2008 PDC Pro Tour explained

The 2008 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They consisted of Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and UK Open Regional Finals.

Prize money

Stage	Players Championships	UK Open Qualifiers
Second round	£75	£100
Third round	£150	£200
Fourth round	£300	£400
Quarter-finals	£600	£800
Semi-finals	£1,250	£1,600
Final	£2,500	£3,000
Winner	£5,000	£6,000

Players Championships

(All matches – Best of 5 sets, Best of 3 legs per set)

• Stan James Players Championship 1 in Gibraltar on January 19

Final John Part 3-1 Chris Mason (2–1, 1–2, 2–0, 2–1)

• Stan James Players Championship 2 in Gibraltar on January 20

Final James Wade 3–1 Denis Ovens (2–1, 2–0, 0–2, 2–1)

• Players Championship at the Brentwood Centre, Essex on March 1

Final Phil Taylor 3–0 James Wade (2–1, 2–0, 2–0)

• Players Championship at the JJB Stadium, Wigan on March 15

Final Alan Tabern 3–0 Chris Mason (2–1, 2–1, 2–0)

• Players Championship at the Ramada Hotel, Bad Soden, Germany on March 22

Final Phil Taylor 3–1 Raymond van Barneveld (2–0, 1–2, 2–1, 2–1)

• Players Championship at the Ramada Hotel, Bad Soden, Germany on March 23

Final Phil Taylor 3–1 Wayne Jones (2–0, 2–0, 1–2, 2–1)

• Players Championship at the International Centre, Telford on March 29

Final Phil Taylor 3–0 Colin Lloyd (2–1, 2–1, 2–1)

• Antwerp Darts Trophy (Players Championship) on April 12

Final Phil Taylor 3–0 Andy Smith (2–0, 2–1, 2–1)

• Scottish Sun Players Championship at the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow on April 19

Final Mervyn King 3–0 Mark Dudbridge (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

• Amsterdam Casino Open Holland Masters (Players Championship) on April 26

Final Raymond van Barneveld 3–0 Colin Osborne (2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

• Thialf Darts Trophy in Heerenveen on June 1

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• Players Championship (1) at Ashton Gate, Bristol on June 14

Final Phil Taylor 3–0 Alan Tabern (2–1, 2–1, 2–0)

• Players Championship (2) at Ashton Gate, Bristol on June 15

Final Dennis Priestley 3–2 Kevin Painter (2–0, 2–0, 1–2, 0–2, 2–0)

• Players Championship at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada on June 29

Final Phil Taylor 3–1 Ronnie Baxter (2–1, 0–2, 2–0, 2–0)

• Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy at Winter Gardens, Blackpool on July 19

• Australian Open Players Championship in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia on August 10

• Kitchener Open Players Championship in Kitchener, Canada on August 17

• Peachtree Open Players Championship in Atlanta, Georgia on August 24

• Players Championship (1) in Koningshof, Netherlands on August 30

• Players Championship (2) in Koningshof, Netherlands on August 31

• Ireland Open Players Championship at Dromore Leisure Complex, Dromore, County Tyrone on September 6

Final Felix McBrearty 3–1 Chris Mason (0–2, 2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

• Windy City Open (Players Championship) in Chicago, Illinois on September 14

Final Colin Lloyd 3–2 Wayne Mardle (0–2, 2–1, 0–2, 2–1, 2–0)

• Players Championship (1) in Newport, Wales on September 20

Final Ronnie Baxter 3–0 Jamie Caven (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

• Players Championship (2) in Newport, Wales on September 21

Final Alan Tabern 3–2 Colin Osborne (2–0, 1–2, 1–2, 2–0, 2–1)

• Players Championship (1) in Dublin on October 4

Final Phil Taylor 3–2 James Wade (1–2, 2–0, 1–2, 2–0, 2–0)

• Players Championship (2) in Dublin on October 5

Final Dennis Priestley 3–1 Raymond van Barneveld (2–0, 1–2, 2–1, 2–0)

• Players Championship (1) in Scotland on October 18

Final Alex Roy 3–2 Denis Ovens (2–0, 1–2, 0–2, 2–0, 2–1)

• Players Championship (2) in Scotland on October 19

Final James Wade 3–1 Mark Walsh (0–2, 2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

• Players Championship (1) in Kirchheim, October 25

Final Colin Osborne 3–2 Carlos Rodriguez (1–2, 2–1, 2–1, 0–2, 2–1)

• John McEvoy Gold Darts Classic in National Event Centre, Killarney on November 2

Final Terry Jenkins 3–0 Andy Jenkins (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

• Players Championship in Leiden, Netherlands on November 8

Final Mervyn King 3–2 Raymond van Barneveld (2–0, 0–2, 2–1, 1–2, 2–0)

• Dutch Darts Trophy in Leiden, Netherlands on November 9

Final James Wade 3–2 Mark Walsh (1–2, 2–1, 0–2, 2–0, 2–1)

UK Open Regional Finals

(Quarter-finals best of 11 legs, Semi-finals best of 13 legs, Finals best of 15 legs)

Three of the eight 2008 UK Open qualifying events took place during 2007.

• Blue Square UK Open Welsh Regional Final on September 23, 2007

• Blue Square UK Open Irish Regional Final on October 7, 2007

• Blue Square UK Open Scottish Regional Final on October 21, 2007

• Blue Square UK Open North-East Regional Final at International Stadium, Gateshead on January 13, 2008

• Blue Square UK Open South-West Regional Final at Wellsprings Leisure Centre, Taunton, February 10

• Blue Square UK Open South-West Regional Final at the Brentwood Centre, Essex on March 2

• Blue Square UK Open North-West Regional Final at the JJB Stadium, Wigan on March 16

• Blue Square UK Open Midlands Regional Final at the International Centre, Telford on March 30

German Darts Corporation

The German Darts Corporation rankings are calculated from events across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2009 World Championship.

