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2011 PDC World Darts Championship

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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 checkout
Champion(s)
 Adrian Lewis
«2010 2012»

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.

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 a number of reasons. It was the last match that Sid Waddell commentated on at the PDC World Darts Championship before his death in 2012. It was the first ever nine-dart finish in a PDC World Championship final, hit by Lewis in the third leg of the match and not accomplished again until Michael Smith did so in 2023 against Michael van Gerwen. And it was also the first PDC World Championship final involving 2 players that were playing in their first World final.

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 in his first World Championship since qualifying every year from 1997 to 2010.

Format and qualifiers

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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

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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

Draw

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Preliminary round

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

Player 1 Score Player 2
United States Gary Mawson 92.44 4–1 Philippines Juanito Gionson 90.81
Netherlands Roland Scholten 82.15 4–2 Finland Veijo Viinikka 75.93
England Matt Padgett 83.10 2–4 Japan Morihiro Hashimoto 87.30
Denmark Per Laursen 91.05 4–2 Croatia Boris Krčmar 84.89
Germany Jyhan Artut 83.86 4–3 Hong Kong Scott MacKenzie 84.94
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 82.70 0–4 New Zealand Preston Ridd 84.68
South Africa Devon Petersen 90.16 4–3 Guyana Norman Madhoo 82.05
Sweden Magnus Caris 80.24 4–3 Austria Dietmar Burger 76.81

Last 64

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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]

Finals

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Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
1 January
Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
2 January
Final (best of 13 sets)
3 January
         
1 England Phil Taylor 101.74 2
25 Wales Mark Webster 98.01 5
25 Wales Mark Webster 96.38 4
5 England Adrian Lewis 98.48 6
5 England Adrian Lewis 100.03 5
20 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 93.17 2
5 England Adrian Lewis 99.40 7
11 Scotland Gary Anderson 99.41 5
15 England Wes Newton 91.94 4
7 England Terry Jenkins 93.52 5
7 England Terry Jenkins 97.01 2
11 Scotland Gary Anderson 101.11 6
11 Scotland Gary Anderson 102.75 5
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.79 1

Rounds 1-4

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

Final

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Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: England George Noble (first half) and England Russ Bray (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 3 January 2011.
(5) Adrian Lewis England 7 – 5 Scotland 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

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

Representation from different countries

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

England
ENG
Netherlands
NED
Scotland
SCO
Australia
AUS
Wales
WAL
Austria
AUT
Germany
GER
Northern Ireland
NIR
New Zealand
NZL
Canada
CAN
Spain
SPA
South Africa
RSA
United States
USA
Japan
JPN
Finland
FIN
Philippines
PHI
Denmark
DEN
Croatia
CRO
Hong Kong
HKG
Sweden
SWE
Guyana
GUY
Total
Final 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Semis 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Quarters 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Round 3 8 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Round 2 21 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32
Round 1 34 6 3 3 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 64
Prelim. 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
Total 35 6 3 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72


Television coverage

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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 (in his final PDC World Darts Championship commentating appearance), 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

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  1. ^ "Jackpot hails 'dream' win". Sky Sports. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Order of Merit Explanation". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. 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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