2007 World Darts Trophy

The 2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth and last edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.

It had a playing format comparable with both World Championships ( BDO and PDC) 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.

Raymond van Barneveld, the PDC World Champion, was beaten in the first round by fellow countryman Jelle Klaasen. The BDO World Champion Martin Adams fell at the quarter-final stage 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.

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

Qualified players

The players in bold automatically qualify for the main stage and are seeded. The players in regular text automatically qualify for the main round but are not seed. The players in ''italics'' must go through the qualifiers:

BDO / WDF

World Darts Trophy Merit Table

''1 to 8 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on seedings.''
# Gary Anderson
# Mark Webster
# Martin Adams
# Darryl Fitton
# Simon Whitlock
# Scott Waites
# Tony O'Shea
# Remco van Eijden

''9 to 12 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on rest of the automatic qualifiers.''

''Exact order of which players are 9 to 12 is unknown.''
* Niels de Ruiter
* Mike Veitch
* John Walton
* Co Stompé

Likely BDO / WDF qualifiers or wildcards

* '' Craig Pullen''
* ''Dietmar Burger''
* ''Edwin Max''
* '' Gary Robson''
* ''Jarkko Komula''
* '' Mario Robbe''
* ''Mark Barilli''
* ''Martin Atkins''
* ''Michael Rosenauer''
* '' Paul Hanvidge''
* '' Phill Nixon''
* '' Robert Grant''
* ''Shaun Greatbatch''
* '' Steve Duke''
* '' Shane Tichowitsch''
* '' Steve West''

Professional Darts Corporation

PDC Order of Merit

# Phil Taylor
# Raymond van Barneveld
# Colin Lloyd
# Peter Manley
# Terry Jenkins
# Dennis Priestley
# Adrian Lewis
# John Part
# Roland Scholten
# Andy Hamilton
# James Wade
# Wayne Mardle
# ''Barrie Bates''
# ''Ronnie Baxter''
# ''Kevin Painter''
# ''Andy Jenkins''

PDC qualifiers

* '' Mark Walsh''
* ''Denis Ovens''
* '' Andy Smith''
* '' Wayne Atwood''
* '' Bob Anderson''
* '' Peter Allen''
* ''Alan Caves''
* ''Gary Spedding''

Wildcards

* '' Mervyn King''
* ''Michael van Gerwen''
* ''Vincent van der Voort''
* ''Jelle Klaasen''

Qualifying

The top 12 players from the PDC Order of Merit and the top 12 BDO / WDF Players from the World Darts Trophy Merit Table automatically qualified for the event. Following controversy (see IDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation, a qualifying competition was 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 other four PDC players were Denis Ovens, Kevin Painter, Mervyn King and Wayne Atwood. The only BDO player who made it through was Shaun Greatbatch.

First preliminary round (Best of 5 sets)

* ''Barrie Bates withdrew due to broken foot.''

Second preliminary round (Best of 5 sets)

Tournament Proper

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available SBS6
internet feed- however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.

References

External links

2007 results
Darts Database.
2007 results
Darts Mad.
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