PDC World Championship 2014

KevIRL

Its almost that time of the year again, the official start to Christmas is less than 3 weeks away and the big kick off to the 2014 PDC World Championship. All but 2 of the places have been decided and the list of qualifiers are below, the final 2 places will be determined at tomorrows PDPA qualifier, with the winner going into the first round proper and the runner up going into the preliminary round

Qualifiers to date

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship Field
PDC Top 32
1 Phil Taylor (England)
2 Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
3 Adrian Lewis (England)
4 Simon Whitlock (Australia)
5 Andy Hamilton (England)
6 James Wade (England)
7 Dave Chisnall (England)
8 Wes Newton (England)
9 Robert Thornton (Scotland)
10 Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)
11 Justin Pipe (England)
12 Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
13 Kevin Painter (England)
14 Mervyn King (England)
15 Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
16 Peter Wright (Scotland)
17 Terry Jenkins (England)
18 Gary Anderson (Scotland)
19 Ronnie Baxter (England)
20 Paul Nicholson (Australia)
21 Ian White (England)
22 Steve Beaton (England)
23 Jamie Caven (England)
24 Colin Lloyd (England)
25 John Part (Canada)
26 Mark Webster (Wales)
27 Andy Smith (England)
28 Richie Burnett (Wales)
29 Mark Walsh (England)
30 Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)
31 Wayne Jones (England)
32 Michael Smith (England)

ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers
1 Stuart Kellett (England)
2 Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands)
3 Jamie Lewis (Wales)
4 Darren Webster (England)
5 Ronny Huybrechts (Belgium)
6 Joe Cullen (England)
7 Arron Monk (England)
8 Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
9 John Henderson (Scotland)
10 Dennis Smith (England)
11 Ricky Evans (England)
12 Kevin McDine (England)
13 Dean Winstanley (England)
14 Ross Smith (England)
15 Mark Dudbridge (England)
16 Steve Brown (England)

European Order of Merit Qualifiers
1 Max Hopp (Germany)
2 Mareno Michels (Netherlands)
3 Jarkko Komula (Finland)
4 Tomas Seyler (Germany)

Other First Round Qualifiers
Kyle Anderson (Australia) - DPA Australian Grand Prix champion
Beau Anderson (Australia) - DPA Oceanic Masters champion
Darin Young (USA) - PDC North American Order of Merit winner
PDPA Qualifier Winner

Preliminary Round Qualifiers
Colin McGarry (Northern Ireland) - Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay champion
Devon Petersen (South Africa) - South African Masters champion
Morihiro Hashimoto (Japan) - PDJ Japanese Qualifier winner
Ting Chi Royden Lam (Hong Kong) - Greater China Qualifier winner
Mohammed Latif Sapup (Malaysia) - South-East Asia Qualifier winner
Paul Lim (Singapore) - DARTSLIVE Soft-Tip Rankings Leader
Edward Santos (Philippines) - Philippines Qualifier winner
Gino Vos (Netherlands) - West Europe Qualifier winner
Rob Szabo (New Zealand) - New Zealand National Champion
Andree Welge (Germany) - German Qualifier winner
Zoran Lerchbacher (Austria) - Eastern Europe qualifier
Julio Barbero (Spain) - Iberian Qualifier winner
Per Laursen (Denmark) - SDC Scandinavian Order of Merit winner
Dennis Lindskjold (Denmark) - SDC Play-Off winner
Ben Ward (England) - PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner
PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up

The preliminary round draw will take place next weekend at the final of the players championship and the first round proper draw will be at 11.30am on Monday 2nd December, the top 32 of the PDC will be seeded for that draw

ArmaniJeanss

KevIRL wrote: »

Qualifiers to date

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship Field
PDC Top 32
1 Phil Taylor (England)
2 Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
3 Adrian Lewis (England)
4 Simon Whitlock (Australia)

It's a shame that Lewis hasn't dropped to Number 4 in the world.
That way Taylor would have to beat both him and MVG; as long as they remain 2+3 they play each other in the semi-final whilst Taylor cruises through and only has to peak once.
Like his path this year (if seedings don't change) is qualifier, Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Wes Newton, Whitlock, Final.

