2014 PDC World Darts Championship

2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates13 December 2013 –
1 January 2014
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs (preliminaries)
Sets (from Round 1)
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,050,000
Winner's share£250,000
Nine-dart finish Terry Jenkins
 Kyle Anderson
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Michael van Gerwen
«2013 2015»

The 2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship was the 21st World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London between 13 December 2013 and 1 January 2014.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his 16th title in 2013, but he lost 4–3 to Michael Smith in the second round.[1]

Terry Jenkins and Kyle Anderson recorded both televised nine-dart finishes during the event, in their first-round matches against Per Laursen and Ian White, respectively.

Michael van Gerwen won his first World Championship by defeating Peter Wright 7–4 in the final.[2] He became the sixth winner of the event and, at the age of 24, the youngest.[3] The result also saw him replace Taylor as the new world number one.[4] A new record of 603 maximum 180 scores were made during the championship, beating the previous best of 588 set in 2012.[5] For the first time in PDC history, there was no Englishman in the final.[6]

Format and qualifiers

The televised stages featured 72 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 26 November 2013 were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by the 16 highest non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit, based on the events played on the 2013 PDC Pro Tour.

These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (as determined at the PDPA Qualifying event held in Barnsley on 25 November 2013), the highest ranked non-qualified player on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the four highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA.

Some of the international players, such as the four from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.

Edward Santos withdrew due to travel problems and was replaced by Colin Osborne, the highest-ranking non-qualified player on the PDC Order of Merit.[19]

Prize money

The 2014 World Championship features a prize fund of at least £1,050,000. The winner's prize money has been increased from £200,000 to £250,000.[20]

The prize money is allocated as follows:

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £1,050,000)
Winner (1) £250,000
Runner-Up (1) £100,000
Semi-finalists (2) £50,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Third round losers (8) £15,000
Second round losers (16) £10,000
First round losers (32) £6,000
Preliminary round losers (8) £3,500
Nine-dart finish (2) £30,000
(£15,000 each)

Bracket

The preliminary round was drawn on 30 November, the last 64 draw took place on 2 December 2013 and was made by Rod Harrington and Wayne Mardle. It was shown live on Sky Sports.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played in a first to four legs format. One match was played per session with the winners playing their first-round matches later on the same day.

Av. Player Score Player Av.
76.78 Rob Szabo New Zealand 4–3 England Ian Moss 78.63
84.71 Colin McGarry Northern Ireland 2–4 Denmark Per Laursen 91.55
84.03 Julio Barbero Spain 4–1 Germany Andree Welge 79.65
74.30 Dennis Lindskjold Denmark 1–4 England Colin Osborne 89.82
88.01 Devon Petersen South Africa 4–1 Malaysia Mohd Latif Sapup 82.78
90.25 Zoran Lerchbacher Austria 4–1 England Ben Ward 86.43
84.26 Morihiro Hashimoto Japan 4–2 Singapore Paul Lim 75.26
79.45 Gino Vos Netherlands 1–4 Hong Kong Royden Lam 79.40

Last 64

Finals

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
28–29 December
[21][22] 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
30 December
[23] 		Final (best of 13 sets)
1 January
[5]
         
16 Scotland Peter Wright 95.85 5
8 England Wes Newton 92.40 4
16 Scotland Peter Wright 100.24 6
4 Australia Simon Whitlock 97.25 2
21 England Ian White 98.41 4
4 Australia Simon Whitlock 95.77 5
16 Scotland Peter Wright 95.71 4
2 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 100.10 7
2 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.86 5
26 Wales Mark Webster 93.34 3
2 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 103.02 6
3 England Adrian Lewis 99.19 0
6 England James Wade 90.85 1
3 England Adrian Lewis 96.56 5

Rounds 1-4

First round (best of 5 sets)
13–19 December
[24][25][26][27][28][29][30] 		Second round (best of 7 sets)
20–27 December
[31][32][33][34][35] 		Third round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December
[35][36] 		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
28–29 December
[37][38]
            
