| Auckland Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 20 September 2008 | ||
| Location | Auckland | ||
| Country | New Zealand | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO, WDF, NZDC | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Craig Caldwell Lorene Earnshaw | |||
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2008 Auckland Open was a darts tournament that took place in Auckland, New Zealand on 20 September 2008. [1]
| Final 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| | John Dodunski | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lou Tai | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lou Tai | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Errol Wilson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Toko Hazel | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Errol Wilson | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lou Tai(74.22) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Sinclair (74.94) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Sinclair | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Paul Stevenson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Sinclair | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Koha Kokiri | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Graham McElroy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Koha Kokiri | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lou Tai (71.10) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Craig Caldwell (75.90) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Ru Teinaki | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Dean Webster | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Ru Teinaki | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Richard Te Whero | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Dinx Cassidy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Richard Te Whero | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Richard Te Whero (79.68) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Craig Caldwell (89.85) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Craig Caldwell | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Dave Bocking | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Craig Caldwell | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Robbie Dick | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Poe Teinaki | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Robbie Dick | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Final 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| | Mihi George | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Lorna Tinei | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Mihi George | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Nunu Harris | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Nunu Harris | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Lou Williams | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Mihi George (60.33) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Rogere Te Whero(60.15) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Rogere Te Whero | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Joanne Kinita | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Rogere Te Whero | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Polly Luke | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Martha Ka | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Polly Luke | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Rogere Te Whero (58.17) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lorene Earnshaw(57.39) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Jannette Jonathan | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Bev Teinaki | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Jannette Jonathan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lorene Earnshaw | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Donna McElroy | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Lorene Earnshaw | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Lorene Earnshaw(51.24) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Girl Kahaki (48.99) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Girl Kahaki | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Cindi Watene | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Girl Kahaki | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Gail Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Gail Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Peggy Wikaira | ||||||||||||||||||
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