Kingp35

Yeah it's definitely looking like an easy route to the final for Taylor bar Whitlock if he gets that far. But sure Taylor is expected to beat everyone anyway do does it really matter?

Roll on Dec 13th, the official start date for Christmas 2013! I'm heading over for the semi-finals and final as usual, really looking forward to it.

Kingp35

Here's the entries into todays qualifiers. There's plenty of Irish interest.

http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1tfdugj6vxec71ptkozjbhchf2/title/ladbrokes-world-championship-qualifier

No Ted Hankey entered into the draw though, did he just not bother to try and qualify?

ab84

What's the format here? is the board you're on basically a section of the draw?

Adrian Gray, Alex Roy gone already.

Kingp35

Yeah you need to win your board to get through to the latter stages.

Rumours around saying that Hankey is going back to the BDO which is why he didn't enter.

KevIRL

Matt Clark beat Ian Moss 5-0 in the final of this today. Both progress to the worlds, Clark enters in first round, Moss in the preliminary

sc86

Kingp35 wrote: »

Yeah you need to win your board to get through to the latter stages.

Rumours around saying that Hankey is going back to the BDO which is why he didn't enter.

back to the bdo?
that cant be true

Kingp35

sc86 wrote: »

back to the bdo?
that cant be true

Why not? Obviously he won't be playing in this years BDO World Championships but the reason he hasn't entered the PDC one is because he would receive a ban from entering BDO tournaments for 180 days as you can't have played in any PDC tournaments for the previous 180 days if you want to enter a BDO tournament. The time limit increases to 365 days from next year.

sc86

Kingp35 wrote: »

Why not? Obviously he won't be playing in this years BDO World Championships but the reason he hasn't entered the PDC one is because he would receive a ban from entering BDO tournaments for 180 days as you can't have played in any PDC tournaments for the previous 180 days if you want to enter a BDO tournament. The time limit increases to 365 days from next year.

he didnt qualify for this years pdc worlds and would have had to enter that thing monday to try get the last 2 spots which was a long shot with alot of decent players in it.
i find it hard to see him go back to bdo with the trouble he caused but i suppose this is hankey so anything is possible

hes not good enough for the pdc circuit, but the die hard bdo guys thought he would do well due to a few results in grand slam

Kingp35

sc86 wrote: »

he didnt qualify for this years pdc worlds and would have had to enter that thing monday to try get the last 2 spots which was a long shot with alot of decent players in it.

He did enter Saturdays qualifying tournament but decided not to play in it despite paying the entry fees. Everything he has done in last 6 months screams that he is moving back. Personally I think it's the right decision because he isn't good enough for the BDO. As you saw though he won't exactly be welcomed back there with open arms after his carry on at the BDO World Championships.

Tarzann

Which "Saturday" qualifying tournament?

Kingp35

Tarzann wrote: »

Which "Saturday" qualifying tournament?

Sorry it was on Monday. It was the PDPA qualifier for the Worlds where all members not qualified were playing for the final two spots.

sc86

sc86 wrote: »

hes not good enough for the pdc circuit, but the die hard bdo guys thought he would do well due to a few results in grand slam

Those results include beating Phil Taylor, Michael Van Gerwen and Simon Whitlock. No bad record. I think people thought he would do well on the basis of his talent, clearly he's had both drinking and health issues which might well mean he really isn't up to the PDC Circuit any more, as is reflected in his standing now.

So anyone spot any good bets for this years World Championship?

KevIRL

Deleted User wrote: »

So anyone spot any good bets for this years World Championship?

Probably best to wait till the draw come out on Monday morning, wont be touching anyone in Taylor's 1/4

KevIRL

Preliminary round draw

Szabo v Moss
Peterseb v Latif Sapup
Vos v Royden Lam
Lerchbacher v Ward
Lindskojld v Santos
Hashimoto v Lim
McGarry v Laursen
Barbero v Welge

ebbsy

KevIRL wrote: »

Probably best to wait till the draw come out on Monday morning, wont be touching anyone in Taylor's 1/4

I have bet on Lewis for the last 3 years and did so again this year at 6/1.