1 England Phil Taylor 96.68 3
New Zealand Rob Szabo 90.06 1
1 England Taylor 95.55 3
32 England M. Smith 94.55 4
32 England Michael Smith 79.69 3
Japan Morihiro Hashimoto 76.50 1
32 England M. Smith 98.33 3
16 Scotland Wright 105.07 4
16 Scotland Peter Wright 98.68 3
England Joe Cullen 90.83 0
16 Scotland Wright 98.04 4
Denmark Laursen 87.63 2
17 England Terry Jenkins 95.91 2
Denmark Per Laursen 89.45 3
16 Scotland Wright 95.85 5
8 England Newton 92.40 4
8 England Wes Newton 88.41 3
Hong Kong Royden Lam 83.45 1
8 England Newton 92.91 4
25 Canada Part 87.89 0
25 Canada John Part 82.48 3
Netherlands Mareno Michels 79.70 2
8 England Newton 95.51 4
9 Scotland Thornton 91.74 1
9 Scotland Robert Thornton 86.86 3
Germany Max Hopp 80.17 1
9 Scotland Thornton 98.89 4
Australia B. Anderson 87.76 0
24 England Colin Lloyd 83.62 2
Australia Beau Anderson 83.66 3
5 England Andy Hamilton 92.03 3
Spain Julio Barbero 93.52 1
5 England Hamilton 96.89 1
28 Wales Burnett 95.91 4
28 Wales Richie Burnett 97.19 3
England Dean Winstanley 95.48 1
28 Wales Burnett 95.83 3
21 England White 95.92 4
12 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 88.07 3
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 90.10 1
12 Belgium K. Huybrechts 98.94 3
21 England White 98.39 4
21 England Ian White 97.02 3
Australia Kyle Anderson 89.68 1
21 England White 98.41 4
4 Australia Whitlock 95.77 5
4 Australia Simon Whitlock 97.35 3
England Ross Smith 86.20 0
4 Australia Whitlock 95.30 4
Finland Komula 88.99 0
29 England Mark Walsh 86.51 1
Finland Jarkko Komula 84.57 3
4 Australia Whitlock 92.96 4
13 England Painter 86.38 0
13 England Kevin Painter 98.59 3
Germany Tomas Seyler 86.98 0
13 England Painter 91.59 4
20 Australia Nicholson 93.60 0
20 Australia Paul Nicholson 96.82 3
England Stuart Kellett 95.09 0
2 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 89.13 3
Austria Zoran Lerchbacher 89.94 0
2 Netherlands van Gerwen 96.88 4
England McDine 90.11 1
31 England Wayne Jones 89.75 2
England Kevin McDine 91.80 3
2 Netherlands van Gerwen 100.20 4
18 Scotland G. Anderson 98.18 3
15 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 96.72 3
England Colin Osborne 82.64 0
15 Northern Ireland Dolan 90.10 1
18 Scotland G. Anderson 97.97 4
18 Scotland Gary Anderson 97.83 3
England Mark Dudbridge 90.40 0
2 Netherlands van Gerwen 98.86 5
26 Wales M. Webster 93.34 3
7 England Dave Chisnall 98.43 2
Scotland John Henderson 91.62 3
Scotland Henderson 91.62 3
26 Wales M. Webster 92.23 4
26 Wales Mark Webster 86.70 3
Austria Mensur Suljović 84.02 2
26 Wales M. Webster 92.48 4
10 Netherlands van Barneveld 94.82 3
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 98.56 3
Wales Jamie Lewis 91.02 0
10 Netherlands van Barneveld 99.65 4
23 England Caven 96.05 3
23 England Jamie Caven 87.03 3
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 89.56 1
6 England James Wade 91.92 3
England Darren Webster 90.12 2
6 England Wade 91.86 4
27 England A. Smith 90.04 3
27 England Andy Smith 84.22 3
England Steve Brown 84.89 1
6 England Wade 99.92 4
South Africa Petersen 92.42 0
11 England Justin Pipe 87.85 3
England Arron Monk 78.74 0
11 England Pipe 93.00 1
South Africa Petersen 95.18 4
22 England Steve Beaton 87.76 1
South Africa Devon Petersen 85.67 3
6 England Wade 90.85 1
3 England A. Lewis 96.56 5
3 England Adrian Lewis 95.26 3
England Dennis Smith 80.89 0
3 England A. Lewis 103.68 4
30 Netherlands van der Voort 99.47 1
30 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 85.96 3
England Matt Clark 78.50 1
3 England A. Lewis 91.17 4
14 England King 91.87 1
14 England Mervyn King 89.87 3
United States Darin Young 82.97 0
14 England King 94.81 4
England Evans 94.40 2
19 England Ronnie Baxter 86.60 0
England Ricky Evans 87.21 3

