The 2013 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2013 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship) was the twentieth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London between 14 December 2012 and 1 January 2013.
Adrian Lewis was the defending champion having won the last two editions of the tournament, but was beaten by Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals, thus ending Lewis' 15 match unbeaten run at the World Championship.
Two nine-dart finishes were obtained at this year's World Championship; Dean Winstanley achieved the feat in his third round loss to Vincent van der Voort, and Michael van Gerwen threw one in his semi-final victory over James Wade.
Phil Taylor aged 52 claimed his 16th and last World Championship title with a 7–4 victory over Michael van Gerwen in the final, despite trailing 0–2 and then 2–4 after six sets. Van Gerwen averaged between 105 and 108 in the early sets but as his average dropped, Taylor's average reached 103, winning five successive sets to claim his 16th title over a rival he admitted in the post-match interview was 'hard to crack'.
With his 2013 PDC World Championship win, Taylor became the first winner of the newly created Sid Waddell Trophy, named after the legendary darts commentator who died of bowel cancer on 11 August 2012.
Format and qualifiers The televised stages featured 72 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 26 November 2012 were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by the 16 highest non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit, based on the 33 events played on the PDC Pro Tour.
These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (as determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Barnsley on 26 November 2012), the highest ranked non-qualified player on the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the four highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA.
Some of the international players, such as the four from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.
Players were:
Order of Merit Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis James Wade Gary Anderson Simon Whitlock Wes Newton Michael van Gerwen Andy Hamilton Terry Jenkins Mark Webster Justin Pipe Dave Chisnall Raymond van Barneveld Mervyn King Kevin Painter Paul Nicholson Robert Thornton Ronnie Baxter Vincent van der Voort Brendan Dolan Andy Smith Mark Walsh Colin Lloyd John Part Richie Burnett Peter Wright Kim Huybrechts Colin Osborne Jamie Caven Steve Beaton Denis Ovens Wayne Jones
Pro Tour Ian White Michael Smith Dean Winstanley James Hubbard Arron Monk Joe Cullen Scott Rand Darren Webster Dennis Priestley Johnny Haines Steve Brown James Richardson Peter Hudson Mickey Mansell Mark Jones Andy Jenkins
European Order of MeritFirst round qualifiers Co Stompé Gino Vos Magnus Caris Jerry Hendriks
PDPA QualifiersFirst round qualifier Stuart Kellett Preliminary round qualifier John Bowles
PDC Youth Tour QualifierPreliminary round qualifier Jamie Lewis
International QualifiersFirst round qualifiers Darin Young Shane Tichowitsch Kyle Anderson
Preliminary round qualifiers Daryl Gurney Jani Haavisto Dave Harrington Max HoppCentral Europe qualifier, PDC Europe Lourence Ilagan Jarkko Komula Mohd Latif Sapup Leung Chen Nam Paul Lim Robert Marijanović Haruki Muramatsu Charl Pietersenhttp://www.dartskrant.nl/index.php/pdc/4090-wint-south-african-masters-en-plaats-zich-voor-pdc-wk2 Carlos Rodríguez Andree Welge
Prize money The 2013 World Championship featured a prize fund of £1,000,000 – the same as in the previous three years.
The prize money was allocated as follows:
Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £1,000,000)Winner (1) £200,000Runner-Up (1) £100,000Semi-finalists (2) £50,000Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000Third round losers (8) £15,000Second round losers (16) £10,000First round losers (32) £6,000Preliminary round losers (8) £3,500Nine-dart finish (2) £15,000 (£7,500 each)
Draw The draw for the Round of 64 took place on 4 December 2012, the preliminary round pairings were published on 26 November 2012.
Preliminary round The winner played his first-round match the same day.
