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The 2007 Tropicana International Darts League was the fifth and final edition of the International Darts League. It was held at the Triavium in Nijmegen, Netherlands from 4–12 May 2007. The tournament was sponsored by Tropicana — a Dutch-based soft drink manufacturer. Raymond van Barneveld entered the tournament as three-times and defending champion. As in 2006, it was a cross-code event featuring players from both the World Darts Federation and the Professional Darts Corporation.
Darts history was made when the tournament became the first televised event to witness two nine dart finishes. On 8 May Phil Taylor hit his fourth perfect game on television against Raymond van Barneveld and the following night Tony O'Shea matched the effort against Adrian Lewis.
Despite the presence of current BDO and PDC World Champions and four other former world champions in the field, none progressed beyond the quarter-finals. 36 year old Gary Anderson won his first major title with a 13–9 victory over fellow BDO/WDF player Mark Webster.
The total prize fund is €135,000 (plus €26,000 for a nine-dart finish)
The staging of the 2007 IDL was filled with controversy. There were several format changes, disagreements and even court cases surrounding the event.
In 2006 the BDO secured an agreement for 28 of their players to participate in the event until 2010. However, as the popularity of the PDC circuit grew in the Netherlands, the organisers decided to renege on the deal and invite only 12 BDO players. The remaining 20 players would qualify from the PDC including their top 12 ranked players plus four wildcards and four from a PDC/PDPA qualifying event.
This led to a threat from the BDO to take court action against the organisers who wanted their agreement upholding. [1] A compromise was reached and the organisers introduced a preliminary round. The original 16 BDO/WDF players who believed they had missed out were to be joined by a further four automatic qualifiers from the PDC Order of Merit and a further four players from an already confirmed qualifying event in April. This expanded the field from 32 to 56 players.
However the sponsors of the four wildcard players (Michael van Gerwen, Mervyn King, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort) were upset that their players had been relegated to the preliminary round when they felt they had an agreement to be automatically into the televised stages. The BDO also felt that all 28 of their players should not have to face a preliminary round. The dispute was resolved on April 25 when a Dutch court rejected the claims of the four wildcard players. Three of the players managed to qualify from the preliminary round with only van der Voort missing out.
Played Friday 4 May 2007
Group One – Winner: Mervyn King
Group Two – Winner: Gary Robson
Group Three – Winner: Michael van Gerwen
Group Four – Winner: Ross Montgomery
Group Five – Winner: Barrie Bates
Group Six – Winner: Mark Dudbridge
Group Seven – Winner: Jelle Klaasen
Group Eight – Winner: Ronnie Baxter
Played Saturday 5 May to Monday 7 May
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Played Tuesday 8 May to Thursday 10 May
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Quarter-finals Best of 11 sets best of three legs per set 10 May | Semi-finals Best of 17 sets best of three legs per set 11 May | Final Best of 25 sets best of three legs per set 12 May | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Anderson 107.97 | 6 | ||||||||||||
PDC | James Wade 106.05 | 3 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Anderson 97.47 | 9 | ||||||||||||
PDC | Adrian Lewis 87.66 | 1 | ||||||||||||
PDC | Adrian Lewis 94.23 | 6 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Darryl Fitton 96.63 | 2 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Anderson 95.85 | 13 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Mark Webster 94.54 | 9 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Tony O'Shea 96.03 | 6 | ||||||||||||
PDC | Raymond van Barneveld 96.36 | 4 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Tony O'Shea 84.42 | 1 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Mark Webster 96.84 | 9 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Mark Webster 90.60 | 6 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Robson 83.37 | 2 |
The field was scheduled to contain 56 players with 12 automatically from each organisation going into the group stages. Some players from the BDO withdrew citing the uncertainty over the staging of the event as their reason.
