| 2005 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 26 December 2004 – 3 January 2005 | ||
| Venue | Circus Tavern | ||
| Location | Purfleet | ||
| Country |  England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Sets Final – best of 13 | ||
| Prize fund | £300,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £60,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170 Kevin Painter | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Phil Taylor | |||
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The2005 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 12th edition of thePDC World Darts Championship, and was held at theCircus Tavern,Purfleet taking place between 26 December 2004 and 3 January 2005.
Phil Taylor went on to clinch his 12th World Championship (10 in thePDC, 2 in theBDO) with a 7–4 final victory overMark Dudbridge.[1]
The tournament format remained the same as the previous year, with a preliminary round featuring eight international players against eight qualifiers from the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying tournament. The winners were then to meet the players ranked between 25 and 32 in the PDCworld rankings.
John Lowe, playing in his last and 28th consecutive world championship, suffered a defeat to CanadianJohn Verwey. The match went to a tie-break 11th leg in the deciding set.
The final between Taylor and Dudbridge looked for a long time as though it would be as close as the previous year's classic between Taylor andKevin Painter. Dudbridge led by 2 sets to 1, and having fallen 2–3 behind managed to level again. But Taylor then produced a surge to take the next three sets, and the 10th set provided a mere consolation for Dudbridge. Taylor prevailed 7–4 to claim the £60,000 first prize with his 12th title.[2][3]
| Position(num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £300,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £60,000 |
| Runner-Up | (1) | £30,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £15,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £9,000 |
| Fourth round losers | (8) | £6,500 |
| Third round losers | (16) | £3,500 |
| Second round losers | (8) | £2,750 |
| First round losers | (8) | £1,750 |
| First round(best of 5 sets) 26 December | Second round(best of 5 sets) 27 December | |||||
 Jason Clark81.44 | 3 | Chris Mason95.51 | 3 | |||
 Yasuhiko Matsunaga72.74 | 0 | Jason Clark87.76 | 1 | |||
 Tang Jun72.45 | 0 | Wes Newton81.53 | 0 | |||
 Gerry Convery84.54 | 3 | Gerry Convery84.06 | 3 | |||
| John Verwey83.55 | 3 | John Lowe84.91 | 2 | |||
 Anthony Forde80.48 | 2 | John Verwey82.73 | 3 | |||
 Darin Young82.74 | 2 | Alan Caves77.37 | 0 | |||
 Josephus Schenk84.89 | 3 | Josephus Schenk83.51 | 3 | |||
| Mark Holden94.42 | 3 | Simon Whatley81.93 | 0 | |||
| James Wade88.14 | 0 | Mark Holden89.51 | 3 | |||
| Mark Landers76.70 | 3 | Peter Evison77.71 | 3 | |||
 Alan Reynolds79.51 | 2 | Mark Landers74.89 | 0 | |||
 Barry Jouannet82.18 | 0 | Keith Deller77.64 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Jones91.38 | 3 | Wayne Jones82.30 | 3 | |||
| Mark Thomson81.56 | 0 | Mick Manning89.44 | 0 | |||
| Andy Hamilton85.87 | 3 | Andy Hamilton92.49 | 3 | |||
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including round 1 & 2.
ENG | NED | SCO | WAL | CAN | CHN | BAR | USA | JPN | AUS | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Semis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Quarters | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||||||