2008 World Matchplay

The 2008 Stan James World Matchplay will be the 15th annual staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament will take place from Sunday July 20 to Saturday July 26. As usual it will be staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. World number three, James Wade went into the competition as the defending champion and managed to reach the final for the third year in a row, but was defeated by top seed Phil Taylor 18-9 who won his ninth World Matchplay championship.

Round 1

Mark Walsh 10-6 Colin Lloyd
Wayne Mardle 11-9 Mark Dudbrigde
Colin Osbourne 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
Kevin McDine 10-8 Adrian Lewis
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 Dennis Ovens
James Wade 10-4 Wayne Jones
Round 2

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 Ronny Baxter
Quarter Finals

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 Finals

Phil Taylor 17-8 Dennis Priestley
Wayne Mardle 5-17 James Wade
Final

Phil Taylor 18-9 James Wade

-wikipedia