Venue Circus Tavern Organisation(s) PDC | Location Purfleet, Essex | |
Dates 26 December 2004–3 January 2005 Country England, United Kingdom Format Sets
Final – best of 13 | ||
The 2005 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sponsored by Ladbrokes, was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet and started on Boxing Day, 2004. Phil Taylor went on to clinch his 12th World Championship (10 in the PDC, 2 in the BDO) with a 7-4 final victory over Mark Dudbridge.
Contents
The tournament format remained the same as the previous year, with a preliminary round featuring eight international players against eight qualifiers from the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying tournament. The winners were then to meet the players ranked between 25 and 32 in the PDC world rankings.
John Lowe, playing in his last and 28th consecutive world championship, suffered a defeat to Canadian John Verwey. The match went to a tie-break 11th leg in the deciding set.
The final between Taylor and Dudbridge looked for a long time as though it would be as close as the previous year's classic between Taylor and Kevin Painter. Dudbridge led by 2 sets to 1, and having fallen 2-3 behind managed to level again. But Taylor then produced a surge to take the next three sets, and the 10th set provided a mere consolation for Dudbridge. Taylor prevailed 7-4 to claim the £60,000 first prize with his 12th title.
Prize money
Last 32 to Final
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Highest three-dart checkout: 170 Kevin Painter.
Tournament 180s scored: 340 in 979 legs
Most 180s scored, individual: 39 Wayne Mardle, 35 Mark Dudbridge, 22 Colin Lloyd, 21 Phil Taylor [1]