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About PDC World Championship 2008
As good as the tournament was in 2007, as messy as it is in 2008. The tournament moves to the Alexandra Palace, a beautiful hall that can harbour more fans than the snug Circus Tavern. All of the favourite players lose prematurely. Most of the damage is done in the quarter finale. Adrian Lewis loses to Kevin Painter, who defeated defending champion Raymond van Barneveld a round earlier. James Wade loses to John Part and qualifier Kirk Shepherd surprises Peter Manley. But the biggest surprise is that Phil Taylor, for the first time in WC history, loses before the finale. Wayne Mardle is responsible for the biggest surprise in the WC. He beats Taylor with 5-4 and is now favourite for the title. A round later that hope disappears, because Shepherd sends him home. That makes Kirk Shepherd the biggest outsider ever to make the finals of the WC, but he won’t win the title. When a tournament is as messy as this one, there’s usually one man that can surpass it, and that’s the Canadian John Part. He takes his 3rd world title by beating Shepherd with 7-2.
Three Dutchmen make the last 16 in 2008. Besides defending champion Raymond van Barneveld, who loses to Kevin Painter, there’s Roland Scholten, who loses to Mardle, and Jan van der Rassel, who in the same round, loses to Peter Manley.
Competitors Of PDC World Championship 2008
John Part
(11)
Phil Taylor
(1)
Raymond van Barneveld
(2)
James Wade
(3)
Terry Jenkins
(4)
Peter Manley
(5)
Andy Hamilton
(6)
Adrian Lewis
(7)
Roland Scholten
(8)
Wayne Mardle
(9)
Dennis Priestley
(10)
Colin Lloyd
(12)
Barrie Bates
(13)
Ronnie Baxter
(14)
Kevin Painter
(15)
Andy Jenkins
(16)
Alan Tabern
(17)
Chris Mason
(18)
Mark Dudbridge
(19)
Colin Osborne
(20)
Denis Ovens
(21)
Andy Smith
(22)
Wayne Jones
(23)
Wes Newton
(24)
Mervyn King
(25)
Vincent van der Voort
(26)
Alex Roy
(27)
Alan Warriner
(28)
Mick McGowan
(29)
Steve Beaton
(30)
Bob Anderson
(31)
Adrian Gray
(32)
Dave Askew
Rizal Barellano
Jason Barry
Alan Bolton
Steve Brown
Ray Carver
Jamie Caven
Jason Clark
Matt Clark
Gerry Convery
Tony Eccles
Steve Evans
Erwin Extercatte
Anthony Forde
Toon Greebe
Steve Hine
Jelle Klaasen
Leroy Kwadijk
Per Laursen
Charles Losper
Steve MacArthur
Steve Maish
Gary Mawson
Colin Monk
Akihiro Nagakawa
Miloslav Navratil
Dan Olson
Warren Parry
Michael Rosenauer
Ashfaque Sayed
Kirk Shepherd
Mensur Suljovic
Mark Walsh
Shi Yongsheng
Michael van Gerwen
Jan van der Rassel
Callers Of PDC World Championship 2008
PDC World Championship 2008
London, ENG
