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2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts |
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Winner |
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Runner-up |
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Score |
16–8 |
Date |
31 January–26 May 2008 |
Edition |
4th |
Number of players |
8 |
Venues |
15 |
Premier League Darts |
< 2007 | 2008 | 2009 > |
The 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The prize money was increased by £75,000 compared to 2007. The overall fund was £340,000 with the eventual winner taking home £100,000.
Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the fourth year in a row despite losing for the first time in 44 matches, losing the opening game 8–6 to newcomer James Wade and going on to lose twice more in his first four matches. Taylor beat Wade 16–8 in the final.
Sky Sports secured television coverage of the event until 2010, and Whyte & Mackay sponsored the tournament for the same duration – taking over from Holsten who sponsored the event in 2006 and 2007. [1]
The World Grand Prix in October 2007 was the cut-off point for automatic qualification for the event. The top six players in the World Rankings after the tournament received an automatic place in the Premier League. The qualifiers were thus:
Fifteen venues were used for the 2008 Premier League, including a first trip to Northern Ireland for a night in Belfast.
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SECC 31 January |
Plymouth Pavilions 7 February |
MEN Arena 14 February |
Ricoh Arena 21 February |
Bournemouth International Centre 28 February |
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Trent FM Arena 6 March |
Sheffield Arena 13 March |
Brighton Centre 20 March |
National Indoor Arena 27 March |
AECC 3 April |
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Echo Arena Liverpool 10 April |
Wembley Arena 17 April |
Odyssey Arena 24 April |
Metro Radio Arena 1 May |
Cardiff International Arena 26 May |
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The prize fund increases for 2008 – with the top prize of £100,000 matching the amount that the 2008 PDC World Champion received. The guaranteed prize for reaching the Premier League is now £20,000.
Stage | Prize Money | |
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Winner | £100,000 | |
Runner-up | £50,000 | |
Semi-finalists (x2) | £40,000 | |
5th place | £27,500 | |
6th place | £25,000 | |
7th place | £22,500 | |
8th place | £20,000 | |
High Checkout (per night) | £1,000 | |
Total | £340,000 |
31 January – week 1
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7 February – week 2
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14 February – week 3
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21 February – Week 4
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28 February – Week 5
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6 March – Week 6
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13 March – Week 7
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20 March – Week 8
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27 March – Week 9
† = Terry Jenkins replaced Adrian Lewis on 27 March show against Phil Taylor because Lewis was too ill to play. The next week, Lewis played his match against Taylor and James Wade, giving Jenkins the night off. |
3 April – week 10
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10 April – week 11
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17 April – week 12
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24 April – week 13
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1 May – week 14
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Cardiff International Arena,
Cardiff
Score | ||
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Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) | ||
Phil Taylor
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11 – 1 |
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James Wade
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11 – 8 |
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Final (best of 31 legs) | ||
Phil Taylor
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16 – 8 |
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High Checkout: n/a |
Pos | Name | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | LF | LA | +/- | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | A | HC |
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14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 101 | 55 | +46 | 31 | 208 | 133 | 46 | 102.58 | 167 |
2 |
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14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 102 | 76 | +26 | 40 | 255 | 145 | 42 | 95.84 | 161 |
3 |
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14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 93 | 77 | +16 | 37 | 213 | 111 | 35 | 93.77 | 157 |
4 |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 80 | 92 | −12 | 30 | 197 | 102 | 38 | 90.94 | 170 |
5 |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 96 | −14 | 31 | 218 | 139 | 32 | 90.76 | 123 |
6 |
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14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 85 | 97 | −12 | 30 | 288 | 147 | 21 | 92.84 | 160 |
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14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 79 | 97 | −18 | 23 | 269 | 109 | 28 | 91.72 | 161 |
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14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 73 | 101 | −28 | 28 | 190 | 116 | 31 | 94.38 | 157 |
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | SF | F | |||
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L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||
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W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | ||
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W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | — | ||
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W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | — | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | ||
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L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | — | |||
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D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | ||||
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L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | — | L | D | L | L | |||
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NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost N/A = Did Not Play
The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.