2004 PDC World Darts Championship

The 2004 Ladbrokes.com World Championship was the 10th anniversary of the PDC version of the World Darts Championship. An extra preliminary round was introduced bringing the total players at the televised stages to 48. Ladbrokes, who sponsored the event initially for one year in 2003, decided to extend their deal and the prize fund was increased to £265,000. Dutch television station, RTL 5 and Sky Sports both extended their deals with the PDC by three years. Barry Hearn, PDC chairman, announced that the tournament would be shown in Malaysia on pay-per-view.

Defending champion and number two seed, John Part suffered a surprise first round defeat to Mark Dudbridge. It was the first time since 1995, when a round-robin format was in operation, that the defending champion had gone out in the first round at the PDC world championship.

The final became the third ever (and first PDC) world final to go to a sudden death leg. The first time it happened was when Phil Taylor beat Mike Gregory in the 1992 final, Taylor was again involved and came out victorious against Kevin Painter. However, he had to fight from 4-1 down to win his 11th world title.

The two losing semi-finalists came from different ends of darts experience. 56 year-old Bob Anderson, a World Champion 16 years earlier lost to Painter and Wayne Mardle was making his first PDC World Championship semi-final appearance. Mardle lost to Taylor for the second year running, following a second round defeat as an unseeded player in 2003.

Prize Money

*Winner: £50,000
*Runner-up: £25,000
*Semi-finalists: £12,500
*Quarter-finalists: £7,500
*Last 16: £5,250
*Last 32: £3,250
*2nd Preliminary Round losers: £2,500
*1st Preliminary Round losers: £1,500

The Results

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

score-width=15

RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01= flagicon|ENG Phil Taylor
RD1-score01=4
RD1-seed02=
RD1-team02=flagicon|ENG Colin McGarry
RD1-score02=0

RD1-seed03=16
RD1-team03= flagicon|ENG Dennis Priestley
RD1-score03=4
RD1-seed04=
RD1-team04=flagicon|ENG Ritchie Buckle
RD1-score04=3

RD1-seed05=9
RD1-team05=flagicon|ENG Alan Warriner
RD1-score05=4
RD1-seed06=
RD1-team06=flagicon|ENG John Lowe
RD1-score06=3

RD1-seed07=8
RD1-team07=flagicon|ENG Denis Ovens
RD1-score07=3
RD1-seed08=
RD1-team08=flagicon|ENG Alex Roy
RD1-score08=4

RD1-seed09=5
RD1-team09=flagicon|ENG Colin Lloyd
RD1-score09=4
RD1-seed10=
RD1-team10=flagicon|ENG Peter Evison
RD1-score10=1

RD1-seed11=12
RD1-team11=flagicon|ENG Wayne Mardle
RD1-score11=4
RD1-seed12=
RD1-team12=flagicon|ENG Steve Maish
RD1-score12=2

RD1-seed13=13
RD1-team13=flagicon|WAL Richie Burnett
RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14=
RD1-team14=flagicon|ENG Simon Whatley
RD1-score14=4

RD1-seed15=4
RD1-team15=flagicon|NED Roland Scholten
RD1-score15=2
RD1-seed16=
RD1-team16=flagicon|ENG Lionel Sams
RD1-score16=4

RD1-seed17=3
RD1-team17=flagicon|ENG Peter Manley
RD1-score17=4
RD1-seed18=
RD1-team18=flagicon|ENG Wayne Atwood
RD1-score18=3

RD1-seed19=14
RD1-team19=flagicon|ENG Dave Askew
RD1-score19=3
RD1-seed20=
RD1-team20=flagicon|ENG Keith Deller
RD1-score20=4

RD1-seed21=11
RD1-team21=flagicon|ENG Andy Jenkins
RD1-score21=1
RD1-seed22=
RD1-team22=flagicon|ENG Bob Anderson
RD1-score22=4

RD1-seed23=6
RD1-team23=flagicon|ENG Dennis Smith
RD1-score23=4
RD1-seed24=
RD1-team24=flagicon|ENG Les Fitton
RD1-score24=2

RD1-seed25=7
RD1-team25=flagicon|ENG Ronnie Baxter
RD1-score25=4
RD1-seed26=
RD1-team26=flagicon|BEL Erik Clarys
RD1-score26=2

