2003 PDC World Darts Championship
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2003 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 27 December 2002 – 5 January 2003 | ||
Venue | Circus Tavern | ||
Location | Purfleet | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Sets Final – best of 13 | ||
Prize fund | £237,000 | ||
Winner's share | £50,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2003 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the tenth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it split from the British Darts Organisation in 1993. The tournament took place between 27 December 2002 and 4 January 2003 at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England. Ladbrokes (who sponsored the 1996 event with their Vernon's brand) took over sponsorship of the event from Skol.
The field at the televised stages expanded for the first time since 1999. An extra qualifying round was introduced increasing the total number of players from 32 to 40. John Part defeated the defending champion and number one seed, Phil Taylor, in the final to end two incredible runs by Taylor – eight successive World titles, and 44 successive victories at the Circus Tavern.
This was Part's second world championship having also won the 1994 BDO Championship (the first tournament after the split).
The Qualifying Criteria for the World Championship was as follows
-Top 32 of the Order of Merit (on 1 December 2002) - 4 PDPA Qualifiers (Al Hedman, Lee Palfeyman, Mark Robinson, Dave Smith) - Australian Qualifier (Simon Whitlock) - Dutch Qualifier (Arjan Moen) - USA Qualifier (Ray Carver) - SP 9-Dart challenge with The People Newspaper (David Platt)
Seeds[]
Prize money[]
Position (num. of players) | Prize Money (Total: £237,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £50,000 |
Runner-Up | (1) | £25,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £12,500 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £7,000 |
Third round losers | (8) | £5,000 |
Second round losers | (16) | £3,000 |
First round losers | (8) | £2,500 |
Highest finish bonus | (1) | £1,000 |
- Nine-dart finish: A diamond, worth a six figure sum, will be mounted in the bulls eye of a championship dartboard as a unique prize (not won).
Results[]
First round[]
All matches are the best of 7 sets.
Av. | Player | Score | Player | Av. |
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80.11 | Mark Holden ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
81.65 |
83.11 | Bob Anderson ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
76.36 |
81.58 | Reg Harding ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
83.67 |
86.75 | Mick Manning ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
81.13 |
85.21 | Simon Whitlock ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
84.88 |
87.84 | Steve Brown ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
88.05 |
92.99 | Wayne Mardle ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
82.72 |
89.85 | Shayne Burgess ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
84.07 |
Last 32[]
Second round (best of 7 sets) 28–30 December | Third round (best of 9 sets) 1–2 January | Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 3 January | Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) 4 January | Final (best of 13 sets) 5 January | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Representation from different countries[]
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the 1st round.
Reference[]
- PDC World Darts Championships
- 2002 in darts
- 2003 in darts
- 2003 in British sport
- December 2002 sports events in the United Kingdom
- January 2003 sports events in the United Kingdom
- Purfleet
- Sport in Essex