PDC World Championship 2015

KevIRL

Just noticed that this years worlds do not have their customary New Years Day finish, instead ending on 4th Jan

Runners and riders for the Worlds
Current Provisional PDC Order of Merit Top 32
* Prize Money won at 2014 Cash Converters Players Championship Finals to be added to these totals
1 Michael van Gerwen Netherlands £911,100
2 Phil Taylor England £686,850
3 Adrian Lewis England £352,400
4 Peter Wright Scotland £296,900
5 James Wade England £288,700
6 Gary Anderson Scotland £265,800
7 Simon Whitlock Australia £261,200
8 Dave Chisnall England £223,650
9 Robert Thornton Scotland £202,150
10 Mervyn King England £191,100
11 Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland £191,050
12 Andy Hamilton England £190,600
13 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands £186,150
14 Ian White England £178,000
15 Wes Newton England £175,250
16 Justin Pipe England £169,200
17 Terry Jenkins England £166,750
18 Kim Huybrechts Belgium £156,600
19 Jamie Caven England £147,350
20 Kevin Painter England £138,050
21 Steve Beaton England £135,900
22 Michael Smith England £130,100
23 Vincent van der Voort Netherlands £109,550
24 Ronnie Baxter England £103,650
25 Paul Nicholson Australia £101,350
26 Richie Burnett Wales £96,400
27 Stephen Bunting England £87,250
28 John Part Canada £86,200
29 Dean Winstanley England £84,050
30 Andy Smith England £83,350
31 Jelle Klaasen Netherlands £81,700
32 Mark Webster Wales £78,000

Current Provisional ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers
1 Andrew Gilding England £25,000
2 Darren Webster England £20,750
3 Benito van de Pas Netherlands £19,500
4 Christian Kist Netherlands £17,750
5 Jamie Lewis Wales £17,000
6 Ronny Huybrechts Belgium £14,000
7 Wayne Jones England £13,500
8 Gerwyn Price Wales £12,750
9 John Henderson Scotland £12,500
10 Keegan Brown England £12,250
11 David Pallett England £11,750
12 Stuart Kellett England £11,500
13 Joe Cullen England £11,250
14 Kyle Anderson Australia £11,000
15 Jyhan Artut Germany £10,500
16 Mickey Mansell Northern Ireland £10,250

Current Provisional European Qualifiers from ProTour Order of Merit
1 Rowby-John Rodriguez Austria £10,000
2 Mensur Suljovic Austria £9,750
3 Ron Meulenkamp Netherlands £7,750
4 Max Hopp Germany £7,250

International Qualifiers
First Round
DPA Order of Merit Winner Loz Ryder Australia
Oceanic Masters Champion John Weber Australia
PDC North American Qualifier Dave Richardson Canada
PDPA Qualifier Winner Jason Hogg

Preliminary Round
DPNZ New Zealand Qualifier Mark McGrath New Zealand
Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay Champion Daryl Gurney Northern Ireland
South African Masters Champion Nolan Arendse South Africa
Iberian Qualifier Cristo Reyes Spain
SDC Order of Merit Winner Jani Haavisto Finland
SDC Qualifier Kim Viljanen Finland
South Asia Qualifier Winner Christian Perez Philippines
Greater China Qualifier Alex Hon Hong Kong
Central Europe Qualifier Jermaine Wattimena Netherlands
DARTSLIVE SuperDarts Champion Scott Kirchner USA
German Qualifier Sascha Stein Germany
Eastern Europe Qualifier Robert Marijanovic Croatia
Southern Europe Qualfier John Michael Greece
PDJ Japanese Qualifier Haruki Muramatsu Japan
Russian Qualifier Boris Koltsov Russie
PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up Scott MacKenzie


And the draw for the preliminary round.

William Hill World Darts Championship
Preliminary Round Draw
Christian Perez (Philippines) v Cristo Reyes (Spain)
Jani Haavisto (Finland) v John Michael (Greece)
Nolan Arendse (South Africa) v Alex Hon (Hong Kong)
Boris Koltsov (Russia) v Haruki Muramatsu (Japan)
Kim Viljanen (Finland) v Sascha Stein (Germany)
Mark McGrath (New Zealand) v Scott Kirchner (USA)
Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) v Robert Marijanovic (Croatia)
Scott MacKenzie v Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)

Tough enough draw for Gurney you'd have to imagine, with him playing the runner up of todays PDPA qualifier.

