World Darts Trophy

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World Darts Trophy
Founded2002
Inaugural season 2002
Ceased2007
Organising body BDO, WDF
Country Netherlands
Venue(s) De Vechtsebanen, Utrecht
Last
champion(s)		 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (men)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Karin Krappen (women)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp (junior)
(2007)
Tournament format Sets (men)
Sets (women)
Legs (Junior)

The Bullit World Darts Trophy was a professional darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation. Held each September from 2002 to 2007, it took place at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, Netherlands. The tournament had a playing format comparable with the two World Championships (BDO and PDC). Until 2007, it formed the third leg of the BDO Grand Slam, along with the BDO World Championship, the World Masters and the International Darts League.

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Tournament history

First held in 2002, the tournament was played under the auspices of the World Darts Federation, British Darts Organisation and the Dutch Darts Association (NDB, the Dutch governing body of darts) and featured players from those organisations up to and including 2005.

PDC Participation

However, in 2006, following Raymond van Barneveld's move to the PDC in February of that year, host broadcasters SBS 6, were able to grant invitations to five non-WDF affiliated players, meaning that players from the PDC would be able to compete in the event for the first time. Van Barneveld, along with Phil Taylor, Colin Lloyd, Ronnie Baxter and Peter Manley were given the five invitations that were offered to the PDC. [1] [2]

In 2007, the WDT included the top 12 players in the PDC Order of Merit and four PDC Qualifiers, giving a total of 16 PDC players who would line up alongside 12 from the WDF rankings and 4 wildcards, which were given to Jelle Klaasen, Michael van Gerwen, Vincent van der Voort and Mervyn King, all of whom had left the BDO to join the PDC earlier that year. [3] [4]

End of event

Towards the end of 2007, the chairman of the PDC, Barry Hearn, announced that its players would not be competing in the 2008 International Darts League and World Darts Trophy events. As a result, SBS6 announced they would no longer be broadcasting the event, with their coverage relying heavily on big names such as van Barneveld, which then cast doubts over whether either tournament would go ahead.

The tournament promoters filed a lawsuit against the PDC and SBS6 claiming a contract had been agreed for the PDC players to be involved. The case ended in failure on 21 February 2008, and the International Darts League was indefinitely postponed. The future of the World Darts Trophy was also thrown into doubt as a result of the decision, [5] and both events were confirmed defunct by the failure of an appeal on 29 April 2008. [6]

Sponsors

Prize Fund

Final Results and statistics

Men's Finals

Year [7] [8] [9] ChampionAvScore (sets)Runner-upAv
2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony David (97.80)6–0 Flag of England.svg Tony O'Shea (90.48)
2003 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld (104.91)6–2 Flag of England.svg Mervyn King (98.07)
2004 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld (94.71)6–4 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams (91.50)
2005 Flag of England.svg Gary Robson (91.50)6–4 Flag of England.svg Mervyn King (88.80)
2006 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor (102.21)7–2 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams (94.77)
2007 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (103.32)7–3 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor (102.30)

Women's finals

Year [10] [11] [9] ChampionAvScore (sets)Runner-upAv
2002 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mieke de Boer (68.52)3–1 Flag of England.svg Crissy Manley (64.83)
2003 Flag of England.svg Trina Gulliver (83.01)3–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Francis Hoenselaar (80.07)
2004 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Francis Hoenselaar (85.20)3–1 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Dobromyslova (76.77)
2005 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Karin Krappen (75.69)3–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Francis Hoenselaar (71.94)

Junior WDT finals

Year [9] ChampionScore (Legs)Runner-up
2006 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 6–1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sven van Dun

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  2. ↑ "Manley handed World Darts Trophy Spot". PDC. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "World Darts Trophy PDPA Qualifier". PDC. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
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