2011 Championship League Darts

The 2011 Championship League Darts was the fourth edition of a darts competition — the Championship League Darts. The competition was organized and held by the Professional Darts Corporation, with the 2011 edition having a maximum prize fund of £189,000.

Championship League Darts
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 27 – October 20
VenueCrondon Park Golf Club
LocationStock, Essex
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£189,000
Winner's share£10,000
Nine-dart finishAustralia Simon Whitlock
England Phil Taylor
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«20102012»

The format of the tournament was similar to the Premier League Darts tournament, also organized by the PDC, except it was contested by a larger pool of players who were split up into a number of groups.

Every match could be watched on one of the thirty bookmaker websites who broadcast the competition. The tournament was available globally through the internet, except in the United States of America where it could not be shown for legal reasons.

Format

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The first group consisted of the top eight players from the PDC Order of Merit who were available for the competition. These eight players played each other over the course of a day, receiving two points for each win. All matches were contested over a maximum of 11 legs with a player winning the match on reaching 6 legs. After all players had played each other, the four players with the most points progressed to the semi-finals with the winners of those matches progressing into the final.

The winner of the final progressed to the winners group which took place at the end of the competition. The runner-up, losing semi-finalists and the players finishing fifth and sixth moved into group two, where they were joined by the next three players in the Order of Merit. The format of the second group was the same as the first group with players moving into the third group. In total there were 8 groups before the final group took place.

This format ensures that all players who do not win the group or finish in the last two positions have another chance to qualify for the winners group.

Tournament dates

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The tournament took place over 9 days throughout September and October 2010. One group was played on each day. The dates were as follows:[1]

  • Group 1 – Tuesday 27 September
  • Group 2 – Wednesday 28 September
  • Group 3 – Thursday 29 September
  • Group 4 – Tuesday 11 October
  • Group 5 – Wednesday 12 October
  • Group 6 – Thursday 13 October
  • Group 7 – Tuesday 18 October
  • Group 8 – Wednesday 19 October
  • Winners Group – Thursday 20 October

The tournament took place at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex.

Co Stompe withdrew following group 6 due to injury. As a consequence John Part was moved from starting in group 8 to group 7 and Jelle Klaasen was added as a replacement in group 8.[2]

Group winners in bold, players eliminated in italic

Winners Group

Group stage

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Group 1

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Played Tuesday 27 September, group 1 was won by Gary Anderson. Terry Jenkins and reigning world champion Adrian Lewis were knocked out.[3]

TayAndWhiNewWebWadLewJenPoints, Legs
1 Phil Taylor6–26–36–36–16–26–36–214, 42–16
2 Gary Anderson2–66–56–56–56–26–26–512, 38–30
3 Simon Whitlock3–65–66–56–16–16–36–110, 38–23
4 Wes Newton3–65–65–66–46–46–26–18, 37–33
5 Mark Webster1–65–61–64–66–36–56–16, 29–33
6 James Wade2–62–61–64–63–66–46–54, 24–39
7 Adrian Lewis3–62–63–62–65–64–66–02, 25–36
8 Terry Jenkins2–65–61–61–61–65–60–60, 19–42
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Phil Taylor5
4 Wes Newton6
4 Wes Newton1
2 Gary Anderson6
2 Gary Anderson6
3 Simon Whitlock4

Group 2

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Played on 28 September 2011 group 2 was won by world number one Phil Taylor. James Wade and Mark Webster were eliminated.[4]

TayKinWhiNicNewHamWadWebPoints, Legs
1 Phil Taylor6–44–66–06–46–16–16–312, 40–19
2 Mervyn King4–66–44–66–26–26–26–410, 38–26
3 Simon Whitlock6–44–65–66–56–46–46–410, 39–33
4 Paul Nicholson0–66–46–55–66–26–36–310, 35–29
5 Wes Newton4–62–65–66–56–25–66–06, 34–31
6 Andy Hamilton1–62–64–62–62–66–26–44, 23–34
7 James Wade1–62–64–63–66–52–65–62, 23–41
8 Mark Webster3–64–64–63–60–64–66–52, 22–41
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Phil Taylor6
4 Paul Nicholson3
1 Phil Taylor6
4 Simon Whitlock5
2 Mervyn King5
3 Simon Whitlock6

Group 3

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Group 3 was played on 29 September 2011 and won by Paul Nicholson. Andy Hamilton and Wes Newton were eliminated.[5]

