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2007 Premier League Darts

The 2007 Holsten Premier League was a major darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The prize money for the 2007 event increased by almost £100,000 compared to 2006. The overall fund was £265,000 with the eventual winner taking home £75,000. The inclusion of an eighth player meant that the league expanded from 10 to 14 weeks.

2007 Holsten Premier League Darts
Winner
England Phil Taylor
Runner-up
England Terry Jenkins
Score
16–6
Date
1 February–28 May 2007
Edition
3rd
Number of players
8
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
< 2006 | 2007 | 2008 >

Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the third year in a row. In fact, he remained unbeaten throughout this year's event – and extended his overall unbeaten run in the Premier League to 44 matches.

Qualifiers edit

The PDC awarded places in the league to the top six players in their world rankings after the SkyBet World Grand Prix in October 2006.

Terry Jenkins' semi-final victory over Peter Manley in Dublin secured the last automatic place in the Premier League at the expense of Wayne Mardle.

The remaining two places were determined by wildcards. The first was awarded after the SkyBet World Grand Prix – the PDC gave this to Raymond van Barneveld. The second wildcard awarded by host broadcaster Sky Sports to Adrian Lewis.[1]

Top six players in rankings at the end of the World Grand Prix and received automatic qualification were

1 Colin Lloyd 549
2 Phil Taylor 545
3 Dennis Priestley 446
4 Peter Manley 441
5 Roland Scholten 433
6 Terry Jenkins 430
Wildcard Raymond van Barneveld
Wildcard Adrian Lewis

The following top 10 players missed out on automatic qualification.

7 Wayne Mardle 427
8 Ronnie Baxter 424
9 Adrian Lewis 421 (Awarded Wildcard, January 2007)
10 Andy Jenkins 420

Venues edit

The amount of venues was increased from 11 to 15 for the 2007 tournament, with many of the venues used now more larger arenas which would be mainstays of the Premier League for years to come.

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Locations of the 2007 Premier League venues in the United Kingdom.

Prize money edit

Stage Prize Money
Winner £75,000
Runner-up £40,000
Semi-finalists (x2) £30,000
5th place £22,500
6th place £20,000
7th place £17,500
8th place £15,000
High Checkout (per night) £1,000
Total £265,000

Results edit

League stage edit

Play-offs – 28 May edit

  Brighton Centre, Brighton

Score
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
Phil Taylor  
98.79		 11 – 6   Dennis Priestley
89.20
Raymond van Barneveld  
89.75		 10 – 11   Terry Jenkins
85.77
Final (best of 31 legs)
Phil Taylor  
99.20		 16 – 6   Terry Jenkins
90.81
High Checkout: Terry Jenkins 161

Table and streaks edit

Table edit

[2]

Pos Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A HC
1   Phil Taylor W 14 11 3 0 25 109 52 +57 43 214 105 39 100.87 170
2   Raymond van Barneveld 14 7 3 4 17 98 82 +16 32 239 108 67 96.59 170
3   Terry Jenkins RU 14 6 3 5 15 86 90 −4 26 250 132 38 93.72 157
4   Dennis Priestley 14 5 3 6 13 88 87 +1 34 231 134 36 92.46 140
5   Colin Lloyd 14 6 0 8 12 85 87 −2 33 209 112 41 94.15 108
6   Peter Manley 14 4 3 7 11 73 96 −23 26 229 105 18 88.41 138
7   Adrian Lewis 14 5 0 9 10 69 96 −27 24 176 120 50 93.20 164
8   Roland Scholten 14 3 3 8 9 79 97 −18 27 209 152 48 95.00 146

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks edit

Player Week Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F
  Phil Taylor D D W W W W W D W W W W W W W W
  Raymond van Barneveld W W D D L W L W L D W W W L L
  Terry Jenkins L W L D W W W D W L L W L D W L
  Dennis Priestley W D W W W L W D L D L L L L L
  Colin Lloyd L L L W L L L W W L W L W W
  Peter Manley W L D L L W L L W D L L W D
  Adrian Lewis L W W L L L L L L W W L L W
  Roland Scholten D L L L W L W D L D L W L L

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost

Player statistics edit

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 14
  • Most consecutive wins: 6
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 0
  • Longest without a win: 2
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Colin Lloyd, v. Terry Jenkins and v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: Player Undefeated

Raymond van Barneveld edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 1
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Roland Scholten)
  • Biggest defeat: 4–8 (v. Dennis Priestley)

Terry Jenkins edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 6
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 2
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Adrian Lewis)
  • Biggest defeat: 0–8 (v. Colin Lloyd)

Dennis Priestley edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 5
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 4
  • Longest without a win: 7
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Adrian Lewis)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Colin Lloyd edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 2
  • Most consecutive draws: 0
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–0 (v. Terry Jenkins)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Peter Manley edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 4
  • Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Dennis Priestley)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Adrian Lewis edit

Roland Scholten edit

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 4
  • Biggest victory: 8–2 (v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)

References edit

  1. ^ "Sky Sports hand wildcard to Lewis". Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
  2. ^ "Premier League Statistics". Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2007.

External links edit

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