No.	Date	Also known as	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 23 February	GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 1	Dietmar Burger	3–1		^[2]
2	Sunday 24 February	GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 2		3–2		^[3]
3	Saturday 10 May	GDC Niedernhausen 1		3–0		^[4]
4	Sunday 11 May	GDC Niedernhausen 2	Hannes Schnier	3–0		^[5]
5	Saturday 21 June	GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 3		3–1	Mensur Suljović	^[6]
6	Sunday 22 June	GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 4	Mensur Suljović	3–1	Kevin Münch	^[7]
7	Saturday 3 October	GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 5	Mensur Suljović	3–0	Marko Puls	^[8]
8	Sunday 4 October	GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 6		3–0	Hannes Schnier	^[9]

Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2009 World Championship.

No.	Date	Also known as	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Sunday 3 February	Shoalhavens Viva Las Vegas	Russell Stewart	6–1
2	Saturday 23 February	DPA Australian Matchplay	Russell Stewart	6–1
3	Sunday 24 February	Australia Singles Matchplay	Paul Nicholson	beat
4	Saturday 15 March	Wagga Classic 1	Paul Nicholson	beat
5	Sunday 16 March	Wagga Classic 2	Phil Bottrell	6–2	Shane Tichowitsch
6	Saturday 29 March	Gaels Club Open 1	Brian Roach	6–2	Barry Jouannet Jr
7	Sunday 30 March	Gaels Club Open 2	Paul Nicholson	6–2	Phil Bottrell
8	Saturday 5 April	Young RSL Viva NZ 1	Paul Nicholson	6–1	Rod Crawford
9	Sunday 6 April	Young RSL Viva NZ 2	Paul Nicholson	6–1	Daniel Sim
10	Saturday 19 April	Goulburn Open 1	Anthony Fleet	6–5	Phil Bottrell
11	Sunday 20 April	Goulburn Open 2	Craig Strooisma	6–4	Wayne Brown
12	Sunday 11 May	Viva Las Vegas NZ	Paul Nicholson	6–1	Warren French
13	Saturday 7 June	Oak Flats Soundwaves Open	Peter Corcoran	6–5	Paul Nicholson
14	Sunday 8 June	Russell Stewart Classic	Russell Stewart	6–0	Jerry Weyman
15	Sunday 22 June	Mittagong RSL Open	Russell Stewart	6–3	Craig Strooisma
16	Sunday 20 July	Southern Illawarra Open	Paul Nicholson	6–5	Brian Roach
17	Saturday 3 August	Shoalhaven Classic 1		7–4	Robert Thornton
18	Sunday 4 August	Shoalhaven Classic 2		7–3	Charles Losper
19	Saturday 10 August	William Cross Pro Am		7–4	Ronnie Baxter
20	Sunday 11 August	Australian Open Players Championship		3–1
21	Saturday 6 September	Mildura Workers Club Open 1	Paul Nicholson	beat
22	Sunday 7 September	Mildura Workers Club Open 2	Paul Nicholson	beat
23	Sunday 14 September	Broken Hill Legion Club Championship	Andrew Townes	beat	Paul Nicholson
24	Sunday 26 October	Oceanic Masters	Russell Stewart	8–4
25	Saturday 29 November	DPA Australian Singles	Shane Tichowitsch	beat
26	Sunday 30 November	Bridge Trophies and Partyware Open	Arnel Galvez	7–1
27	Saturday 6 December	Oceanic Classic	Russell Stewart	7–5	Barry Whittaker

Other PDC tournaments

The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2008. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.

width=100	Date	width=250	Event	width=200	Winner	width=50	Score	width=200	Runner-Up
April 16	London Masters	Phil Taylor	7–4	James Wade
May 17	North American Darts Championship	Darin Young	8–7	Brad Wethington
August 31	Irish Matchplay	Shane O'Connor	7–2	Garrett Gray
September 27	Emperors Palace South African Open	Charles Losper	4–1	Mark Jackson
September 28	Emperors Palace South African Masters	Phil Taylor	5–2	John Part
September 28	PDC World Finland Qualifying Event	Marko Kantele	beat	Asko Niskala
October 26	Oceanic Masters	Russell Stewart	8–4	Brian Roach
October 31	PDC World East European Qualifying Event	Nandor Bezzeg	7–5	Gregor Gorjup
November 1	Gleneagle Irish Masters	Michael van Gerwen	6–5	Kevin McDine
November 16	Caribbean and South American Masters	Sudesh Fitzgerald	4–1	Mark Cummins
December 12	New Kids On The Oche	Arron Monk	3–0	Joe Cullen

External links

• 2008 PDC Calendar

Notes and References

1. http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~1300342,00.html Thialf Darts Trophy cancelled
2. Web site: 2008 GDC Ramada Hotel Koln Results.
3. Web site: 2008 GDC Ramada Hotel Koln Results.
4. Web site: 2008 GDC Niedernhausen Results.
5. Web site: 2008 GDC Niedernhausen Results.
6. Web site: 2008 GDC Ramada Hotel Koln Results.
7. Web site: 2008 GDC Ramada Hotel Koln Results.
8. Web site: 2008 GDC Ramada Hotel Koln Results.
9. Web site: 2008 GDC Ramada Hotel Koln Results.