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This is a list of '''Albanian football transfers for the 2008-09 season'''. Only moves from and/or to the [[Albanian Superliga]] are listed.

==KS Apolonia Fier==
The '''World Grand Prix''' is a [[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] darts tournament held in [[Dublin]] each October. Its original venue was the Casino Rooms in [[Rochester, Kent]] in 1998 and 1999 and then for one year only in 2000 at the Crosbie Cedars Hotel in [[Rosslare Strand|Rosslare]], [[Wexford|County Wexford]]. In 2001 the tournament moved further north to its current home at the CityWest Hotel in Dublin. The event replaced the earlier World Pairs tournament which ran from 1995 to 1997.
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The Grand Prix was originally sponsored by bookmakers, [[Paddy Power]]. Fellow bookmakers, [[SkyPoker]] took over from 2004 - and announced in October 2006 that they have extended their contract to sponsor the event until 2009.

Although he has dominated the event with seven title wins, [[Phil Taylor]] has now been knocked out of the World Grand Prix three times in the first round. In 2001, he lost 2-1 to qualifier [[Kevin Painter]], in 2004 by 2 sets to 0 to Andy Callaby, and in 2007 he went down 2-0 in sets to [[Adrian Gray]].

The current Champion is [[James Wade]], who defeated [[Terry Jenkins]] 6-3 in the final on [[14 October]] [[2007]]

==Tournament Format==
This tournament has shorter opening rounds, which can lead to some surprise results, and players must commence and finish each leg on a double including the option of the bull.

There have been several different formats for the competition, the 1998 event was played in a matchplay format of legs rather than sets. The following year a group stage was introduced, where there were only four seeded players for the event, and all 4 reached the semi-finals - which is quite unusual in darts tournament history. The group stages were replaced again with straight knock-out for 2000. The present format has been in place since 2003, when the 2nd round was extended from best-of-3 to best-of-5 sets.

==Final Results==
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align=centre"
! Year
! Winner (average in final)
! Score
! Runner-Up (average in final)
! Sponsors
! Venue
|-
| [[1998 World Grand Prix Darts|1998]]
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Phil Taylor]]
| 13-8 (legs)
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Rod Harrington]]
| PDC
| Casino Rooms, [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]
|-
|-
| [[1999 World Grand Prix Darts|1999]]
! Date !! Name !! Moving from !! Moving to !! Fee
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Phil Taylor
| 6-1 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Shayne Burgess]]
| PDC
| Casino Rooms, Rochester
|-
|-
| [[2000 World Grand Prix Darts|2000]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Phil Taylor
| 6-1 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Shayne Burgess
| PDC
| Crosbie Cedars Hotel, [[Rosslare]]
|-
|-
| [[2001 World Grand Prix Darts|2001]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Alan Warriner-Little|Alan Warriner]]
| 8-2 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px|Netherlands]] [[Roland Scholten]]
| PDC
| CityWest Hotel, [[Dublin]]
|-
|-
| [[2002 World Grand Prix Darts|2002]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Phil Taylor
| 7-3 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|England]] [[John Part]]
| Paddy Power
| CityWest Hotel, Dublin
|-
|-
| [[2003 World Grand Prix Darts|2003]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Phil Taylor
| 7-2 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|England]] John Part
| Paddy Power
| CityWest Hotel, Dublin
|-
|-
| [[2004 World Grand Prix Darts|2004]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Colin Lloyd]]
| 7-3 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Alan Warriner
| SkyBet
| CityWest Hotel, Dublin
|-
|-
| [[2005 World Grand Prix Darts|2005]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Phil Taylor
| 7-1 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Colin Lloyd
| SkyBet
| CityWest Hotel, Dublin
|-
|-
| [[2006 World Grand Prix Darts|2006]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Phil Taylor
| 7-4 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Terry Jenkins]]
| SkyBet
| CityWest Hotel, Dublin
|-
|-
| [[2007 World Grand Prix Darts|2007]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[James Wade]]
| 6-3 (sets)
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] Terry Jenkins
| SkyBet
| CityWest Hotel, Dublin
|-
|-
| [[2008 World Grand Prix Darts|2008]]
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Phil Taylor]]
|-
| 6-2 (sets)
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px|Netherlands]] Raymond Van Barneveld
|-
| SkyPoker
| '''[[]] [[]]''' || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || {{flagicon|}} [[]] || Undisclosed
| CityWest Hotel, Dublin
|-
|-
|}

