2011 PDC World Darts Championship

The 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 18th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London from 16 December 2010 and 3 January 2011. A total of 72 players took part, 16 of whom began at the preliminary round stage, with the eight winners joining the remaining 56 players in the first round proper.

2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates16 December 2010 –
3 January 2011
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs (preliminaries)
Sets (from Round 1)
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,000,000
Winner's share£200,000
Nine-dart finish Adrian Lewis
High checkout170 Tony Eccles
170 Terry Jenkins
Champion(s)
Adrian Lewis
«2010 2012»

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the 2010 tournament. He was knocked out of the tournament at the quarter final stage by Mark Webster, who in turn was defeated by Adrian Lewis in the semi-finals. Lewis went on to win the tournament, beating Gary Anderson 7–5 in the final to become only the fifth different PDC World Champion and the first to have won it without having won the rival BDO World Championship.[1]

The final between Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson was notable for being the last match that Sid Waddell commentated on at the PDC World Darts Championship. It was also notable for the first ever nine-dart finish in a world championship final, hit by Lewis in the third leg of the match.

4-time PDC World Championship semi-finalist Wayne Mardle was a notable absentee, missing out on his first World Championship since 1999. The 3-time PDC World Championship finalist Peter Manley was also another notable absentee, having missed out since 1998.

Format and qualifiers

The televised stages featured 72 players from a minimum of 22 countries. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 29 November 2010 were seeded for the tournament.[2] They were joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour.

These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (which were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Derby on November 29, 2010), and 22 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, the 2 highest names in the North American Order of Merit not already qualified and 16 further international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.

Some of the international players, such as the 4 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.

1^ Rob Modra was unable to get a visa, so therefore, he was replaced by Kirk Shepherd, the next highest ranked player in the Players Championship Order of Merit.[3]

Prize money

The 2011 World Championship featured a prize fund of £1,000,000 – the same as in the previous year. The Third Place Playoff did not take place this year.

The prize money is allocated as follows:[2]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £1,000,000)
Winner (1) £200,000
Runner-Up (1) £100,000
Semi-finalists (2) £50,000
Quarter-finalists (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 (1) £10,000

Schedule

Preliminary round

The preliminary round were played from Dec 16 to Dec 23 with one match per day. The format was best of 7 legs.

Player 1 Score Player 2
Gary Mawson 92.44 4–1 Juanito Gionzon 90.81
Roland Scholten 82.15 4–2 Veijo Viinikka 75.93
Matt Padgett 83.10 2–4 Morihiro Hashimoto 87.30
Per Laursen 91.05 4–2 Boris Krčmar 84.89
Jyhan Artut 83.86 4–3 Scott MacKenzie 84.94
Mickey Mansell 82.70 0–4 Preston Ridd 84.68
Devon Petersen 90.16 4–3 Norman Madhoo 82.05
Magnus Caris 80.24 4–3 Dietmar Burger 76.81

Last 64

The winner of the eight Preliminary Round matches joined 56 other players in the First Round.

The First Round draw took place on Tuesday 30 November live in the studio of Sky Sports News, and was conducted by 1983 World champion Keith Deller and Sky Sports darts' analyst and former World Matchplay champion, Rod Harrington.[4]

First Round (best of 5 sets)
16–23 December 		Second round (best of 7 sets)
27–29 December 		Third round (best of 7 sets)
29–30 December 		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
1 January 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
2 January 		Final (best of 13 sets)
3 January
                  
