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2007 Holsten Premier League Darts
Winner
Phil Taylor
Runner-up
Terry Jenkins
Score
16–6
Date
1 February–28 May 2007
Edition
3rd
Number of players
8
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
< 2006 | 2007 | 2008 >

The 2007 Holsten Premier League was a major darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The prize money for the 2007 event increased by almost £100,000 compared to 2006. The overall fund was £265,000 with the eventual winner taking home £75,000. The inclusion of an eighth player meant that the league expanded from 10 to 14 weeks.

Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the third year in a row. In fact, he remained unbeaten throughout this year's event – and extended his overall unbeaten run in the Premier League to 44 matches.

The PDC awarded places in the league to the top six players in their world rankings after the SkyBet World Grand Prix in October 2006.

Terry Jenkins' semi-final victory over Peter Manley in Dublin secured the last automatic place in the Premier League at the expense of Wayne Mardle.

The remaining two places were determined by wildcards. The first was awarded after the SkyBet World Grand Prix – the PDC gave this to Raymond van Barneveld. The second wildcard awarded by host broadcaster Sky Sports to Adrian Lewis.^[1]

Top six players in rankings at the end of the World Grand Prix and received automatic qualification were

1 Colin Lloyd 549

2 Phil Taylor 545

3 Dennis Priestley 446

4 Peter Manley 441

5 Roland Scholten 433

6 Terry Jenkins 430

Wildcard Raymond van Barneveld

Wildcard Adrian Lewis

The following top 10 players missed out on automatic qualification.

7 Wayne Mardle 427

8 Ronnie Baxter 424

9 Adrian Lewis 421 (Awarded Wildcard, January 2007)

10 Andy Jenkins 420

The amount of venues was increased from 11 to 15 for the 2007 tournament, with many of the venues used now more larger arenas which would be mainstays of the Premier League for years to come.

Plymouth

Wolverhampton

Nottingham

Newcastle

Sheffield

Aberdeen

Blackpool

Glasgow

Reading

Bournemouth

Cardiff

Blackburn

London

Birmingham

Brighton

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Locations of the 2007 Premier League venues in the United Kingdom.

1 February – Week 1 Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth Player Legs Player Raymond van Barneveld 97.65 8 – 5 Adrian Lewis 97.02 Dennis Priestley 92.46 8 – 5 Terry Jenkins 94.67 Peter Manley 84.68 8 – 6 Colin Lloyd 86.84 Phil Taylor 94.48 7 – 7 Roland Scholten 95.51 High Checkout: Terry Jenkins 157

8 February – Week 2 Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Player Legs Player Colin Lloyd 94.55 6 – 8 Raymond van Barneveld 95.66 Roland Scholten 96.43 6 – 8 Terry Jenkins 94.32 Phil Taylor 96.96 7 – 7 Dennis Priestley 92.30 Peter Manley 80.73 4 – 8 Adrian Lewis 88.36 High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 164

15 February – Week 3 Nottingham Arena, Nottingham Player Legs Player Terry Jenkins 92.88 6 – 8 Phil Taylor 92.35 Raymond van Barneveld 95.15 7 – 7 Peter Manley 90.44 Adrian Lewis 97.60 8 – 5 Colin Lloyd 86.84 Dennis Priestley 94.31 8 – 3 Roland Scholten 91.04 High Checkout: Peter Manley 138

22 February – Week 4 Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne Player Legs Player Colin Lloyd 98.89 8 – 5 Roland Scholten 89.84 Adrian Lewis 82.22 1 – 8 Dennis Priestley 88.28 Peter Manley 85.86 2 – 8 Phil Taylor 100.67 Terry Jenkins 102.65 7 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld 107.38 High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 170

1 March – Week 5 Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield Player Legs Player Adrian Lewis 94.19 6 – 8 Roland Scholten 94.24 Dennis Priestley 91.33 8 – 5 Colin Lloyd 93.11 Terry Jenkins 93.00 8 – 5 Peter Manley 88.88 Raymond van Barneveld 97.82 6 – 8 Phil Taylor 102.24 High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 142

8 March – Week 6 AECC, Aberdeen Player Legs Player Dennis Priestley 97.70 6 – 8 Peter Manley 92.70 Phil Taylor 105.58 8 – 2 Adrian Lewis 94.72 Roland Scholten 94.94 1 – 8 Raymond van Barneveld 104.12 Colin Lloyd 101.70 6 – 8 Terry Jenkins 100.98 High Checkout: Terry Jenkins 141

15 March – Week 7 Winter Gardens, Blackpool Player Legs Player Adrian Lewis 87.76 1 – 8 Terry Jenkins 98.67 Roland Scholten 97.17 8 – 2 Peter Manley 88.44 Raymond van Barneveld 86.28 4 – 8 Dennis Priestley 81.33 Phil Taylor 101.26 8 – 1 Colin Lloyd 93.07 High Checkout: Phil Taylor 170

22 March – Week 8 SECC, Glasgow Player Legs Player Terry Jenkins 89.28 7 – 7 Dennis Priestley 92.79 Adrian Lewis 89.24 3 – 8 Raymond van Barneveld 98.59 Colin Lloyd 91.72 8 – 2 Peter Manley 88.06 Roland Scholten 99.61 7 – 7 Phil Taylor 99.42 High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 156

29 March – Week 9 Rivermead Centre, Reading Player Legs Player Raymond van Barneveld 95.45 6 – 8 Colin Lloyd 92.73 Terry Jenkins 95.46 8 – 6 Roland Scholten 95.97 Dennis Priestley 93.96 2 – 8 Phil Taylor 102.17 Adrian Lewis 82.87 4 – 8 Peter Manley 84.41 High Checkout: Phil Taylor 121