The draw for the first round is on Tuesday Dec 2 at 12.30 and will be live on Sky Sports News

DEFTLEFTHAND

I was wondering about that as well, I liked the News Year Day final tradition. Lakeside actually starts on the 3rd of Jan, so for a day or so there'll be two ongoing world championships.

Kingp35

Lads I'm not sure where you are getting this tradition from. It has only been on the 1st of Jan twice in the last 6 years. Granted it has been the last 2 years but it depends on the on how the days of the week fall in a given year. I head over to it every year so I much prefer when it isn't on New Years Day because I'm usually hanging!

KevIRL

That's nuts kingp. I could have sworn it was always on new years day.

Definitely have an abiding memory of always having to face the first day back at work after Xmas the day after the final

ebbsy

I have bet on Lewis the last four years but not this year....any suggestions where to put me cash ?

Firewalkwithme

ebbsy wrote: »

I have bet on Lewis the last four years but not this year....any suggestions where to put me cash ?

Wade is playing well but you never really know with him. Perhaps an each way on King or Thornton?

Lithium93_

Paddy Power have some good odds for the PDC World Championship

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/darts/pdc-world-championship

I'm thinking Michael Van Gerwen could win it again, or Phil Taylor to clinch his 17th World Title.

mdwexford

Lithium93_ wrote: »

I'm thinking Michael Van Gerwen could win it again, or Phil Taylor to clinch his 17th World Title.

Sticking your neck out there.

Firewalkwithme

mdwexford wrote: »

Sticking your neck out there.

Yeah exactly, I was trying to look at where there is some value to be had.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Kim Huybrechts looks good value for an outside bet at 33/1.

Tempted to go with Bunting myself.

Degag

ebbsy wrote: »

I have bet on Lewis the last four years but not this year....any suggestions where to put me cash ?

I think i'll back Lewis this year. When he's on form, he's a beast and can hit 110 averages with ease. 12/1 is pretty good and might go out a bit more. Will have a look at the draw when it comes out and pick another one or two dark horses. Barney might be worth a shot at 25s aswell.

I always kind of associated the final with New Years Day too. Think I might book the Monday off work this year!

Firewalkwithme

I'll be looking for someone with good odds in MVG's side of the draw for an each way. I just don't fancy him this year, he's not as consistent as he was before but I'll still wait until after the Players before I decide.

As much as I hate to say it, I think it's Taylors to lose this year.

Lithium93_

I'm sticking with MVG or Phil Taylor to win, also Sky Sports are renaming SKY SPORTS 3 to SKY SPORTS DARTS for the duration of the PDC World Championship

SureYWouldntYa

Lithium93_ wrote: »

I'm sticking with MVG or Phil Taylor to win, also Sky Sports are renaming SKY SPORTS 3 to SKY SPORTS DARTS for the duration of the PDC World Championship

Thats "sen-sashional"

Lithium93_

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Thats "sen-sashional"

A nod to the late great Sid Waddell.

SureYWouldntYa

Lithium93_ wrote: »

A nod to the late great Sid Waddell.

Got annoying during the Grand Slam though, every time they'd land on 404, but for Sid I'll get over it

Devastator

I've got Wade at 33/1 each way.

Really happy considerring his improvement in form over last few months

mdwexford

At current prices I think Chizzy at 66/1 is an insult.

He's very consistent these days, is bang in form having given Taylor a fright in the Grand Slam final, has been in the top 8 in the order of merit for a long time and is one of the highest scorers in the world.

He hasn't been past the third round in 3 attempts but did knock out Taylor two years ago in round 2.

He can average 100+ for the tournament at his best just like all the guys who are shorter in the betting and stands out to me as the value.

ebbsy

What about Bunting ?

Firewalkwithme

ebbsy wrote: »

What about Bunting ?

Yep, a possibility for a undisputed champion of the world (well for a few days anyway).

Justin Credible Darts

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Yep, a possibility for a undisputed champion of the world (well for a few days anyway).

even though the pdc final is officially new years day and will be 2015 you will be correct, and he could become the first undisputed champion in 22 years

marklazarcovic

anderson to be world champion, if he wins 1 he could dominate for 2 or 3 years

siasy

lining up to be some World Championships - with Anderson and Lewis hitting form at the right time -
and recent top performances by Wade, Taylor, Van Gerwan, Chizzy, Mervyn King, Kim Hybrechts, Terry Jenkins, Bunting -
and others coming into form include VDV, and glimpses by Wes Newton, Whitlock, Dolan,
Barney winning the PL - would need to re-find that form somewhere,
and Peter Wright has done little on the big stage since the PL , but you never know... 17 days to the World Championships.