1 Phil Taylor 88.49 3
Gary Mawson 77.49 0
1 Taylor 102.09 4
Laursen 93.19 0
32 John Part 86.76 0
Per Laursen 83.66 3
1 Taylor 98.07 4
Wright 96.56 1
16 Paul Nicholson 97.39 3
Steve Farmer 93.90 0
16 Nicholson 89.93 2
Wright 85.39 4
17 Co Stompé 88.74 1
Peter Wright 86.76 3
1 Taylor 101.74 2
25 Webster 98.01 5
8 Ronnie Baxter 94.10 3
Roland Scholten 90.65 0
8 Baxter 95.00 0
25 Webster 97.22 4
25 Mark Webster 98.93 3
Steve Maish 93.76 0
25 Webster 93.25 4
Hylton 91.81 1
9 Colin Lloyd 84.35 3
Andree Welge 84.65 2
9 Lloyd 91.14 2
Hylton 93.52 4
24 Steve Beaton 89.79 2
Mark Hylton 90.14 3
25 Webster 96.38 4
5 Lewis 98.48 6
5 Adrian Lewis 94.87 3
Tony Eccles 94.84 0
5 Lewis 90.28 4
28 Dudbridge 87.66 1
28 Mark Dudbridge 92.60 3
Alex Roy 85.70 1
5 Lewis 101.05 4
21 Thornton 92.23 1
12 Andy Hamilton 79.42 3
Dennis Smith 80.10 0
12 Hamilton 86.49 0
21 Thornton 90.16 4
21 Robert Thornton 91.23 3
Nigel Heydon 91.53 1
5 Lewis 100.03 5
20 van der Voort 93.17 2
4 Simon Whitlock 90.41 3
Steve Evans 87.35 0
4 Whitlock 102.86 4
29 Ovens 86.50 0
29 Denis Ovens 88.87 3
Jyhan Artut 80.71 1
4 Whitlock 96.81 2
20 van der Voort 94.95 4
13 Wayne Jones 92.63 3
Kirk Shepherd 85.74 1
13 Jones 92.88 2
20 van der Voort 93.96 4
20 Vincent van der Voort 85.85 3
Preston Ridd 71.29 0
5 Lewis 99.40 7
11 Anderson 99.41 5
2 James Wade 91.53 3
Antonio Alcinas 85.92 0
2 Wade 89.54 2
Suljović 88.55 4
31 Michael van Gerwen 84.17 1
Mensur Suljović 91.51 3
Suljović 84.76 0
15 Newton 97.34 4
15 Wes Newton 87.95 3
Darin Young 80.57 0
15 Newton 92.63 4
Dolan 91.07 0
18 Kevin Painter 84.84 0
Brendan Dolan 96.32 3
15 Newton 91.94 4
7 Jenkins 93.52 5
7 Terry Jenkins 87.11 3
Joe Cullen 81.77 2
7 Jenkins 91.96 4
Brown 85.50 1
26 Jelle Klaasen 84.03 1
Steve Brown 91.46 3
7 Jenkins 99.05 4
10 Walsh 91.79 0
10 Mark Walsh 93.48 3
Justin Pipe 91.83 1
10 Walsh 89.33 4
23 Tabern 87.45 3
23 Alan Tabern 91.14 3
Richie Burnett 86.02 2
7 Jenkins 97.01 2
11 Anderson 101.11 6
6 Mervyn King 94.25 3
Magnus Caris 83.68 0
6 King 94.45 3
27 A. Smith 93.05 4
27 Andy Smith 93.26 3
Shane Tichowitsch 87.58 1
27 A. Smith 92.97 0
11 Anderson 108.39 4
11 Gary Anderson 103.26 3
Morihiro Hashimoto 87.44 0
11 Anderson 103.44 4
22 Priestley 97.26 2
22 Dennis Priestley 92.21 3
Bernd Roith 83.12 0
11 Anderson 102.75 5
3 van Barneveld 93.79 1
3 Raymond van Barneveld 94.28 3
Steve Hine 85.70 1
3 van Barneveld 98.24 4
McDine 91.93 1
30 Barrie Bates 78.80 1
Kevin McDine 77.65 3
3 van Barneveld 97.19 4
14 Osborne 90.63 3
14 Colin Osborne 93.02 3
Chris Thompson 88.47 1
14 Osborne 89.82 4
19 Caven 88.91 0
19 Jamie Caven 84.28 3
Devon Petersen 79.82 1

Final
Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: George Noble (first half) and Russ Bray (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 3 January 2011.
(5) Adrian Lewis 7 – 5 Gary Anderson (11)
3 – 1, 3 – 0, 0 – 3, 3 – 1, 1 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 1 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 0
99.80 Average (3 darts) 99.41
20 180 scores 10
141 Highest checkout 164
0% (0/0) Checkout summary 0% (0/0)