Remember when he won it at 25/1.....(sigh)

rambojon

also backed lewis in the past when he came back from the dead..cant have him this yr though... after seeing mvg in action and all things being equal .. cannot see past him. took the 4s available there.

Healio

Draw attached if anyone wants it:

sc86

Michael Smith v Hashimoto/Lim
Justin Pipe v Arron Monk
Adrian Lewis v Dennis Smith
Mark Webster v Mensur Suljovic
Paul Nicholson v Stuart Kellett
Richie Burnett v Dean Winstanley
Ronnie Baxter v Ricky Evans
Ian White v Kyle Anderson
Colin Lloyd v Beau Anderson
Kim Huybrechts v Ronny Huybrechts
Peter Wright v Joe Cullen
Andy Hamilton v Barbero/Welge
Robert Thornton v Max Hopp
Jamie Caven v Jelle Klaasen
Steve Beaton v Petersen/Sapup
Wayne Jones v Kevin McDine
Gary Anderson v Mark Dudbridge
Kevin Painter v Tomas Seyler
Mark Walsh v Jarkko Komula
John Part v Mareno Michels
Brendan Dolan v Lindskjold/Santos
Raymond van Barneveld v Jamie Lewis
Mervyn King v Darin Young
Vincent van der Voort v Matt Clark
Wes Newton v Vos/Lam
Phil Taylor v Szabo/Moss
Andy Smith v Steve Brown
Simon Whitlock v Ross Smith
Dave Chisnall v John Henderson
James Wade v Darren Webster
Michael van Gerwen v Lerchbacher/Ward
Terry Jenkins v McGarry/Laursen

NB - the draw above will be adjusted into the draw bracket at the end of the draw.

sc86

Ladbrokes World Championship
First Round Draw Bracket
1
Phil Taylor
V
Rob Szabo/Ian Moss
32
Michael Smith
V
Morihiro Hashimoto/Paul Lim
16
Peter Wright
V
Joe Cullen
17
Terry Jenkins
V
Colin McGarry/Per Laursen
8
Wes Newton
V
Gino Vos/Ting Chi Royden Lam
25
John Part
V
Mareno Michels
9
Robert Thornton
V
Max Hopp
24
Colin Lloyd
V
Beau Anderson
5
Andy Hamilton
V
Julio Barbero/Andree Welge
28
Richie Burnett
V
Dean Winstanley
12
Kim Huybrechts
V
Ronny Huybrechts
21
Ian White
V
Kyle Anderson
4
Simon Whitlock
V
Ross Smith
29
Mark Walsh
V
Jarkko Komula
13
Kevin Painter
V
Tomas Seyler
20
Paul Nicholson
V
Stuart Kellett
2
Michael van Gerwen
V
Zoran Lerchbacher/Ben Ward
31
Wayne Jones
V
Kevin McDine
15
Brendan Dolan
V
Dennis Lindskjold/Edward Santos
18
Gary Anderson
V
Mark Dudbridge
7
Dave Chisnall
V
John Henderson
26
Mark Webster
V
Mensur Suljovic
10
Raymond van Barneveld
V
Jamie Lewis
23
Jamie Caven
V
Jelle Klaasen
6
James Wade
V
Darren Webster
27
Andy Smith
V
Steve Brown
11
Justin Pipe
V
Arron Monk
22
Steve Beaton
V
Devon Petersen/Mohammed Latif Sapup
3
Adrian Lewis
V
Dennis Smith
30
Vincent van der Voort
V
Matt Clark
14
Mervyn King
V
Darin Young
19
Ronnie Baxter
V
Ricky Evans

ArmaniJeanss

Years ago tennis realised it had a problem with sticking to the traditional draw bracket which sees 1v32, 2v31, 3v30, 4v29 followed in the next round by 1v16,2v15,3v14 and eventually in the semi final 1v4 and 2v3.