NicLloWhiWalJonKinNewHamPoints, Legs
1 Paul Nicholson6–46–56–36–53–66–46–412, 39–31
2 Colin Lloyd4–62–66–56–46–16–56–310, 36–30
3 Simon Whitlock5–66–23–63–66–36–16–28, 35–26
4 Mark Walsh3–65–66–36–42–66–16–48, 34–30
5 Wayne Jones5–64–66–34–66–35–66–16, 36–31
6 Mervyn King6–31–63–66–23–62–66–36, 27–32
7 Wes Newton4–65–61–61–66–56–26–56, 29–36
8 Andy Hamilton4–63–62–64–61–63–65–60, 22–42
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Paul Nicholson6
4 Mark Walsh4
1 Paul Nicholson6
4 Simon Whitlock4
2 Colin Lloyd4
3 Simon Whitlock6

Group 4

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Group 4 was played on 11 October 2011 and won by Mark Walsh. Ronnie Baxter and Wayne Jones were eliminated.[6]

WhiLloKinWalCavVooBaxJonPoints, Legs
1 Simon Whitlock5–66–46–26–32–66–16–510, 37–27
2 Colin Lloyd6–52–66–56–36–23–66–410, 25–31
3 Mervyn King4–66–20–61–66–36–26–18, 29–26
4 Mark Walsh2–65–66–06–24–64–66–16, 33–27
5 Jamie Caven3–63–66–12–63–66–46–36, 29–32
6 Vincent v d Voort6–22–63–66–46–34–62–66, 29–33
7 Ronnie Baxter1–66–32–66–44–66–45–66, 30–35
8 Wayne Jones5–64–61–61–63–66–26–54, 26–37
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Simon Whitlock2
4 Mark Walsh6
4 Mark Walsh6
3 Mervyn King2
2 Colin Lloyd2
3 Mervyn King6

Group 5

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Group 5 was played on 12 October 2011 and won by Mervyn King. Colin Lloyd and Jamie Caven were eliminated. In the group phase Simon Whitlock achieved a nine dart finish checking out 144 with double 18.[7]

KinSmiWhiPainOsbVooLloCavPoints, Legs
1 Mervyn King6–46–55–66–06–36–16–312, 41–22
2 Andy Smith4–66–46–45–66–46–26–010, 39–26
3 Simon Whitlock5–64–62–66–26–46–46–38, 35–31
4 Kevin Painter6–54–66–26–44–65–66–58, 37–34
5 Colin Osborne0–66–52–64–66–26–56–28, 30–32
6 Vincent v d Voort3–64–64–66–42–66–36–56, 31–36
7 Colin Lloyd1–62–64–66–55–63–66–34, 27–38
8 Jamie Caven3–60–63–65–62–65–63–60, 21–42
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Mervyn King6
4 Kevin Painter2
1 Mervyn King6
3 Simon Whitlock3
2 Andy Smith3
3 Simon Whitlock6

Group 6

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Group 6 was played on 13 October 2011 and won by Simon Whitlock, who finally won after reaching all five preceding play-offs. Denis Ovens and Colin Osborne were eliminated.[8]

BeaWhiSmiVooTabPaiOveOsbPoints, Legs
1 Steve Beaton3–66–56–46–26–46–16–112, 39–23
2 Simon Whitlock6–33–66–56–56–36–26–412, 39–28
3 Andy Smith5–66–36–56–34–66–16–510, 39–29
4 Vincent v d Voort5–65–65–66–53–66–26–36, 35–34
5 Alan Tabern2–65–63–65–66–26–46–56, 33–35
6 Kevin Painter4–63–66–46–32–60–66–56, 27–36
7 Denis Ovens1–62–61–62–64–66–06–44, 22–34
8 Colin Osborne1–64–65–63–65–65–64–60, 27–42
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Steve Beaton5
4 Vincent v d Voort6
4 Vincent v d Voort5
2 Simon Whitlock6
2 Simon Whitlock6
3 Andy Smith4

Group 7

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Group 7 was played on 18 October 2011 and won by Steve Beaton. Andy Smith and Robert Thornton were eliminated.[9]

