PDC World Championship
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
About PDC World Championship 2007
In 2007 Taylor meets an entirely new competitor; Raymond van Barneveld, by then 4 times world champion with the BDO, made the transfer to the PDC. He seems to be the most prominent challenger for the WC title. Barney already beat Taylor in front of the cameras twice this year, and from the start of the WC everybody starts speculating about a dream finale. In the second round that dream seems to shatter when Colin Lloyd, number 1 of the world at that point, gets ahead of van Barneveld with 3-0 in sets. After that, Lloyd misses 4 matchdarts, and van Barneveld advances to the next round and eventually reaches the finale. On his side of the bars, Taylor is doing what he always does, convincingly flinging people off the board and that’s how the finale that everyone was hoping for, comes to pass.
At the start of the finale things seems to go easy and smooth for the Englishman, who in the 12 previous years claimed 11 of the PDC WC titles. When Taylor wins 9 out of the 10 legs in the finale, everybody lost faith in the Dutchman, but on January 1st 2007, van Barneveld shows us what true fighting is. With a 170 finish he brings their scores back to 1-3 in sets. In the next set the most crucial moment in this game happens. Taylor has a 2-1 head start in the set, and he’s waiting for his double to take the advantage of 4-1 when van Barneveld throws probably the best finish in his carrier. It’s not a 170 or a 167 finish, but a beautiful 129 finish that makes the match flip in his favour. Just a bit later Barney makes the 2-3 in sets, and what follows will forever stand in the history of darts.
Both men make it an amazing spectacle that gets it’s fitting end. With 6-6 in sets and 5-5 in legs, both men need to shoot for the bull to decide who can start the final and decisive leg. Taylor throws a single bull, and van Barneveld throws his perfectly on top of Taylor’s, straight into the bullseye. Van Barneveld starts, with a score of 100. Taylor answers with a 180 and it seems that the Englishman will win the match after all, but for the final time in this match, van Barneveld shows us what makes him one of the top champions. He answers with 19880, his 21st of the game, and is the first to stand for the winning double. He does not miss, and in his 11 months after switching to the PDC he wins the greatest title. He is the 2007 PDC world champion.
Competitors Of PDC World Championship 2007
Raymond van Barneveld
(32)
Colin Lloyd
(1)
Phil Taylor
(2)
Dennis Priestley
(3)
Roland Scholten
(4)
Adrian Lewis
(5)
Terry Jenkins
(6)
Peter Manley
(7)
Wayne Mardle
(8)
Denis Ovens
(9)
Ronnie Baxter
(10)
James Wade
(11)
Andy Jenkins
(12)
Kevin Painter
(13)
Mark Dudbridge
(14)
Chris Mason
(15)
Mark Walsh
(16)
Barrie Bates
(17)
John Part
(18)
Andy Hamilton
(19)
Wes Newton
(20)
Andy Smith
(21)
Lionel Sams
(22)
Bob Anderson
(23)
Alan Warriner
(24)
Dave Askew
(25)
Steve Maish
(26)
Steve Beaton
(27)
Wayne Jones
(28)
Alex Roy
(29)
Colin Monk
(30)
Matt Clark
(31)
Wayne Atwood
Ian Branks
Martin Burchell
Richie Burnett
Alan Caves
Mitchell Clegg
Gerry Convery
Bryan Cyr
Bill Davis
Anthony Fleet
Warren French
Adrian Gray
Alan Green
Wynand Havenga
Dave Jowett
John Kuczynski
Dave Ladley
Per Laursen
Mark Lawrence
Mick McGowan
Ron Miller
Colin Osborne
Anton Pein
Josephus Schenk
Tomas Seyler
Steven Smith
Alan Tabern
Rico Vonck
Tetsuya Wada
Darren Webster
Gary Welding
Shi Yongsheng
Callers Of PDC World Championship 2007
PDC World Championship 2007
Purfleet, ENG