==World Pairs Finals==
The World Pairs event which preceded the introduction of this event was held between 1995 & 1997. The winners were:- <br>
1995 [[Eric Bristow]] & [[Dennis Priestley]] beat [[Keith Deller]] & [[Jamie Harvey]] 14-9 (in [[Ayr]])<br>
1996 Phil Taylor & [[Bob Anderson]] beat [[Chris Mason]] & Steve Raw 18-15 (at the Willows Variety Centre, [[Salford]])<br>
1997 [[Raymond van Barneveld]] & [[Roland Scholten]] beat [[Rod Harrington]] and [[Richie Burnett]] 18-15 (at Butlin's South Coast World, [[Bognor Regis]])
<ref>[http://www.starsofdarts.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7790 World Pairs Results] Superstars of Darts</ref>

==Media coverage==
The World Grand Prix currently gets shown live by [[Sky Sports]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/GrandPrix/0,,10180,00.html World Grand Prix page on the PDC website]

{{PDC Darts Tournaments}}

[[Category:Darts tournaments]]
[[Category:Professional Darts Corporation Tournaments]]

[[nl:World Grand Prix]]
[[ja:ダーツ・ワールドグランプリ]]

Revision as of 21:43, 12 October 2008

File:World Grand Prix Darts.jpg

The World Grand Prix is a PDC darts tournament held in Dublin each October. Its original venue was the Casino Rooms in Rochester, Kent in 1998 and 1999 and then for one year only in 2000 at the Crosbie Cedars Hotel in Rosslare, County Wexford. In 2001 the tournament moved further north to its current home at the CityWest Hotel in Dublin. The event replaced the earlier World Pairs tournament which ran from 1995 to 1997.

The Grand Prix was originally sponsored by bookmakers, Paddy Power. Fellow bookmakers, SkyPoker took over from 2004 - and announced in October 2006 that they have extended their contract to sponsor the event until 2009.

Although he has dominated the event with seven title wins, Phil Taylor has now been knocked out of the World Grand Prix three times in the first round. In 2001, he lost 2-1 to qualifier Kevin Painter, in 2004 by 2 sets to 0 to Andy Callaby, and in 2007 he went down 2-0 in sets to Adrian Gray.

The current Champion is James Wade, who defeated Terry Jenkins 6-3 in the final on 14 October 2007

Tournament Format

This tournament has shorter opening rounds, which can lead to some surprise results, and players must commence and finish each leg on a double including the option of the bull.

There have been several different formats for the competition, the 1998 event was played in a matchplay format of legs rather than sets. The following year a group stage was introduced, where there were only four seeded players for the event, and all 4 reached the semi-finals - which is quite unusual in darts tournament history. The group stages were replaced again with straight knock-out for 2000. The present format has been in place since 2003, when the 2nd round was extended from best-of-3 to best-of-5 sets.

Final Results

Year Winner (average in final) Score Runner-Up (average in final) Sponsors Venue
1998 England Phil Taylor 13-8 (legs) England Rod Harrington PDC Casino Rooms, Rochester
1999 England Phil Taylor 6-1 (sets) England Shayne Burgess PDC Casino Rooms, Rochester
2000 England Phil Taylor 6-1 (sets) England Shayne Burgess PDC Crosbie Cedars Hotel, Rosslare
2001 England Alan Warriner 8-2 (sets) Netherlands Roland Scholten PDC CityWest Hotel, Dublin
2002 England Phil Taylor 7-3 (sets) England John Part Paddy Power CityWest Hotel, Dublin
2003 England Phil Taylor 7-2 (sets) England John Part Paddy Power CityWest Hotel, Dublin
2004 England Colin Lloyd 7-3 (sets) England Alan Warriner SkyBet CityWest Hotel, Dublin
2005 England Phil Taylor 7-1 (sets) England Colin Lloyd SkyBet CityWest Hotel, Dublin
2006 England Phil Taylor 7-4 (sets) England Terry Jenkins SkyBet CityWest Hotel, Dublin
2007 England James Wade 6-3 (sets) England Terry Jenkins SkyBet CityWest Hotel, Dublin
2008 England Phil Taylor 6-2 (sets) Netherlands Raymond Van Barneveld SkyPoker CityWest Hotel, Dublin

World Pairs Finals

The World Pairs event which preceded the introduction of this event was held between 1995 & 1997. The winners were:-
1995 Eric Bristow & Dennis Priestley beat Keith Deller & Jamie Harvey 14-9 (in Ayr)
1996 Phil Taylor & Bob Anderson beat Chris Mason & Steve Raw 18-15 (at the Willows Variety Centre, Salford)
1997 Raymond van Barneveld & Roland Scholten beat Rod Harrington and Richie Burnett 18-15 (at Butlin's South Coast World, Bognor Regis) [1]

Media coverage

The World Grand Prix currently gets shown live by Sky Sports.

References

  1. ^ World Pairs Results Superstars of Darts

External links

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