Masters of Darts

Masters of Darts
Masters of Darts
Tournament information
Venue ExpoCenter
Location Hengelo
Country Netherlands
Established 2005
Organisation(s) BDO
PDC
Format Sets
Prize Fund 185,000 (2007)
Month(s) Played February
Final Year 2007
Final champion(s)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld

The Masters of Darts has a unique place in darts history as it was the first televised tournament featuring the darts players of the two rival organisations, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since they separated in 1993. There had been two "champion versus champion" matches held, but this tournament held in 2005 was the first major event featuring players from each organisation.

The first Masters of Darts took place between February 7 and February 13, 2005 at the ExpoCenter in Hengelo, The Netherlands. The best four players from both federations were invited. The tournament was arranged by PenH Events, who managed to secure a three-year contract with Raymond van Barneveld, a BDO player at the time, taking part in the tournament. The host broadcaster was RTL5 in the Netherlands, who had also secured a three-year deal to broadcast the event. The tournament was not held in 2006 and by the time it was revived for 2007, SBS6 took over as Dutch broadcasters for the event.

At the time the 2007 tournament details were announced there were four BDO players, five PDC players and an unnamed wildcard scheduled to appear. In the weeks leading up to the event all four BDO players switched to the PDC making the tournament effectively a PDC tournament.

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Final Results

Year Champion Score Runner-Up Total Prize Money Winner's Prize
2005 England Phil Taylor 7-1 (sets) England Andy Fordham €395,000 €150,000
2007 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (107.90) 7-0 (sets) England Peter Manley (94.66) €185,000 €50,000

2005 Event

Phil Taylor marched through the competition, winning all four group games against BDO players and dropped only two sets on the way. He then beat Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final and Andy Fordham in the final to win the top prize €150,000 (approx £100,000) - one of the highest prizes in darts history.

2007 Event

The 2007 tournament featured a nine dart finish by Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor finished bottom of the England group losing three of his five matches. Peter Manley achieved a 100% record en-route to the final against Raymond van Barneveld, but van Barneveld clinched the title with a whitewash 7-0 set victory.

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