Av. Player Score Player Av. 76.70 Andree Welge 1–4 Leung Chen Nam 80.10 90.51 Daryl Gurney 4–3 Robert Marijanović 82.16 87.00 Max Hopp4–1 Charl Pietersen 81.79 82.32 Jarkko Komula 2–4 Jani Haavisto 88.18 81.92 Carlos Rodríguez 2–4 John Bowles 79.01 78.30 Lourence Ilagan4–3 Jamie Lewis 81.84 87.13 Haruki Muramatsu4–0 Dave Harrington 59.36 79.69 Paul Lim4–1 Mohd Latif Sapup 65.58
Last 64
Finals
Rounds 1-4
Final
Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: George Noble (first half) and Bruce Spendley (second half).Alexandra Palace, London, England, 1 January 2013. (1) Phil Taylor 7 – 4 Michael van Gerwen (7) 2 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 2, 3 – 2, 2 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 2, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 3 – 1, 3 – 1 103.04 Average (3 darts) 100.66 5 180 scores 9 170 Highest checkout 140 42% Checkout summary 53%
Statistics {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" |- ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Sets Won ! Sets Lost ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High checkout ! Average |- |align="left"| Phil Taylor | Winner | 6
| 170 | 97.46 |- |align="left"| Michael van Gerwen | Runner-up | 6
| 144 | 98.83 |- |align="left"| Raymond van Barneveld | Semi-final | 5
| 136 | 99.29 |- |align="left"| James Wade | Semi-final | 5
| 130 | 90.62 |- |align="left"| Andy Hamilton | Quarter-final | 4
| 138 | 95.84 |- |align="left"| Simon Whitlock | Quarter-final | 4
| 164 | 95.07 |- |align="left"| Wes Newton | Quarter-final | 4
| 144 | 92.70 |- |align="left"| Adrian Lewis | Quarter-final | 4
| 138 | 91.74 |- |align="left"| Terry Jenkins | Third round | 3
| 120 | 97.63 |- |align="left"| Robert Thornton | Third round | 3
| 150 | 96.22 |- |align="left"| Gary Anderson | Third round | 3
| 142 | 95.15 |- |align="left"| Kevin Painter | Third round | 3
| 160 | 94.40 |- |align="left"| Dave Chisnall | Third round | 3
| 157 | 93.41 |- |align="left"| Colin Lloyd | Third round | 3
| 132 | 92.79 |- |align="left"| Vincent van der Voort | Third round | 3
| 108 | 91.83 |- |align="left"| Mark Walsh | Third round | 3
| 101 | 86.91 |- |align="left"| Peter Wright | Second round | 2
| 141 | 95.10 |- |align="left"| Scott Rand | Second round | 2
| 104 | 94.01 |- |align="left"| Mark Webster | | Second round | 2
| 145 | 93.49 |- |align="left"| Colin Osborne | Second round | 2
| 164 | 92.15 |- |align="left"| Dean Winstanley | Second round | 2
| 141 | 91.62 |- |align="left"| Ronnie Baxter | Second round | 2
| 89 | 90.74 |- |align="left"| Paul Nicholson | Second round | 2
| 107 | 90.26 |- |align="left"| Daryl Gurney | Second round | 3
| 122 | 90.09 |- |align="left"| Brendan Dolan | Second round | 2
| 124 | 89.75 |- |align="left"| John Part | Second round | 2
| 127 | 89.45 |- |align="left"| Justin Pipe | Second round | 2
| 116 | 88.37 |- |align="left"| Steve Beaton | Second round | 2
| 84 | 88.15 |- |align="left"| John Bowles | Second round | 3
| 121 | 87.63 |- |align="left"| Richie Burnett | Second round | 2
| 121 | 86.17 |- |align="left"| Jerry Hendriks | Second round | 2
| 156 | 85.13 |- |align="left"| Denis Ovens | Second round | 2
| 113 | 83.22 |- |align="left"| Kim Huybrechts | First round | 1
| 127 | 98.79 |- |align="left"| Jamie Caven | First round | 1
| 110 | 94.15 |- |align="left"| Wayne Jones | First round | 1
| 116 | 92.21 |- |align="left"| Ian White | First round | 1
| 98 | 92.11 |- |align="left"| Shane Tichowitsch | First round | 1
