Majors

2008 World Matchplay

About the Majors

The big televised events: the World Championship (December–January, Alexandra Palace, London), the World Matchplay (July, Blackpool), the UK Open, the World Grand Prix, the Grand Slam, the Players Championship Finals, the European Championship, the World Masters and the World Cup (a team event between nations). Field sizes vary from 32 players to 128 at the World Championship. Guide ›

Dates

Sun 20 Jul 2008 – Sat 26 Jul 2008

Venue

Blackpool

Field

32 players

Talking points

Defending champion

Phil Taylor 2004 World Matchplay · Final 18–8 v Mark Dudbridge

TVTelevised 31 matches Last verified: 4 days ago

Results

Last 32

£4,000

Mark Frost Tony Eccles Wayne Mardle Chris Mason Roland Scholten Dennis Priestley Denis Ovens Colin Lloyd Phil Taylor Alex Roy Andy Smith Ronnie Baxter Terry Jenkins Peter Manley Mark Walsh Matt Clark Michael van Gerwen Adrian Lewis Alan Tabern Vincent van der voort John Part Mark Dudbridge Kevin Painter Colin Osborne Wayne Jones Kevin McDine Adrian Gray Steve Beaton Andy Hamilton Mervyn King Raymond van Barneveld James Wade

Matches

Last 3216

Colin Lloyd 6–10 Mark Walsh

Wayne Mardle 11–9 Mark Dudbridge

Colin Osborne 10–7 Mervyn King

Dennis Priestley 10–8 Adrian Gray

Kevin Painter 8–10 Tony Eccles

Roland Scholten 4–10 Matt Clark

Terry Jenkins 10–6 Alex Roy

John Part 10–3 Chris Mason

Adrian Lewis 8–10 Kevin McDine

Phil Taylor 10–6 Steve Beaton

Raymond van Barneveld 11–9 Mark Frost

Ronnie Baxter 10–4 Andy Smith

Alan Tabern 10–8 Vincent van der voort

Andy Hamilton 12–14 Michael van Gerwen

Peter Manley 10–4 Denis Ovens

James Wade 10–4 Wayne Jones

Last 168

Phil Taylor 13–5 Colin Osborne

Kevin McDine 13–9 Mark Walsh

Terry Jenkins 11–13 Dennis Priestley

John Part 7–13 Alan Tabern

Michael van Gerwen 9–13 Wayne Mardle

Matt Clark 13–6 Peter Manley

Raymond van Barneveld 13–3 Tony Eccles

James Wade 13–7 Ronnie Baxter

Quarter-final4

Dennis Priestley 16–14 Alan Tabern

Matt Clark 12–16 James Wade

Raymond van Barneveld 16–18 Wayne Mardle

Phil Taylor 16–6 Kevin McDine

Semi-final2

Phil Taylor 17–8 Dennis Priestley

Wayne Mardle 5–17 James Wade

Final1

Phil Taylor 18–9 James Wade

Venue location

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Winter Gardens, 97, Church Street, Foxhall, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, FY1 1HU, United Kingdom

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