2008 in darts

See also: 2008 in sports, 2007 in darts, 2009 in darts.

This is a list of some of the major events and competitions in the sport of darts in 2008.

News

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

PDC

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship

Score
Quarter finals
John Part Canada 5 - 4 England James Wade
Kevin Painter England 5 - 2 England Adrian Lewis
Kirk Shepherd England 5 - 4 England Peter Manley
Wayne Mardle England 5 - 4 England Phil Taylor
Semi finals
John Part Canada 6 - 2 England Kevin Painter
Kirk Shepherd England 6 - 4 England Wayne Mardle
Final
John Part Canada 7 - 2 England Kirk Shepherd

PartyPoker.net US Open

Main article: 2008 US Open Darts
Matches played in sets with three legs per set

Score
Quarter finals
Colin Lloyd England 3 - 0 England Ronnie Baxter
David Fatum Canada 3 - 1 England Chris Mason
Phil Taylor England 3 - 1 United States Ray Carver
Dennis Priestley England 3 - 0 England Mark Dudbridge
Semi finals
Colin Lloyd England 3 - 2 Canada David Fatum
Phil Taylor England 3 - 0 England Dennis Priestley
Final
Phil Taylor England 3 - 0 England Colin Lloyd

Premier League

Main article: 2008 Premier League Darts

Score
Semi finals
Phil Taylor 112.68 England 11 - 1 England Adrian Lewis 97.33
James Wade 89.62 England 11 - 8 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 90.65
Final
Phil Taylor England 108.36 16 - 8 England James Wade 100.14

Blue Square UK Open

Main article: 2008 UK Open Darts

Score
Quarter finals
Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 10 - 5 England Chris Thompson
Gary Mawson United States 10 - 6 England Wayne Jones
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 10 - 9 England Phil Taylor
James Wade England 10 - 6 England Alan Tabern
Semi finals
James Wade England 10 - 4 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
Gary Mawson United States 10 - 8 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Final
James Wade England 11 - 7 United States Gary Mawson

Las Vegas Desert Classic

Main article: 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic

Score
Quarter finals
Roland Scholten Netherlands 11 - 2 England Mervyn King
Phil Taylor England 11 - 4 England Adrian Gray
James Wade England 11 - 7 England Andy Hamilton
Peter Manley England 11 - 8 England Alan Tabern
Semi finals
Phil Taylor England 11 - 2 Netherlands Roland Scholten
James Wade England 11 - 8 England Peter Manley
Final
Phil Taylor England 13 - 7 England James Wade

World Matchplay

Main article: 2008 World Matchplay Darts

Score
Quarter finals
Dennis Priestley England 16 - 14 England Alan Tabern
James Wade England 16 - 12 England Matt Clark
Wayne Mardle England 18 - 16 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Phil Taylor England 16 - 6 England Kevin McDine
Semi finals
James Wade England 17 - 5 England Wayne Mardle
Phil Taylor England 17 - 8 England Dennis Priestley
Final
Phil Taylor England 18 - 9 England James Wade

World Grand Prix

Main article: 2008 World Grand Prix Darts

Score
Quarter finals
Phil Taylor England 4 - 1 England Andy Hamilton
John Part Canada 2 - 4 England Terry Jenkins
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 4 - 1 England Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King England 4 - 2 England Dennis Priestley
Semi finals
Phil Taylor England 5 - 0 England Terry Jenkins
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 - 0 England Mervyn King
Final
Phil Taylor England 6 - 2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld

European Championship

Main article: 2008 European Championship Darts

Score
Quarter finals
Phil Taylor England 9 - 5 England Mark Walsh
Ronnie Baxter England 5 - 9 Scotland Robert Thornton
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 2 - 9 England Adrian Lewis
Alan Tabern England 4 - 9 England Peter Manley
Semi finals
Phil Taylor England 11 - 7 Scotland Robert Thornton
Adrian Lewis England 11 - 7 England Peter Manley
Final
Phil Taylor England 11 - 5 England Adrian Lewis

PDC Pro Tour events

For expanded results see 2008 PDC Pro Tour

Players Championships

(All matches - Best of 5 sets, Best of 3 legs per set)

UK Open Regional Finals

All finals best of 15 legs

BDO

Lakeside World Darts Championship

Score
Quarter finals
Mark Webster Wales 5 - 1 England Darryl Fitton
Martin Adams England 5 - 4 Scotland Robert Thornton
Brian Woods England 5 - 3 England Scott Waites
Simon Whitlock Australia 5 - 0 England Ted Hankey
Semi finals
Mark Webster Wales 6 - 4 England Martin Adams
Simon Whitlock Australia 6 - 3 England Brian Woods
Final
Mark Webster Wales 7 - 5 Australia Simon Whitlock

Winmau World Masters

Score
Quarter finals
Robert Wagner Norway 3 - 0 Netherlands Joey ten Berge
Scott Waites England 3 - 1 England Steve West
Tony O'Shea England 3 - 1 Scotland Ross Montgomery
Martin Adams England 3 - 0 England Steve Farmer
Semi finals
Scott Waites England 6 - 4 Norway Robert Wagner
Martin Adams England 6 - 2 England Tony O'Shea
Final
Martin Adams England 7 - 6 England Scott Waites

WDF Category 1 Events

WDF ranking points awarded: Winner 150, Runner-up 100, Semi-Finalists 80, Quarter-Finalists 48, 9th to 16th place 24, 17th to 32nd place 12.

