2007 World Darts Trophy

World Darts Trophy
World Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	31 August 2007 – 9 September 2007
Venue	De Vechtsebanen
Location	Utrecht, Utrecht
Country	the Netherlands
Organisation(s)	BDO, WDF
Format	Sets ; Final – Best of 13 Sets
Champion(s)
	Gary Anderson
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Last updated April 11, 2024

The 2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth and last 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.

It had a playing format comparable with both World Championships (BDO and PDC) 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.

Raymond van Barneveld, the PDC World Champion, was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen. The BDO World Champion Martin Adams fell at the quarter-final stage 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.

Prize fund

2007 prize money^[1]

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

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 italics must go through the qualifiers:^[2]^[3]

BDO / WDF

World Darts Trophy Merit Table
1 to 8 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on seedings.

9 to 12 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on rest of the automatic qualifiers.
Exact order of which players are 9 to 12 is unknown.

Likely BDO / WDF qualifiers or wildcards

Professional Darts Corporation

PDC Order of Merit

PDC qualifiers

Wildcards

Qualifying

The top 12 players from the PDC Order of Merit and the top 12 BDO / WDF Players from the World Darts Trophy Merit Table automatically qualified for the event. Following controversy (see IDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation, a qualifying competition was 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 other four PDC players were Denis Ovens, Kevin Painter, Mervyn King and Wayne Atwood. The only BDO player who made it through was Shaun Greatbatch.

First preliminary round (Best of 5 sets)

^[4]	Score
Andy Jenkins	3–0	Phill Nixon
Paul Hanvidge	0–3	Wayne Atwood
Dietmar Burger	0–3	Andy Smith
Michael van Gerwen	3–0	Robert Grant
Ronnie Baxter	3–0	Steve Duke
Jarkko Komula	0–3	Denis Ovens
Michael Rosenauer	3–1	Bob Anderson
Jelle Klaasen	3–1	Edwin Max
Kevin Painter	3–1	Shane Tichowitsch
Mario Robbe	3–1	Gary Spedding
Steve West	3–0	Peter Allen
Mervyn King	3–1	Craig Pullen
Shaun Greatbatch	Bye	Barrie Bates
Martin Atkins	3–0	Alan Caves
Gary Robson	3–0	Mark Walsh
Vincent van der Voort	3–0	Mark Barilli

Barrie Bates withdrew due to broken foot.

Second preliminary round (Best of 5 sets)

^[4]	Score
Andy Jenkins	2–3	Wayne Atwood
Andy Smith	1–3	Michael van Gerwen
Ronnie Baxter	2–3	Denis Ovens
Michael Rosenauer	0–3	Jelle Klaasen
Kevin Painter	3–0	Mario Robbe
Steve West	1–3	Mervyn King
Shaun Greatbatch	3–2	Martin Atkins
Gary Robson	0–3	Vincent van der Voort

Tournament Proper

First round Best of 5 sets^[5]^[6]^[7]			Second round Best of 5 sets^[8]^[9]			Quarter-finals Best of 9 sets^[10]^[11]			Semi-finals Best of 11 sets^[12]			Final Best of 13 sets^[13]

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 ^[14]- however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.

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References

↑ "2007 World Darts Trophy Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy PDPA Qualifier". PDC. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy PDPA Qualifier Draw". PDC. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
1 2 "World Darts Trophy Preliminary Round". PDC. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Saturday Reports". PDC. 1 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Sunday Results". PDC. 2 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Monday Results". PDC. 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Tuesday Reports". PDC. 4 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Wednesday Reports". PDC. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Thursday Reports". PDC. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Friday Reports". PDC. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "World Darts Trophy - Friday Reports". PDC. 8 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "Brilliant Anderson Wins WDT". PDC. 9 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ SBS6 Archived 2007-09-16 at the Wayback Machine internet feed

External links

2007 results Darts Database.
2007 results Darts Mad.
2007 results ^{[ permanent dead link ]} Master Caller.

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[1] "2007 World Darts Trophy Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[2] "World Darts Trophy PDPA Qualifier". PDC. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[3] "World Darts Trophy PDPA Qualifier Draw". PDC. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[2007WDTprelim-4] 1 2 "World Darts Trophy Preliminary Round". PDC. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[5] "World Darts Trophy - Saturday Reports". PDC. 1 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[6] "World Darts Trophy - Sunday Results". PDC. 2 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[7] "World Darts Trophy - Monday Results". PDC. 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[8] "World Darts Trophy - Tuesday Reports". PDC. 4 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[9] "World Darts Trophy - Wednesday Reports". PDC. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[10] "World Darts Trophy - Thursday Reports". PDC. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[11] "World Darts Trophy - Friday Reports". PDC. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[12] "World Darts Trophy - Friday Reports". PDC. 8 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[13] "Brilliant Anderson Wins WDT". PDC. 9 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[14] SBS6 Archived 2007-09-16 at the Wayback Machine internet feed

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