Venue De Vechtsebanen Country the Netherlands | Location Utrecht, Utrecht Organisation(s) BDO / WDF | |
Dates 7 December 2002 – 13 December 2002 Format Men
Sets
Final – Best of 11 Sets
Women
Sets
Final – Best of 5 Sets | ||
The 2002 World Darts Trophy was the first edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.
The final of the first men's event was between Tony David and Tony O'Shea, with Tony David beating Tony O'Shea in straight sets, 6–0. The BDO World Champion Mervyn King was eliminated in the second round also in straight sets by Tony David. In the final of the first women's event, Mieke de Boer defeated Crissy Howat, 3–1 in sets. Trina Gulliver, the BDO World Champion, was earlier beaten in the women's event by Anne Kirk in the quarter finals.
Seeds
Men
- John Walton
- Martin Adams
- Mervyn King
- Raymond van Barneveld
- Marko Pusa
- Jarkko Komula
- Andy Fordham
- Bob Taylor
References
2002 World Darts Trophy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA