2005 PDC World Darts Championship

The 2005 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sponsored by Ladbrokes, was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet and started on Boxing Day, 2004. 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.

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 28th consecutive world championship, suffered a defeat to Canadian John Verwey. The match went to a tie-break 11th leg in the deciding set. Lowe has failed to qualify for the world championships since, so this could be the last time he appears at the televised stages of the world championship.

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.

Prize Money

*Winner: £60,000
*Runner-up: £30,000
*Semi-finalists: £15,000
*Quarter-finalists: £9,000
*4th round losers: £6,500
*3rd round losers: £3,500
*2nd round losers: £2,750
*1st round losers: £1,750

The Results

Last 32 to Final

32TeamBracket-Compact | RD1=Third Round
RD2= Fourth Round
RD3= Quarter Finals
RD4= Semi Finals
RD5= Final

score-width=20

RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=flagicon|ENG Lloyd 89.17
RD1-score01=4
RD1-seed02=
RD1-team02=flagicon|CAN Verwey 77.29
RD1-score02=1

RD1-seed03=16
RD1-team03=flagicon|ENG Askew 89.48
RD1-score03=3
RD1-seed04=
RD1-team04=flagicon|ENG Mason 92.10
RD1-score04=4

RD1-seed05=9
RD1-team05=flagicon|ENG Warriner 67.86
RD1-score05=1
RD1-seed06=
RD1-team06=flagicon|ENG Williams 78.95
RD1-score06=4

RD1-seed07=8
RD1-team07=flagicon|ENG Mardle 84.32
RD1-score07=4
RD1-seed08=
RD1-team08=flagicon|ENG Walsh 82.02
RD1-score08=2

RD1-seed09=5
RD1-team09=flagicon|NED Scholten 90.07
RD1-score09=4
RD1-seed10=
RD1-team10=flagicon|SCO Harvey 85.42
RD1-score10=2

RD1-seed11=12
RD1-team11=flagicon|ENG Ovens 98.75
RD1-score11=4
RD1-seed12=
RD1-team12=flagicon|ENG Holden 83.81
RD1-score12=1

RD1-seed13=13
RD1-team13=flagicon|ENG Dudbridge 86.87
RD1-score13=4
RD1-seed14=
RD1-team14=flagicon|WAL Burnett 85.66
RD1-score14=3

RD1-seed15=4
RD1-team15=flagicon|CAN Part 89.80
RD1-score15=4
RD1-seed16=
RD1-team16=flagicon|CAN Convery 87.62
RD1-score16=1

RD1-seed17=3
RD1-team17=flagicon|ENG Manley 85.61
RD1-score17=2
RD1-seed18=
RD1-team18=flagicon|NED Schenk 82.67
RD1-score18=4

RD1-seed19=14
RD1-team19=flagicon|ENG Beaton 84.53
RD1-score19=2
RD1-seed20=
RD1-team20=flagicon|ENG Hamilton 89.33
RD1-score20=4

RD1-seed21=11
RD1-team21=flagicon|ENG D.Smith 86.10
RD1-score21=2
RD1-seed22=
RD1-team22=flagicon|ENG Anderson 86.55
RD1-score22=4

RD1-seed23=6
RD1-team23=flagicon|ENG Baxter 93.54
RD1-score23=4
RD1-seed24=
RD1-team24=flagicon|ENG T.Jenkins 90.79
RD1-score24=2

RD1-seed25=7
RD1-team25=flagicon|ENG Painter 87.17
RD1-score25=4
RD1-seed26=
RD1-team26=flagicon|ENG Jones 84.16
RD1-score26=2

RD1-seed27=10
RD1-team27=flagicon|ENG A. Jenkins 85.22
RD1-score27=4
RD1-seed28=
RD1-team28=flagicon|ENG Evison 67.34
RD1-score28=0

RD1-seed29=15
RD1-team29=flagicon|ENG Priestley 77.87
RD1-score29=4
RD1-seed30=
RD1-team30=flagicon|ENG Sams 80.50
RD1-score30=1

RD1-seed31=2
RD1-team31=flagicon|ENG Taylor 102.87
RD1-score31=4
RD1-seed32=
RD1-team32=flagicon|ENG Roy 87.13
RD1-score32=0

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=flagicon|ENG Lloyd 90.91
RD2-score01=4
RD2-seed02=
RD2-team02=flagicon|ENG Mason 94.69
RD2-score02=3

RD2-seed03=
RD2-team03=flagicon|ENG Williams 84.65
RD2-score03=3
RD2-seed04=8
RD2-team04=flagicon|ENG Mardle 86.25
RD2-score04=4

RD2-seed05=5
RD2-team05=flagicon|NED Scholten 87.36
RD2-score05=2
RD2-seed06=12
RD2-team06=flagicon|ENG Ovens 88.61
RD2-score06=4

RD2-seed07=13
RD2-team07=flagicon|ENG Dudbridge 96.30
RD2-score07=4
RD2-seed08=4
RD2-team08=flagicon|CAN Part 91.67
RD2-score08=2

RD2-seed09=
RD2-team09=flagicon|NED Schenk 83.40
RD2-score09=1
RD2-seed10=
RD2-team10=flagicon|ENG Hamilton 85.96
RD2-score10=4

RD2-seed11=
RD2-team11=flagicon|ENG Anderson 89.08
RD2-score11=4
RD2-seed12=6
RD2-team12=flagicon|ENG Baxter 88.62
RD2-score12=2

RD2-seed13=7
RD2-team13=flagicon|ENG Painter 91.50
RD2-score13=4
RD2-seed14=10
RD2-team14=flagicon|ENG A.Jenkins 87.27
RD2-score14=3

RD2-seed15=15
RD2-team15=flagicon|ENG Priestley 91.32
RD2-score15=0
RD2-seed16=2
RD2-team16=flagicon|ENG Taylor 100.31
RD2-score16=4

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=flagicon|ENG Lloyd 83.76
RD3-score01=4
RD3-seed02=8
RD3-team02=flagicon|ENG Mardle 86.82
RD3-score02=5

RD3-seed03=13
RD3-team03=flagicon|ENG Ovens 84.18
RD3-score03=3
RD3-seed04=13
RD3-team04=flagicon|ENG Dudbridge 91.15
RD3-score04=5

RD3-seed05=
RD3-team05=flagicon|ENG Hamilton 94.46
RD3-score05=1
RD3-seed06=
RD3-team06=flagicon|ENG Anderson 94.33
RD3-score06=5

RD3-seed07=7
RD3-team07=flagicon|ENG Painter 93.90
RD3-score07=1
RD3-seed08=2
RD3-team08=flagicon|ENG Taylor 99.72
RD3-score08=5

RD4-seed01=8
RD4-team01=flagicon|ENG Mardle 90.44
RD4-score01=4
RD4-seed02=13
RD4-team02=flagicon|ENG Dudbridge 90.48
RD4-score02=6

RD4-seed03=
RD4-team03=flagicon|ENG Anderson 91.61)
RD4-score03=2
RD4-seed04=2
RD4-team04=flagicon|ENG Taylor 93.54
RD4-score04=6

RD5-seed01=13
RD5-team01=flagicon|ENG Dudbridge90.66
RD5-score01=4
RD5-seed02=2
RD5-team02=flagicon|ENG Taylor 96.14
RD5-score02=7

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Highest three-dart checkout: 170 Kevin Painter.

Tournament 180s scored: 340 in 979 legs

Most 180s scored, individual: 39 Wayne Mardle, 35 Mark Dudbridge, 22 Colin Lloyd, 21 Phil Taylor [http://www.dartsportseite.de/pdc/ladbrokesworldchampionship2005.htm]