2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates6–12 October 2008
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
Country Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"double in, double out"
Prize fund£250,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout170 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2007 2009»

The 2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix was the eleventh World Grand Prix darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held from 6–12 October 2008 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.[1] The event featured a tournament record prize fund of £250,000 with £50,000 going to the winner.[2][3]

Phil Taylor won his eighth Grand Prix title with a 6-2 victory over Raymond van Barneveld in the final watched by 355,000 viewers. James Wade was the defending champion, however lost 2-1 to Tony Eccles in the first round.

Format

All legs were 501 points double-in double-out format. The first round games were best of three sets. Second round games were best of five sets, the quarter-finals best of seven sets, the semi-finals best of nine sets, and the final was best of eleven sets. All sets were best of five legs/first to three legs.[4]

Prize money

A tournament record prize fund of £250,000 was available to the participants, divided based on the following performances:[3]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £250,000)
Winner (1) £50,000
Runner-Up (1) £25,000
Semi-finalists (2) £14,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £10,000
Second round losers (8) £6,750
First round losers (16) £3,250
Nine-dart finish (0) £15,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players was mostly made up from the top sixteen players in the PDC Order of Merit on September 21, following the two Players Championship events at the Newport Center in Newport, Wales. The top eight from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining sixteen places went to the top twelve non-qualified players from the 2008 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top four non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2008 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.[3]

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor (winner)
  2. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (runner-up)
  3. England James Wade (first round)
  4. Canada John Part (quarter-finals)
  5. England Terry Jenkins (semi-finals)
  6. England Wayne Mardle (second round)
  7. England Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals)
  8. England Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals)
  9. England Adrian Lewis (second round)
  10. England Alan Tabern (first round)
  11. Netherlands Roland Scholten (first round)
  12. England Dennis Priestley (quarter-finals)
  13. England Peter Manley (first round)
  14. England Ronnie Baxter (first round)
  15. England Colin Osborne (second round)
  16. England Mervyn King (semi-finals)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. England Chris Mason (first round)
  2. England Denis Ovens (first round)
  3. Scotland Robert Thornton (second round)
  4. England Kevin Painter (second round)
  5. England Mark Walsh (second round)
  6. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  7. England Wayne Jones (first round)
  8. England Mark Dudbridge (first round)
  9. England Andy Smith (first round)
  10. England Tony Eccles (second round)
  11. Northern Ireland Felix McBrearty (first round)
  12. England Steve Beaton (first round)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan (first round)
  2. Northern Ireland John MaGowan (first round)
  3. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (first round)
  4. Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry (second round)

Draw

Draw and schedule of play was as follows:[4]

First round (best of 3 sets)
6–7 October 		Second round (best of 5 sets)
8–9 October 		Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
10 October 		Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
11 October 		Final (best of 11 sets)
12 October
               
1 England Phil Taylor 96.72 2
England Ronnie Baxter 84.62 0
1 England Phil Taylor 100.20 3
England Colin Osborne 77.98 0
  Northern Ireland John MaGowan 78.47 1
England Colin Osborne 89.01 2
1 England Phil Taylor 98.60 4
8 England Andy Hamilton 91.35 1
8 England Andy Hamilton 85.09 2
England Andy Smith 86.36 1
8 England Andy Hamilton 85.10 3
Scotland Robert Thornton 79.21 2
  Scotland Robert Thornton 89.36 2
England Peter Manley 81.16 0
1 England Phil Taylor 99.17 5
5 England Terry Jenkins 83.35 0
5 England Terry Jenkins 80.44 2
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 73.20 0
5 England Terry Jenkins 92.72 3
England Mark Walsh 79.71 0
  England Mark Walsh 85.84 2
England Steve Beaton 79.84 1
5 England Terry Jenkins 81.89 4
4 Canada John Part 85.35 2
4 Canada John Part 79.63 2
England Chris Mason 74.46 0
4 Canada John Part 80.47 3
Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry 77.87 0
  Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry 82.44 2
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 79.53 1
1 England Phil Taylor 97.81 6
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 90.42 2
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.00 2
England Alan Tabern 88.06 1
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 90.72 3
England Adrian Lewis 88.38 2
  England Adrian Lewis 75.86 2
Netherlands Roland Scholten 78.57 1
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 85.27 4
7 England Colin Lloyd 75.83 1
7 England Colin Lloyd 79.77 2
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 77.07 1
7 England Colin Lloyd 80.90 3
England Kevin Painter 80.57 2
  England Mark Dudbridge 74.08 0
England Kevin Painter 78.57 2
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 89.12 5
England Mervyn King 73.18 0
6 England Wayne Mardle 83.36 2
Northern Ireland Felix McBrearty 71.07 0
6 England Wayne Mardle 77.11 2
England Dennis Priestley 78.52 3
  England Dennis Priestley 81.87 2
England Denis Ovens 80.29 0
  England Dennis Priestley 85.26 2
England Mervyn King 83.88 4
3 England James Wade 80.71 1
England Tony Eccles 85.68 2
  England Tony Eccles 84.10 2
England Mervyn King 83.34 3
  England Mervyn King 80.62 2
England Wayne Jones 83.96 1

Television coverage and sponsorship

The tournament was screened by Sky Sports.

The sponsorship for the tournament was Sky Bet who had sponsored the event since 2004, however one of its brands, Sky Poker, was the new title sponsor.[2]

References

  1. ↑ PDC website report - Irish Fans Show Record Support Archived 2008-08-17 at the Wayback Machine from the Professional Darts Corporation, obtained 15-08-2008
  2. 1 2 PDC website report - Sky Poker sponsors World Grand Prix Archived 2008-08-13 at the Wayback Machine from the Professional Darts Corporation, obtained 15-08-2008
  3. 1 2 3 PDC Order of Merit Explanation Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine from the Professional Darts Corporation, obtained 15-08-2008
  4. 1 2 PDC website report - Sky Poker World Grand Prix Schedule of Play Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine from the Professional Darts Corporation, obtained 23-09-2008
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