2004 PDC World Darts Championship

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2004 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates27 December 2003 –
4 January 2004
Venue Circus Tavern
Location Purfleet
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Sets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£257,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Phil Taylor
«2003 2005»

The 2004 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 10th anniversary of the PDC version of the World Darts Championship. The tournament took place between 27 December 2003 and 4 January 2004 at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England.

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An extra round was added, with the top 16 seeds given a bye to the third round, bringing the total players at the televised stages to 48. Ladbrokes, who sponsored the event initially for one year in 2003, decided to extend their deal and the prize fund was increased to £256,000. The Dutch television station, RTL 5 and Sky Sports both extended their deals with the PDC by three years. PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced that the tournament would be shown in Malaysia on pay-per-view.

Defending champion and number two seed, John Part suffered a surprise first-round defeat to Mark Dudbridge, his first match of the 2004 campaign.

The final became only the second ever (and first PDC) world final to go to a sudden-death leg. The first time it happened was when Phil Taylor beat Mike Gregory in the 1992 BDO final, Taylor was again involved and came out victorious against Kevin Painter. He came from 4–1 down to win his 11th world title.

The two losing semi-finalists came from different ends of darts experience. 56-year-old Bob Anderson, a World Champion 16 years earlier lost to Painter and Wayne Mardle was making his first PDC World Championship semi-final appearance. Mardle lost to Taylor for the second year running, following a third-round defeat as an unseeded player in 2003.

Seeds

There were sixteen seeds in the World Championship. [1]

International qualifying tournaments

Prize money

Position (num. of players)Prize money
(Total: £257,000) [2]
Winner(1)£50,000
Runner-Up(1)£25,000
Semi-finalists(2)£12,500
Quarter-finalists(4)£7,500
Fourth round losers(8)£5,250
Third round losers(16)£3,250
Second round losers(8)£2,500
First round losers(8)£1,500
Highest finish bonus(1)£1,000

New format

To accommodate the change in the number of entries into the competition to 48, the format of the World Championship was again changed. 16 qualifiers would contest the first round, with the eight winners going through to the second round to meet players ranked between 25 and 32 in the PDC. The eight second round winners would go through to join the top 24 in the third round, where the tournament proceeded from the last 32 to the Final.

Results

Players in bold denote match winners. [3] [4] [5]

Rounds 1-2

First round(best of 5 sets)
27 December
Second round(best of 5 sets)
28 December
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rory Orvis 82.000 Flag of England.svg Mark Holden 75.630
Flag of Ireland.svg Colin McGarry 88.603 Flag of Ireland.svg Colin McGarry 86.213
Flag of England.svg Ritchie Buckle 87.153 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Brown 83.420
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan van der Rassel 83.761 Flag of England.svg Ritchie Buckle 91.713
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Payne 73.210 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko 80.532
Flag of England.svg Steve Maish 82.043 Flag of England.svg Steve Maish 82.203
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Lauby 65.590 Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 72.290
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Erik Clarys 79.243 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Erik Clarys 79.213
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Jouannet 75.512 Flag of England.svg Lionel Sams 85.833
Flag of Scotland.svg Alex MacKay85.153 Flag of Scotland.svg Alex MacKay 84.772
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wayne Atwood 77.343 Flag of England.svg Mick Manning 80.570
Flag of Japan.svg Toru Sano 66.520 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wayne Atwood 87.943
Flag of Guyana.svg Norman Madhoo 74.061 Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge 81.703
Flag of England.svg Steve Smith 80.493 Flag of England.svg Steve Smith 78.260
Flag of England.svg Robbie Widdows84.643 Flag of England.svg Simon Whatley80.343
Ulster Banner.svg Henry O'Neill 82.062 Flag of England.svg Robbie Widdows 81.861

Round 3 onwards

Third round(best of 7 sets)
29–31 December
Fourth round(best of 7 sets)
1 January
Quarter-finals(best of 9 sets)
2 January
Semi-finals(best of 11 sets)
3 January
Final(best of 13 sets)
4 January
               
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 97.894
Q Flag of Ireland.svg Colin McGarry 81.790
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 94.504
16 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 87.061
16 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 83.024
Q Flag of England.svg Ritchie Buckle 84.183
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 98.155
9 Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner 90.351
8 Flag of England.svg Denis Ovens 85.703
Flag of England.svg Alex Roy 85.494
Flag of England.svg Alex Roy 85.333
9 Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner 82.974
9 Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner 94.954
Flag of England.svg John Lowe 90.263
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 99.616
12 Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle 96.492
5 Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 98.624
Flag of England.svg Peter Evison 78.841
5 Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 87.393
12 Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle 91.014
12 Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle 92.614
Q Flag of England.svg Steve Maish 87.092
12 Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle 87.935
Flag of England.svg Simon Whatley 77.241
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten 88.052
Flag of England.svg Lionel Sams 88.784
Flag of England.svg Lionel Sams 83.771
  Flag of England.svg Simon Whatley82.844
13 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richie Burnett 82.213
Flag of England.svg Simon Whatley80.064
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 96.007
10 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 90.476
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 90.093
Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge 88.994
  Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge 84.364
Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 77.621
15 Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Harvey 79.000
Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 87.584
Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge 83.371
10 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 90.265
7 Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 86.854
Q Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Erik Clarys 82.532
7 Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 89.622
10 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 90.744
10 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 88.624
Flag of England.svg Paul Williams 82.473
10 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 96.716
Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson 88.950
6 Flag of England.svg Dennis Smith 81.774
Flag of England.svg Les Fitton 82.242
6 Flag of England.svg Dennis Smith 86.213
Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson 86.234
11 Flag of England.svg Andy Jenkins 77.971
Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson 83.984
Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson 90.915
3 Flag of England.svg Peter Manley 89.872
3 Flag of England.svg Peter Manley 89.344
Q Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wayne Atwood 85.603
3 Flag of England.svg Peter Manley 93.334
Flag of England.svg Keith Deller 92.582
14 Flag of England.svg Dave Askew 75.323
Flag of England.svg Keith Deller 76.604

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including round 1&2.

Flag of England.svg
ENG
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
NED
Flag of Scotland.svg
SCO
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
AUS
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
WAL
Ulster Banner.svg
NIR
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
BEL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
CAN
Flag of the United States.svg
USA
Flag of Japan.svg
JPN
Flag of Guyana.svg
GUY
Total
Final200000000002
Semis400000000004
Quarters800000000008
Round 416000000000016
Round 325110211100032
Round 211010111010016
Round 15111111121116
Total32221211231148


References

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  2. "2004 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. "2004 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. "Results of PDC World Championship 2004". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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