PDC World Darts Championship 2013

PDC World Darts Championship 2013
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Adrian Lewis
Attendees	72
Opening game	December 14, 2012
Endgame	January 1, 2013
Prize money (total)	£ 1,015,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 200,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Paul Lim Phil Taylor
Nine dart finish	Dean Winstanley Michael van Gerwen
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The Ladbrokes World Darts Championship 2013 was hosted from December 14, 2012 to January 1, 2013 in its 20th edition by the Professional Darts Corporation . The venue was for the sixth time the Alexandra Palace in London . Defending champion was the Englishman Adrian Lewis , who was defeated by Michael van Gerwen 4-5 in the quarterfinals .

The tournament was played in the set system, each set went over best of five legs.

Sport 1 broadcast the PDC World Darts Championship live on German television . The pay TV broadcaster Sport 1+ showed the games live and in full.

In the final the Englishman Phil Taylor prevailed 7-4 against the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen and thus won his 16th world title.

Prize money

A total of £ 1,015,000 in prize money was awarded.

Achievement (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 200,000
Second finalist	(1)	£ 100,000
Semifinals	(2)	£ 50,000
Quarter finals	(4)	£ 25,000
Round of 16	(8th)	£ 15,000
2nd round	(16)	£ 10,000
1 round	(32)	£ 6,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(8th)	£ 3,500
9-darter	(2)	£ 15,000 (£ 7,500 each)

qualification

The following 72 players were qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship 2013:

• The 32 best placed players in the Order of Merit
• The 16 best placed players in the Players Championship Order of Merit who were not already eligible to participate via the Order of Merit
• The 4 best placed players in the European Order of Merit who were not already qualified via one of the two aforementioned rankings
• 17 international qualifiers
• The best placed player in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit who was not already qualified via one of the first three ranking lists
• The winner and finalist of a qualification tournament hosted by the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA)

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Phil Taylor victory 02. Adrian Lewis Quarter finals 03. James Wade Semifinals 04th Gary Anderson Round of 16 05. Simon Whitlock Quarter finals 06th Wes Newton Quarter finals 07th Michael van Gerwen final 08th. Andy Hamilton Quarter finals 09. Terry Jenkins Round of 16 10. Mark Webster 2nd round 11. Justin Pipe 2nd round 12. Dave Chisnall Round of 16 13. Raymond van Barneveld Semifinals 14th Mervyn King 1 round 15th Kevin Painter Round of 16 16. Paul Nicholson 2nd round

No. player Round reached 17th Robert Thornton Round of 16 18th Ronnie Baxter 2nd round 19th Vincent van der Voort Round of 16 20th Brendan Dolan 2nd round 21st Andy Smith 1 round 22nd Mark Walsh Round of 16 23. Colin Lloyd Round of 16 24. John Part 2nd round 25th Richie Burnett 2nd round 26th Peter Wright 2nd round 27. Kim Huybrechts 1 round 28. Colin Osborne 2nd round 29 Jamie Caven 1 round 30th Steve Beaton 2nd round 31. Denis Ovens 2nd round 32. Wayne Jones 1 round

Preliminary round

14 of the international qualifiers, the best placed in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit and the finalist of the PDPA qualification tournament competed in a preliminary round match.

Modus was best of seven legs.

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Andree Welge 76.70	1: 4	Leung Chen Nam 80.10
2	Daryl Gurney 90.51	4 : 3	Robert Marjanović 82.16
3	Max Hopp 87.00	4 : 1	Charl Pietersen 81.79
4th	Jarkko Komula 82.32	2: 4	Jani Haavisto 88.18
5	Carlos Rodríguez 81.92	2: 4	John Bowles 79.01
6th	Lourence Ilagan 78.30	4 : 3	Jamie Lewis 81.84
7th	Haruki Muramatsu 87.13	4 : 0	Dave Harrington 59.36
8th	Paul Lim 79.69	4 : 1	Mohd Latif Sapup 65.58

The number behind the player's name indicates the average number of points with three darts thrown (3-dart average).

Tournament schedule

Time schedule

1 round:	14.-20. December 2012
2nd round:	21-23 December 2012
Round of 16:	December 23 & 27, 2012
Quarter finals:	December 28 & 29, 2012
Semifinals:	December 30, 2012
Final:	January 1, 2013

First round to quarter-finals

Upper half 1

	Round 1 best of 5 sets					Round 2 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets
	1	Phil Taylor 93.92	3
		Michael Mansell 78.46	0
						1	Phil Taylor 90.23	4th
							Jerry Hendriks 82.75	1
	32	Wayne Jones 92.21	0
		Jerry Hendriks 87.50	3
											1	Phil Taylor 97.18	4th
											17th	Robert Thornton 94.80	0
	16	Paul Nicholson 87.95	3
		Co Stompé 85.63	0
						16	Paul Nicholson 92.56	3
						17th	Robert Thornton 94.79	4th
	17th	Robert Thornton 99.06	3
		Magnus Caris 83.27	0
																1	Phil Taylor 101.38	5
																8th	Andy Hamilton 96.38	0
	8th	Andy Hamilton 90.24	3
		James Richardson 83.26	1
						8th	Andy Hamilton 97.27	4th
						25th	Richie Burnett 89.60	1
	25th	Richie Burnett 82.73	3
		James Hubbard 78.80	2
											8th	Andy Hamilton 99.47	4th
											9	Terry Jenkins 100.39	1
	9	Terry Jenkins 94.31	3
		Steve Brown 86.12	0
						9	Terry Jenkins 98.18	4th
						24	John Part 89.34	1
	24	John Part 89.56	3
		Joe Cullen 87.89	0