Problem was that it was quite easy to be stuck at a ranking like 15/16 or 31/32 as you were always facing the no1 or 2. You could be potentially a top10 player but always getting beaten by Federer would keep you in the same lowly spot.
Also from a spectator view point the last 16, quarter final and semi final pairings were the same for a few tournaments running as the top players went through a phase of ultra consistency..

So what they did was to randomise the bracket within each grouping whilst maintaining the seedings, thus the last 32 could be 1 v18, 2 v 21, 3 v 26 etc.
All the way down to the semi finals which could either be 1v4 or 1v3.

Much better way of doing it imo, and solves what I think is a big problem that Taylor only ever has to beat 1 of MVG/Lewis whilst they have to get two big victories. And this situation is likely to stay for the short/medium future as MVG&Lewis look guaranteed to be 2 and 3 for all of next season.

seanhynes

When will the order of play be announced heading over 14-15 December wondering who'll be playing

KevIRL

seanhynes wrote: »

When will the order of play be announced heading over 14-15 December wondering who'll be playing

Here you go

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship
Schedule of Play
First Round
Friday December 13 (7pm)
John Part v Mareno Michels
Rob Szabo v Ian Moss (P)
Peter Wright v Joe Cullen
Phil Taylor v Szabo/Moss
Richie Burnett v Dean Winstanley

Saturday December 14
Afternoon Session (12pm)
Mark Walsh v Jarkko Komula
Colin McGarry v Per Laursen (P)
Wayne Jones v Kevin McDine
Terry Jenkins v McGarry/Laursen
Ian White v Kyle Anderson

Evening Session (7pm)
Robert Thornton v Max Hopp
Julio Barbero v Andree Welge (P)
Gary Anderson v Mark Dudbridge
Andy Hamilton v Barbero/Welge
Paul Nicholson v Stuart Kellett

Sunday December 15 (7pm)
Dave Chisnall v John Henderson
Dennis Lindskjold v Edward Santos (P)
Raymond van Barneveld v Jamie Lewis
Brendan Dolan v Lindskjold/Santos
Jamie Caven v Jelle Klaasen

Monday December 16 (7pm)
Ronnie Baxter v Ricky Evans
Devon Petersen v Mohammed Latif Sapup (P)
Kim Huybrechts v Ronny Huybrechts
Steve Beaton v Petersen/Sapup
Mervyn King v Darin Young

Tuesday December 17 (7pm)
Colin Lloyd v Beau Anderson
Zoran Lerchbacher v Ben Ward (P)
Vincent van der Voort v Matt Clark
Michael van Gerwen v Lerchbacher/Ward
Simon Whitlock v Ross Smith

Wednesday December 18 (7pm)
Andy Smith v Steve Brown
Morihiro Hashimoto v Paul Lim (P)
Justin Pipe v Arron Monk
Michael Smith v Hashimoto/Lim
Adrian Lewis v Dennis Smith

Thursday December 19 (7pm)
Mark Webster v Mensur Suljovic
Gino Vos v Royden Lam (P)
James Wade v Darren Webster
Wes Newton v Vos/Lam
Kevin Painter v Tomas Seyler

Second Round
Friday December 20 (7pm)
Wright/Cullen v Jenkins/McGarry/Laursen
van Barneveld/J Lewis v Caven/Klaasen
Taylor/Szabo/Moss v M Smith/Hashimoto/Lam

Saturday December 21 (7pm)
Hamilton/Barbero/Welge v Burnett/Winstanley
Thornton/Hopp v Lloyd/B Anderson
K Huybrechts/R Huybrechts v White/K Anderson

Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Dolan/Lindskjold/Santos v G Anderson/Dudbridge
Painter/Seyler v Nicholson/Kellett
Whitlock/R Smith v Walsh/Komula

Evening Session (7pm)
Newton/Vos/Lam v Part/Michels
Chisnall/Henderson v M Webster/Suljovic
van Gerwen/Lerchbacher/Ward v W Jones/McDine

Monday December 23 (7pm)
Wade/D Webster v A Smith/Brown
King/Young v Baxter/Evans
A Lewis/D Smith v van der Voort/Clark

