2005 PDC World Darts Championship

2005 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates26 December 2004 –
3 January 2005
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£60,000
High checkout170 Kevin Painter
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2004 2006»

The 2005 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 12th edition of the PDC World Darts Championship, and was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet taking place between 26 December 2004 and 3 January 2005.

Phil Taylor went on to clinch his 12th World Championship (10 in the PDC, 2 in the BDO) with a 7–4 final victory over Mark Dudbridge.[1]

The tournament format remained the same as the previous year, with a preliminary round featuring eight international players against eight qualifiers from the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying tournament. The winners were then to meet the players ranked between 25 and 32 in the PDC world rankings.

John Lowe, playing in his last and 28th consecutive world championship, suffered a defeat to Canadian John Verwey. The match went to a tie-break 11th leg in the deciding set.

The final between Taylor and Dudbridge looked for a long time as though it would be as close as the previous year's classic between Taylor and Kevin Painter. Dudbridge led by 2 sets to 1, and having fallen 2–3 behind managed to level again. But Taylor then produced a surge to take the next three sets, and the 10th set provided a mere consolation for Dudbridge. Taylor prevailed 7–4 to claim the £60,000 first prize with his 12th title.[2][3]

Seeds

Prize money

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £300,000)
Winner (1) £60,000
Runner-Up (1) £30,000
Semi-finalists (2) £15,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £9,000
Fourth round losers (8) £6,500
Third round losers (16) £3,500
Second round losers (8) £2,750
First round losers (8) £1,750

Results

First round (best of 5 sets)
26 December
Second round (best of 5 sets)
27 December
Jason Clark 81.443 Chris Mason 95.513
Yasuhiko Matsunaga 72.740 Jason Clark 87.761
Tang Jun 72.450 Wes Newton 81.530
Gerry Convery 84.543 Gerry Convery 84.063
John Verwey 83.553 John Lowe 84.912
Anthony Forde 80.482 John Verwey 82.733
Darin Young 82.742 Alan Caves 77.370
Josephus Schenk 84.893 Josephus Schenk 83.513
Mark Holden 94.423 Simon Whatley 81.930
James Wade 88.140 Mark Holden 89.513
Mark Landers 76.703 Peter Evison 77.713
Alan Reynolds 79.512 Mark Landers 74.890
Barry Jouannet 82.180 Keith Deller 77.641
Wayne Jones 91.383 Wayne Jones 82.303
Mark Thomson 81.560 Mick Manning 89.440
Andy Hamilton 85.873 Andy Hamilton 92.493

Last 32

Third round (best of 7 sets)
28–30 December
Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
31 December
Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
1 January
Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
2 January
Final (best of 13 sets)
3 January
               
1 Colin Lloyd 89.17 4
John Verwey 77.29 1
1 Colin Lloyd 90.91 4
Chris Mason 94.69 3
16 Dave Askew 89.48 3
Chris Mason 92.10 4
1 Colin Lloyd 83.76 4
8 Wayne Mardle 86.82 5
8 Wayne Mardle 84.32 4
Mark Walsh 82.02 2
8 Wayne Mardle 86.25 4
Paul Williams 84.65 3
9 Alan Warriner 67.86 1
Paul Williams 78.95 4
8 Wayne Mardle 90.44 4
13 Mark Dudbridge 90.48 6
5 Roland Scholten 90.07 4
Jamie Harvey 85.42 2
5 Roland Scholten 87.36 2
12 Denis Ovens 88.61 4
12 Denis Ovens 98.75 4
Mark Holden 83.81 1
12 Denis Ovens 84.18 3
13 Mark Dudbridge 91.15 5
4 John Part 89.80 4
Gerry Convery 87.62 1
4 John Part 91.67 2
13 Mark Dudbridge 96.30 4
13 Mark Dudbridge 86.87 4
Richie Burnett 85.66 3
13 Mark Dudbridge 90.66 4
2 Phil Taylor 96.14 7
2 Phil Taylor 102.87 4
Alex Roy 87.13 0
2 Phil Taylor 100.31 4
15 Dennis Priestley 91.32 0
15 Dennis Priestley 77.87 4
Lionel Sams 80.50 1
2 Phil Taylor 99.72 5
7 Kevin Painter 93.90 1
7 Kevin Painter 87.17 4
Wayne Jones 84.16 2
7 Kevin Painter 91.50 4
10 Andy Jenkins 87.27 3
10 Andy Jenkins 85.22 4
Peter Evison 67.34 0
2 Phil Taylor 93.54 6
Bob Anderson 91.61 2
6 Ronnie Baxter 93.54 4
Terry Jenkins 90.79 2
6 Ronnie Baxter 88.62 2
Bob Anderson 89.08 4
11 Dennis Smith 86.10 2
Bob Anderson 86.55 4
Bob Anderson 94.33 5
  Andy Hamilton 94.46 1
3 Peter Manley 85.61 2
Josephus Schenk 82.67 4
  Josephus Schenk 83.40 1
Andy Hamilton 85.96 4
14 Steve Beaton 84.53 2
Andy Hamilton 89.33 4

Representation from different countries

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


ENG

NED

SCO

WAL

CAN

CHN

BAR

USA

JPN

AUS
Total
Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Semis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Quarters 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Round 4 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
Round 3 25 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 32
Round 2 12 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16
Round 1 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 16
Total 34 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 48


References

  1. ^ Dee, Jason (4 January 2005). "Taylor powers to 12th world title". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Taylor clinches 12th world title". BBC Sport. 3 January 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Taylor claims his 12th world title". RTÉ Sport. 3 January 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2024.