Quarter-Finals (Losers €500, Best of 9 legs) Robert Thornton (84.99) 4-1 Joey Ten Berge (88.14), Robert Wagner (100.20) 4-0 Patrick Bulen (78.63), Alain Van Bouwel (79.53) 4-1 Edwin Max (74.82), Willem Kralt (71.19) 4-3 Phill Nixon (75.84)
Semi-Finals (Losers €1,250, Best of 5 sets, 5 legs per set) Robert Thornton (102.51) 2-0 Robert Wagner (97.59), Alain Van Bouwel (80.79) 2-0 Willem Kralt (76.80).
Final (Winner €4,500 Runner-up €2,250, Best of 7 sets, 5 legs per set) Robert Thornton (92.52) 3-0 Alain Van Bouwel (84.24)
Quarter-Finals (Losers £100, Best of 5 legs) Garry Thompson 3-1 Robert Thornton, Martin Adams 3-1 Willy Van De Wiel, Shaun Greatbatch 3-2 Daryl Gurney, Scott Waites 3-2 Steve O Donnell.
Semi-Finals (Losers £300, Best of 7 legs) Garry Thompson 4-2 Martin Adams, Shaun Greatbatch 4-3 Scott Waites.
Final (Winner £2,000 Runner-up £800) Garry Thompson 5-1 Shaun Greatbatch
Quarter-Finals (Losers €240) Mike Veitch 2-1 Mark Salmon, Gary Anderson 2-0 Robert Wagner, Robert Thornton 2-1 Brian Derbyshire, Mark Webster 2-1 Scott Waites.
Semi-Finals (Losers €480) Gary Anderson 2-0 Mike Veitch, Robert Thornton 2-0 Mark Webster
Final (Winner €2,400 Runner-up €1,200) Gary Anderson 3-0 Robert Thornton
Quarter-Finals (Losers £150) Alan Norris 2-1 Ian Jones, Gary Anderson 2-1 Robert Thornton, Robert Hughes 2-0 Alan Walker, Mark Webster 2-0 Tony Clark.
Semi-Finals (Losers £500) Gary Anderson 3-1 Alan Norris, Mark Webster 3-2 Robert Hughes
Final (Winner £2,000 Runner-up £1,000) Gary Anderson 4-0 Mark Webster

WDF Category 2 Events

BDO International Grand Prix

New event consisting of five events televised by Setanta Sports in the United Kingdom. Tournament winners receive 15 Grand Prix points, runners-up 9, semi-finalists 6 and quarter-finalists 3.

At the conclusion of the BDO International Grand Prix Series, the accumulated points won by players in each of the five tournaments from the highest to eighth position earned the following prizes:

1. Scotland Gary Anderson 42 points: £12000
2. Scotland Ross Montgomery 24 points: £6000
3. England Davy Richardson 18 points: £4000
4. England Scott Waites 15 points: £2750
4. Scotland John Henderson 15 points: £2750
6. England Gary Robson 12 points: £2000
7. Wales Mark Webster £1500

8th place (£1,000) was shared between the following players:

England Chris Jones
England Stuart Bousfield
Netherlands Mareno Michels
Netherlands Edwin Max
England Robbie Green
Scotland Mark Barilli
Sweden Alan Norris
Wales Robert Hughes

Darts calendar

Date Organisation UK Broadcaster Event Winner/Notes
December 17, 2007 to January 1 PDC Sky Ladbrokes.com World Championship, Alexandra Palace, London Canada John Part
January 5 to January 13 BDO BBC Lakeside World Championship, Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green Wales Mark Webster
January 31 PDC Sky Premier League opening week concludes May 26 - see below
May 16 to May 18 PDC Nuts TV US Open, Connecticut England Phil Taylor
May 16 to May 18 BDO / WDF Setanta Welsh Open, Prestatyn Scotland Gary Anderson
May 26 PDC Sky Premier League Final, Cardiff International Arena England Phil Taylor
May 30 unaffiliated Setanta BetFred League of Legends opening week concludes August 22 - see below
June 5 to June 8 PDC Sky UK Open, Reebok Stadium, Bolton England James Wade
June 15 BDO Setanta BDO International Open England Davy Richardson
June 30 to July 6 PDC Sky Las Vegas Desert Classic, Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas England Phil Taylor
July 12 BDO Setanta BDO Gold Cup, Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green England Scott Waites
July 20 to July 26 PDC Sky World Matchplay, Winter Gardens, Blackpool England Phil Taylor
July 26 BDO Setanta BDO British Classic, Kettering Scotland Ross Montgomery
August 22 unaffiliated Setanta BetFred League of Legends finals, Circus Tavern, Purfleet England Bob Anderson
September 19 to September 21 BDO Setanta BDO British Open, Bridlington Scotland John Henderson
October 6 to October 12 PDC Sky World Grand Prix, Dublin England Phil Taylor
November 15 to November 23 BDO / PDC ITV4 Grand Slam of Darts, Wolverhampton Civic England Phil Taylor
December 4 BDO none 2009 BDO World Championship qualifiers, Bridlington
December 5 to December 7 BDO BBC Winmau World Masters, Bridlington England Martin Adams

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