Upper half 2

	Round 1 best of 5 sets					Round 2 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets
	5	Simon Whitlock 95.50	3
		Haruki Muramatsu 84.75	0
						5	Simon Whitlock 96.34	4th
						28	Colin Osborne 89.79	0
	28	Colin Osborne 94.51	3
		Lourence Ilagan 87.59	0
											5	Simon Whitlock 91.07	4th
											12	Dave Chisnall 88.90	3
	12	Dave Chisnall 92.89	3
		Shane Tichowitsch 92.07	0
						12	Dave Chisnall 98.44	4th
							Daryl Gurney 96.42	1
	21st	Andy Smith 81.81	1
		Daryl Gurney 83.35	3
																5	Simon Whitlock 97.36	1
																13	R. van Barneveld 102.32	5
	4th	Gary Anderson 98.82	3
		Jani Haavisto 90.39	1
						4th	Gary Anderson 98.01	4th
							John Bowles 90.32	3
	29	Jamie Caven 94.15	2
		John Bowles 93.56	3
											4th	Gary Anderson 88.62	0
											13	R. van Barneveld 93.35	4th
	13	R. van Barneveld 108.31	3
		Michael Smith 87.90	0
						13	R. van Barneveld 95.75	4th
						20th	Brendan Dolan 86.52	1
	20th	Brendan Dolan 92.98	3
		Mark Jones 87.95	0

Lower half 1

Round 1 best of 5 sets

Round 2 best of 7 sets

Round of 16 best of 7 sets

Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets

2

Adrian Lewis 83.14

3

Gino Vos 79.90

1

2

Adrian Lewis 87.95

4th

31

Denis Ovens 84.72

1

31

Denis Ovens 81.71

3

Max Hopp 78.40

2

2

Adrian Lewis 95.06

4th

15th

Kevin Painter 92.36

2

15th

Kevin Painter 94.97

3

Leung Chen Nam 82.81

0

15th

Kevin Painter 95.86

4th

18th

Ronnie Baxter 92.76

3

18th

Ronnie Baxter 88.72

3

Dennis Priestley 88.20

1

2

Adrian Lewis 100.80

4th

7th

M. van Gerwen 102.73

5

7th

M. van Gerwen 90.64

3

Paul Lim 87.60

0

7th

M. van Gerwen 102.13

4th

26th

Peter Wright 95.24

2

26th

Peter Wright 94.95

3

Arron Monk 89.88

0

7th

M. van Gerwen 98.96

4th

23

Colin Lloyd 91.33

1

10

Mark Webster 97.00

3

Ian White 92.11

1

10

Mark Webster 89.97

2

23

Colin Lloyd 92.81

4th

23

Colin Lloyd 94.22

3

Therein Young 86.57

2

Lower half 2

Round 1 best of 5 sets

Round 2 best of 7 sets

Round of 16 best of 7 sets

Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets

6th

Wes Newton 86.90

3

Johnny Haines 84.29

0

6th

Wes Newton 99.53

4th

Scott Rand 90.20

0

27

Kim Huybrechts 98.79

2

Scott Rand 97.82

3

6th

Wes Newton 87.22

4th

22nd

Mark Walsh 80.75

1

11

Justin Pipe 84.23

3

Andy Jenkins 73.20

0

11

Justin Pipe 92.50

2

22nd

Mark Walsh 91.41

4th

22nd

Mark Walsh 88.58

3

Darren Webster 87.60

1

6th

Wes Newton 97.15

4th

3

James Wade 92.89

5

3

James Wade 91.09

3

Peter Hudson 82.57

0

3

James Wade 92.13

4th

30th

Steve Beaton 88.76

2

30th

Steve Beaton 87.54

3

Kyle Anderson 83.63

0

3

James Wade 89.61

4th

19th

V. van der Voort 95.70

0

14th

Mervyn King 90.70

2

Dean Winstanley 91.76

3

Dean Winstanley 1 91.48

2

19th

V. van der Voort 90.79

4th

19th

V. van der Voort 89.01

3

Stuart Kellett 87.53

0

¹Dean Winstanley threw a 9-darter .

Semi-finals, finals

	Semi-finals Best of 11 sets					Final best of 13 sets
	1	Phil Taylor 98.98	6th
	13	R. van Barneveld 96.74	4th
						1	Phil Taylor 103.04	7th
						7th	Michael van Gerwen 100.66	4th
	7th	M. van Gerwen 2 97.87	6th
	3	James Wade 87.37	4th

²Michael van Gerwen threw a 9-darter .

Phil Taylor (1)	Final: January 1st, 2013 Best of 13 sets	Michael van Gerwen (7)
7th	Result	4th
103.04	3-dart average	100.66
68	100+	61
34	140+	38
5	180s	9
170	Supreme finish	140
42%	Double quota	53%

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NED	OUT	SCO	NIR	WHALE	FIN	GER	BEL	CAN	United States	SWE	MAS	SGP	JPN	NZL	CRO	PHI	HKG	RSA	ESP	total
final	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semifinals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th
Quarter finals	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8th
Round of 16	10	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
2nd round	18th	4th	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
1 round	36	6th	4th	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	64
Preliminary round	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	16
total	36	6th	4th	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	72

Trivia

• The players were accompanied on stage by the "walk-on girls" Sammi Marsh, Hazel O'Sullivan and Joanna Fitzpatrick.

Web links

• Homepage of the PDC for the World Darts Championship
• Everything about the PDC Dart World Championship at dartn.de
• Information about the PDC-WM on Darts1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ladbrokes World Darts Championship 2014. (No longer available online.) In: walkongirls.net. December 13, 2013, archived from the original on March 29, 2016 ; accessed on March 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.