st January 2007
7.00pm
[edit] Qualifiers
In addition to the top 32 ranked PDC players, 32 places were awarded to qualifiers. 16 players progressed from a Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event and 16 qualifiers were determined by the PDC in consultation with the PDPA. This involved various qualifying tournaments across the world in territories where television coverage of the PDC is broadcast, plus some wildcards awarded by international broadcasters and the PDC.
The full list of the 16 players who made it to the Circus Tavern as an "International Qualifier" are
Bill Davis - won a playoff of 4 American players in Las Vegas, Nevada
John Kuczynski - best American player in World Series of Darts
Warren French - won the New Zealand National Singles Championship
Mitchell Clegg - won Oceanic Masters
Anthony Fleet - won the Australian Grand Prix
Brian Cyr
Ron Miller
Gerry Convery
Wynand Havenga - won South African Masters
Tetsuya Wada - won Japanese Qualifying Event
Shi Yongsheng - won Chinese Qualifying Event
Per Laursen - won Danish qualifying event
Rico Vonck - via Dutch Darts Foundation (DDF) Rankings (finished second to Michael van Gerwen who has opted to play in BDO version)
Josephus Schenk - SBS-6 Wildcard (third in DDF rankings)
Tomas Seyler - D:SF Wildcard
Anton Pein - won a 128 man play off comprising German, Austrian and Swiss players
Mitchell Clegg, from New South Wales, Australia is the youngest ever qualifier for a World Darts Championship (BDO or PDC). In October 2006, he won the Oceanic Masters at the age of 15 to earn a place at the Circus Tavern in January. He celebrated his 16th birthday in November 2006. He was drawn to face Raymond van Barneveld in the 1st round - ironically both players make their Circus Tavern debuts despite their vastly different levels of experience.
[edit] PDPA Qualifying Tournament
172 players lined up at the Holte Suite, Villa Park, Birmingham for the qualifiers for the World Championship on December 2, 2006. They included four former World Champions, Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Richie Burnett and Keith Deller. Former World Matchplay winners Peter Evison and Rod Harrington also attempted to qualify alongside two-time World Grand Prix finalist Shayne Burgess and former World finalist, Dave Whitcombe
They were all faced with a minimum of three matches (4 for Evison and Burnett) to qualify. Harrington and Evison both went at the first hurdle. Bristow, Lowe and Deller all managed to win their first matches, but then all fell in their second games (Lowe 4-5 to Ian Branks, Bristow 0-5 to Dennis Smith and Deller 4-5 to Dave Ladley). Burgess and Whitcombe also fell two matches short of qualification.
Richie Burnett managed to win four qualifying rounds to qualify for the first round proper at the Circus Tavern. He will be joined by Alan Green, Alan Tabern, Steve Smith, Wayne Atwood, Ian Branks, Adrian Gray Martin Burchell, Colin Osborne, Darren Webster, Alan Caves, Dave Ladley, Gary Welding, Dave Jowett, Mick McGowan and Mark Lawrence.
The draw for the Ladbrokes World Championship was made after the qualifiers were completed.
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