Statistics

[5]

Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout Average
Adrian Lewis Winner 6 29 13 101 70 221 119 60 167 97.35
Gary Anderson Runner-up 6 27 12 93 62 167 136 58 164 103.06
Mark Webster Semi-Finals 5 20 9 73 49 148 102 24 167 96.76
Terry Jenkins Semi-Finals 5 18 13 71 54 182 91 29 170 93.73
Phil Taylor Quarter-Finals 4 13 6 46 32 109 68 17 126 97.60
Raymond van Barneveld Quarter-Finals 4 12 10 50 43 112 79 23 156 95.88
Wes Newton Quarter-Finals 4 15 5 51 32 103 61 11 136 92.47
Vincent van der Voort Quarter-Finals 4 13 9 44 42 111 60 19 148 91.98
Simon Whitlock Third Round 3 9 4 33 17 57 46 16 164 96.69
Andy Smith Third Round 3 7 8 31 28 85 40 19 140 93.09
Mark Hylton Third Round 3 9 8 37 33 87 47 18 138 91.82
Mark Walsh Third Round 3 7 8 32 36 86 45 16 146 91.53
Robert Thornton Third Round 3 8 5 27 28 87 33 10 125 91.21
Colin Osborne Third Round 3 10 5 35 29 71 37 14 139 91.16
Mensur Suljović Third Round 3 7 7 29 31 76 32 13 136 88.27
Peter Wright Third Round 3 8 7 32 29 77 48 6 120 87.57
Dennis Priestley Second Round 2 5 4 21 17 47 28 12 111 94.74
Ronnie Baxter Second Round 2 3 4 15 15 32 27 6 118 94.55
Mervyn King Second Round 2 6 4 22 18 63 36 6 136 94.35
Brendan Dolan Second Round 2 3 4 15 14 42 20 5 108 93.70
Paul Nicholson Second Round 2 5 4 18 18 37 35 7 141 93.66
Wayne Jones Second Round 2 5 5 20 18 60 31 9 120 92.76
James Wade Second Round 2 5 4 22 17 48 28 2 121 90.54
Mark Dudbridge Second Round 2 4 5 18 21 42 19 12 107 90.13
Per Laursen Second Round 3 3 4 17 19 56 23 3 106 89.30
Alan Tabern Second Round 2 6 6 27 25 86 32 12 160 89.30
Steve Brown Second Round 2 4 5 15 19 43 19 9 126 88.48
Colin Lloyd Second Round 2 5 6 19 25 45 29 6 136 87.75
Denis Ovens Second Round 2 3 5 13 18 36 22 2 106 87.69
Jamie Caven Second Round 2 3 5 17 20 54 17 6 161 86.60
Kevin McDine Second Round 2 4 5 17 22 48 14 8 120 84.79
Andy Hamilton Second Round 2 3 4 15 15 42 10 6 106 82.96
Tony Eccles First Round 1 0 3 6 9 13 11 8 170 94.84
Steve Farmer First Round 1 0 3 3 9 10 15 1 161 93.90
Steve Maish First Round 1 0 3 2 9 10 9 2 58 93.76
Justin Pipe First Round 1 1 3 7 9 21 11 4 167 91.83
Nigel Heydon First Round 1 1 3 8 10 30 12 2 61 91.53
Steve Beaton First Round 1 2 3 11 13 29 14 4 75 89.79
Co Stompé First Round 1 1 3 6 11 18 11 4 111 88.74
Chris Thompson First Round 1 1 3 6 10 26 10 2 96 88.47
Shane Tichowitsch First Round 1 1 3 3 11 15 12 2 40 87.58
Morihiro Hashimoto First Round 2 0 3 4 11 19 6 4 61 87.37
Steve Evans First Round 1 0 3 2 9 18 8 0 35 87.35
John Part First Round 1 0 3 5 9 15 7 7 100 86.76
Roland Scholten First Round 2 0 3 7 11 21 12 4 112 86.40
Richie Burnett First Round 1 2 3 7 10 27 10 2 64 86.02
Antonio Alcinas First Round 1 0 3 2 9 14 6 2 20 85.92
Kirk Shepherd First Round 1 1 3 5 10 16 9 1 40 85.74
Steve Hine First Round 1 1 3 7 11 29 6 1 88 85.70
Alex Roy First Round 1 1 3 7 10 14 8 4 68 85.70
Devon Petersen First Round 2 1 3 12 14 22 13 5 146 84.99
Gary Mawson First Round 2 0 3 8 10 16 14 3 81 84.97
Kevin Painter First Round 1 0 3 2 9 17 5 1 156 84.84
Andree Welge First Round 1 2 3 9 10 25 6 3 63 84.65
Michael van Gerwen First Round 1 1 3 6 9 12 9 4 82 84.17
Jelle Klaasen First Round 1 1 3 5 10 13 9 2 111 84.03
Bernd Roith First Round 1 0 3 2 9 16 7 0 96 83.12
Jyhan Artut First Round 2 1 3 10 14 29 10 4 112 82.29
Magnus Caris First Round 2 0 3 6 12 25 8 2 55 81.96
Joe Cullen First Round 1 2 3 6 13 20 7 4 59 81.77
Darin Young First Round 1 0 3 3 9 12 6 2 32 80.57
Dennis Smith First Round 1 0 3 3 9 15 7 1 40 80.10
Barrie Bates First Round 1 1 3 8 9 29 10 0 116 78.80
Preston Ridd First Round 2 0 0 5 9 13 6 1 104 77.99
Juanito Gionzon Prelim. Round 1 0 0 1 4 11 2 1 96 90.81
Scott MacKenzie Prelim. Round 1 0 0 3 4 8 4 0 60 84.94
Boris Krčmar Prelim. Round 1 0 0 2 4 4 4 1 76 84.89
Matt Padgett Prelim. Round 1 0 0 2 4 6 3 0 40 83.10
Michael Mansell Prelim. Round 1 0 0 0 4 5 5 0 — 82.70
Norman Madhoo Prelim. Round 1 0 0 3 4 6 4 1 36 82.05
Dietmar Burger Prelim. Round 1 0 0 3 4 12 1 0 64 76.81
Veijo Viinikka Prelim. Round 1 0 0 2 4 6 2 1 40 75.93

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
SCO
AUS
WAL
AUT
GER
NIR
NZL
CAN
SPA
RSA
USA
JPN
FIN
PHI
DEN
CRO
HKG
SWE
GUY		 Total
Final 1010000000000000000002
Semis 2010100000000000000004
Quarters 4210100000000000000008
Round 3 82311100000000000000016
Round 2 212321101000000001000032
Round 1 346334131111121001001064
Prelim. 11000111100111111111116
Total 356334232111121111111172


Television coverage

Sky Sports broadcast all 72 matches live in high-definition in the United Kingdom. Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. They also commentated on matches along with Sid Waddell, John Gwynne, Nigel Pearson, Rod Studd and Stuart Pyke. This was the first PDC World Championship where Dave Lanning wasn't commentating having retired prior to the tournament. Due to the ill health of Harrington, Wayne Mardle replaced him post-Christmas and featured both commentating and co-presenting alongside Clark. Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff was also a guest commentator twice during tournament. Interviews were handled by either Clark, Bristow or Studd.

In the Netherlands SBS6 broadcast all matches live through a live stream on the SBS6 website and Sport1 broadcast all the matches on television, both with commentary provided by Jacques Nieuwlaat and Leo Oldenburger. In Germany it was broadcast live on Sport1 with co-commentary provided by Roland Scholten, and in Australia it was broadcast live on Fox Sports.

References
  1. "Jackpot hails 'dream' win". Sky Sports. 2011-01-04. Archived from the original on 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. "Order of Merit Explanation". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  3. Shepherd replaces Modra Archived 2010-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, pdc.tv, 14 December 2010
  4. World Championship Draw Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "2011 PDC World Championship Stats". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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