2008 Grand Slam of Darts
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The 2008 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts was the second staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 15 to 23 November 2008 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. As with 2007, the tournament included players from both the PDC and BDO organisations.
Phil Taylor successfully defended the title after defeating Terry Jenkins 18–9 in the final.
James Wade also hit the first nine-dart finish in the history of this tournament, during his second round defeat by Gary Anderson.
Prize Fund
The prize fund for the 2008 tournament was as follows:
| Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £356,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £100,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £40,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £20,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £12,500 |
| Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £7,500 |
| Last 32 (group stage) | (16) | £4,000 |
| Highest finish | (1) | £2,000 |
Qualifying
There were 15 tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the 2007 Grand Slam also offered a place in the tournament to the losing semi-finalists. There were also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Australia and the United States, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player.
Qualifying tournaments
PDC
BDO
For the second year running, Martin Adams declined his invitation to take part in the competition.
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Darts Championship | 2007 | Winner | Template:Flagicon Phill Nixon Template:Flagicon Niels de Ruiter Template:Flagicon Mervyn King Template:Flagicon Mark Webster Template:Flagicon Simon Whitlock Template:Flagicon Brian Woods Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen Template:Flagicon Robert Thornton Template:Flagicon Darryl Fitton | ||
| Runner-up | Template:Flagicon Phill Nixon | ||||
| Semi-finalists | Template:Flagicon Niels de Ruiter Template:Flagicon Mervyn King | ||||
| 2008 | Winner | Template:Flagicon Mark Webster | |||
| Runner-up | Template:Flagicon Simon Whitlock | ||||
| Semi-finalists | Template:Flagicon Brian Woods | ||||
| World Masters | 2006 | Winner | Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen | ||
| Runner-up | |||||
| 2007 | Winner | Template:Flagicon Robert Thornton | |||
| Runner-up | Template:Flagicon Darryl Fitton | ||||
| Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. | |||||
Defunct Tournaments
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Darts League | 2007 | Winner | Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson |
| Runner-up | Template:Flagicon Mark Webster | ||
| World Darts Trophy | 2007 | Winner | Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson |
| Runner-up | Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor | ||
| Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. | |||
Other qualifiers
| Criteria | Player |
|---|---|
| PDC North America Order of Merit Leader | Template:Flagicon Darin Young |
| William Cross Pro-Am | Template:Flagicon Paul Nicholson |
| 2008 BDO Women's World Darts Champion | Template:Flagicon Anastasia Dobromyslova |
| ITV Wildcards | Template:Flagicon Wes Newton Template:Flagicon Colin McGarry Template:Flagicon Alan Tabern |
Pro-Celebrity Challenge
As a curtain-raiser for the main Grand Slam of Darts, a competition involving eight celebrities and eight of the professionals taking part in the Grand Slam took place on the Friday before the tournament. The winners of the tournament collected a first prize of £8,000. In a closely fought final, James Wade and Steve Backley won a final-leg decider over Phil Taylor and Neil Ruddock, with Backley's double two checkout sealing the victory. Those involved were:
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Draw and results
all matches first-to-3/best of 5.
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Draw
Group stages
All matches first-to-5/best of 9.
NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/- = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points.
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Nine-dart shootout
With Andy Hamilton and Alan Tabern finishing level on points and leg difference, a piece of history was made, with a nine-dart shootout between the two to see who would play Phil Taylor in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Tuesday's second round matches.