ArmaniJeanss

Last 32 bracket appears set in stone now after the Players Championship.
Obviously everyone will have to win a last 64 match to get this far but it still gives an idea of the later paths if they get through.
Wright v Bunting the standout L32 potential matchup.

MVG (1) v Mark Webster.
Terry Jenkins v Justin Pipe.
Chisnall (8) v Nicholson.
Thornton v Baxter.

Wright (5) v Bunting.
Hamilton v Beaton.
Newton v Painter.
Anderson (4) v Pieman.

*****

Taylor (2) v Part.
White v K Huybrechts.
Whitlock (7) v Burnett.
King v VVDV.

Lewis (3) v Klassen.
RVB v Caven.
Dolan v Michael Smith.
Wade (6) v Winstanley.


Edit : Hmmmmm, Richie Burnett being thrown out and everyone ranked below 25 moving up a place has made this wrong.

KevIRL

And the draw for the preliminary round. Again could this be added to the OP please Kingp

William Hill World Darts Championship
Preliminary Round Draw
Christian Perez (Philippines) v Cristo Reyes (Spain)
Jani Haavisto (Finland) v John Michael (Greece)
Nolan Arendse (South Africa) v Alex Hon (Hong Kong)
Boris Koltsov (Russia) v Haruki Muramatsu (Japan)
Kim Viljanen (Finland) v Sascha Stein (Germany)
Mark McGrath (New Zealand) v Scott Kirchner (USA)
Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) v Robert Marijanovic (Croatia)
Scott MacKenzie v Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)

Tough enough draw for Gurney you'd have to imagine, with him playing the runner up of todays PDPA qualifier.

The draw for the first round is on tomorrow at 12.30 and will be live on Sky Sports News

qwabercd

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Last 32 bracket appears set in stone now after the Players Championship.
Obviously everyone will have to win a last 64 match to get this far but it still gives an idea of the later paths if they get through.
Wright v Bunting the standout L32 potential matchup.

MVG (1) v Mark Webster.
Terry Jenkins v Justin Pipe.
Chisnall (8) v Nicholson.
Thornton v Baxter.

Wright (5) v Bunting.
Hamilton v Beaton.
Newton v Painter.
Anderson (4) v Pieman.

*****

Taylor (2) v Part.
White v K Huybrechts.
Whitlock (7) v Burnett.
King v VVDV.

Lewis (3) v Klassen.
RVB v Caven.
Dolan v Michael Smith.
Wade (6) v Winstanley.

Some serious depth these days, a lot of them matches very tough to call.

Although he won last week, I still wouldn't put a penny on Anderson. He has flattered to deceive too many times.

Ritchie Burnett "removed...for personal reasons".

http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/7pd43qopd0r81adx91lq3jwiu/title/pdc-statement-richie-burnett

Kingp35

That's a very strange one, I wonder what's going on there.

EDIT: Rumours going around all the major darts forums and twitter etc. that he has been banned.

Devastator

Deleted User wrote: »

Ritchie Burnett "removed...for personal reasons".

http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/7pd43qopd0r81adx91lq3jwiu/title/pdc-statement-richie-burnett

Kingp35 wrote: »

That's a very strange one, I wonder what's going on there.

EDIT: Rumours going around all the major darts forums and twitter etc. that he has been banned.

Hope everythings ok for Richie. Rumours last night were he's hit the bottle and seemed to suggest he's had previous drink problems. Hope its all just rumours and make believe and he's just needing a rest. I think he's missed the last 2/3 PDC events already

