2007 World Darts Trophy

The 2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth staging of a professional darts tournament in the Netherlands at De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht. The tournament has a playing format comparable with the two World Championships – BDO World Darts Championship and PDC World Darts Championship and features the majority of top ranked players from both organisations. The event featured the top 12 ranked players from the PDC and BDO, seven world champions (including both incumbents) and 23 world title winners – making it possibly the strongest field assembled since the split in 1992/93.

Current PDC World Champion Raymond van Barneveld was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen in a repeat of the 2006 BDO World final. Current BDO World Champion Martin Adams fell at the quarter-final hurdle to Andy Hamilton.

The final featured Gary Anderson against Phil Taylor. Taylor wasn't able to successfully defend his title despite hitting 17 maximum 180s in the final. Both players averaged over 100 in an excellent final – played over the same 13 set format as the BDO & PDC World Finals. Anderson captured his second major title – adding to his International Darts League success back in May.

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Qualified Players

The players in bold automatically qualify for the main stage and are seeded. The players in regular text automatically qualify for the main round but are not seed. The players in italic must go through the qualifiers:

Professional Darts Corporation

PDC Order of Merit

  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Raymond van Barneveld
  3. Colin Lloyd
  4. Peter Manley
  5. Terry Jenkins
  6. Dennis Priestley
  7. Adrian Lewis
  8. John Part
  9. Roland Scholten
  10. Andy Hamilton
  11. James Wade
  12. Wayne Mardle
  13. Barrie Bates
  14. Ronnie Baxter
  15. Kevin Painter
  16. Andy Jenkins

PDC Qualifiers

Wildcards

Qualifying

The top 12 players from the PDC and the top 12 from the BDO automatically qualified for the event, however following some controversy (see IDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation a qualifying competition was also held to fill the other eight places in the first round. Seven PDC players progressed to the first round including Dutchmen Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort. The only BDO player who made it through was Shaun Greatbatch.

First Preliminary Round (Friday 31 August)

Andy Jenkins 3–0 Phill Nixon (3–1, 3–1, 3–1)
Paul Hanvidge 0–3 Wayne Atwood (2–3, 2–3, 1–3)
Dietmar Burger 0–3 Andy Smith (0–3, 1–3, 2–3)
Michael van Gerwen 3–0 Robert Grant (3–2, 3–2, 3–0)
Ronnie Baxter 3–0 Steve Duke Snr (3–2, 3–0, 3–0)
Jarkko Komula 0–3 Denis Ovens (1–3, 0–3, 0–3)
Michael Rosenauer 3–1 Bob Anderson (3–1, 2–3, 3–1, 3–1)
Jelle Klaasen 3–1 Edwin Max (3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 3–0)
Kevin Painter 3–1 Shane Tichowitsch (3–1, 1–3, 3–0, 3–0)
Mario Robbe 3–1 Garry Spedding (2–3, 3–2, 3–0, 3–2)
Steve West 3–0 Peter Allen (3–1, 3–0, 3–0)
Mervyn King 3–1 Craig Pullen (3–0, 2–3, 3–0, 3–0)
Shaun Greatbatch Bye (Barrie Bates withdrew due to broken foot)
Martin Atkins 3–0 Alan Caves (3–0, 3–0, 3–1)
Gary Robson 3–0 Mark Walsh (3–1, 3–2, 3–0)
Vincent van der Voort 3–0 Mark Barilli (3–0, 3–1, 3–1)

Second Preliminary Round

Andy Jenkins 2–3 Wayne Atwood (2–3, 0–3, 3–1, 3–1, 0–3)
Andy Smith 1–3 Michael van Gerwen (1–3, 3–2, 3–1, 3–2)
Ronnie Baxter 2–3 Denis Ovens (3–1, 3–1, 0–3, 2–3, 2–3)
Michael Rosenauer 0–3 Jelle Klaasen (1–3, 2–3, 1–3)
Kevin Painter 3–0 Mario Robbe (3–1, 3–1, 3–0)
Steve West 1–3 Mervyn King (2–3, 0–3, 3–2, 1–3)
Shaun Greatbatch 3–2 Martin Atkins (2–3, 1–3, 3–0, 3–2, 3–2)
Gary Robson 0–3 Vincent van der Voort (1–3, 2–3, 1–3)

Results

  First Round
Best of 5 sets		 Second Round
Best of 5 sets		 Quarter-Finals
Best of 9 sets		 Semi-Finals
Best of 11 sets		 Final
Best of 13 sets
                                               
1   Gary Anderson 98.16 3  
  Wayne Atwood 82.77 0  
  1   Gary Anderson 93.27 3  
  16   John Part 90.54 1  
16   John Part 91.32 3
  Niels de Ruiter 81.21 1  
  1   Gary Anderson 95.37 5  
  8   Peter Manley 90.15 1  
9   Simon Whitlock 93.03 3  
  Wayne Mardle 88.56 2  
  9   Simon Whitlock 95.19 2
  8   Peter Manley 95.25 3  
8   Peter Manley 85.23 3
  Michael van Gerwen 84.99 1  
  1   Gary Anderson 96.63 6  
    Andy Hamilton 94.80 5  
5   Martin Adams 93.36 3  
  Denis Ovens 82.02 1  
  5   Martin Adams 92.01 3
  12   Dennis Priestley 91.77 1  
12   Dennis Priestley 93.45 3
  Mike Veitch 87.36 1  
  5   Martin Adams 94.47 4
    Andy Hamilton 94.74 5  
13   Tony O'Shea 91.77 0  
  Andy Hamilton 90.81 3  
    Andy Hamilton 86.34 3
    Jelle Klaasen 88.02 0  
4   Raymond van Barneveld 101.49 1
  Jelle Klaasen 97.77 3  
1   Gary Anderson 103.32 7
2   Phil Taylor 102.30 3
3   Mark Webster 95.13 3  
  Kevin Painter 90.99 2  
  3   Mark Webster 95.37 3  
  14   Adrian Lewis 91.83 1  
14   Adrian Lewis 92.43 3
  John Walton 87.30 0  
  3   Mark Webster 92.43 3  
    Mervyn King 94.17 5  
11   Scott Waites 91.50 3  
  James Wade 89.88 2  
  11   Scott Waites 95.43 2
    Mervyn King 91.38 3  
6   Colin Lloyd 88.14 1
  Mervyn King 92.85 3  
    Mervyn King 99.24 2
  2   Phil Taylor 102.72 6  
7   Darryl Fitton 90.28 0  
  Shaun Greatbatch 90.23 3  
    Shaun Greatbatch 87.12 1
  10   Terry Jenkins 91.02 3  
10   Terry Jenkins 93.17 3
  Co Stompé 93.80 2  
  10   Terry Jenkins 96.78 3
  2   Phil Taylor 101.85 5  
15   Remco van Eijden 81.16 1  
  Roland Scholten 92.48 3  
    Roland Scholten 91.35 1
  2   Phil Taylor 105.30 3  
2   Phil Taylor 98.08 3
  Vincent van der Voort 91.34 1  

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available [1]- however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.

Prize fund

Winner €45,000
Runner-Up €22,500
Semi Finalists €11,250
Quarter Finalists €6,000
Last 16 €3,000
First Round Losers €2,000
Nine dart finish: Alfa Romeo Brera 2.4 JTDM 20V worth €50,000 (not won)
Highest Check-Out €1,000
Total €221,000

References

  1. ^ SBS6 internet feed

External links