2014 PDC World Darts Championship

World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	13 December 2013–1 January 2014
Venue	Alexandra Palace
Location	London
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs (preliminaries) Sets (from Round 1) Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£1,050,000
Winners share	£250,000
Nine dart finish	Terry Jenkins Kyle Anderson
High checkout	170 Terry Jenkins 170 Wes Newton
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2013 2015»

The 2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship was the 21st World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event started on 13 December 2013 and concluded on 1 January 2014 and was held at the Alexandra Palace, London, England.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his 16th title in 2013, but he lost 4–3 to Michael Smith in the second round.^[1]

Michael van Gerwen won his first World Championship by defeating Peter Wright 7–4 in the final.^[2] He became the sixth winner of the event and, at the age of 24, the youngest.^[3] The result also saw him replace Taylor as the new world number one.^[4] A new record of 603 maximum 180 scores were made during the championship, beating the previous best of 588 set in 2012.^[5] For the first time in PDC history there was no Englishman in the final.^[6]

Format and qualifiers

The televised stages featured 72 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 26 November 2013 were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by the 16 highest non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit, based on the events played on the 2013 PDC Pro Tour.

These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (as determined at the PDPA Qualifying event held in Barnsley on 25 November 2013), the highest ranked non-qualified player on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the four highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA.

Some of the international players, such as the four from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.

Order of Merit Phil Taylor Michael van Gerwen Adrian Lewis Simon Whitlock Andy Hamilton James Wade Dave Chisnall Wes Newton Robert Thornton Raymond van Barneveld Justin Pipe Kim Huybrechts Kevin Painter Mervyn King Brendan Dolan Peter Wright Terry Jenkins Gary Anderson Ronnie Baxter Paul Nicholson Ian White Steve Beaton Jamie Caven Colin Lloyd John Part Mark Webster Andy Smith Richie Burnett Mark Walsh Vincent van der Voort Wayne Jones Michael Smith

Pro Tour Stuart Kellett Jelle Klaasen Jamie Lewis Darren Webster Ronny Huybrechts Joe Cullen Arron Monk Mensur Suljović John Henderson Dennis Smith Ricky Evans Kevin McDine Dean Winstanley Ross Smith Mark Dudbridge Steve Brown

European Order of Merit First Round Qualifiers Max Hopp Mareno Michels Jarkko Komula Tomas Seyler PDPA Qualifier First Round Qualifier Matt Clark Preliminary Round Qualifier Ian Moss Challenge Tour Qualifier Preliminary Round Qualifier Ben Ward[7]

International Qualifiers First Round Qualifiers Darin Young Beau Anderson[8] Kyle Anderson[9] Preliminary Round Qualifiers Julio Barbero[10] Morihiro Hashimoto[11] Royden Lam[12] Mohd Latif Sapup[13] Per Laursen Zoran Lerchbacher[14] Paul Lim[15] Dennis Lindskjold Colin McGarry[16] Devon Petersen[13] Edward Santos[17] Rob Szabo[18] Gino Vos[14] Andree Welge[14] Colin Osborne

Edward Santos withdrew due to travel problems and was replaced by Colin Osborne, the highest-ranking non-qualified player on the PDC Order of Merit.^[19]

Prize money

The 2014 World Championship features a prize fund of at least £1,050,000. The winner's prize money has been increased from £200,000 to £250,000.^[20]

The prize money is allocated as follows:

Position (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£250,000
Runner-up	(1)	£100,000
Semi-finalist	(2)	£50,000
Quarter-finalist	(4)	£25,000
Third round losers	(8)	£15,000
Second round losers	(16)	£10,000
First round losers	(32)	£6,000
Preliminary round losers	(8)	£3,500
Nine-dart finish	(2)	£30,000 (£15,000 each)

Bracket

The preliminary round was drawn on 30 November, the last 64 draw took place on 2 December 2013 and was made by Rod Harrington and Wayne Mardle. It was shown live on Sky Sports.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played in a first to four legs format. One match was played per session with the winners playing their first round matches later on the same day.