Devastator

First Round Draw
Michael van Gerwen (1) v Joe Cullen
Stuart Kellett (32) v Viljanen/Stein
Terry Jenkins (16) v John Weber
Justin Pipe (17) v Lawrence Ryder
Dave Chisnall (8) v Ryan De Vreede
Paul Nicholson (25) v Benito van de Pas
Robert Thornton (9) v Andrew Gilding
Ronnie Baxter (24) v Mackenzie/Gurney
Peter Wright (5) v Gerwen Price
Andy Smith (28) v Ronny Huybrechts
Andy Hamilton (12) v Dave Richardson
Steve Beaton (21) v Kyle Anderson
Gary Anderson (4) v McGrath/Kirchner
Jelle Klaasen (29) v Christian Kist
Wes Newton (13) v Perez/Reyes
Kevin Painter (20) v Koltsov/Muramatsu
Phil Taylor (2) v Jyhan Artut
Mark Webster (31) v Ron Meulenkamp
Ian White (15) v Haavisto/Michael
Kim Huybrechts (18) v Mickey Mansell
Simon Whitlock (7) v Darren Webster
Dean Winstanley (26) v Wayne Jones
Mervyn King (10) v Max Hopp
Vincent van der Voort (23) v John Henderson
James Wade (6) v Jamie Lewis
Stephen Bunting (27) v Wattimena/Marijanovic
Brendan Dolan (11) v Arendse/Hon
Michael Smith (22) v Mensur Suljovic
Adrian Lewis (3) v David Pallett
John Part (30) v Keegan Brown
Raymond van Barneveld (14) v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Jamie Caven (19) v Jason Hogg

Preliminary Round Draw
Christian Perez (Philippines) v Cristo Reyes (Spain)
Jani Haavisto (Finland) v John Michael (Greece)
Nolan Arendse (South Africa) v Alex Hon (Hong Kong)
Boris Koltsov (Russia) v Haruki Muramatsu (Japan)
Kim Viljanen (Finland) v Sascha Stein (Germany)
Mark McGrath (New Zealand) v Scott Kirchner (USA)
Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) v Robert Marijanovic (Croatia)
Scott Mackenzie (Hong Kong) v Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)

not long now

sc86

rumours are burnett failed dugs test?
how can drugs help a darts player performance?
http://www.live-darts.com/category/darts-news/richie-burnett-removed-from-world-championship-201412020001/

ArmaniJeanss

sc86 wrote: »

rumours are burnett failed dugs test?
how can drugs help a darts player performance?
http://www.live-darts.com/category/darts-news/richie-burnett-removed-from-world-championship-201412020001/

Darts in the UK is effectively signed up to WADA and various other UNESCO agreements that the UK government have signed up to, so it doesn't really matter whether the drug would help per se, if its on the banned list then thats all that matters.

Some banned drugs could actually help darts players (e.g., one which steady the nerves) though I suspect it'll be different substances involved.

sc86

sc86 wrote: »

rumours are burnett failed dugs test?
how can drugs help a darts player performance?
http://www.live-darts.com/category/darts-news/richie-burnett-removed-from-world-championship-201412020001/

Presume something along the lines of beta blockers to steady the heart and adrenaline levels and calm the player down.

Golf must be the hardest to figure cos you'd need steroids for the drive and beta blockers for the putts!

Having said that, I think the most likely drug is recreational - Robbie Green was caught for marijuana.

Devastator

Marijuana is a real strange one in the world of sports. Its not performance enhancing but it can still be used to gain a possible advantage. I think there will be a lot of debate in the future about the use of marijuana in sports as it is becoming a more widely accepted in the western world and also being made legal in some places...so its use will be brought into question more.

I like MMA(ufc) and theres been a few fighters caught/banned for marijuana in their bloodstream and they tried to argue that it was not a PED and if anything would be the opposite but the counter arguement was that is used during training, then it will help the body/muscles relax and therefore aid recovery time between training....then come fightnight your body is potentially in better shape than it should be.

Now there is not as much physical work in darts but muscle achs,fatigue or even a sore back(like I think King had recently) could see the use of marijuana helping someone gain an unfair advantage.


I'm not sure why I even went into this ramble....its almost as if I was stoned lol

gramar

Devastator wrote: »

Marijuana is a real strange one in the world of sports. Its not performance enhancing but it can still be used to gain a possible advantage. I think there will be a lot of debate in the future about the use of marijuana in sports as it is becoming a more widely accepted in the western world and also being made legal in some places...so its use will be brought into question more.

I like MMA(ufc) and theres been a few fighters caught/banned for marijuana in their bloodstream and they tried to argue that it was not a PED and if anything would be the opposite but the counter arguement was that is used during training, then it will help the body/muscles relax and therefore aid recovery time between training....then come fightnight your body is potentially in better shape than it should be.

Now there is not as much physical work in darts but muscle achs,fatigue or even a sore back(like I think King had recently) could see the use of marijuana helping someone gain an unfair advantage.


I'm not sure why I even went into this ramble....its almost as if I was stoned lol

Nah....if you were stoned the post would have tailed off half way through.

