rekordních 72 hráčů se utká v největším turnaji co kdy spatřily kamery SKY Sportu s dotací £1 millionu. Turnaj se tradičně odehraje v Alexandra Palace. Poprvé se představí hráči ze Slovinska, Polska, Gibraltaru a Švédska. Na turnaji budou startovat hráči z 25ti zemí světa. Bohužel bez česko-slovenské účasti :-(
Nasazení z žebříčku Order of Merit (prvních 32 hráčů):



1 Phil Taylor (England)

2 Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)

3 James Wade (England)

4 John Part (Canada)

5 Mervyn King (England)

6 Terry Jenkins (England)

7 Ronnie Baxter (England)

8 Adrian Lewis (England)

9 Dennis Priestley (England)

10 Colin Lloyd (England)

11 Colin Osborne (England)

12 Alan Tabern (England)

13 Mark Walsh (England)

14 Andy Hamilton (England)

15 Kevin Painter (England)

16 Robert Thornton (Scotland)

17 Wayne Mardle (England)

18 Vincent van der Voort

19 Steve Beaton (England)

20 Peter Manley (England)

21 Mark Dudbridge (England)

22 Wayne Jones (England)

23 Denis Ovens (England)

24 Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands)

25 Wes Newton (England)

26 Jamie Caven (England)

27 Andy Smith (England)

28 Co Stompe (Netherlands)

29 Kirk Shepherd (England)

30 Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)

31 Tony Eccles (England)

32 Roland Scholten (Netherlands)





Players Championship kvalifikanti>



1 Gary Anderson (Scotland)

2 Paul Nicholson (Australia)

3 Andy Jenkins (England)

4 Peter Wright (Scotland)

5 Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)

6 Steve Hine (England)

7 Kevin McDine (England)

8 Steve Brown (England)

9 Matt Clark (England)

10 Colin Monk (England)

11 Mark Webster (Wales)

12 Steve Maish (England)

13 Barrie Bates (Wales)

14 Toon Greebe (Netherlands)

15 Alex Roy (England)

16 Carlos Rodriguez (Spain)



Evropské Order of Merit:



1 Andree Welge (Germany)

2 Mensur Suljovic (Austria)

3 Dylan Duo (Gibraltar)

4 Jyhan Artut (Germany)



Severní Amerika Order of Merit kvalifikanti:



1 Darin Young (USA)

2 Scott Burnett (USA)

3 Ken MacNeil (Canada)





Mezinárodní kvalifikanti:



Simon Whitlock (Australia) - DPA Australian Grand Prix Champion

Phillip Hazel (New Zealand) - New Zealand Champion

Aodhagan ONeill (Ireland) - Irish Matchplay Champion

Les Francis (South Africa) - PDC South African Open Champion

Francisco Ruiz (Spain) - Spanish National Champion

Warren Parry (New Zealand) - Oceanic Masters Champion

Haruki Muramatsu (Japan) - Japanese Champion

Osmann Kijamet (Slovenia) - Eastern European Champion

Norman Madhoo (Guyana) - Caribbean & South American Masters Champion

Christian Perez (Philippines) - Philippines Champion

Jarkko Komula (Finland) - Finnish Pro-Darts Champion

Magnus Caris (Sweden) - Swedish National Champion

Tomas Seyler (Germany) - German National Champion

Per Laursen (Denmark) - Danish Series Champion

Krzysztof Kciuk (Poland) - Polish National Champion

Roman Konchikov (Russia) - Russian National Champion

Plus čínský šampion





ZÁPASY PŘEDKOLA:

Per Laursen (Denmark) v Christian Perez (Philippines)

Ken MacNeil (Canada) v Norman Madhoo (Guyana)

Jarkko Komula (Finland) v Roman Konchikov (Russia)

Haruki Muramatsu (Japan) v Krzysztof Kciuk (Poland)

Tomas Seyler (Germany) v Chinese Qualifier

Magnus Caris (Sweden) v Francisco Ruiz (Spain)

Aodhagan ONeill (Ireland) v Les Francis (South Africa)

Phillip Hazel (New Zealand) v Osmann Kijamet (Slovinsko)