Av.	Player	Score	Player	Av.
76.78	Rob Szabo	4–3	Ian Moss	78.63
84.71	Colin McGarry	2–4	Per Laursen	91.55
84.03	Julio Barbero	4–1	Andree Welge	79.65
74.30	Dennis Lindskjold	1–4	Colin Osborne	89.82
88.01	Devon Petersen	4–1	Mohd Latif Sapup	82.78
90.25	Zoran Lerchbacher	4–1	Ben Ward	86.43
84.26	Morihiro Hashimoto	4–2	Paul Lim	75.26
79.45	Gino Vos	1–4	Royden Lam	79.40

Last 64

	First round (best of 5 sets) 13–19 December [21][22][23][24][25][26][27]					Second round (best of 7) 20–27 December [28][29][30][31][32]					Third round (best of 7) 27 & 28 December [32][33]					Quarter-finals (best of 9) 28 & 29 December [34][35]					Semi-finals (best of 11) 30 December [36]					Final (best of 13) 1 January [5]
	1	Phil Taylor 96.68	3
		Rob Szabo 90.06	1
						1	Taylor 95.55	3
						32	M. Smith 94.55	4
	32	Michael Smith 79.69	3
		Morihiro Hashimoto 76.50	1
											32	M. Smith 98.33	3
											16	Wright 105.07	4
	16	Peter Wright 98.68	3
		Joe Cullen 90.83	0
						16	Wright 98.04	4
							Laursen 87.63	2
	17	Terry Jenkins 95.91	2
		Per Laursen 89.45	3
																16	Wright 95.85	5
																8	Newton 92.40	4
	8	Wes Newton 88.41	3
		Royden Lam 83.45	1
						8	Newton 92.91	4
						25	Part 87.89	0
	25	John Part 82.48	3
		Mareno Michels 79.70	2
											8	Newton 95.51	4
											9	Thornton 91.74	1
	9	Robert Thornton 86.86	3
		Max Hopp 80.17	1
						9	Thornton 98.89	4
							B. Anderson 87.76	0
	24	Colin Lloyd 83.62	2
		Beau Anderson 83.66	3
																					16	Wright 100.24	6
																					4	Whitlock 97.25	2
	5	Andy Hamilton 92.03	3
		Julio Barbero 93.52	1
						5	Hamilton 96.89	1
						28	Burnett 95.91	4
	28	Richie Burnett 97.19	3
		Dean Winstanley 95.48	1
											28	Burnett 95.83	3
											21	White 95.92	4
	12	Kim Huybrechts 88.07	3
		Ronny Huybrechts 90.10	1
						12	K. Huybrechts 98.94	3
						21	White 98.39	4
	21	Ian White 97.02	3
		Kyle Anderson 89.68	1
																21	White 98.41	4
																4	Whitlock 95.77	5
	4	Simon Whitlock 97.35	3
		Ross Smith 86.20	0
						4	Whitlock 95.30	4
							Komula 88.99	0
	29	Mark Walsh 86.51	1
		Jarkko Komula 84.57	3
											4	Whitlock 92.96	4
											13	Painter 86.38	0
	13	Kevin Painter 98.59	3
		Tomas Seyler 86.98	0
						13	Painter 91.59	4
						20	Nicholson 93.60	0
	20	Paul Nicholson 96.82	3
		Stuart Kellett 95.09	0
																										16	Wright 95.71	4
																										2	van Gerwen 100.10	7
	2	Michael van Gerwen 89.13	3
		Zoran Lerchbacher 89.94	0
						2	van Gerwen 96.88	4
							McDine 90.11	1
	31	Wayne Jones 89.75	2
		Kevin McDine 91.80	3
											2	van Gerwen 100.20	4
											18	G. Anderson 98.18	3
	15	Brendan Dolan 96.72	3
		Colin Osborne 82.64	0
						15	Dolan 90.10	1
						18	G. Anderson 97.97	4
	18	Gary Anderson 97.83	3
		Mark Dudbridge 90.40	0
																2	van Gerwen 98.86	5
																26	M. Webster 93.34	3
	7	Dave Chisnall 98.43	2
		John Henderson 91.62	3
							Henderson 91.62	3
						26	M. Webster 92.23	4
	26	Mark Webster 86.70	3
		Mensur Suljović 84.02	2
											26	M. Webster 92.48	4
											10	van Barneveld 94.82	3
	10	Raymond van Barneveld 98.56	3
		Jamie Lewis 91.02	0
						10	van Barneveld 99.65	4
						23	Caven 96.05	3
	23	Jamie Caven 87.03	3
		Jelle Klaasen 89.56	1
																					2	van Gerwen 103.02	6
																					3	A. Lewis 99.19	0
	6	James Wade 91.92	3
		Darren Webster 90.12	2
						6	Wade 91.86	4
						27	A. Smith 90.04	3
	27	Andy Smith 84.22	3
		Steve Brown 84.89	1
											6	Wade 99.92	4
												Petersen 92.42	0
	11	Justin Pipe 87.85	3
		Arron Monk 78.74	0
						11	Pipe 93.00	1
							Petersen 95.18	4
	22	Steve Beaton 87.76	1
		Devon Petersen 85.67	3
																6	Wade 90.85	1
																3	A. Lewis 96.56	5
	3	Adrian Lewis 95.26	3
		Dennis Smith 80.89	0
						3	A. Lewis 103.68	4
						30	van der Voort 99.47	1
	30	Vincent van der Voort 85.96	3
		Matt Clark 78.50	1
											3	A. Lewis 91.17	4
											14	King 91.87	1
	14	Mervyn King 89.87	3
		Darin Young 82.97	0
						14	King 94.81	4
							Evans 94.40	2
	19	Ronnie Baxter 86.60	0
		Ricky Evans 87.21	3

