2014 PDC World Darts Championship

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 took place at the Alexandra Palace, London between 13 December 2013 and 1 January 2014.

2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates13 December 2013 –
1 January 2014
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs (preliminaries)
Sets (from Round 1)
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,050,000
Winner's share£250,000
Nine-dart finish Terry Jenkins
Kyle Anderson
High checkout170 Terry Jenkins
170 Wes Newton
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2013 2015»

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.

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
(Total: £1,050,000)
Winner (1) £250,000
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 (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 sets)
20–27 December
[28][29][30][31][32] 		Third round (best of 7 sets)
27–28 December
[32][33] 		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
28–29 December
[34][35] 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
30 December
[36] 		Final (best of 13 sets)
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

Final
Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referee: Russ Bray
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2014.
(16) Peter Wright 4 – 7 Michael van Gerwen (2)
1 – 3, 0 – 3, 0 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 3
95.71 Average (3 darts) 100.10
6 180 scores 16
130 Highest checkout 124
36,54% (19/52) Checkout summary 39,06% (25/64)

Statistics
Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout Average[37]
Michael van Gerwen Winner 6 29 11 100 62 186 104 52 154 98.03
Peter Wright Runner-up 6 26 18 103 86 290 154 29 164 98.93
Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 5 16 9 56 41 107 79 29 158 97.17
Simon Whitlock Semi-finals 5 18 10 66 53 139 84 36 136 95.73
Ian White Quarter-finals 4 15 12 61 51 150 75 29 128 97.44
James Wade Quarter-finals 4 12 10 52 47 136 66 21 142 93.64
Wes Newton Quarter-finals 4 15 7 57 39 107 60 27 170 92.13
Mark Webster Quarter-finals 4 14 13 59 56 135 73 25 157 91.19
Gary Anderson Third round 3 10 5 39 26 90 50 17 119 98.00
Raymond van Barneveld Third round 3 10 7 40 32 98 50 20 141 97.68
Richie Burnett Third round 3 10 6 34 32 77 57 19 96 96.31
Robert Thornton Third round 3 8 5 28 22 70 38 16 136 92.50
Kevin Painter Third round 3 7 4 25 18 50 31 7 116 92.19
Mervyn King Third round 3 8 6 29 25 63 48 12 136 92.18
Michael Smith Third round 3 10 8 41 38 95 59 17 141 90.86
Devon Petersen Third round 4 7 6 32 29 87 48 9 141 90.32
Phil Taylor Second round 2 6 5 24 23 60 35 10 156 96.12
Paul Nicholson Second round 2 3 4 14 15 36 28 7 136 95.21
Andy Hamilton Second round 2 4 5 19 19 45 25 8 124 94.46
Kim Huybrechts Second round 2 6 5 23 24 51 35 10 111 93.51
Brendan Dolan Second round 2 4 4 16 18 49 20 7 167 93.41
Vincent van der Voort Second round 2 4 5 18 18 43 24 7 131 92.72
John Henderson Second round 2 6 6 28 29 83 29 15 132 91.62
Jamie Caven Second round 2 6 5 23 22 44 31 7 158 91.54
Kevin McDine Second round 2 4 6 18 22 44 15 13 81 90.96
Ricky Evans Second round 2 5 4 20 17 45 20 13 138 90.81
Justin Pipe Second round 2 4 4 17 15 48 25 3 110 90.43
Per Laursen Second round 3 5 6 23 28 64 29 10 128 89.54
Andy Smith Second round 2 6 5 25 25 74 37 7 161 87.14
Jarkko Komula Second round 2 3 5 16 20 54 20 7 126 86.78
Beau Anderson Second round 2 3 6 17 25 52 25 7 76 85.71
John Part Second round 2 3 6 17 22 35 15 8 76 85.19
Dave Chisnall First round 1 2 3 11 13 24 15 11 121 98.43
Terry Jenkins First round 1 2 3 11 10 20 13 11 170 95.91
Dean Winstanley First round 1 1 3 9 9 29 14 2 60 95.48
Stuart Kellett First round 1 3 3 9 10 9 4 84 95.09
Jamie Lewis First round 1 3 3 9 13 9 3 84 91.02
Joe Cullen First round 1 3 5 9 18 7 1 147 90.83
Mark Dudbridge First round 1 3 3 9 14 5 1 41 90.40
Darren Webster First round 1 2 3 11 13 31 21 1 81 90.12
Ronny Huybrechts First round 1 1 3 7 10 23 12 3 97 90.10
Zoran Lerchbacher First round 2 3 5 10 26 11 1 138 90.10
Wayne Jones First round 1 2 3 8 12 30 11 5 120 89.75
Kyle Anderson First round 1 1 3 5 10 6 9 6 141 89.68
Jelle Klaasen First round 1 1 3 4 9 19 6 3 36 89.56
Julio Barbero First round 2 1 3 10 12 22 19 4 80 88.78
Steve Beaton First round 1 1 3 8 10 20 14 2 106 87.76
Tomas Seyler First round 1 3 1 9 15 7 1 56 86.98
Ronnie Baxter First round 1 3 3 9 19 7 1 40 86.60
Mark Walsh First round 1 1 3 8 11 37 14 121 86.51
Colin Osborne First round 2 3 8 10 15 13 1 122 86.23
Ross Smith First round 1 3 4 9 21 6 2 107 86.20
Steve Brown First round 1 1 3 7 10 14 8 8 56 84.89
Mensur Suljović First round 1 2 3 10 13 26 15 4 130 84.02
Colin Lloyd First round 1 2 3 13 15 42 10 5 112 83.62
Rob Szabo First round 2 1 3 10 13 34 5 2 128 83.42
Darin Young First round 1 3 1 9 14 4 1 14 82.97
Royden Lam First round 2 1 3 11 11 34 13 1 60 81.43
Dennis Smith First round 1 3 9 10 3 1 – 80.89
Morihiro Hashimoto First round 2 1 3 11 12 37 9 2 152 80.38
Max Hopp First round 1 1 3 6 10 21 4 4 68 80.17
Mareno Michels First round 1 2 3 10 13 28 11 4 136 79.70
Arron Monk First round 1 3 3 9 13 5 100 78.64
Matt Clark First round 1 1 3 6 10 22 5 1 81 78.50
Ben Ward Preliminary round 1 1 4 11 2 16 86.43
Colin McGarry Preliminary round 1 2 4 4 6 1 36 84.71
Mohd Latif Sapup Preliminary round 1 1 4 7 5 141 82.78
Andree Welge Preliminary round 1 1 4 6 2 1 91 79.65
Gino Vos Preliminary round 1 1 4 4 2 32 79.45
Ian Moss Preliminary round 1 3 4 12 3 118 78.63
Paul Lim Preliminary round 1 2 4 8 4 58 75.26
Dennis Lindskjold Preliminary round 1 1 4 10 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
SPA
HKG
JPN
MAS
NZL
RSA
SIN
FIN		 Total
Final 010100000000000000002
Semis 111100000000000000004
Quarters 411110000000000000008
Round 3 7213200000000000010016
Round 2 14334201101100000010132
Round 1 32544322121111110110164
Prelim. 3100010112001111111016
Total 34644332222111111111172

Broadcasting

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

Country Channel
United KingdomSky Sports
BBC Radio 5 Live (final only)[38]
Czech Republic
Hungary
Romania
Slovakia		 Sport TV
(Sport 1 and Sport 2)
GermanySport1/Sport1+
IrelandSky Sports
Middle EastOSN
NetherlandsRTL7
Australia
Italy		Fox Sports
New ZealandSky Sport

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

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