Final

Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referee: England Russ Bray
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2014.
(16) Peter Wright Scotland 4 – 7 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (2)
1 – 3, 0 – 3, 0 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 3
95.71 Average (3 darts) 100.10
6 180 scores 16
130 Highest checkout 124
36.54% (19/52) Checkout summary 39.06% (25/64)

Statistics

Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout Average[40]
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Winner 6 29 11 100 62 186 104 52 154 98.03
Scotland Peter Wright Runner-up 6 26 18 103 86 290 154 29 164 98.93
England Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 5 16 9 56 41 107 79 29 158 97.17
Australia Simon Whitlock Semi-finals 5 18 10 66 53 139 84 36 136 95.73
England Ian White Quarter-finals 4 15 12 61 51 150 75 29 128 97.44
England James Wade Quarter-finals 4 12 10 52 47 136 66 21 142 93.64
England Wes Newton Quarter-finals 4 15 7 57 39 107 60 27 170 92.13
Wales Mark Webster Quarter-finals 4 14 13 59 56 135 73 25 157 91.19
Scotland Gary Anderson Third round 3 10 5 39 26 90 50 17 119 98.00
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Third round 3 10 7 40 32 98 50 20 141 97.68
Wales Richie Burnett Third round 3 10 6 34 32 77 57 19 96 96.31
Scotland Robert Thornton Third round 3 8 5 28 22 70 38 16 136 92.50
England Kevin Painter Third round 3 7 4 25 18 50 31 7 116 92.19
England Mervyn King Third round 3 8 6 29 25 63 48 12 136 92.18
England Michael Smith Third round 3 10 8 41 38 95 59 17 141 90.86
South Africa Devon Petersen Third round 4 7 6 32 29 87 48 9 141 90.32
England Phil Taylor Second round 2 6 5 24 23 60 35 10 156 96.12
Australia Paul Nicholson Second round 2 3 4 14 15 36 28 7 136 95.21
England Andy Hamilton Second round 2 4 5 19 19 45 25 8 124 94.46
Belgium Kim Huybrechts Second round 2 6 5 23 24 51 35 10 111 93.51
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Second round 2 4 4 16 18 49 20 7 167 93.41
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Second round 2 4 5 18 18 43 24 7 131 92.72
Scotland John Henderson Second round 2 6 6 28 29 83 29 15 132 91.62
England Jamie Caven Second round 2 6 5 23 22 44 31 7 158 91.54
England Kevin McDine Second round 2 4 6 18 22 44 15 13 81 90.96
England Ricky Evans Second round 2 5 4 20 17 45 20 13 138 90.81
England Justin Pipe Second round 2 4 4 17 15 48 25 3 110 90.43
Denmark Per Laursen Second round 3 5 6 23 28 64 29 10 128 89.54
England Andy Smith Second round 2 6 5 25 25 74 37 7 161 87.14
Finland Jarkko Komula Second round 2 3 5 16 20 54 20 7 126 86.78
Australia Beau Anderson Second round 2 3 6 17 25 52 25 7 76 85.71
Canada John Part Second round 2 3 6 17 22 35 15 8 76 85.19
England Dave Chisnall First round 1 2 3 11 13 24 15 11 121 98.43
England Terry Jenkins First round 1 2 3 11 10 20 13 11 170 95.91
England Dean Winstanley First round 1 1 3 9 9 29 14 2 60 95.48
England Stuart Kellett First round 1 0 3 3 9 10 9 4 84 95.09
Wales Jamie Lewis First round 1 0 3 3 9 13 9 3 84 91.02
England Joe Cullen First round 1 0 3 5 9 18 7 1 147 90.83
England Mark Dudbridge First round 1 0 3 3 9 14 5 1 41 90.40
England Darren Webster First round 1 2 3 11 13 31 21 1 81 90.12
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts First round 1 1 3 7 10 23 12 3 97 90.10
Austria Zoran Lerchbacher First round 2 0 3 5 10 26 11 1 138 90.10
England Wayne Jones First round 1 2 3 8 12 30 11 5 120 89.75
Australia Kyle Anderson First round 1 1 3 5 10 6 9 6 141 89.68
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen First round 1 1 3 4 9 19 6 3 36 89.56
Spain Julio Barbero First round 2 1 3 10 12 22 19 4 80 88.78
England Steve Beaton First round 1 1 3 8 10 20 14 2 106 87.76
Germany Tomas Seyler First round 1 0 3 1 9 15 7 1 56 86.98
England Ronnie Baxter First round 1 0 3 3 9 19 7 1 40 86.60
England Mark Walsh First round 1 1 3 8 11 37 14 0 121 86.51
England Colin Osborne First round 2 0 3 8 10 15 13 1 122 86.23
England Ross Smith First round 1 0 3 4 9 21 6 2 107 86.20
England Steve Brown First round 1 1 3 7 10 14 8 8 56 84.89
Austria Mensur Suljović First round 1 2 3 10 13 26 15 4 130 84.02
England Colin Lloyd First round 1 2 3 13 15 42 10 5 112 83.62
New Zealand Rob Szabo First round 2 1 3 10 13 34 5 2 128 83.42
United States Darin Young First round 1 0 3 1 9 14 4 1 14 82.97
Hong Kong Royden Lam First round 2 1 3 11 11 34 13 1 60 81.43
England Dennis Smith First round 1 0 3 0 9 10 3 1 – 80.89
Japan Morihiro Hashimoto First round 2 1 3 11 12 37 9 2 152 80.38
Germany Max Hopp First round 1 1 3 6 10 21 4 4 68 80.17
Netherlands Mareno Michels First round 1 2 3 10 13 28 11 4 136 79.70
England Arron Monk First round 1 0 3 3 9 13 5 0 100 78.64
England Matt Clark First round 1 1 3 6 10 22 5 1 81 78.50
England Ben Ward Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 4 11 2 0 16 86.43
Northern Ireland Colin McGarry Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 4 6 1 36 84.71
Malaysia Mohd Latif Sapup Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 4 7 5 0 141 82.78
Germany Andree Welge Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 4 6 2 1 91 79.65
Netherlands Gino Vos Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 4 4 2 0 32 79.45
England Ian Moss Preliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 12 3 0 118 78.63
Singapore Paul Lim Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 8 4 0 58 75.26
Denmark Dennis Lindskjold Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 4 10 0 0 2 74.30