Degag

TV schedule here for anyone who hasn't seen it.

http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12040/9591254/world-darts-championship-schedule-confirmed-for-alexandra-palace

sc86

would love to see mvg take a early exit
might deflate his head for a few weeks

Devastator

gramar wrote: »

Nah....if you were stoned the post would have tailed off half way through.

or just stopped with message "gone for food"


This must be 1st time in fair few years that the PDC champ will not be the 1st crowded world champion of the year. There could be other sports but the UFC light HW title fight is on Saturday 3rd jan.

Anyone know of any other sports nicking in start of 2015 or the last time there was a world champ named before the darts champ?

Devastator

Devastator

buster180

Big head looking for special treatment again! He Making excuses already, and folk wonder why people love seeing him get beat

Phil Taylor unhappy at World Darts Championship match schedule

Phil Taylor has called on World Darts Championship organisers to alter the playing schedule ahead of this year's tournament.

The 54-year-old exited the showpiece event at the second-round stage last year following a shock defeat at the hands of world number 32 Michael Smith, which saw him lose his top-placed ranking to eventual winner Michael van Gerwen.

Taylor was left unhappy at the timing of the defeat against Smith, with the players not leaving the stage at Alexandra Palace until close to midnight.

"I've told them, 'If you put me on at midnight, I might as well not play'. Playing at 11.45pm is miles too late. I want to be on earlier," the 16-time champion is quoted as saying by The Mirror.

"They have to change the schedules. They have to realise that I can't do that anymore. I keep telling them that. Van Gerwen is the champion now – put him on at midnight. He is a young kid. I'd rather play at 9am than at midnight. That suits me better."

Germany's Jyhan Artut awaits Taylor in first round of the tournament, which gets underway on Thursday evening.


http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/darts/ne...le_193635.html

Degag

So just put on a few bets there. My main bet is for 2 or more 9 darters @ 11/4. Think this is pretty good value tbh and should there be one early enough in the tournament will give me a good sweat.

Have backed Barney @ 40s. Don't really see too much value amongst the favourites. Lewis and Wade tempted me but 40's seemed to big for Barney. If he can find form, he can beat anyone.

Hamilton @ 14s to win his quarter. Solid player and a good draw in that he avoided Taylor, Mvg and Lewis. Could easily upset Anderson or Wright in his quarter.

ThebitterLemon

Degag wrote: »

So just put on a few bets there. My main bet is for 2 or more 9 darters @ 11/4. Think this is pretty good value tbh and should there be one early enough in the tournament will give me a good sweat.

Have backed Barney @ 40s. Don't really see too much value amongst the favourites. Lewis and Wade tempted me but 40's seemed to big for Barney. If he can find form, he can beat anyone.

Hamilton @ 14s to win his quarter. Solid player and a good draw in that he avoided Taylor, Mvg and Lewis. Could easily upset Anderson or Wright in his quarter.

Can't see any way that Barney has a shot at this, even at 40/1, I'd reckon I'd be wasting my cash.


I'd like to see Wade win it, but don't think it'll happen.

Gonna put a few quid on Lewis.

TbL

gramar

Degag wrote: »

So just put on a few bets there. My main bet is for 2 or more 9 darters @ 11/4. Think this is pretty good value tbh and should there be one early enough in the tournament will give me a good sweat.

Have backed Barney @ 40s. Don't really see too much value amongst the favourites. Lewis and Wade tempted me but 40's seemed to big for Barney. If he can find form, he can beat anyone.

Hamilton @ 14s to win his quarter. Solid player and a good draw in that he avoided Taylor, Mvg and Lewis. Could easily upset Anderson or Wright in his quarter.

What price would you get for there being no 9 darters?

Lazarus2.0

gramar wrote: »

What price would you get for there being no 9 darters?

8/5 with Boylesports

Lithium93_

You can't have a PDC World Championships without someone throwing a 9 darter. I'd imagine out of the likes of Wade, Lewis, Taylor, Van Gerwen, Van Barneveld, someone will at least throw a couple of 9 darters.

marklazarcovic

really hoping anderson or mvg wins

Kingp35

I'm hoping Bunting wins to be become the undisputed darts World Champion!

sc86

very long shot in fairness
jasus the bdo boys would be trying to claim there was no difference in standard then lol

Kingp35

World Championships is finally here. It's officially Christmas!! Hope you all have the beers in.

Devastator

Great, had ss3...sorry SS darts on all afternoon. The 15min highlights of the finals are pretty s**t, I hope they show full replays of some classic matches. Would love to see Taylor/Barney final again in full.