| World Darts Trophy | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 31 August 2007 – 9 September 2007 | ||
| Venue | De Vechtsebanen | ||
| Location | Utrecht,Utrecht | ||
| Country | theNetherlands | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO,WDF | ||
| Format | Sets Final – Best of 13Sets | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Gary Anderson | |||
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The2007 Bullit World Darts Trophy was the sixth and last edition of theWorld Darts Trophy, a professionaldarts tournament held at theDe Vechtsebanen inUtrecht, theNetherlands, run by theBritish Darts Organisation and theWorld Darts Federation.
It had a playing format comparable with both World Championships (BDO andPDC) and features the majority of top ranked players from both organisations. The event featured the top 12 ranked players from the PDC and BDO, seven world champions (including bothincumbents) and 23 world title winners – making it possibly the strongest field assembled since thesplit in 1992/93.
Raymond van Barneveld, thePDC World Champion, was beaten in the first round by fellow countrymanJelle Klaasen. TheBDO World ChampionMartin Adams fell at the quarter-final stage toAndy Hamilton. The final featuredGary Anderson againstPhil Taylor. Taylor wasn't able to successfully defend his title despite hitting 17 maximum 180s in the final. Both players averaged over 100 in an excellent final – played over the same 13 set format as the BDO & PDC World Finals. Anderson captured his second major title – adding to hisInternational Darts League success back in May.
The players inbold automatically qualify for the main stage and are seeded. The players in regular text automatically qualify for the main round but are not seed. The players initalics must go through the qualifiers:[2][3]
BDO / WDF[edit]World Darts Trophy Merit Table
9 to 12 on WDT Merit Table can be told based on rest of the automatic qualifiers. Likely BDO / WDF qualifiers or wildcards
| Professional Darts Corporation[edit]PDC Order of Merit
PDC qualifiers
Wildcards
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The top 12 players from thePDC Order of Merit and the top 12 BDO / WDF Players from the World Darts Trophy Merit Table automatically qualified for the event. Following controversy (seeIDL 2007) regarding the number of players promised an invitation, a qualifying competition was held to fill the other eight places in the first round. Seven PDC players progressed to the first round including DutchmenMichael van Gerwen,Jelle Klaasen andVincent van der Voort. The other four PDC players wereDenis Ovens,Kevin Painter,Mervyn King andWayne Atwood. The only BDO player who made it through wasShaun Greatbatch.
First preliminary round (Best of 5 sets)
| Second preliminary round (Best of 5 sets)
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The tournament was broadcast bySBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available[14]- however this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.
