Players Championships 2008

The PDPA Players Championships 2008 were a series of events in darts with 31 tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) . They formed part of the PDC Pro Tour .

Prize money

The tournaments each received prize money of £  19,600.

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 5,000
finalist	(1)	£ 2,500
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 1,250
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 600 each
3rd round loser	(16)	£ 300
2nd round loser	(32)	£ 150 each
1st round loser	(64)	£ 75
Nine dart finish	(6)	£ 0
		£ 19,600

Overview of all events

No.	date	Event	venue	winner
1	January 19, 2008		Gibraltar	John Part
2	January 20, 2008		Gibraltar	James Wade
3	March 1, 2008		Brentwood	Phil Taylor
4th	March 15, 2008		Wigan	Alan Tabern
5	March 22, 2008		Bad Soden am Taunus	Phil Taylor
6th	March 23, 2008		Bad Soden am Taunus	Phil Taylor
7th	March 29, 2008		Telford	Phil Taylor
8th	April 12, 2008	Antwerp Darts Trophy	Temse	Phil Taylor
9	April 19, 2008		Glasgow	Mervyn King
10	April 26, 2008	Open Holland Masters	Schiedam	Raymond van Barneveld
11	June 14, 2008		Bristol	Phil Taylor
12	June 15, 2008		Bristol	Dennis Priestley
13	June 29, 2008		Las Vegas	Phil Taylor
14th	July 19, 2008	Bobby Bourn Memorial	Blackpool	Phil Taylor
15th	August 10, 2008		Shoalhaven City	Robert Thornton
16	August 17, 2008		Kitchener	Dennis Priestley
17th	August 24, 2008		Atlanta	Alan Tabern
18th	August 30, 2008		Veldhoven	Phil Taylor
19th	August 31, 2008		Veldhoven	Phil Taylor
20th	September 6, 2008	Ireland Autumn Classic	Dromore	Felix McBrearty
21st	September 14, 2008	Windy City Open	Northbrook	Colin Lloyd
22nd	September 20, 2008		Newport	Ronnie Baxter
23	September 21, 2008		Newport	Alan Tabern
24	October 4, 2008		Dublin	Phil Taylor
25th	October 5, 2008		Dublin	Dennis Priestley
26th	October 18, 2008		Irvine	Alex Roy
27	October 19, 2008		Irvine	James Wade
28	October 25, 2008		Dinslaken	Colin Osborne
29	November 2, 2008		Killarney	Terry Jenkins
30th	November 8, 2008		Suffer	Mervyn King
31	November 9, 2008		Suffer	James Wade

Tournaments

The following tournament trees show the results of the Players Championships from the semi-finals onwards. The matches were played in the "best of 5 sets" mode.

Players Championship 1

	Semifinals				final
	John Part	3
	Andy Jenkins	0
					John Part	3
					Chris Mason	1
	Chris Mason	3
	Alan Tabern	0

Players Championship 2

	Semifinals				final
	James Wade	3
	Mervyn King	2
					James Wade	3
					Denis Ovens	1
	Denis Ovens	3
	Kevin McDine	2

Players Championship 3

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Adrian Lewis	0
					Phil Taylor	3
					James Wade	0
	James Wade	3
	Andy Hamilton	2

Players Championship 4

	Semifinals				final
	Alan Tabern	3
	Wayne Mardle	1
					Alan Tabern	3
					Chris Mason	0
	Chris Mason	3
	Michael van Gerwen	1

Players Championship 5

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Andy Hamilton	1
					Phil Taylor	3
					Raymond van Barneveld	1
	Raymond van Barneveld	3
	Alan Tabern	2

Players Championship 6

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Vincent van der Voort	0
					Phil Taylor	3
					Wayne Jones	1
	Wayne Jones	3
	Tony Eccles	0

Players Championship 7

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Mark Frost	0
					Phil Taylor	3
					Colin Lloyd	0
	Colin Lloyd	3
	Alan Tabern	0

Players Championship 8

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Ronnie Baxter	0
					Phil Taylor	3
					Andy Smith	0
	Andy Smith	3
	Colin Lloyd	2

Players Championship 9

	Semifinals				final
	Mervyn King	3
	Mick McGowan	0
					Mervyn King	3
					Mark Dudbridge	0
	Mark Dudbridge	3
	Vincent van der Voort	2

Players Championship 10

	Semifinals				final
	Raymond van Barneveld	3
	Wayne Atwood	1
					Raymond van Barneveld	3
					Colin Osborne	0
	Colin Osborne
	without a fight 1

¹ Adrian Lewis and Kevin Painter were disqualified after an incident in their quarterfinal match.

