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The 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship will be the 17th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation.
Phil Taylor will be the defending champion, having regained the title in 2009 with a 7-1 victory over Raymond van Barneveld – who recorded the tournament's first nine dart finish in his quarter-final match against Jelle Klaasen.
The event will take place from December 18, 2009 until January 3, 2010 – albeit with two breaks in between for Christmas and New Year. The tournament will be held for the third time at London's Alexandra Palace.
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Previous Winners (1994-2009)
* 12 Phil Taylor (1995-2002, 2004-2006, 2009)
* 2 John Part (2003, 2008)
* 1 Dennis Priestley (1994)
* 1 Raymond van Barneveld (2007)
Featuring qualifiers from Gibraltar, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden for the first time, a total of 25 countries will be represented at Alexandra Palace, three more than a year ago.
In total, 16 players will compete in the preliminary round in a bid to join the other 56 in the first round proper, with the opening stages held from December 18-23.
The second and third rounds will be held from December 27-30, before the quarter-finals and semi-finals take place on January 1 & 2, with the final and third-fourth place play-off on Sunday January 3.
Loting
2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship Draw
First Round Draw
Phil Taylor (1, England) v Colin Monk (England)
Roland Scholten (32, Netherlands) v Steve Hine (England)
Robert Thornton (16, Scotland) v Per Laursen/Christian Perez (Philippines)
Wayne Mardle (17, England) v Jyhan Artut (Germany)
Adrian Lewis (8, England) v Aodhagan O'Neill (Ireland)/Les Francis (South Africa)
Wes Newton (25, England) v Jarkko Komula (Finland)/Roman Konchikov (Russia)
Dennis Priestley (9, England) v Kevin McDine (England)
Jelle Klaasen (24, Netherlands) v Barrie Bates (Wales)
Mervyn King (5, England) v Matt Clark (England)
Co Stompe (28, Netherlands) v Steve Maish (England)
Alan Tabern (12, England) v Ken MacNeil (Canada)/Norman Madhoo (Guyana)
Mark Dudbridge (21, England) v Andree Welge (Germany)
John Part (4, Canada) v Toon Greebe (Netherlands)
Kirk Shepherd (29, England) v Scott Burnett (USA)
Mark Walsh (13, England) v Mark Webster (Wales)
Peter Manley (20, England) v Andy Jenkins (England)
Raymond van Barneveld (2, Netherlands) v Warren Parry (New Zealand)
Tony Eccles (31, England) v Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
Kevin Painter (15, England) v Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
Vincent van der Voort (18, Netherlands) v Dylan Duo (Gibraltar)
Ronnie Baxter (7, England) v Haruki Muramatsu (Japan)/Krzysztof Kciuk (Poland)
Jamie Caven (26, England) v Gary Anderson (Scotland)
Colin Lloyd (10, England) v Magnus Caris (Sweden(/Francisco Ruiz (Spain)
Denis Ovens (23, England) v Tomas Seyler (Germany)/Shi Yongsheng (China)
Terry Jenkins (6, England) v Paul Nicholson (Australia)
Andy Smith (27, England) v Darin Young (USA)
Colin Osborne (11, England) v Simon Whitlock (Australia)
Wayne Jones (22, England) v Alex Roy (England)
James Wade (3, England) v Steve Brown (England)
