2007 World Darts Trophy

The 2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth staging of a professional darts tournament in the Netherlands at De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht. The tournament has a playing format comparable with the two World Championships - BDO World Darts Championship and PDC World Darts Championship and features the majority of top ranked players from both organisations. The event featured the top 12 ranked players from the PDC and BDO, seven world champions (including both incumbents) and 23 world title winners - making it possibly the strongest field assembled since the split in 1992/93.

Current PDC World Champion Raymond van Barneveld was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen in a repeat of the 2006 BDO World final. Current BDO World Champion Martin Adams fell at the quarter-final hurdle to Andy Hamilton.

The final featured Gary Anderson against Phil Taylor. Taylor wasn't able to successfully defend his title despite hitting 17 maximum 180s in the final. Both players averaged over 100 in an excellent final - played over the same 13 set format as the BDO & PDC World Finals. Anderson captured his second major title - adding to his International Darts League success back in May.

Television coverage

The tournament is being broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but it will not been shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS is available [ [http://sbs6.crossmediaventures.com/darts8/ SBS6] internet feed] - however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.

Results

32TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds
RD1=1st Round
RD2=2nd Round
RD3=Quarter Finals
RD4=Semi Finals
RD5=Final
team-width=

RD1-team01=Gary Anderson 98.16
RD1-score01=3
RD1-team02=Wayne Atwood 82.77
RD1-score02=0

RD1-team03=John Part 91.32
RD1-score03=3
RD1-team04=Niels de Ruiter 81.21
RD1-score04=1

RD1-team05=Simon Whitlock 93.03
RD1-score05=3
RD1-team06=Wayne Mardle 88.56
RD1-score06=2

RD1-team07=Peter Manley 85.23
RD1-score07=3
RD1-team08=Michael van Gerwen 84.99
RD1-score08=1

RD1-team09=Martin Adams 93.36
RD1-score09=3
RD1-team10=Denis Ovens 82.02
RD1-score10=1

RD1-team11=Dennis Priestley 93.45
RD1-score11=3
RD1-team12=Mike Veitch 87.36
RD1-score12=1

RD1-team13=Tony O'Shea 91.77
RD1-score13=0
RD1-team14=Andy Hamilton 90.81
RD1-score14=3

RD1-team15=Raymond van Barneveld 101.49
RD1-score15=1
RD1-team16=Jelle Klaasen 97.77
RD1-score16=3

RD1-team17=Mark Webster 95.13
RD1-score17=3
RD1-team18=Kevin Painter 90.99
RD1-score18=2

RD1-team19=Adrian Lewis 92.43
RD1-score19=3
RD1-team20=John Walton 87.30
RD1-score20=0

RD1-team21=Scott Waites 91.50
RD1-score21=3
RD1-team22=James Wade 89.88
RD1-score22=2

RD1-team23=Colin Lloyd 88.14
RD1-score23=1
RD1-team24=Mervyn King 92.85
RD1-score24=3

RD1-team25=Darryl Fitton 90.28
RD1-score25=0
RD1-team26=Shaun Greatbatch 90.23
RD1-score26=3

RD1-team27=Terry Jenkins 93.17
RD1-score27=3
RD1-team28=Co Stompe 93.80
RD1-score28=2

RD1-team29=Remco van Eijden 81.16
RD1-score29=1
RD1-team30=Roland Scholten 92.48
RD1-score30=3

RD1-team31=Phil Taylor 98.08
RD1-score31=3
RD1-team32=Vincent van der Voort 91.34
RD1-score32=1