Friday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Pipe/Monk v Beaton/Petersen/Sapup
Third Round
Newton/Vos/Lam/Part/Michels v Thornton/Hopp/Lloyd/B Anderson
Hamilton/Barbero/Welge/Burnett/Winstanley v K Huybrechts/R Huybrechts/White/K Anderson

Evening Session (7pm)
Whitlock/R Smith/Walsh/Komula v Painter/Seyler/Nicholson/Kellett
Taylor Szabo/Moss/M Smith/Hashimoto/Lam v Wright/Cullen/Jenkins/McGarry/Laursen
Chisnall/Henderson/M Webster/Suljovic v van Barneveld/J Lewis/Caven/Klaasen

Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
A Lewis/D Smith/van der Voort/Clark v King/Young/Baxter/Evans
Wade/D Webster/A Smith/Brown v Pipe/Monk/Beaton/Petersen/Sapup
van Gerwen/Lerchbacher/Ward/Jones/McDine v Dolan/Lindskjold/Santos/G Anderson/Dudbridge

Evening Session (7pm)
2x Quarter-Finals

Sunday December 29 (7pm)
2x Quarter-Finals

Monday December 30 (7pm)
Semi-Finals

Wednesday January 1 (8pm)
Final

Format
Preliminary Round Best of seven legs
First Round Best of five sets
Second Round Best of seven sets
Third Round Best of seven sets
Quarter-Finals Best of nine sets
Semi-Finals Best of 11 sets
Final Best of 13 sets

Loafing Oaf

Deleted User wrote: »

So anyone spot any good bets for this years World Championship?

Any further suggestions on this? I'm looking to do one of these 'x to beat y in the final' bets on Taylor/MVG and Taylor/Lewis (should cover all bases:P) but can't see one at any of the bookies.

Treble20

Personally I see the winner coming from either Taylor,Van Gerwen or Lewis. Can't see any of the rest causing a major upset.

For the punters out there Ladbrokes have an offer available. If Taylor wins the World Championship they will refund all losing bets on players to win the World Championship outright.

Treble20

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Any further suggestions on this? I'm looking to do one of these 'x to beat y in the final' bets on Taylor/MVG and Taylor/Lewis (should cover all bases:P) but can't see one at any of the bookies.

I'm sure Ladbrokes would have this type bet available considering their the sponsors of the World Championship?

Loafing Oaf

Treble20 wrote: »

I'm sure Ladbrokes would have this type bet available considering their the sponsors of the World Championship?

PP have them now but the odds aren't great. In fact 1. Taylor 2. Lewis at PP 10/3, whereas a Taylor/Lewis final is 4/1 at Ladbrokes.

Still might have a crack at a couple of those bets, even though it would probably only about double my money overall if one came good...

Treble20

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

PP have them now but the odds aren't great. In fact 1. Taylor 2. Lewis at PP 10/3, whereas a Taylor/Lewis final is 4/1 at Ladbrokes.

Still might have a crack at a couple of those bets, even though it would probably only about double my money overall if one came good...

It would be a popular pick a Taylor v Lewis final and also a Taylor v Van Gerwen final. I might try an adventurous bet myself by betting on John Part to reach the quarter finals,i'm sure he'll be good odds for that.

Loafing Oaf

Treble20 wrote: »

It would be a popular pick a Taylor v Lewis final and also a Taylor v Van Gerwen final.

But is it a sure enough thing to lay say €70 on the two together, given that you'll only win about €150 if one comes off? There are dangerous floaters like Wade in the draw, who could topple Lewis if he has a big game...

hawaii501

Anyone think Huybrechts is a good bet at 4s to win his quarter. Only has Whitlock and Hamilton/Winstanley to beat who I would fancy him to beat anyway. Think it is a good price myself and I would rate him the best in the quarter anyway

RainMaker

hawaii501 wrote: »

Anyone think Huybrechts is a good bet at 4s to win his quarter. Only has Whitlock and Hamilton/Winstanley to beat who I would fancy him to beat anyway. Think it is a good price myself and I would rate him the best in the quarter anyway

I was just thinking there yesterday Huybrechts might be a good outside bet - even just to get to quarters/semis.