Statistics

Player	Eliminated	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	Average[37]
Michael van Gerwen	3 Winner	6	29	11	100	62	186	104	52	154	98.03
Peter Wright	4 Runner-up	6	26	18	103	86	290	154	29	164	98.93
Adrian Lewis	4 Semi-finals	5	16	9	56	41	107	79	29	158	97.17
Simon Whitlock	4 Semi-finals	5	18	10	66	53	139	84	36	136	95.73
Ian White	4 Quarter-finals	4	15	12	61	51	150	75	29	128	97.44
James Wade	4 Quarter-finals	4	12	10	52	47	136	66	21	142	93.64
Wes Newton	4 Quarter-finals	4	15	7	57	39	107	60	27	170	92.13
Mark Webster	4 Quarter-finals	4	14	13	59	56	135	73	25	157	91.19
Gary Anderson	3 Third round	3	10	5	39	26	90	50	17	119	98.00
Raymond van Barneveld	3 Third round	3	10	7	40	32	98	50	20	141	97.68
Richie Burnett	3 Third round	3	10	6	34	32	77	57	19	96	96.31
Robert Thornton	3 Third round	3	8	5	28	22	70	38	16	136	92.50
Kevin Painter	3 Third round	3	7	4	25	18	50	31	7	116	92.19
Mervyn King	3 Third round	3	8	6	29	25	63	48	12	136	92.18
Michael Smith	3 Third round	3	10	8	41	38	95	59	17	141	90.86
Devon Petersen	3 Third round	4	7	6	32	29	87	48	9	141	90.32
Phil Taylor	2 Second round	2	6	5	24	23	60	35	10	156	96.12
Paul Nicholson	2 Second round	2	3	4	14	15	36	28	7	136	95.21
Andy Hamilton	2 Second round	2	4	5	19	19	45	25	8	124	94.46
Kim Huybrechts	2 Second round	2	6	5	23	24	51	35	10	111	93.51
Brendan Dolan	2 Second round	2	4	4	16	18	49	20	7	167	93.41
Vincent van der Voort	2 Second round	2	4	5	18	18	43	24	7	131	92.72
John Henderson	2 Second round	2	6	6	28	29	83	29	15	132	91.62
Jamie Caven	2 Second round	2	6	5	23	22	44	31	7	158	91.54
Kevin McDine	2 Second round	2	4	6	18	22	44	15	13	81	90.96
Ricky Evans	2 Second round	2	5	4	20	17	45	20	13	138	90.81
Justin Pipe	2 Second round	2	4	4	17	15	48	25	3	110	90.43
Per Laursen	2 Second round	3	5	6	23	28	64	29	10	128	89.54
Andy Smith	2 Second round	2	6	5	25	25	74	37	7	161	87.14
Jarkko Komula	2 Second round	2	3	5	16	20	54	20	7	126	86.78
Beau Anderson	2 Second round	2	3	6	17	25	52	25	7	76	85.71
John Part	2 Second round	2	3	6	17	22	35	15	8	76	85.19
Dave Chisnall	1 First round	1	2	3	11	13	24	15	11	121	98.43
Terry Jenkins	1 First round	1	2	3	11	10	20	13	11	170	95.91
Dean Winstanley	1 First round	1	1	3	9	9	29	14	2	60	95.48
Stuart Kellett	1 First round	1	0	3	3	9	10	9	4	84	95.09
Jamie Lewis	1 First round	1	0	3	3	9	13	9	3	84	91.02
Joe Cullen	1 First round	1	0	3	5	9	18	7	1	147	90.83
Mark Dudbridge	1First round	1	0	3	3	9	14	5	1	41	90.40
Darren Webster	1 First round	1	2	3	11	13	31	21	1	81	90.12
Ronny Huybrechts	1 First round	1	1	3	7	10	23	12	3	97	90.10
Zoran Lerchbacher	1 First round	2	0	3	5	10	26	11	1	138	90.10
Wayne Jones	1 First round	1	2	3	8	12	30	11	5	120	89.75
Kyle Anderson	1 First round	1	1	3	5	10	6	9	6	141	89.68
Jelle Klaasen	1 First round	1	1	3	4	9	19	6	3	36	89.56
Julio Barbero	1First round	2	1	3	10	12	22	19	4	80	88.78
Steve Beaton	1 First round	1	1	3	8	10	20	14	2	106	87.76
