2005 PDC World Darts Championship

Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates 26 December 2004–3 January 2005
Venue Circus Tavern
Location Purfleet, Essex
Country England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Sets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund £300,000
Winners share £60,000
High checkout 170 England Kevin Painter
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2004 2006»

The 2005 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sponsored by Ladbrokes, was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet and started on Boxing Day, 2004. Phil Taylor went on to clinch his 12th World Championship (10 in the PDC, 2 in the BDO) with a 7-4 final victory over Mark Dudbridge.

The tournament format remained the same as the previous year, with a preliminary round featuring eight international players against eight qualifiers from the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying tournament. The winners were then to meet the players ranked between 25 and 32 in the PDC world rankings.

John Lowe, playing in his last and 28th consecutive world championship, suffered a defeat to Canadian John Verwey. The match went to a tie-break 11th leg in the deciding set.

The final between Taylor and Dudbridge looked for a long time as though it would be as close as the previous year's classic between Taylor and Kevin Painter. Dudbridge led by 2 sets to 1, and having fallen 2-3 behind managed to level again. But Taylor then produced a surge to take the next three sets, and the 10th set provided a mere consolation for Dudbridge. Taylor prevailed 7-4 to claim the £60,000 first prize with his 12th title.

Seeds

Prize money

Results

  First Round   Second Round
 Scotland Jason Clark 81.44 3    England Chris Mason 95.51 3
 Japan Yasuhiko Matsunaga 72.74 0    Scotland Jason Clark 87.76 1
 China Tang Jun 72.45 0    England Wes Newton 81.53 0
 Canada Gerry Convery 84.54 3    Canada Gerry Convery 84.06 3
 Canada John Verwey 83.55 3    England John Lowe 84.91 2
 Barbados Anthony Forde 80.48 2    Canada John Verwey 82.73 3
 United States Darin Young 82.74 2    England Alan Caves 77.37 0
 Netherlands Josephus Schenk 84.89 3    Netherlands Josephus Schenk 83.51 3
 England Mark Holden 94.42 3    England Simon Whatley 81.93 0
 England James Wade 88.14 0    England Mark Holden 89.51 3
 England Mark Landers 76.70 3    England Peter Evison 77.71 3
 Wales Alan Reynolds 79.51 2    England Mark Landers 74.89 0
 Australia Barry Jouannet 82.18 0    England Keith Deller 77.64 1
 England Wayne Jones 91.38 3    England Wayne Jones 82.30 3
 England Mark Thomson 81.56 0    England Mick Manning 89.44 0
 England Andy Hamilton 85.87 3    England Andy Hamilton 92.49 3

Last 32 to Final

Third Round (best of 7 sets) Fourth Round (best of 9 sets) Quarter-Finals (best of 9 sets) Semi-Finals (best of 11 sets) Final (best of 13 sets)
               
1 England Colin Lloyd 89.17 4
Canada John Verwey 77.29 1
1 England Colin Lloyd 90.91 4
England Chris Mason 94.69 3
16 England Dave Askew 89.48 3
England Chris Mason 92.10 4
1 England Colin Lloyd 83.76 4
8 England Wayne Mardle 86.82 5
9 England Alan Warriner 67.86 1
England Paul Williams 78.95 4
England Paul Williams 84.65 3
8 England Wayne Mardle 86.25 4
8 England Wayne Mardle 84.32 4
England Mark Walsh 82.02 2
8 England Wayne Mardle 90.44 4
13 England Mark Dudbridge 90.48 6
5 Netherlands Roland Scholten 90.07 4
Scotland Jamie Harvey 85.42 2
5 Netherlands Roland Scholten 87.36 2
12 England Denis Ovens 88.61 4
12 England Denis Ovens 98.75 4
England Mark Holden 83.81 1
12 England Denis Ovens 84.18 3
13 England Mark Dudbridge 91.15 5
13 England Mark Dudbridge 86.87 4
Wales Richie Burnett 85.66 3
13 England Mark Dudbridge 96.30 4
4 Canada John Part 91.67 2
4 Canada John Part 89.80 4
Canada Gerry Convery 87.62 1
13 England Mark Dudbridge 90.66 4
2 England Phil Taylor 96.14 7
3 England Peter Manley 85.61 2
Netherlands Josephus Schenk 82.67 4
Netherlands Josephus Schenk 83.40 1
England Andy Hamilton 85.96 4
14 England Steve Beaton 84.53 2
England Andy Hamilton 89.33 4
England Andy Hamilton 94.46 1
England Bob Anderson 94.33 5
11 England Dennis Smith 86.10 2
England Bob Anderson 86.55 4
England Bob Anderson 89.08 4
6 England Ronnie Baxter 88.62 2
6 England Ronnie Baxter 93.54 4
England Terry Jenkins 90.79 2
England Bob Anderson 91.61 2
2 England Phil Taylor 93.54 6
7 England Kevin Painter 87.17 4
England Wayne Jones 84.16 2
7 England Kevin Painter 91.50 4
10 England Andy Jenkins 87.27 3
10 England Andy Jenkins 85.22 4
England Peter Evison 67.34 0
7 England Kevin Painter 93.90 1
2 England Phil Taylor 99.72 5
15 England Dennis Priestley 77.87 4
England Lionel Sams 80.50 1
15 England Dennis Priestley 91.32 0
2 England Phil Taylor 100.31 4
2 England Phil Taylor 102.87 4
England Alex Roy 87.13 0

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Highest three-dart checkout: 170 Kevin Painter.

Tournament 180s scored: 340 in 979 legs

Most 180s scored, individual: 39 Wayne Mardle, 35 Mark Dudbridge, 22 Colin Lloyd, 21 Phil Taylor

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