So many players seem to be off form lately - Whitlock, Chisnall, Hamiton for example, there's bound to be an outsider who makes it fairly far, maybe Gary Anderson can put a run together!

Good to see MVG back on form there recently, hopefully him or Lewis can provide some opposition to the Taylor steamroller at least

coolock94

flying over the 27th for the return after Christmas cant wait

sc86

taylors side of the draw is a joke

how is the draw so uneven?

KevIRL

Couple of changes to round 1 and prelim round. Edward Santos, the Philippines qualifer has withdrawn and will be replaced by Colin Osbourne in the preliminary round against Denis Linksjold, the winner will play Brendan Dolan in the 1st round proper. Serious bit of bad luck that for Dolan, who will have a right game now in the 1st round v Osbourne

Also been a change to running order for this Sunday night with the prelim game going first in the running order (usually second) as Sky will only show the first hour of proceedings from behind the red button. Revised format for Sunday is below


Amended Schedule of Play
Saturday December 14
Evening Session (7pm)
Julio Barbero v Andree Welge (P)
Robert Thornton v Max Hopp
Gary Anderson v Mark Dudbridge
Andy Hamilton v Barbero/Welge
Paul Nicholson v Stuart Kellett

Degag

Have had small bets on Anderson and King. Pity that each way only pays if the player gets to the final.

Alfred Borden

Thinking of throwing 20 on Barney :pac:

rambojon

Raf32 wrote: »

Thinking of throwing 20 on Barney :pac:

throwing is the word.. don't expect it back.. looks well out of sorts for a while now.. and couldn't have him on side for this one... lots of talk about lewis for nthis which seems fair given his brilliant match with mvg last tournie allied to not afraid to beat the power on big occasion...overall draw sets up taylor to peak for one game.. unfortunately I think he will.

liam7831

What did Phil mean when he said Aidy was defending 200 grand on Sky Sports?

Jarjohn

Basically defending ranking points won 2 years ago, If Lewis gets "only" 15k from upcoming Worlds, then his Order of Merit money will drop 185k and thus ranking will drop

liam7831

I wonder is Wadey worth a punt??

manafana

johnny giles who posts on here might have few tips up on his blog.

I like Lewis myself to win it out, once gets going into later stages he is such a classic player can make it look so easy and fears no one.

Kingp35

Today's the day lads, Christmas starts today! I hope you have the beers in for a mammoth 3 weeks of darts!

mdwexford

God I can't wait.

Absolutely love the Worlds!!!!

C'mon Lewis you hero.

barone

Hope mvg blows them all away ,taylor style,including taylor

Kingp35

I would love MvG to win it myself because he has never won it before in fact. I always want someone who has never won it before to win because it's something special that so few players manage to do. Sadly though I think MvG is the only one who really has a chance of doing this.

mdwexford

If the winner doesnt come from the big 3 if will be a big shock obviously.

Taylor has lost to much lesser players in Webster and Chizzy in recent years at long odds on but he wasnt in as good form as this year.

Just having a look at the prices now, Taylor to have the highest average 11/8 looks good.

KevIRL

Yaaay, Christmas is here. Hopefully the first round will be decent, can be a lot of mismatches, although I remember a couple of years back there was a few great games

Kingp35

Burnett v Winstanley has the potential to be very close tonight. Hard to pick a winner

Kingp35

Kingp35 wrote: »

Burnett v Winstanley has the potential to be very close tonight. Hard to pick a winner

Desperate draw for Burnett.

Bet he'll look glum...;)

messinkiapina

mdwexford wrote: »

If the winner doesnt come from the big 3 if will be a big shock obviously.

Taylor has lost to much lesser players in Webster and Chizzy in recent years at long odds on but he wasnt in as good form as this year.

Just having a look at the prices now, Taylor to have the highest average 11/8 looks good.

That's a very good price. Is that highest tournament average or single match average?