Michael van Gerwen (30, Netherlands) v Peter Wright (Scotland)
Andy Hamilton (14, England) v Phillip Hazel (New Zealand)/Osmann Kijamet (Slovenia)
Steve Beaton (19, England) v Carlos Rodriguez (Spain)
Preliminary Round Draw
Per Laursen (Denmark) v Christian Perez (Philippines)
Ken MacNeil (Canada) v Norman Madhoo (Guyana)
Jarkko Komula (Finland) v Roman Konchikov (Russia)
Haruki Muramatsu (Japan) v Krzysztof Kciuk (Poland)
Tomas Seyler (Germany) v Shi Yongsheng(China)
Magnus Caris (Sweden) v Francisco Ruiz (Spain)
Aodhagan O'Neill (Ireland) v Les Francis (South Africa)
Phillip Hazel (New Zealand) v Osmann Kijamet (Slovenia)
Speelschema
Friday December 18
7.10pm Wayne Mardle v Jyhan Artut
8.15pm Per Laursen v Christan Perez (P)
8.45pm Dennis Priestley v Kevin McDine
9.50pm Phil Taylor v Colin Monk
10.55pm Robert Thornton v Laursen/Perez
Saturday December 19
12.40pm Jarkko Komula v Roman Konchikov (P)
1.10pm Roland Scholten v Steve Hine
2.15pm Co Stompe v Steve Maish
3.20pm Kirk Shepherd v Scott Burnett
4.25pm Wes Newton v Komula/Konchikov
7.10pm Mervyn King v Matt Clark
8.15pm Aodhagen O'Neill v Les Francis (P)
8.45pm Jelle Klaasen v Barrie Bates
9.50pm Adrian Lewis v O'Neill/Francis
10.55pm Peter Manley v Andy Jenkins
Sunday December 20
12.40pm Ken MacNeil v Norman Madhoo (P)
1.10pm Tony Eccles v Brendan Dolan
2.15pm Mark Dudbridge v Andree Welge
3.20pm Mark Walsh v Mark Webster
4.25pm Alan Tabern v MacNeil/Madhoo
7.10pm Kevin Painter v Mensur Suljovic
8.15pm Phillip Hazel v Osmann Kijamet (P)
8.45pm Jamie Caven v Gary Anderson
9.50pm Raymond van Barneveld v Warren Parry
10.55pm Andy Hamilton v Hazel/Kijamet
Monday December 21
7.10pm Vincent van der Voort v Dylan Duo
8.15pm Haruki Muramatsu v Krzysztof Kciuk (P)
8.45pm John Part v Toon Greebe
9.50pm Terry Jenkins v Paul Nicholson
10.55pm Ronnie Baxter v Muramatsu/Kciuk
Tuesday December 22
7.10pm Andy Smith v Darin Young
8.15pm Tomas Seyler v Shi Yongsheng (P)
8.45pm Steve Beaton v Carlos Rodriguez
9.50pm Colin Osborne v Simon Whitlock
10.55pm Denis Ovens v Seyler/Yongsheng
Wednesday December 23
7.10pm Wayne Jones v Alex Roy
8.15pm Magnus Caris (P) v Francisco Ruiz
8.45pm Michael van Gerwen v Peter Wright
9.50pm James Wade v Steve Brown
10.55pm Colin Lloyd v Caris/Ruiz
Prijzengeld
Winner: £200,000 (up from £125,000)
Runner-Up: £100,000 (up from £60,000)
Third: £60,000 (up from £30,000 for losing semi finalists in 2009)
Fourth: £40,000 (up from £30,000 for losing semi finalists in 2009)
Quarter Finals: £25,000 (up from £20,000)
Third Round losers: £15,000 (up from £12,000)
Second Round losers: £10,000 (up from £8,000)
First Round losers: £6,000 (up from £5,000)
Preliminary Round losers (8): £3,000 (up from £2,500)
Highest checkout: £10,000
Websites
Planet DartsWikipedia van dit toernooiDarts #7: Met Vegas, Matchplay en World Grand PrixHeb er wel weer zin in

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Waar te zien
NL Sport 1(live) en SBS(samenvatting)
Engeland: Sky Sports
Online: Via de bekende goksites en de bekende streamsites.
Phil Taylor heeft op de USopen en de Premier League na de grote tv toernooien gewonnen. Hij zal ook de grote favoriet zijn om zijn 13de PDC WKtitel te pakken en dus zijn 15de WKtitel met de BDOtitels erbij.
[ Bericht 6% gewijzigd door borisz op 08-12-2009 16:05:22 ]