PDC World Darts Championship 2004

PDC World Darts Championship 2004
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Circus Tavern , Purfleet
Tournament dates
Defending champion	John Part
Attendees	48
Opening game	December 26, 2004
Endgame	January 4, 2004
Prize money (total)	£ 257,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 50,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Peter Manley Ronnie Baxter
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The Ladbrokes .com World Darts Championship 2004 took place from December 27, 2004 to January 4, 2004 in Purfleet . This world championship was organized by the PDC for the 11th time and took place in the Circus Tavern as in previous years .

The number 2 seeded defending champion John Part from Canada failed in the third round against Mark Dudbridge . The winner was the record world champion Phil Taylor , who beat his compatriot Kevin Painter in the final . For the first time in history a final in a Sudden Death Leg was decided at a PDC World Championship .

Tournament course

The field of participants consisted of a total of 48 players from 11 different countries. In the first round, 16 qualifiers competed against each other. For the second round, the players in the world ranking positions 25 to 32 were set. From the third round, the best 16 players in the world rankings intervened in the tournament.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Phil Taylor victory 02. John Part 3rd round 03. Peter Manley Quarter finals 04th Roland Scholten 3rd round 05. Colin Lloyd Round of 16 06th Dennis Smith Round of 16 07th Ronnie Baxter Round of 16 08th. Denis Ovens 3rd round

No. player Round reached 09. Alan Warriner-Little Quarter finals 10. Kevin Painter final 11. Andy Jenkins 3rd round 12. Wayne Mardle Semifinals 13. Richie Burnett 3rd round 14th Dave Askew 3rd round 15th Jamie Harvey Round of 16 16. Dennis Priestley Round of 16

Prize money

The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 50,000
finalist	(1)	£ 25,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 12,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 7,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 5,250
3rd round loser	(16)	£ 3,250
2nd round loser	(8th)	£ 2,500
1st round loser	(8th)	£ 1,500 each
Supreme finish	(1)	£ 1,000
Position (number of players)		£ 257,000

Results

	1st round (best of 5 sets) December 27th				2nd round (best of 5 sets) December 28th
		Rory Orvis 82.00	0			Mark Holden 75.63	0
		Colin McGarry 88.60	3			Colin McGarry 86.21	3
		Ritchie Buckle 87.15	3			Steve Brown 83.42	0
		Jan van der Rassel 83.76	1			Ritchie Buckle 91.71	3
		Tony Payne 73.21	0			Cliff Lazarenko 80.53	2
		Steve Maish 82.04	3			Steve Maish 82.20	3
		Dan Lauby 65.59	0			Mark Walsh 72.29	0
		Erik Clarys 79.24	3			Erik Clarys 79.21	3
		Barry Jouannet 75.51	2			Lionel Sams 85.83	3
		Alex MacKay 85.15	3			Alex MacKay 84.77	2
		Wayne Atwood 77.34	3			Mick Manning 80.57	0
		Tōru Sano 66.52	0			Wayne Atwood 87.94	3
		Norman Madhoo 74.06	1			Mark Dudbridge 81.70	3
		Steve Smith 80.49	3			Steve Smith 78.26	0
		Robbie Widdows 84.64	3			Simon Whatley 80.34	3
		Henry O'Neill 82.06	2			Robbie Widdows 81.86	1

3rd Round (best of 7 sets) 29th-31st December

Round of 16 (best of 7 sets) January 1st

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) January 2nd

Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) January 3rd

Final (best of 13 sets) January 4th

1

Phil Taylor 97.89

4th

Colin McGarry 81.79

0

1

Phil Taylor 94.50

4th

16

Dennis Priestley 87.06

1

16

Dennis Priestley 83.02

4th

Ritchie Buckle 84.18

3

1

Phil Taylor 98.15

5

9

Alan Warriner 90.35

1

8th

Denis Ovens 85.70

3

Alex Roy 85.49

4th

Alex Roy 85.33

3

9

Alan Warriner 82.97

4th

9

Alan Warriner 94.95

4th

John Lowe 90.26

3

1

Phil Taylor 99.61

6th

12

Wayne Mardle 96.49

2

5

Colin Lloyd 98.62

4th

Peter Evison 78.84

1

5

Colin Lloyd 87.39

3

12

Wayne Mardle 91.01

4th

12

Wayne Mardle 92.61

4th

Steve Maish 87.09

2

12

Wayne Mardle 87.93

5

Simon Whatley 77.24

1

4th

Roland Scholten 88.05

2

Lionel Sams 88.78

4th

Lionel Sams 83.77

1

Simon Whatley 82.84

4th

13

Richie Burnett 82.21

3

Simon Whatley 80.06

4th

1

Phil Taylor 96.00

7th

10

Kevin Painter 90.47

6th

2

John Part 90.09

3

Mark Dudbridge 88.99

4th

Mark Dudbridge 84.36

4th

Steve Beaton 77.62

1

15th

Jamie Harvey 79.00

0

Steve Beaton 87.58

4th

Mark Dudbridge 83.37

1

10

Kevin Painter 90.26

5

7th

Ronnie Baxter 86.85

4th

Erik Clarys 82.53

2

7th

Ronnie Baxter 89.62

2

10

Kevin Painter 90.74

4th

10

Kevin Painter 88.62

4th

Paul Williams 82.47

3

10

Kevin Painter 96.71

6th

Bob Anderson 88.95

0

6th

Dennis Smith 81.77

4th

Les Fitton 82.24

2

6th

Dennis Smith 86.21

3

Bob Anderson 86.23

4th

11

Andy Jenkins 77.97

1

Bob Anderson 83.98

4th

Bob Anderson 90.91

5

3

Peter Manley 89.87

2

3

Peter Manley 89.34

4th

Wayne Atwood 85.60

3

3

Peter Manley 93.33

4th

Keith Deller 92.58

2

14th

Dave Askew 75.32

3

Keith Deller 76.60

4th

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NED	SCO	OUT	WHALE	NIR	BEL	CAN	United States	JPN	GUY	total
final	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semifinals	4th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th
Quarter finals	8th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8th
Round of 16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
3rd round	25th	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	32
2nd round	11	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	16
1 round	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	16
total	32	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	47

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