2008 Premier League Darts

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The 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The prize money was increased by £75,000 compared to 2007. The overall fund was £340,000 with the eventual winner taking home £100,000.

Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the fourth year in a row despite losing for the first time in 44 matches, losing the opening game 8-6 to newcomer James Wade. Taylor beat Wade 16-8 in the final.

Sky Sports have secured television coverage of the event until 2010, and Whyte & Mackay will sponsor the tournament for the same duration - taking over from Holsten who sponsored the event in 2006 and 2007. ^[1]

Contents 1 Statistics 1.1 Results 1.1.1 31st January 1.1.2 7th February 1.1.3 14th February 1.1.4 21st February 1.1.5 28th February 1.1.6 6th March 1.1.7 13th March 1.1.8 20th March 1.1.9 27th March 1.1.10 3rd April 1.1.11 10th April 1.1.12 17th April 1.1.13 24th April 1.1.14 1st May 1.1.15 26th May 1.1.15.1 Final 1.2 Final Table 2 Qualifiers 3 Prize money 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Results

[edit] 31st January

Glasgow SECC 31st January ---- Highest checkout (£1,000) -- John Part (157)

	Score
Raymond van Barneveld 91.24	8 - 4	Wayne Mardle 90.91
Adrian Lewis 87.97	8 - 5	Terry Jenkins 86.76
Peter Manley 90.90	7 - 7	John Part 94.33
Phil Taylor 93.76	6 - 8	James Wade 94.77

[edit] 7th February

Plymouth Pavilions 7th February ---- Highest checkout (£1,000) -- Terry Jenkins (104)

	Score
John Part 91.81	4 - 8	Raymond van Barneveld 94.34
James Wade 88.29	8 - 6	Terry Jenkins 89.34
Phil Taylor 95.71	8 - 4	Adrian Lewis 96.79
Peter Manley 94.47	7 - 7	Wayne Mardle 96.12

[edit] 14th February

Manchester Evening News Arena 14th February ---- Highest checkout (£1,000) -- Adrian Lewis (146)

	Score
Terry Jenkins 96.49	8 - 5	Phil Taylor 96.76
Raymond van Barneveld 96.58	8 - 4	Peter Manley 91.56
Wayne Mardle 91.35	6 - 8	John Part 95.90
Adrian Lewis 93.81	7 - 7	James Wade 92.09

[edit] 21st February

Coventry Ricoh Arena 21st February ---- Highest checkout (£1,000) -- Terry Jenkins (156)

	Score
John Part 88.57	4 - 8	James Wade 96.51
Wayne Mardle 84.29	6 - 8	Adrian Lewis 91.70
Peter Manley 102.02	8 - 3	Phil Taylor 94.96
Terry Jenkins 94.51	8 - 5	Raymond van Barneveld 91.88

[edit] 28th February

Bournemouth International Centre 28th February ---- Highest checkout (£1,000) -- Peter Manley (160)

	Score
Adrian Lewis 84.17	7 - 7	Peter Manley 85.70
Phil Taylor 96.97	8 - 0	Wayne Mardle 88.43
James Wade 89.54	6 - 8	Raymond van Barneveld 91.09
John Part 95.66	2 - 8	Terry Jenkins 98.28

[edit] 6th March

Nottingham Arena 6th March ---- Highest checkout (£1,000) -- Phil Taylor (167)

	Score
Wayne Mardle 91.92	7 - 7	James Wade 92.61
Adrian Lewis 85.58	6 - 8	John Part 85.20
Terry Jenkins 93.28	7 - 7	Peter Manley 87.75
Raymond van Barneveld 94.10	3 - 8	Phil Taylor 111.14

[edit] 13th March

Sheffield Arena 13th March ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- Phil Taylor (164)

	Score
Wayne Mardle 88.68	8 - 5	Terry Jenkins 91.08
James Wade 97.60	8 - 5	Peter Manley 91.53
Raymond van Barneveld 92.24	8 - 2	Adrian Lewis 87.64
Phil Taylor 107.39	8 - 3	John Part 102.74

[edit] 20th March

Brighton Centre 20th March ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- Phil Taylor (164)

	Score
Terry Jenkins 96.42	3 - 8	Adrian Lewis 101.81
Wayne Mardle 94.88	8 - 5	Raymond van Barneveld 94.78
John Part 96.69	8 - 5	Peter Manley 90.88
James Wade 102.13	4 - 8	Phil Taylor 104.45

[edit] 27th March

Birmingham National Indoor Arena 27th March ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- Wayne Mardle (114)

