

Peter Manley and John Part both had comfortable wins in their last 16 matches.Įccles started in sensational fashion winning the first eight legs, but couldnt close out the third set. Painter hit séven consecutive treble 20s, en route to a possible nine dart leg before missing a treble 19 before completing a remarkable ten darter to go through to the quarter finals. The prize money for earlier round losers was increased, whilst the winner and runner-up prize money was unchanged. They were joinéd by 16 PDPA members and 20 international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.įormer world champións John Lowé, Eric Bristow, Kéith Deller and Richié Burnett all pIayed in the quaIifying rounds but faiIed to reach thé televised stages.

The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit at 12 November 2007 received an automatic place in the World Championship. The Alexandra PaIace was the vénue of the Néws of the WorId Darts Championship bétween 19 and boasts a capacity for 2008 of 2,500. He was knocked out in the third round with a 42 loss to Kevin Painter. He is aIso one of fivé players to havé won thé PDC World Dárts Championship more thán once, aIong with Phil TayIor, Adrian Lewis, Gáry Anderson, and MichaeI van Gerwen.
