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2004 PDC World Darts Championship

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2004 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates27 December 2003 –
4 January 2004
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£257,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Phil Taylor
«2003 2005»

The 2004 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 10th anniversary of the PDC version of the World Darts Championship. The tournament took place between 27 December 2003 and 4 January 2004 at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England.

An extra round was added, with the top 16 seeds given a bye to the third round, 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 £256,000. The Dutch television station, RTL 5 and Sky Sports both extended their deals with the PDC by three years. PDC chairman Barry Hearn 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, his first match of the 2004 campaign.

The final became only the second 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 BDO final, Taylor was again involved and came out victorious against Kevin Painter. He came 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 third-round defeat as an unseeded player in 2003.

Seeds

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There were sixteen seeds in the World Championship.[1]

International qualifing tournaments

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Prize money

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Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £257,000)[2]
Winner (1) £50,000
Runner-Up (1) £25,000
Semi-finalists (2) £12,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500
Fourth round losers (8) £5,250
Third round losers (16) £3,250
Second round losers (8) £2,500
First round losers (8) £1,500
Highest finish bonus (1) £1,000

New format

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To accommodate the change in the number of entries into the competition to 48, the format of the World Championship was again changed. 16 qualifiers would contest the first round, with the eight winners going through to the second round to meet players ranked between 25 and 32 in the PDC. The eight second round winners would go through to join the top 24 in the third round, where the tournament proceeded from the last 32 to the Final.

Results

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Players in bold denote match winners.[3][4][5]

Rounds 1-2

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First round (best of 5 sets)
27 December
Second round (best of 5 sets)
28 December
Canada Rory Orvis 82.000England Mark Holden 75.630
Northern Ireland Colin McGarry 88.603Northern Ireland Colin McGarry 86.213
England Ritchie Buckle 87.153United States Steve Brown 83.420
Netherlands Jan van der Rassel 83.761England Ritchie Buckle 91.713
United States Tony Payne 73.210England Cliff Lazarenko 80.532
England Steve Maish 82.043England Steve Maish 82.203
United States Dan Lauby 65.590England Mark Walsh 72.290
Belgium Erik Clarys 79.243Belgium Erik Clarys 79.213
Australia Barry Jouannet 75.512England Lionel Sams 85.833
Scotland Alex MacKay 85.153Scotland Alex MacKay 84.772
Wales Wayne Atwood 77.343England Mick Manning 80.570
Japan Toru Sano 66.520Wales Wayne Atwood 87.943
Guyana Norman Madhoo 74.061England Mark Dudbridge 81.703
England Steve Smith 80.493England Steve Smith 78.260
England Robbie Widdows 84.643England Simon Whatley 80.343
Northern Ireland Henry O'Neill 82.062England Robbie Widdows 81.861

Round 3 onwards

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Third round (best of 7 sets)
29–31 December
Fourth round (best of 7 sets)
1 January
Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
2 January
Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
3 January
Final (best of 13 sets)
4 January
               
1 England Phil Taylor 97.89 4
Q Northern Ireland Colin McGarry 81.79 0
1 England Phil Taylor 94.50 4
16 England Dennis Priestley 87.06 1
16 England Dennis Priestley 83.02 4
Q England Ritchie Buckle 84.18 3
1 England Phil Taylor 98.15 5
9 England Alan Warriner 90.35 1
8 England Denis Ovens 85.70 3
England Alex Roy 85.49 4
England Alex Roy 85.33 3
9 England Alan Warriner 82.97 4
9 England Alan Warriner 94.95 4
England John Lowe 90.26 3
1 England Phil Taylor 99.61 6
12 England Wayne Mardle 96.49 2
5 England Colin Lloyd 98.62 4
England Peter Evison 78.84 1
5 England Colin Lloyd 87.39 3
12 England Wayne Mardle 91.01 4
12 England Wayne Mardle 92.61 4
Q England Steve Maish 87.09 2
12 England Wayne Mardle 87.93 5
England Simon Whatley 77.24 1
4 Netherlands Roland Scholten 88.05 2
England Lionel Sams 88.78 4
England Lionel Sams 83.77 1
  England Simon Whatley 82.84 4
13 Wales Richie Burnett 82.21 3
England Simon Whatley 80.06 4
1 England Phil Taylor 96.00 7
10 England Kevin Painter 90.47 6
2 Canada John Part 90.09 3
England Mark Dudbridge 88.99 4
  England Mark Dudbridge 84.36 4
England Steve Beaton 77.62 1
15 Scotland Jamie Harvey 79.00 0
England Steve Beaton 87.58 4
England Mark Dudbridge 83.37 1
10 England Kevin Painter 90.26 5
7 England Ronnie Baxter 86.85 4
Q Belgium Erik Clarys 82.53 2
7 England Ronnie Baxter 89.62 2
10 England Kevin Painter 90.74 4
10 England Kevin Painter 88.62 4
England Paul Williams 82.47 3
10 England Kevin Painter 96.71 6
England Bob Anderson 88.95 0
6 England Dennis Smith 81.77 4
England Les Fitton 82.24 2
6 England Dennis Smith 86.21 3
England Bob Anderson 86.23 4
11 England Andy Jenkins 77.97 1
England Bob Anderson 83.98 4
England Bob Anderson 90.91 5
3 England Peter Manley 89.87 2
3 England Peter Manley 89.34 4
Q Wales Wayne Atwood 85.60 3
3 England Peter Manley 93.33 4
England Keith Deller 92.58 2
14 England Dave Askew 75.32 3
England Keith Deller 76.60 4

Representation from different countries

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This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including round 1&2.

England
ENG
Netherlands
NED
Scotland
SCO
Australia
AUS
Wales
WAL
Northern Ireland
NIR
Belgium
BEL
Canada
CAN
United States
USA
Japan
JPN
Guyana
GUY
Total
Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Semis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Quarters 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Round 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Round 3 25 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 32
Round 2 11 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 16
Round 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 16
Total 32 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 48


References

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  1. ^ "2004 PDC World Championship Seeds". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ "2004 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ "2004 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Results of PDC World Championship 2004". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ "PDC World Championship 2004 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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