| POS | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Andy Hamilton | 60 | 60 | 5 | 60 | 20 | 60 | – | – | – | 265 | Advance to the last 16 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Alan Tabern | 60 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 169 | Eliminated |
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Group C
15 November
16 November
17 November
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Group D
15 November
16 November
17 November
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Group E
15 November
16 November
18 November
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Group F
15 November
16 November
18 November
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Group G
15 November
16 November
18 November
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Group H
15 November
16 November
18 November
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Knockout stages
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Statistics
| Player | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High checkout | 3-dart average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor | 7 | 68 | 40 | 126 | 99 | 32 | 151 | 104.10 |
| Template:Flagicon Andy Hamilton | 4 | 19 | 19 | 53 | 33 | 9 | 136 | 100.22 |
| Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson | 6 | 48 | 41 | 101 | 74 | 30 | 170 | 98.65 |
| Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld | 5 | 34 | 21 | 73 | 33 | 19 | 121 | 98.15 |
| Template:Flagicon Terry Jenkins | 7 | 59 | 57 | 144 | 99 | 36 | 164 | 97.63 |
| Template:Flagicon James Wade | 4 | 23 | 17 | 54 | 34 | 10 | 141 | 95.09 |
| Template:Flagicon Mervyn King | 6 | 45 | 40 | 108 | 61 | 24 | 161 | 94.70 |
| Template:Flagicon Simon Whitlock | 5 | 30 | 24 | 72 | 32 | 14 | 109 | 92.84 |
| Template:Flagicon Robert Thornton | 4 | 21 | 22 | 56 | 30 | 12 | 126 | 92.71 |
| Template:Flagicon Denis Ovens | 4 | 21 | 17 | 63 | 25 | 3 | 122 | 92.10 |
| Template:Flagicon Alan Tabern | 3 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 71 | 92.04 |
| Template:Flagicon Vincent van der Voort | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 146 | 91.47 |
| Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis | 3 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 127 | 90.69 |
| Template:Flagicon Darryl Fitton | 5 | 30 | 27 | 56 | 44 | 13 | 117 | 90.58 |
| Template:Flagicon Kevin Painter | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 91 | 90.08 |
| Template:Flagicon Mark Webster | 5 | 30 | 22 | 70 | 26 | 9 | 158 | 89.98 |
| Template:Flagicon Paul Nicholson | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 140 | 88.93 |
| Template:Flagicon Phill Nixon | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 68 | 88.36 |
| Template:Flagicon Kevin McDine | 4 | 20 | 17 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 107 | 88.14 |
| Template:Flagicon Andy Jenkins | 4 | 21 | 23 | 56 | 24 | 7 | 104 | 87.87 |
| Template:Flagicon Darin Young | 4 | 17 | 21 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 86 | 87.25 |
| Template:Flagicon John Part | 4 | 15 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 135 | 86.93 |
| Template:Flagicon Gary Mawson | 3 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 152 | 86.63 |
| Template:Flagicon Kirk Shepherd | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 70 | 83.89 |
| Template:Flagicon Colin Lloyd | 3 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 90 | 83.38 |
| Template:Flagicon Wayne Mardle | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 158 | 83.23 |
| Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 82.68 |
| Template:Flagicon Brian Woods | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 120 | 82.19 |
| Template:Flagicon Anastasia Dobromyslova | 3 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 120 | 81.46 |
| Template:Flagicon Niels de Ruiter | 3 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 73 | 81.37 |
| Template:Flagicon Wes Newton | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 100 | 80.85 |
| Template:Flagicon Colin McGarry | 3 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 100 | 79.23 |
Television coverage
ITV Sport again broadcast coverage throughout the championship, in the UK. Again, Matt Smith presented the coverage on ITV4, with analysis from Chris Mason and Alan Warriner-Little, commentary from Peter Drury, Stuart Pyke and John Rawling and reports from Ned Boulting and Janie Omorogbe.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Match fixing allegations
Five days after the tournament concluded, the PDC revealed that the organisation had received complaints concerning the Group H match between Darryl Fitton and Gary Anderson, and forwarded those complaints to the Darts Regulation Authority.[2] On 26 January 2009 it was announced that there was no evidence of player collusion in the arranging of match outcomes.[3]
External links and references
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- ↑ PDC announce ITV Wildcard Qualifiers Template:Webarchive Planet Darts
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