Taylor-Barneveld rivalry

Taylor-Barneveld rivalry

Phil Taylor and Raymond Van Barneveld are two professional darts players who have been at the top of the game for many years. Taylor has won 13 World Championships and van Barneveld has won five. For many years, they competed in different organisations - Barneveld in the British Darts Organisation and Taylor in the Professional Darts Corporation. They competed against each other in a challenge match in 1999, which Taylor won - but it wasn't until van Barneveld joined the PDC in early 2006 that they competed against each other on a regular basis. This created a fierce rivalry that had been denied to darts fans by the BDO/PDC split. The two remain good friends, which they regularly show at the end of games.

Tournament wins

Here are the major tournament wins between the two compared from the PDC and BDO:

Phil Taylor = 39Raymond van Barneveld = 15

Matchups

Here are their matches to date:

1990

*Europe Cup, Quarter Final - Phil Taylor 4-2 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld [ [http://www.darts.nu/forum/view/id/2254/d/tussenstand_van_barneveld_vs_taylor Taylor v Barneveld rivalry (Dutch site)] ]

1993

*German Open, Quarter Final - Phil Taylor 3-2 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld

1999

*7 November - 'Match Of The Century' - Phil Taylor (101.64) 21-10 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld (93.09)

2000

*21 May- Golden Harvest Cup Semi-Final - Phil Taylor (102.39) 4-0 (sets) Raymond van Barneveld (100.23) (2-1, 2-0, 2-1, 2-0)
*4 June - Swiss Open Semi Final - Raymond van Barneveld (100.89) 2-0 (sets) Phil Taylor (99.93)

2005

*10 February - Masters of Darts (Group Stage) - Phil Taylor (94.89) 4-0 (sets) Raymond van Barneveld (87.06) (3-1, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1)
*12 February - Masters of Darts (Semi Finals) - Phil Taylor (93.87) 5-2 (sets) Raymond van Barneveld (91.21) (3-1, 2-3, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-0, 3-1)
*12 November - PDPA Players Championship Semi Finals (Lisse) Phil Taylor (109.41) 3-1 (sets)Raymond van Barneveld (100.26)
*24 November - World Dart Gala (Hengelo) Phil Taylor 6-4 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*25 November - World Dart Gala (Hengelo) Phil Taylor 5-4 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*26 November - World Dart Gala (Hengelo) Raymond van Barneveld 4-2 (legs) Phil Taylor

2006

*23 March - 2006 Premier League Darts - Phil Taylor 7-7 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*15 April - Munich Open - Phil Taylor 7-5 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*20 April - 2006 Premier League Darts - Phil Taylor 8-6 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*11 June - 2006 UK Open Darts - Raymond van Barneveld 11-10 (legs) Phil Taylor
*1 July - 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic - Raymond Van Barneveld 4-3 (sets) Phil Taylor (sets)
*26 October - 2006 World Grand Prix Darts - Phil Taylor 3-1 (sets) Raymond van Barneveld (sets)

2007

*1 January - 2007 PDC World Darts Championship Raymond van Barneveld 7-6 (sets) Phil Taylor (sets) (0-3, 0-3, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 6-5)
*12 February - 2007 Masters of Darts - Raymond van Barneveld 3-0 (sets) Phil Taylor
*1 March - 2007 Premier League Darts - Phil Taylor 8-6 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*3 May - 2007 Premier League Darts - Phil Taylor 8-5 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*8 May - 2007 International Darts League - Phil Taylor 7-4 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*19 May - World Darts Challenge - Raymond van Barneveld 4-1 (legs) Phil Taylor
*20 May - US Open Darts - Phil Taylor 4-1 (sets) Raymond van Barneveld (2-1, 2-0, 1-2, 2-0, 2-0)

*10 June - 2007 UK Open Darts - Raymond van Barneveld 11-4 (legs) Phil Taylor
*30 September - South African Masters - Phil Taylor 8-6 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld [ [http://www.pdpa.co.uk/news/Taylor_wins_SA_Masters.htm Taylor wins SA Masters] ]
*11 November - PDPA Players Championship, Lisse - Phil Taylor 3-2 (sets) Raymond van Barneveld (1-2, 2-1, 2-1, 1-2, 2-0)

2008

*6 March - 2008 Premier League Darts - Phil Taylor 8-3 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*22 March - PartyPoker.net Players Championship, Bad Soden - Phil Taylor 3-1 (sets) Raymond van Barneveld
*30 March - Blue Square UK Open Regional Final, Telford - Phil Taylor 7-4 (legs), Raymond van Barneveld
*10 April - 2008 Premier League Darts - Phil Taylor 8-2 (legs) Raymond van Barneveld
*8 June - 2008 UK Open Darts - Raymond van Barneveld 10-9 (legs) Phil Taylor
*12 October - 2008 World Grand Prix Darts - Raymond van Barneveld vs Phil Taylor

Head to Head

The two have played each other competitively 33 times, Taylor winning 23, van Barneveld winning 9 with 1 draw. In matches played with sets, Taylor leads 45 sets to 28 and in matchplay format Taylor is leading 138-99.

Other Trivia

*Taylor hit a 9 dart finish against van Barneveld in the 2007 International Darts League in May 2007. He went to win the game 7-4 in legs.

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