The WDF qualifiers are:- | The PDC automatic qualifiers are:- |
A preliminary round will now consist of:
Eight players from the preliminary round will go through to join the 24 automatic qualifiers in the group stages.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (March 2013) |
The 2007 Tropicana International Darts League was the fifth and final edition of the International Darts League. It was held at the Triavium in Nijmegen, Netherlands from 4–12 May 2007. The tournament was sponsored by Tropicana — a Dutch-based soft drink manufacturer. Raymond van Barneveld entered the tournament as three-times and defending champion. As in 2006, it was a cross-code event featuring players from both the World Darts Federation and the Professional Darts Corporation.
Darts history was made when the tournament became the first televised event to witness two nine dart finishes. On 8 May Phil Taylor hit his fourth perfect game on television against Raymond van Barneveld and the following night Tony O'Shea matched the effort against Adrian Lewis.
Despite the presence of current BDO and PDC World Champions and four other former world champions in the field, none progressed beyond the quarter-finals. 36 year old Gary Anderson won his first major title with a 13–9 victory over fellow BDO/WDF player Mark Webster.
The total prize fund is €135,000 (plus €26,000 for a nine-dart finish)
The staging of the 2007 IDL was filled with controversy. There were several format changes, disagreements and even court cases surrounding the event.
In 2006 the BDO secured an agreement for 28 of their players to participate in the event until 2010. However, as the popularity of the PDC circuit grew in the Netherlands, the organisers decided to renege on the deal and invite only 12 BDO players. The remaining 20 players would qualify from the PDC including their top 12 ranked players plus four wildcards and four from a PDC/PDPA qualifying event.
This led to a threat from the BDO to take court action against the organisers who wanted their agreement upholding. [1] A compromise was reached and the organisers introduced a preliminary round. The original 16 BDO/WDF players who believed they had missed out were to be joined by a further four automatic qualifiers from the PDC Order of Merit and a further four players from an already confirmed qualifying event in April. This expanded the field from 32 to 56 players.
However the sponsors of the four wildcard players (Michael van Gerwen, Mervyn King, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort) were upset that their players had been relegated to the preliminary round when they felt they had an agreement to be automatically into the televised stages. The BDO also felt that all 28 of their players should not have to face a preliminary round. The dispute was resolved on April 25 when a Dutch court rejected the claims of the four wildcard players. Three of the players managed to qualify from the preliminary round with only van der Voort missing out.
Played Friday 4 May 2007
Group One – Winner: Mervyn King
Group Two – Winner: Gary Robson
Group Three – Winner: Michael van Gerwen
Group Four – Winner: Ross Montgomery
Group Five – Winner: Barrie Bates
Group Six – Winner: Mark Dudbridge
Group Seven – Winner: Jelle Klaasen
Group Eight – Winner: Ronnie Baxter
Played Saturday 5 May to Monday 7 May
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Played Tuesday 8 May to Thursday 10 May
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Quarter-finals Best of 11 sets best of three legs per set 10 May | Semi-finals Best of 17 sets best of three legs per set 11 May | Final Best of 25 sets best of three legs per set 12 May | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Anderson 107.97 | 6 | ||||||||||||
PDC | James Wade 106.05 | 3 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Anderson 97.47 | 9 | ||||||||||||
PDC | Adrian Lewis 87.66 | 1 | ||||||||||||
PDC | Adrian Lewis 94.23 | 6 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Darryl Fitton 96.63 | 2 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Anderson 95.85 | 13 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Mark Webster 94.54 | 9 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Tony O'Shea 96.03 | 6 | ||||||||||||
PDC | Raymond van Barneveld 96.36 | 4 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Tony O'Shea 84.42 | 1 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Mark Webster 96.84 | 9 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Mark Webster 90.60 | 6 | ||||||||||||
WDF | Gary Robson 83.37 | 2 |
The field was scheduled to contain 56 players with 12 automatically from each organisation going into the group stages. Some players from the BDO withdrew citing the uncertainty over the staging of the event as their reason.
The WDF qualifiers are:- | The PDC automatic qualifiers are:- |
A preliminary round will now consist of:
Eight players from the preliminary round will go through to join the 24 automatic qualifiers in the group stages.