Source: Match reports in the draw

Representation from different countries

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

England
ENG 		Netherlands
NED 		Australia
AUS 		Scotland
SCO 		Wales
WAL 		Germany
GER 		Belgium
BEL 		Northern Ireland
NIR 		Austria
AUT 		Denmark
DEN 		Canada
CAN 		United States
USA 		Spain
SPA 		Hong Kong
HKG 		Japan
JPN 		Malaysia
MAS 		New Zealand
NZL 		South Africa
RSA 		Singapore
SIN 		Finland
FIN 		Total
Final 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Semis 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Quarters 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Round 3 7 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16
Round 2 14 3 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 32
Round 1 32 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 64
Prelim. 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 16
Total 34 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72

Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:[24]

Country Channel
United Kingdom United Kingdom Sky Sports
BBC Radio 5 Live (final only)[41]
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Hungary Hungary
Romania Romania
Slovakia Slovakia 		Sport TV
(Sport 1 and Sport 2)
Germany Germany Sport1/Sport1+
Republic of Ireland Ireland Sky Sports
Middle East OSN
Netherlands Netherlands RTL7
Australia Australia
Italy Italy		 Fox Sports
New Zealand New Zealand Sky Sport

Sky Sports also showed the semi-finals and final in 3D in the United Kingdom.

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