VooBeaParPaiTabDudSmiThoPoints, Legs
1 Vincent v d Voort6–22–66–26–16–36–55–610, 37–25
2 Steve Beaton2–66–56–34–66–46–36–310, 36–25
3 John Part6–25–66–44–64–66–56–18, 37–30
4 Kevin Painter2–63–64–66–36–36–36–28, 33–29
5 Alan Tabern1–66–46–43–65–65–66–26, 32–34
6 Mark Dudbridge3–64–66–43–66–55–66–56, 33–38
7 Andy Smith5–63–65–63–66–56–55–64, 33–40
8 Robert Thornton6–53–61–62–62–65–66–54, 25–40
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Vincent v d Voort4
4 Kevin Painter6
4 Kevin Painter4
2 Steve Beaton6
2 Steve Beaton6
3 John Part5

Group 8

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Group 8 was played on 19 October 2011 and won by Dennis Priestley. As this was the last group all other seven participants missed out on qualifying to the winners group.[10]

ParPaiVooPriDudTabKlaBroPoints, Legs
1 John Part6–46–16–56–15–66–16–412, 41–22
2 Kevin Painter4–66–56–26–56–56–16–412, 40–28
3 Vincent v d Voort1–65–62–66–16–16–26–38, 32–25
4 Dennis Priestley5–62–66–25–66–36–56–38, 36–31
5 Mark Dudbridge1–65–61–66–56–56–16–48, 31–33
6 Alan Tabern6–55–61–63–65–66–26–56, 32–36
7 Jelle Klaasen1–61–62–65–61–62–66–52, 18–41
8 Steve Brown4–64–63–63–66–45–65–60, 28–42
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 John Part5
4 Dennis Priestley6
4 Dennis Priestley6
2 Kevin Painter5
2 Kevin Painter6
3 Vincent v d Voort4

Winners Group

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The winners group was played on 20 October 2011 and won by Phil Taylor, who in the group phase achieved the second nine dart finish of the tournament by checking out 141 with double 12.[11]

TayKinNicBeaWalAndPriWhiPoints, Legs
1 Phil Taylor6–36–16–36–36–56–26–514, 42–22
2 Mervyn King3–62–66–06–33–66–26–38, 33–26
3 Paul Nicholson1–66–22–66–36–15–66–28, 32–27
4 Steve Beaton3–60–66–23–66–24–66–36, 28–31
5 Mark Walsh3–63–63–66–32–66–16–56, 29–33
6 Gary Anderson5–66–31–62–66–22–66–46, 28–33
7 Dennis Priestley2–62–66–56–41–66–23–66, 26–35
8 Simon Whitlock5–63–62–63–65–64–66–32, 28–39
Semi-finalFinal
      
1 Phil Taylor6
4 Steve Beaton1
1 Phil Taylor6
3 Paul Nicholson1
2 Mervyn King3
3 Paul Nicholson6

Coverage

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The tournament was streamed worldwide through the PDC website. It was also streamed through thirty bookmaker websites.[12]

Bookmaker websiteStreamed in
12betWorldwide
118 BetAsia
The Bet ArenaAsia
Bet24Southern Europe
Bet365Nordics
BetathomeWorldwide
betbooSouth America
BetclicSouthern Europe * France
BetfairUK, Ireland & Southern Europe
Bets 10Southern Europe
BwinGermany, Austria, Switzerland
DanskespilDenmark
DigibetGermany, Austria, Switzerland
ExpektNordics
FavoritbetCentral and Eastern Europe
FDJFrance
FortunaCentral and Eastern Europe
FonbetRussia
ForvetbetTurkey
GoldbetItaly
HititbetSouthern Europe
NordicBetNordics
Paddy PowerUK & Ireland
Paris Mutual UrbainFrance
SportingbetMainland Europe
Stan JamesUK & Ireland
TrioBetCEE
UnibetEurope
VivaroBetCEE
William HillUK, Ireland & Australia

References

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  1. ^ "Championship League Darts Groups". Planet Darts. September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  2. ^ "Stompe Pulls Out Of CLD". PDC. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Anderson's Group One Glory". PDC. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Taylor Claims Group Two Glory". PDC. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Nicholson On Top In Group Three". PDC. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Walsh Wins CLD Group Four". PDC. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  7. ^ "King Reigns In Group Five". PDC. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Six Is The Best For Whitlock!". PDC. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Seventh Heaven For Beaton". PDC. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Priestley Edges Painter For Group Eight Victory". PDC. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Winners group reports". PDC. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-21. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Championship League Darts Group One Fixtures". Planet Darts. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.