RD2-team01=Anderson 93.27
RD2-score01=3
RD2-team02=Part 90.54
RD2-score02=1

RD2-team03=Whitlock 95.19
RD2-score03=2
RD2-team04=Manley 95.25
RD2-score04=3

RD2-team05=Adams 92.01
RD2-score05=3
RD2-team06=Priestley 91.77
RD2-score06=1

RD2-team07=Hamilton 86.34
RD2-score07=3
RD2-team08=Klaasen 88.02
RD2-score08=0

RD2-team09=Webster 95.37
RD2-score09=3
RD2-team10=Lewis 91.83
RD2-score10=1

RD2-team11=Waites 95.43
RD2-score11=2
RD2-team12=King 91.38
RD2-score12=3

RD2-team13=Greatbatch 87.12
RD2-score13=1
RD2-team14=Jenkins 91.02
RD2-score14=3

RD2-team15=Scholten 91.35
RD2-score15=1
RD2-team16=Taylor 105.30
RD2-score16=3

RD3-team01=Anderson 95.37
RD3-score01=5
RD3-team02=Manley 90.15
RD3-score02=1

RD3-team03=Adams 94.47
RD3-score03=4
RD3-team04=Hamilton 94.74
RD3-score04=5

RD3-team05=Webster 92.43
RD3-score05=3
RD3-team06=King 94.17
RD3-score06=5

RD3-team07=Jenkins 96.78
RD3-score07=3
RD3-team08=Taylor 101.85
RD3-score08=5

RD4-team01=Anderson 96.63
RD4-score01=6
RD4-team02=Hamilton 94.80
RD4-score02=5

RD4-team03=King 99.24
RD4-score03=2
RD4-team04=Taylor 102.72
RD4-score04=6

RD5-team01=Gary Anderson flagicon|SCO 103.32
RD5-score01=7
RD5-team02=Phil Taylor flagicon|ENG 102.30
RD5-score02=3

Prize fund

*2007 Prize money:Winner €45,000:Runner-Up €22,500:Semi Finalists €11,250:Quarter Finalists €6,000:Last 16 €3,000:First Round Losers €2,000:Nine dart finish: Alfa Romeo Brera 2.4 JTDM 20V worth €50,000 (not won):Highest Check-Out €1,000:Total €221,000

Qualifying

The top 12 players from the PDC and the top 12 from the BDO automatically qualified for the event, however following some controversy (see IDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation a qualifying competition was also held to fill the other eight places in the first round. Seven PDC players progressed to the first round including Dutchmen Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort. The only BDO player who made it through was Shaun Greatbatch.First Preliminary Round (Friday 31 August):Andy Jenkins 3-0 Phill Nixon (3-1, 3-1, 3-1):Paul Hanvidge 0-3 Wayne Atwood (2-3, 2-3, 1-3):Dietmar Burger 0-3 Andy Smith (0-3, 1-3, 2-3):Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Robert Grant (3-2, 3-2, 3-0):Ronnie Baxter 3-0 Steve Duke Snr (3-2, 3-0, 3-0):Jarkko Komula 0-3 Denis Ovens (1-3, 0-3, 0-3):Michael Rosenauer 3-1 Bob Anderson (3-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-1):Jelle Klaasen 3-1 Edwin Max (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-0):Kevin Painter 3-1 Shane Tichowitsch (3-1, 1-3, 3-0, 3-0):Mario Robbe 3-1 Garry Spedding (2-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-2):Steve West 3-0 Peter Allen (3-1, 3-0, 3-0):Mervyn King 3-1 Craig Pullen (3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-0):Shaun Greatbatch Bye (Barrie Bates withdrew due to broken foot):Martin Atkins 3-0 Alan Caves (3-0, 3-0, 3-1):Gary Robson 3-0 Mark Walsh (3-1, 3-2, 3-0):Vincent van der Voort 3-0 Mark Barilli (3-0, 3-1, 3-1)

Second Preliminary Round:Andy Jenkins 2-3 Wayne Atwood (2-3, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1, 0-3):Andy Smith 1-3 Michael van Gerwen (1-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2):Ronnie Baxter 2-3 Denis Ovens (3-1, 3-1, 0-3, 2-3, 2-3):Michael Rosenauer 0-3 Jelle Klaasen (1-3, 2-3, 1-3):Kevin Painter 3-0 Mario Robbe (3-1, 3-1, 3-0):Steve West 1-3 Mervyn King (2-3, 0-3, 3-2, 1-3):Shaun Greatbatch 3-2 Martin Atkins (2-3, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-2):Gary Robson 0-3 Vincent van der Voort (1-3, 2-3, 1-3)

References

External links

* [http://www.infodarts.nl/index.php?p=129&n=47 Infodarts] Dutch results and news web site.