Players Championship 11

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Matt Clark	0
					Phil Taylor	3
					Alan Tabern	0
	Alan Tabern	3
	Denis Ovens	1

Players Championship 12

	Semifinals				final
	Dennis Priestley	3
	James Wade	2
					Dennis Priestley	3
					Kevin Painter	2
	Kevin Painter	3
	Adrian Lewis	1

Players Championship 13

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Mark Walsh	1
					Phil Taylor	3
					Ronnie Baxter	1
	Ronnie Baxter	3
	Michael Rosenauer	0

Players Championship 14

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	John Part	1
					Phil Taylor	3
					Ronnie Baxter	0
	Ronnie Baxter	3
	Raymond van Barneveld	2

Players Championship 15

	Semifinals				final
	Robert Thornton	3
	Gary Mawson	0
					Robert Thornton	3
					Paul Nicholson	1
	Paul Nicholson	3
	Pat Orreal	0

Players Championship 16

	Semifinals				final
	Dennis Priestley	3
	Robert Thornton	0
					Dennis Priestley	3
					Lionel Sams	1
	Lionel Sams	3
	Denis Ovens	2

Players Championship 17

	Semifinals				final
	Alan Tabern	3
	Chris White	2
					Alan Tabern	3
					Andy Hamilton	1
	Andy Hamilton	3
	Steve Beaton	2

Players Championship 18

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Andy Hamilton	1
					Phil Taylor	3
					James Wade	1
	James Wade	3
	Tony Eccles	1

Players Championship 19

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Robert Thornton	1
					Phil Taylor	3
					Terry Jenkins	0
	Terry Jenkins	3
	Wayne Jones	1

Players Championship 20

	Semifinals				final
	Felix McBrearty	3
	Colin Lloyd	0
					Felix McBrearty	3
					Chris Mason	1
	Chris Mason	3
	Mark Walsh	2

Players Championship 21

	Semifinals				final
	Colin Lloyd	3
	Steve Maish	2
					Colin Lloyd	3
					Wayne Mardle	2
	Wayne Mardle	3
	Mark Walsh	2

Players Championship 22

	Semifinals				final
	Ronnie Baxter	3
	James Keogh	1
					Ronnie Baxter	3
					Jamie Caven	0
	Jamie Caven	3
	Peter Manley	1

Players Championship 23

	Semifinals				final
	Alan Tabern	3
	Mervyn King	0
					Alan Tabern	3
					Colin Osborne	2
	Colin Osborne	3
	Jacobus Stompé	0

Players Championship 24

	Semifinals				final
	Phil Taylor	3
	Vincent van der Voort	0
					Phil Taylor	3
					James Wade	2
	James Wade	3
	Colin Osborne	1

Players Championship 25

	Semifinals				final
	Dennis Priestley	3
	Mervyn King	1
					Dennis Priestley	3
					Raymond van Barneveld	1
	Raymond van Barneveld	3
	Jamie Caven	1

Players Championship 26

	Semifinals				final
	Alex Roy	3
	Terry Jenkins	2
					Alex Roy	3
					Denis Ovens	2
	Denis Ovens	3
	Steve Maish	1

Players Championship 27

	Semifinals				final
	James Wade	3
	Andy Hamilton	1
					James Wade	3
					Mark Walsh	1
	Mark Walsh	3
	Robert Thornton	1

Players Championship 28

	Semifinals				final
	Colin Osborne	3
	Mark Dudbridge	2
					Colin Osborne	3
					Carlos Rodríguez	2
	Carlos Rodríguez	3
	Kevin Painter	0

Players Championship 29

	Semifinals				final
	Terry Jenkins	3
	Kirk Shepherd	0
					Terry Jenkins	3
					Andy Jenkins	0
	Andy Jenkins	3
	Barrie Bates	2

Players Championship 30

	Semifinals				final
	Mervyn King	3
	Colin Lloyd	1
					Mervyn King	3
					Raymond van Barneveld	2
	Raymond van Barneveld	3
	Andy Hamilton	1

Players Championship 31

	Semifinals				final
	James Wade	3
	Denis Ovens	2
					James Wade	3
					Mark Walsh	2
	Mark Walsh	3
	Peter Manley	2

Neundarter at the Players Championships

Six nine dart finishes were achieved during the Players Championships :

• March 22, 2008 (Bad Soden): Colin Lloyd in the game against Colin Monk  
• March 23, 2008 (Bad Soden): Dave Askew in the game against James Wade  
• March 23, 2008 (Bad Soden): Phil Taylor against Ronnie Baxter  
• April 19, 2008 (Glasgow): Colin Osborne in the game against Lionel Sams  
• August 30, 2008 (Veldhoven): John MaGowan in the game against Steve Maish  
• November 8, 2008 (Leiden): Jelle Klaasen against Terry Jenkins  

Web links

• Players Championships 2008 from mastercaller.com database , accessed July 23, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of Nine darters. In: mastercaller.com , accessed July 23, 2020.