About UK Open 2008

Champion
2008 UK Open Photographer: Lawrende Lustig/PDC James Wade
Total Prize Pool £178,000
Champion
£35,000
Runner-up
£15,000
Semi finalists
£10,000
Quarter finalists
£5,000
Last 16
£3,000
Last 32
£2,000
Last 64
£1,000
Nine darter
£25,000

Raymond van Barneveld reaches, just like in 2007, the quarterfinals easily. In the quarterfinals, reigning champion Barney sends Phil Taylor home by defeating him 10-9. The other 2007 finalist, Vincent van der Voort, also manages to reach the semi-finals again.

Van Barneveld faces American surprise Gary Mawson in the semis. The crowd loudly supports Mawson and Van Barneveld is obviously annoyed about that. Mawson is able to surprise Barney and produces an upset by reaching the final.

In the final he takes on James Wade, who defeated Vincent van der Voort in the semis. A surprise player in the final in Bolton is tradition, and a not-surprising winner as well. Wade remains calm and beats Mawson 11-7 to claim his first ever UK Open trophy.

Competitors Of UK Open 2008

Harry Anderson

Dave Askew

Wayne Atwood

Tony Ayres

Michael Barnard

Jason Barry

Joe Bata

Barrie Bates

Ronnie Baxter

Steve Beaton

Nigel Birch

Steve Brown

Martin Burchell

Richie Burnett

Owen Caffrey

Andrew Callary

Alan Casey

Jamie Caven

Alan Caves

Jason Clark

Matt Clark

Paul Cook

Paul Cooper

Richie Corner

Shane Cox

Bob Crawley

Joe Cullen

Mel Davies

Anastasia Dobromyslova

Ken Dobson

Brendan Dolan

Kevin Dowling

Mark Dudbridge

Tony Eccles

Steve Evans

John Ferrell

Gordon Fitzpatrick

Ryan Francis

Mark Frost

Adrian Gray

Alan Green

Johnny Haines

Andy Hamilton

Geoff Harkup

Dave Harris

Jamie Harvey

Steve Hillier

Steve Hine

Dave Honey

Chris Hornby

David Howells

Terry Jenkins

Andy Jenkins

Mark Jodrill

Darren Johnson

Dave Johnston

Wayne Jones

Ian Jopling

Mervyn King

Danny King

Jelle Klaasen

Paul Knighton

John Kuczynski

Dave Ladley

Mark Lawrence

Adrian Lewis

Colin Lloyd

Eddie Lovely

John MaGowan

Steve Maish

Peter Manley

Wayne Mardle

Chris Mason

Gary Mawson

Kevin McDine

Paul McDine

Mick McGowan

Tony Mitchell

Scott Mitton

Colin Monk

Wes Newton

Gary Noonan

Colin Osborne

Denis Ovens

Kevin Painter

Sean Palfrey

Joey Palfreyman

Lee Palfreyman

John Part

Stuart Pickles

Dale Pinch

Justin Pipe

David Platt

Dennis Priestley

John Quantock

Alan Reynolds

Jamie Robinso

Carlos Rodriguez

Sam Rooney

Alex Roy

Lionel Sams

Mick Savvery

Roland Scholten

Kirk Shepherd

Andy Smith

Dennis Smith

Mike Smith

Steven Smith

Mark Stapleton

Darren Sutton

Alan Tabern

Phil Taylor

Chris Thompson

Robert Thornton

Dan Timmins

Aaron Turner

Martyn Turner

Nicky Turner

James Wade

Scott Waites

Mark Walsh

Alan Warriner

Darren Webster

Gary Welding

Adrian Welsh

Simon Whatley

Lee White

Paul Whitworth

Dave Woodwards

Geoff Wylie

Raymond van Barneveld

Michael van Gerwen

Jan van der Rassel

Vincent van der Voort

UK Open 2008

Reebok Stadium in
Bolton, ENG
Organizer:
Professional Darts Corporation
Sponsor:
Blue Square
Participants:
134
Prize Pool:
£178,000
Start Date:
5 Jun 2008
End Date:
8 Jun 2008
06 days
08 hours
46 minutes
25 seconds
Butlin's Minehead in
Minehead, ENG
28 Feb - 2 Mar Date
£600,000 Prize
Dimitri Van den Bergh Reigning Champion