RD1-seed27=10
RD1-team27=flagicon|ENG Kevin Painter
RD1-score27=4
RD1-seed28=
RD1-team28=flagicon|ENG Paul Williams
RD1-score28=3

RD1-seed29=15
RD1-team29=flagicon|SCO Jamie Harvey
RD1-score29=0
RD1-seed30=
RD1-team30=flagicon|ENG Steve Beaton
RD1-score30=4

RD1-seed31=2
RD1-team31=flagicon|CAN John Part
RD1-score31=3
RD1-seed32=
RD1-team32=flagicon|ENG Mark Dudbridge
RD1-score32=4

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=flagicon|ENG Phil Taylor
RD2-score01=4
RD2-seed02=16
RD2-team02=flagicon|ENG Dennis Priestley
RD2-score02=1

RD2-seed03=9
RD2-team03=flagicon|ENG Alan Warriner
RD2-score03=4
RD2-seed04=
RD2-team04=flagicon|ENG Alex Roy
RD2-score04=3

RD2-seed05=5
RD2-team05=flagicon|ENG Colin Lloyd
RD2-score05=3
RD2-seed06=12
RD2-team06=flagicon|ENG Wayne Mardle
RD2-score06=4

RD2-seed07=
RD2-team07=flagicon|ENG Simon Whatley
RD2-score07=4
RD2-seed08=
RD2-team08=flagicon|ENG Lionel Sams
RD2-score08=1

RD2-seed09=3
RD2-team09=flagicon|ENG Peter Manley
RD2-score09=4
RD2-seed10=
RD2-team10=flagicon|ENG Keith Deller
RD2-score10=2

RD2-seed11=
RD2-team11=flagicon|ENG Bob Anderson
RD2-score11=4
RD2-seed12=6
RD2-team12=flagicon|ENG Dennis Smith
RD2-score12=3

RD2-seed13=7
RD2-team13=flagicon|ENG Ronnie Baxter
RD2-score13=2
RD2-seed14=10
RD2-team14=flagicon|ENG Kevin Painter
RD2-score14=4

RD2-seed15=
RD2-team15=flagicon|ENG Steve Beaton
RD2-score15=1
RD2-seed16=
RD2-team16=flagicon|ENG Mark Dudbridge
RD2-score16=4

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=flagicon|ENG Phil Taylor
RD3-score01=5
RD3-seed02=9
RD3-team02=flagicon|ENG Alan Warriner
RD3-score02=1

RD3-seed03=12
RD3-team03=flagicon|ENG Wayne Mardle
RD3-score03=5
RD3-seed04=
RD3-team04=flagicon|ENG Simon Whatley
RD3-score04=1

RD3-seed05=3
RD3-team05=flagicon|ENG Peter Manley
RD3-score05=2
RD3-seed06=
RD3-team06=flagicon|ENG Bob Anderson
RD3-score06=5

RD3-seed07=10
RD3-team07=flagicon|ENG Kevin Painter
RD3-score07=5
RD3-seed08=
RD3-team08=flagicon|ENG Mark Dudbridge
RD3-score08=1

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=flagicon|ENG Phil Taylor
RD4-score01=6
RD4-seed02=12
RD4-team02=flagicon|ENG Wayne Mardle
RD4-score02=0

RD4-seed03=
RD4-team03=flagicon|ENG Bob Anderson
RD4-score03=0
RD4-seed04=10
RD4-team04=flagicon|ENG Kevin Painter
RD4-score04=6

RD5-seed01=1
RD5-team01=flagicon|ENG Phil Taylor
RD5-score01=7
RD5-seed02=10
RD5-team02=flagicon|ENG Kevin Painter
RD5-score02=6

Highest three-dart checkout: 170 Peter Manley (1st Round), Ronnie Baxter (1st Round)

Tournament 180s scored: 312

Most 180s scored, individual: 32 Phil Taylor, 29 Kevin Painter, 27 Wayne Mardle, 19 Lionel Sams [http://www.tdv.to/pdcwk_04.html]

External links

* [http://www.patrickchaplin.com/PDC_Articles/Ladbroke_2004.htm Tournament format]