	Score
Terry Jenkins 88.62	4 - 8	James Wade 101.76
Raymond van Barneveld 93.39	8 - 6	John Part 89.34
Wayne Mardle 89.30	8 - 5	Peter Manley 90.90
Phil Taylor 101.40	7 - 7	Terry Jenkins 92.46

[edit] 3rd April

Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre 3rd April ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- James Wade (121)

	Score
Adrian Lewis 89.11	3 - 8	Phil Taylor 104.38
Peter Manley 89.99	8 - 6	Raymond van Barneveld 93.30
John Part 94.89	5 - 8	Wayne Mardle 98.35
James Wade 103.15	8 - 1	Adrian Lewis 76.09

[edit] 10th April

Liverpool Echo Arena 10th April ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- Adrian Lewis (170)

	Score
James Wade 101.45	8 - 5	Wayne Mardle 97.57
John Part 92.33	2 - 8	Adrian Lewis 98.96
Peter Manley 102.96	8 - 5	Terry Jenkins 98.74
Phil Taylor 103.02	8 - 2	Raymond van Barneveld 94.96

[edit] 17th April

Wembley Arena 17th April ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- Phil Taylor (139)

	Score
Terry Jenkins 83.84	7 - 7	Wayne Mardle 85.61
Peter Manley 89.67	6 - 8	James Wade 92.61
Adrian Lewis 96.25	4 - 8	Raymond van Barneveld 92.59
John Part 103.66	3 - 8	Phil Taylor 111.74

[edit] 24th April

Odyssey Arena 24th April ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- Terry Jenkins (161)

	Score
Peter Manley 89.79	7 - 7	Adrian Lewis 91.04
Wayne Mardle 85.54	1 - 8	Phil Taylor 107.21
Raymond van Barneveld 98.81	8 - 6	James Wade 93.86
Terry Jenkins 93.13	5 - 8	John Part 92.50

[edit] 1st May

Metro Radio Arena 1 May ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- Phil Taylor (167)

	Score
James Wade 95.32	8 - 5	John Part 97.68
Raymond van Barneveld 93.51	8 - 1	Terry Jenkins 81.16
Wayne Mardle 87.75	7 - 7	Adrian Lewis 92.23
Phil Taylor 107.21	8 - 1	Peter Manley 101.59

[edit] 26th May

[edit] Final

Cardiff International Arena 26 May ---- Highest Checkout (£1,000) -- TBC

	Score
Semi finals
Phil Taylor 112.68	11 - 1	Adrian Lewis 97.33
James Wade 89.62	11 - 8	Raymond van Barneveld 90.65
Final
Phil Taylor 108.36	16 - 8	James Wade 100.14

† = Terry Jenkins replaced Adrian Lewis on the 27th March show against Phil Taylor because Lewis was too ill to play. The next week, Lewis played his match against Taylor and James Wade, giving Jenkins the night off.

[edit] Final Table

Top four qualify for play-offs after 14 weeks.

Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	+/-	LWAT	Pts
Q	Phil Taylor	14	10	1	3	+46	40	21
Q	James Wade	14	9	2	3	+22	31	20
Q	Raymond Van Barneveld	14	9	0	5	+16	37	18
Q	Adrian Lewis	14	4	4	6	-12	30	12
5	Wayne Mardle	14	4	4	6	-14	31	12
6	Peter Manley	14	3	5	6	-12	30	11
7	Terry Jenkins	14	3	3	8	-18	23	9
8	John Part	14	4	1	9	-28	28	9

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.
Gold - Qualified, Red - Did Not Qualify

[edit] Qualifiers

The World Grand Prix in October 2007 was the cut-off point for automatic qualification for the event. The top six players in the World Rankings after the tournament received an automatic place in the Premier League. The qualifiers were thus:

• Phil Taylor
• Raymond van Barneveld
• James Wade
• Terry Jenkins
• Peter Manley
• Adrian Lewis
• John Part (PDC wildcard)
• Wayne Mardle (Sky Sports wildcard)

[edit] Prize money

The prize fund increases for 2008 - with the top prize of £100,000 matching the amount that the 2008 PDC World Champion receives. The guaranteed prize for reaching the Premier League is now £20,000.

Condition	Prize
Winner	£100,000
Runner-up	£50,000
Semi-finalists	£40,000 each
5th place	£27,500
6th place	£25,000
7th place	£22,500
8th place	£20,000
Highest checkout each night	£1,000
Total	£340,000

[edit] See also

Premier League Darts - history of event and previous winners.

[edit] External links

• PDC confirm 2008 - 2010 Premier League
• Fixtures 2008 planetdarts

[edit] References

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