World Darts Trophy | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 7 September 2002 – 15 September 2002 | ||
Venue | De Vechtsebanen | ||
Location | Utrecht, Utrecht | ||
Country | the Netherlands | ||
Organisation(s) | BDO / WDF | ||
Format | Men Sets Final – Best of 11 Sets Women Sets Final – Best of 5 Sets | ||
High checkout | 170 Tony O'Shea | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Tony David (men) Mieke de Boer (women) | |||
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The 2002 World Darts Trophy was the first edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.
The final of the first men's event was between Tony David and Tony O'Shea, with Tony David beating Tony O'Shea in straight sets, 6–0. The BDO World Championship runner-up Mervyn King was eliminated in the second round also in straight sets by Tony David. In the final of the first women's event, Mieke de Boer defeated Crissy Howat, 3–1 in sets. Trina Gulliver, the BDO World Champion, was earlier beaten in the women's event by Anne Kirk in the quarter-finals.
Men
Pos | Money (Euros) |
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Winner | 45,000 |
Runner-up | 22,500 |
Semi-Finals | 11,250 |
Quarter-Finals | 6,000 |
Last 16 | 3,000 |
Last 32 | 2,000 |
Quarter-Finals Best of 3 sets [3] [4] | Semi-Finals Best of 3 sets [3] [4] | Final Best of 5 sets [3] [4] | |||||||||
Vicky Pruim | 0 | ||||||||||
Crissy Manley | 2 | Crissy Manley | 2 | ||||||||
Trina Gulliver | 1 | Anne Kirk | 1 | ||||||||
Anne Kirk | 2 | Crissy Manley | 1 | ||||||||
Francis Hoenselaar | 2 | Mieke de Boer | 3 | ||||||||
Carina Ekberg | 0 | Francis Hoenselaar | 0 | ||||||||
Karin Krappen | 1 | Mieke de Boer | 2 | ||||||||
Mieke de Boer | 2 |
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