International Darts League
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The Topic International Darts League is a darts tournament held at the Triavium in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The tournament is sponsored by Topic - a Dutch-based electronics software and hardware manufacturer. Raymond van Barneveld has dominated the tournament - held in his home country, by winning it for three of the four times its been held.
Currently held in May, it is the second leg of the BDO’s Grand Slam title of televised majors, along with the Bavaria World Darts Trophy, the Winmau World Masters and the Lakeside World Professional Championship.
It began as a tournament for BDO players but Dutch broadcaster SBS-6 invited five non-WDF/PDC players for the first time in 2006, and this total becomes 20 for the 2007 event. This was done with the agreement of the Schoofs Management & Events/Maximum Score - the owner and promoter of the tournament. [1].
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[edit] Format
The format has changed slightly over the years - the 2006 competition had 8 round-robin groups of 4 players. The top two players in each group qualified for another round-robin phase. Again, the top two players in each group progressed, but this time to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.
Despite the presence of the PDC players in 2006, the tournament was a WDF/BDO ranking event, with all available points going only to the WDF/BDO players competing.
[edit] Sponsors
2003-2005 Tempus, 2006-present Topic
[edit] Final Results
| Year | Champion (average in final)[1] | Score | Runner-Up (average in final) |
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| 2003 |  Raymond van Barneveld (97.77) |
8-5 |  Mervyn King (97.50) |
| 2004 | Raymond van Barneveld (101.64) |
13-5 |  Tony David (95.04) |
| 2005 | Mervyn King (91.89) |
13-11 | Tony O'Shea (91.74) |
| 2006 | Raymond van Barneveld (99.54) |
13-5 | Colin Lloyd (95.25) |
[edit] 2007 changes
A major change in the structure of the tournament was announced for 2007. The IDL will now include the top 12 players in the PDC and four qualifiers from a PDPA qualifying tournament at Villa Park, Birmingham on April 21. The 2007 event will now consist of 20 PDC players and 12 from the BDO. The BDO's previous agreement with the organisers to allow their top players to compete in this event runs until 2010. [2]
The WDF qualifiers are:-
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The PDC automatic qualifiers are:-
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[edit] References
- ^ Each player's average score is based on the average for each 3-dart visit to the board (ie total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
- ^ Agreement on increasing PDC players Planetdarts
| BDO Grand Slam |
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| BDO World Darts Championship |
| World Masters | International Darts League | World Darts Trophy |