5 April – Week 10 Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth Player Legs Player Peter Manley 86.31 7 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld 86.65 Colin Lloyd 93.61 5 – 8 Adrian Lewis 100.08 Roland Scholten 95.97 7 – 7 Dennis Priestley 99.50 Phil Taylor 107.27 8 – 1 Terry Jenkins 91.44 High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 164

12 April – Week 11 Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff Player Legs Player Roland Scholten 99.28 4 – 8 Colin Lloyd 103.18 Dennis Priestley 95.61 6 – 8 Adrian Lewis 101.67 Phil Taylor 99.23 8 – 1 Peter Manley 96.73 Raymond van Barneveld 92.53 8 – 5 Terry Jenkins 93.00 High Checkout: Roland Scholten 121

19 April – Week 12 King George's Hall, Blackburn Player Legs Player Terry Jenkins 89.96 8 – 5 Adrian Lewis 92.21 Peter Manley 91.93 4 – 8 Roland Scholten 93.68 Dennis Priestley 99.51 4 – 8 Raymond van Barneveld 104.32 Colin Lloyd 95.12 3 – 8 Phil Taylor 104.42 High Checkout: Phil Taylor 126

26 April – Week 13 Alexandra Palace, London Player Legs Player Peter Manley 94.09 8 – 3 Dennis Priestley 84.47 Terry Jenkins 87.32 0 – 8 Colin Lloyd 96.97 Raymond van Barneveld 92.49 8 – 5 Roland Scholten 91.54 Adrian Lewis 94.23 2 – 8 Phil Taylor 101.45 High Checkout: Roland Scholten 120

3 May – Week 14 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham Player Legs Player Roland Scholten 94.79 4 – 8 Adrian Lewis 102.67 Colin Lloyd 89.72 8 – 6 Dennis Priestley 90.95 Peter Manley 84.42 7 – 7 Terry Jenkins 88.43 Phil Taylor 104.73 8 – 5 Raymond van Barneveld 98.18 High Checkout: Peter Manley 120

Brighton Centre, Brighton

	Score
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
Phil Taylor 98.79	11 – 6	Dennis Priestley 89.20
Raymond van Barneveld 89.75	10 – 11	Terry Jenkins 85.77
Final (best of 31 legs)
Phil Taylor 99.20	16 – 6	Terry Jenkins 90.81
High Checkout: Terry Jenkins 161

^[2]

Pos	Name	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	LF	LA	+/-	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	A	HC
1	Phil Taylor W	14	11	3	0	25	109	52	+57	43	214	105	39	100.87	170
2	Raymond van Barneveld	14	7	3	4	17	98	82	+16	32	239	108	67	96.59	170
3	Terry Jenkins RU	14	6	3	5	15	86	90	−4	26	250	132	38	93.72	157
4	Dennis Priestley	14	5	3	6	13	88	87	+1	34	231	134	36	92.46	140
5	Colin Lloyd	14	6	0	8	12	85	87	−2	33	209	112	41	94.15	108
6	Peter Manley	14	4	3	7	11	73	96	−23	26	229	105	18	88.41	138
7	Adrian Lewis	14	5	0	9	10	69	96	−27	24	176	120	50	93.20	164
8	Roland Scholten	14	3	3	8	9	79	97	−18	27	209	152	48	95.00	146

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Player	Week														Play-offs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	SF	F
Phil Taylor	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Raymond van Barneveld	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L
Terry Jenkins	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L
Dennis Priestley	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
Colin Lloyd	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W
Peter Manley	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D
Adrian Lewis	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W
Roland Scholten	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

• Longest unbeaten run: 14
• Most consecutive wins: 6
• Most consecutive draws: 2
• Most consecutive losses: 0
• Longest without a win: 2
• Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Colin Lloyd, v. Terry Jenkins and v. Peter Manley)
• Biggest defeat: Player Undefeated

• Longest unbeaten run: 4
• Most consecutive wins: 3
• Most consecutive draws: 2
• Most consecutive losses: 1
• Longest without a win: 3
• Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Roland Scholten)
• Biggest defeat: 4–8 (v. Dennis Priestley)

• Longest unbeaten run: 6
• Most consecutive wins: 3
• Most consecutive draws: 1
• Most consecutive losses: 2
• Longest without a win: 2
• Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Adrian Lewis)
• Biggest defeat: 0–8 (v. Colin Lloyd)

• Longest unbeaten run: 5
• Most consecutive wins: 3
• Most consecutive draws: 1
• Most consecutive losses: 4
• Longest without a win: 7
• Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Adrian Lewis)
• Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

• Longest unbeaten run: 2
• Most consecutive wins: 2
• Most consecutive draws: 0
• Most consecutive losses: 3
• Longest without a win: 3
• Biggest victory: 8–0 (v. Terry Jenkins)
• Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

• Longest unbeaten run: 2
• Most consecutive wins: 1
• Most consecutive draws: 1
• Most consecutive losses: 2
• Longest without a win: 4
• Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Dennis Priestley)
• Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

• Longest unbeaten run: 2
• Most consecutive wins: 2
• Most consecutive draws: 0
• Most consecutive losses: 6
• Longest without a win: 6
• Biggest victory: 8–4 (v. Peter Manley and v. Roland Scholten)
• Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Dennis Priestley and v. Terry Jenkins)

• Longest unbeaten run: 2
• Most consecutive wins: 1
• Most consecutive draws: 1
• Most consecutive losses: 3
• Longest without a win: 4
• Biggest victory: 8–2 (v. Peter Manley)
• Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)

• Full list of fixtures for the 2007 Premier League Darts
• Official website of the Professional Darts Corporation
• Pictures from the 2007 Premier League Darts