2008 World Matchplay


The 2008 Stan James World Matchplay was the 15th annual staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 20–26 July 2008.
World number three James Wade went into the competition as the defending champion and managed to reach the final for the third year in a row, but was defeated by top seed Phil Taylor 18–9 who won his ninth World Matchplay championship.

Prize fund

A total of £300,000 was available for the players, divided based on the following performances:

Qualification

The qualification process for the World Matchplay differed this year. The top 16 in the after the 2008 UK Open qualified automatically as the 16 seeds. The other 16 places would be made up of the 16 highest ranked players from the - decided by the various Player Championship events taking place on the PDC Pro Tour from January 2008 - the cutoff point was the Las Vegas Players Championship just before the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic.
Thus, the participants were:

PDC Top 16

  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Raymond van Barneveld '
  3. James Wade '
  4. John Part '
  5. Terry Jenkins '
  6. Roland Scholten '
  7. Andy Hamilton '
  8. Adrian Lewis '
  9. Colin Lloyd '
  10. Wayne Mardle '
  11. Peter Manley '
  12. Dennis Priestley '
  13. Alan Tabern '
  14. Ronnie Baxter '
  15. Kevin Painter '
  16. Colin Osborne

    PDPA Players Championship qualifiers

  17. Mervyn King '
  18. Chris Mason '
  19. Vincent van der Voort '
  20. Denis Ovens '
  21. Wayne Jones '
  22. Mark Dudbridge '
  23. Andy Smith '
  24. Kevin McDine '
  25. Mark Walsh '
  26. Matt Clark '
  27. Steve Beaton '
  28. Michael van Gerwen '
  29. Tony Eccles '
  30. Alex Roy '
  31. Mark Frost '
  32. Adrian Gray '

    Draw

Statistics

PlayerEliminatedPlayedLegs WonLegs LostLWAT100+140+180sHigh Checkout3-dart Average
Phil TaylorWinner57434301439236160104.81
James WadeFinal5654628120954215799.49
Wayne MardleSemi-finals4475116133651215589.20
Dennis PriestleySemi-finals4475018131621315594.10
Raymond van BarneveldQuarter-finals34030169144613889.57
Kevin McDineQuarter-finals32933987351516092.69
Matt ClarkQuarter-finals33526117534916190.80
Alan TabernQuarter-finals337311498521412093.31
Mark WalshSecond round2191976026129697.72
Colin OsborneSecond round21520544191011096.93
Ronnie BaxterSecond round2171774423410293.20
Terry JenkinsSecond round2211995230916092.79
Michael van GerwenSecond round2232596429811290.68
Peter ManleySecond round2161754820815690.03
John PartSecond round2171662624712087.75
Tony EcclesSecond round2132145411415786.78
Kevin PainterFirst round18103261027686.57
Adrian GrayFirst round1810323738184.63
Andy SmithFirst round1410122528084.45
Mark FrostFirst round191152913210282.17
Steve BeatonFirst round161001914415297.91
Adrian LewisFirst round181031714411688.75
Mark DudbridgeFirst round191122318516088.28
Andy HamiltonFirst round1121453518414092.59
Vincent van der VoortFirst round18103181559692.25
Mervyn KingFirst round171012213111691.49
Colin LloydFirst round16102225212791.37
Alex RoyFirst round161032713211691.32
Wayne JonesFirst round141011812111691.04
Denis OvensFirst round141012210311090.59
Roland ScholtenFirst round1410017617490.56
Chris MasonFirst round13101263011581.97