Tomas Seyler	1 First round	1	0	3	1	9	15	7	1	56	86.98
Ronnie Baxter	1 First round	1	0	3	3	9	19	7	1	40	86.60
Mark Walsh	1 First round	1	1	3	8	11	37	14	0	121	86.51
Colin Osborne	1 First round	2	0	3	8	10	15	13	1	122	86.23
Ross Smith	1 First round	1	0	3	4	9	21	6	2	107	86.20
Steve Brown	1 First round	1	1	3	7	10	14	8	8	56	84.89
Mensur Suljović	1 First round	1	2	3	10	13	26	15	4	130	84.02
Colin Lloyd	1 First round	1	2	3	13	15	42	10	5	112	83.62
Rob Szabo	1First round	2	1	3	10	13	34	5	2	128	83.42
Darin Young	1 First round	1	0	3	1	9	14	4	1	14	82.97
Royden Lam	1 First round	2	1	3	11	11	34	13	1	60	81.43
Dennis Smith	1 First round	1	0	3	0	9	10	3	1	–	80.89
Morihiro Hashimoto	1 First round	2	1	3	11	12	37	9	2	152	80.38
Max Hopp	1 First round	1	1	3	6	10	21	4	4	68	80.17
Mareno Michels	1 First round	1	2	3	10	13	28	11	4	136	79.70
Arron Monk	1 First round	1	0	3	3	9	13	5	0	100	78.64
Matt Clark	1 First round	1	1	3	6	10	22	5	1	81	78.50
Ben Ward	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	4	11	2	0	16	86.43
Colin McGarry	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	2	4	4	6	1	36	84.71
Mohd Latif Sapup	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	4	7	5	0	141	82.78
Andree Welge	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	4	6	2	1	91	79.65
Gino Vos	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	4	4	2	0	32	79.45
Ian Moss	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	3	4	12	3	0	118	78.63
Paul Lim	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	2	4	8	4	0	58	75.26
Dennis Lindskjold	0 Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	4	10	0	0	2	74.30

Source: Match reports in the draw

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the Preliminary round.

	ENG	NED	AUS	SCO	WAL	GER	BEL	NIR	AUT	DEN	CAN	USA	ESP	HKG	JPN	MAS	NZL	RSA	SIN	FIN	Total
Final	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semis	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Quarters	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Round 3	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16
Round 2	14	3	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	32
Round 1	32	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	64
Prelim.	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	16
Total	34	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	72

Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:^[21]

Country	Channel
United Kingdom	Sky Sports BBC Radio 5 Live (final only)[38]
Czech Republic Hungary Romania Slovakia	Sport TV (Sport 1 and Sport 2)
Germany	Sport1/Sport1+
Ireland	Sky Sports
Middle East	OSN
Netherlands	RTL7
Australia Italy	Fox Sports
New Zealand	Sky Sport (New Zealand)

Sky Sports also showed the semi-finals and final in 3D in the United Kingdom.

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External links

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