| 161 | 92.07 |- |align="left"| Mervyn King | First round | 1
| 140 | 90.70 |- |align="left"| Arron Monk | First round | 1
| 52 | 89.88 |- |align="left"| Jani Haavisto | First round | 2
| 130 | 89.29 |- |align="left"| Dennis Priestley | First round | 1
| 92 | 88.20 |- |align="left"| Mark Jones | First round | 1
| 16 | 87.95 |- |align="left"| Michael Smith | First round | 1
| 40 | 87.90 |- |align="left"| Joe Cullen | First round | 1
| 52 | 87.89 |- |align="left"| Darren Webster | First round | 1
| 76 | 87.60 |- |align="left"| Stuart Kellett | First round | 1
| 84 | 87.53 |- |align="left"| Darin Young | First round | 1
| 144 | 86.57 |- |align="left"| Steve Brown | First round | 1
| 76 | 86.12 |- |align="left"| Haruki Muramatsu | First round | 2
| 116 | 85.94 |- |align="left"| Co Stompé | First round | 1
| 72 | 85.63 |- |align="left"| Johnny Haines | First round | 1
| 95 | 84.29 |- |align="left"| Paul Lim | First round | 2
| 170 | 83.65 |- |align="left"| Kyle Anderson | First round | 1
| 40 | 83.63 |- |align="left"| Magnus Caris | First round | 1
| 64 | 83.27 |- |align="left"| James Richardson | First round | 1
| 100 | 83.26 |- |align="left"| Lourence Ilagan | First round | 2
| 121 | 82.95 |- |align="left"| Max Hopp | First round | 2
| 96 | 82.70 |- |align="left"| Peter Hudson | First round | 1
| 56 | 82.57 |- |align="left"| Andy Smith | First round | 1
| 64 | 81.81 |- |align="left"| Leung Chen Nam | First round | 2
| 40 | 81.46 |- |align="left"| Gino Vos | First round | 1
| 61 | 79.90 |- |align="left"| James Hubbard | First round | 1
| 101 | 78.80 |- |align="left"| Mickey Mansell | First round | 1
| 82 | 78.46 |- |align="left"| Andy Jenkins | First round | 1
| 70 | 73.20 |- |align="left"| Jarkko Komula | Preliminary round | 1
| 81 | 82.32 |- |align="left"| Robert Marijanović | Preliminary round | 1
| 73 | 82.16 |- |align="left"| Carlos Rodríguez | Preliminary round | 1
| 40 | 81.92 |- |align="left"| Jamie Lewis | Preliminary round | 1
| 118 | 81.84 |- |align="left"| Charl Pietersen | Preliminary round | 1
| 40 | 81.79 |- |align="left"| Andree Welge | Preliminary round | 1
| 16 | 76.70 |- |align="left"| Mohd Latif Sapup | Preliminary round | 1
| 10 | 65.58 |- |align="left"| Dave Harrington | Preliminary round | 1
| – | 59.36
Representation from different countries This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.
ENG NED AUS SCO NIR WAL FIN GER BEL CAN USA SWE MAS SIN JPN NZL CRO PHI HKG RSA SPA Total Final 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Semis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Quarters 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Round 3 10 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Round 2 18 4 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Round 1 36 6 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 64 Prelim. 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 Total 36 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72
Broadcasting
The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels.
CountryChannel United Kingdom and Ireland Sky Sports HD Netherlands RTL 7 Germany Sport1 Middle East OSN Sports Czech Republic Hungary Romania Slovakia Sport TV (Sport 1 and Sport 2) Australia Fox Sports New Zealand Sky New Zealand
Additionally, the semi-finals and final were broadcast in 3D in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
References
External links Official site Netzone; Results and Schedule